Writing CONTEST - Constrained writing #8 - Scaling reward system

constrained writing contest.jpg


Most writing contests give you a writing prompt or at least a couple of words to work your idea around, which is why I decided to host a slightly different contest.


A constrained writing contest

Instead of giving you an idea or a writing prompt, I will allow you to choose the topic completely by yourself, be it fiction or not. But, varying from week to week, I will come up with different challenges.

You will be required to omit certain words, use a word of your choosing in every second sentence, use a given sentence unchanged, ... or a combination.


Winners of constrained writing contest #7

Sadly there no entries this week.


With that out of the way, onto constrained writing contest #8!


Rules:

  • Write a story where you start each sentence with the same word
  • The story must be longer than 250 words
  • Upvote this post
  • Resteem this post
  • Post a link to your entry in the comments below
  • Include tag #constrainedwriting among your other tags

Prizes

Since this is no regulary contest, I use a different prize system. For each entry the prize pool increases by 0.50 SBD (increased as the contest gains in popularity). This means that with 5 participants the prize pool will be 2.5 SBD, with 10 participants 5 SBD and so on.

  • 1st place: 50% of prize pool
  • 2nd place: 30% of prize pool
  • 3rd place 20 % of prize pool

*Disclaimer: I claim the rights to ignore any post made with the sole intention to raise the prize pool. Stories that do not abide the rules will not contribute to an increase in the prize pool.


Judges

For now, I am the sole judge of this competition and decide a winning story based on my own preference, but if anyone wishes to apply for a judge and make up his/her own rules, send me a hearty hello at steemit.chat.

*Disclaimer: I will only allow fellow writers as judges to keep the competition high quality.


Deadline

  • Entries are accepted until this post's payout
  • Your entry post must be newer than this post

Good luck!


Svashta_gif.gif

Sort:  

I have delivered you the vote you should have received from bellyrub.

Thank you very much :D

To be clear, do homonyms count or does it have to be the same literal word?

Thank you for your question to help clear things up :D

And yes, they do ^^

Hey there, great contest and challenge. I try to take my part, and I hope that i did everything in order with propositions (I am pretty new to the Steemit).

Anyway, here is the link to my entry

https://steemit.com/constrainedwriting/@hidden84/man

Hey! :D I'm very happy to hear you like it :D

On my way to check it out now! :D

Edit: Indeed you did follow the rules :P

Hi @svashta, Here is my entry and thank you for running the competition: https://steemit.com/writing/@katyclark/the-christmas-party

Hey there @katyclark! :D Thank you for participating! :D

Here is my entry for the constrainedwriting contest
https://steemit.com/constrainedwriting/@baradi/cryptogene-in-africa

Hmm~ Your entry reads more like an "article" than a story... And a "promotion" article at that... But I guess I'll let that slide this time, especially because it's a hard constraint this week ^^

Thank you for your entry :D

@svashta thanks for the consideration. I will take note of that in my subsequent posts.

That was SO MUCH FUN.
Thank you for having started this amazing contest @svashta.
You can read my entry here:
https://steemit.com/constrainedwriting/@paradigmprospect/what-is-inevitable
Love!

I'm very very very happy to hear you had fun! :D It's what the contest is all about! :D Improving your skills while you're having fun, and possibly even making a dollar or two in the process. :D

(I'll comment some more on the story under your post, but having already read it.. I LOVE IT! :D)

A very dark story... right up my alley! :D

Thank you for your entry! :D

Glad to see you participate! :D

And not a problem! I'm happy to be able to read all these different creations :D

I love your blog quote!

I did it! I figured out how to join Steemit, make a post, and participate in your contest! https://steemit.com/poem/@dflo/my-first-post-writing-contest-same-first-words

Happy to see you join this amazing platform and better yet, participate! :D

thank you!! I love this writing contest idea and it was very fun to attempt! I look forward to more!

Happy to have you on board! :D And happy to hear you had fun! :D

Thank you again for your entry ^.^

This is my entry for Writing CONTEST - Constrained writing #8

https://steemit.com/constrainedwriting/@hilltop/the-preacher-part-2

Thank you very much for this insight on what it is like to be a preacher! :D

Interesting...

I like your style ;)

I just may have to participate...

Thanks! :D

I sure would love to see your entry! :D

This post has received a 1.56 % upvote from @drotto thanks to: @svashta.

Qurator
Your Quality Content Curator
This post has been upvoted and given the stamp of authenticity by @qurator. To join the quality content creators and receive daily upvotes click here for more info.

Qurator's exclusive support bot is now live. For more info click HERE or send some SBD and your link to @qustodian to get even more support.

This post has received a 2.15 % upvote from @booster thanks to: @svashta.

Sangat luar biasa

This post has received a 45.93 % upvote from thanks to: @svashta.
For more information, click here!!!!

The Minnowhelper team is still looking for investors (Minimum 10 SP), if you are interested in this, read the conditions of how to invest click here!!!

This post has received a 13.64 % upvote from @upmyvote thanks to: @svashta. Send at least 1 SBD to @upmyvote with a post link in the memo field to promote a post! Sorry, we can't upvote comments.

Resteemed by @resteembot! Good Luck!
Curious?
The @resteembot's introduction post
Get more from @resteembot with the #resteembotsentme initiative
Check out the great posts I already resteemed.

This post has received a 2.98 % upvote from @buildawhale thanks to: @svashta. Send at least 1 SBD to @buildawhale with a post link in the memo field for a portion of the next vote.

To support our daily curation initiative, please vote on my owner, @themarkymark, as a Steem Witness

Great post my friend! I like it!I will definetly participate! ;) I would really appreciate if you could check out my profile ;)

Thanks! And that's awesome! Can't wait to see your entry :D

Is this contest over? I don't know whether to submit my entry or not🙍

It was ongoing until the post's payout which was, as far as I see, after you commented here. So you could have entered still.

Sorry I didn't come back to you sooner.

It's alright. Thanks. I'll join the next one😊

Hope can join