This is my first giveaway contest, hope I get enough support to run this going forward as well. I want to sponsor many more such contests in the future.
Two Sentence Story Contest Rules
Prize
I will give away all of the SBD earned from this post to the top three stories.
- First Prize: 50% of the SBD earned
- Second Prize: 30% of the SBD earned
- Third Prize: 20% of the SBD earned
On top of this, I will reward the top referrer with free sponsorship to lifetime upvotes from @steembasicincome.
The reward fund for the top three will be at least 1 SBD. That is, if the reward fund does not reach 1 SBD, I will pay the balance. So effectively, the winner will win a minimum of 0.5 SBD, the first runners-up a minimum of 0.3 SBD and second runners-up a minimum of 0.2 SBD.
It's a small guarantee, but a guarantee nevertheless. I am a plankton after all.
Mandatory Rules
- Upvote this post.
- Write an original two sentence story.
- Add a copyright free image which goes with the story and cite image source. Avoid NSFW.
- Mention the name of the person from whom you came to know about the contest. If it is directly from me, mention my name. This is very important for me to identify the person who referred the most number of participants and reward the top referrer. This is just one small step for you but can reward someone for helping you find this contest.
- Post your response as a comment on this post.
See sample response below for clarity.
Recommended but Optional Rules
- Follow me if you want to be the first to know the results and about future contests
- Refer others for the chance to win the @steembasicincome lifetime vote. You can refer in any and all of several ways possible:
a. Resteem this post
b. Refer others to this contest by tagging them in your comment (separate comment or story comment)
c. Spread through word of mouth
Sample Response
Here is a sample response, the last line for nomination is optional. The story is pathetic, I am sure you guys will do much better :). Only the last line with the nomination is optional.
The coffin started to move.
Referred by: @myfriend1
Nominate: @myfriend2, @myfriend3, @myfriend3
Contest Timeline and Results
The contest will remain open until this post goes for payout which means, you can post your response up until exactly seven days from when this post is published.
I will probably take a couple of days after that to declare the winners and send out the rewards.
Criteria for judging
There are no such criteria really. Writing is an art and whether you like it or not is subjective. So winning or losing does not make a story great or worse.
But yes, there are some universal markers of good stories. Good stories evoke some kind of a strong emotion in you - love, anger, hatred, sadness, melancholiness, nostalgia... there are myriad emotions which can be tickled through words and sentences.
I will select the ones which evoke such responses from me. No maths there.
Backstory
I just crossed 200 followers a couple of days ago. My friend @amymya from @cryptoempire became my 200th follower which made it even more special. I know 200 followers is not a big deal but for someone like me who is just getting started, it's certainly an important milestone.
I have been thinking about starting a series of contests of my own for quite some time now but was postponing it because I was not sure if I would get enough responses. When I crossed 200, I finally decided to give it a shot.
Inspiration behind the Contest Format
The format of my contest is inspired by @anjkara's Six-word story contest. I regularly take part and encourage you guys to take part there as well. It's a short and sweet contest which I like a lot.
I wanted to keep my contest short and sweet as well but also a little different to make it interesting. I kept thinking about it, didn't like most of the ideas when this 200 follower thing happened. That gave me the idea for my contest - I would run a "two sentence" story contest to celebrate my first 200 followers.
Depending on the response I get this time, I plan to run this contest in the future as well.
So what are you waiting for? Fire away… It's pretty easy really. Looking towards reading some great stories.
Follow @moneyinfant to know about many such contests from his daily issues of Steemit Writing Contests.
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The summer break was starting to feel endless. The kids were bored, so she took them to watch apes driving by in their cars.
Source: my own image
Great idea @svkrulze and thanks for the shoutout.
Referred by: @svkrulze
Nominate these awesome creative people: @eaglespirit @eonwarped @underground @iamthegray @cryptosharon @moneyinfant @snowpea @saffisara @chuck2u32
@moneyinfant, there's no running from this one
Fine. Fine. I've been goaded into action. Stay tuned :-)
Thanks for visiting and participating anj :) and the story is awesome :)
Thanks, and thanks for running the competition SVK. It's my pleasure to play too :D
it's an honor to have you participating :)
Lol, I can't tell if you're being sarcastic :P hahaha
That hurts, Anj... How could you say that??? :D
Lolz SVK :p
you pushed him to take action it appears
Whoa!! I never got this alert ... Gina is slacking!! :(
Interesting. That maybe why there's no alert on you tagging me for something. Gina malfunction :S
Yeah so sad! What else have I missed!! Wahhhh
Tinder
The blood was draining from her body as she was being dragged across the cold floor. This was the last time that she would "swipe right".
photo by: @derangedvisions
model: @faitherz33
Referred by: @svkruleze
Nominate: @underground, @deaconlee, @snook
sooooooooooooooooo is this me???????? all because I made you do a freewrite? LOLLLLLLLL
sighhhhhhhhh............. Freewriting is a dangerous job but I'm up for the task!!!!
** As she was being dragged across the floor the knife from her back pocket slipped out. Using relaxes born from desperation she grabbed the knife and slid it right into his cold black heart.
She lived happily every after.......okay, maybe a few nightmares here and there but she knew they were dreams so would tell it to go <swear words>!
Thanks for replying back to my story, but you are supposed come up with your own two sentence story for the contest, then nominate others. Oh, by the way, my story wasn't a happy ending. She died and was chopped up into little pieces.
Thanks for visiting @snook... It would be wonderful if you enriched this contest with an entry of your own... It's a fledgling contest from a plankton, but I want to make it the go-to place for great micro-fiction :)
Great story :) Thanks for participating!!!
Hi @svkrulze, it's great that you are keen to run your own contests now! I remember my first contest thinking I was going to get heaps of views entries (like yours :D). Here is my contribution (a chiasmus within a chiasmus):
His eyes glanced around as he look for signs of life... none of the bodies seemed alive and the horrified looks on the faces suggested something terrible had happened. "You are playing this game to the end and the next play could be the end game," read the sign, then the ice cold blow glanced him, adding another body to the pile...
https://openclipart.org/detail/294193/dead-body
Referred by: @moneyinfant - who else, it is a writing contest after all :D
Nominate: @laurawhite, @carrieallen, @bengy
to tell you the truth @plushzilla... I am surprised, overwhelmed and humbled by the response I have got... this is beyond my wildest dreams... that I would get so many great responses on my very first contest.. both from the friends I have made here and also from people I didn't know before this post like you... thanks for participating and best of luck :)
I think you've worked hard to build up a good profile and reputation, and it is a nice concept idea so I am happy to be involved :)
Hello SVK!
Great idea for a contest and congrats on the 200 Followers.
Here is my official entry:
As they drove up to the haunted dry desert, the dusty wind blew the hair from their faces. They looked at each other with dumbfounded surprise as the mind controlling alien guided them to the Mothership, and they took one last look at each other before they were pulled apart by a burst of light.
Image Credit: @eaglespirit
Referred by: @moneyinfant (daily list.)
Nominate: @zen-art, @awakentolife, @jaynie, @catweasel, and @enchantedspirit.
Respectfully submitted,
@eaglespirit
Great science fiction. You are truly versatile :)
Thank you so much for participating :)
thank you SVK, great prompt! :)
That's a very familiar alien... I bet I know where you were when you took that pic. 👽
Tell me!! LOL
HERE
I live very close to that place...😎
Cool! I think I've seen it driving along the road. Do you really?!
We were in the area for about a month when we first came to the state. They almost didn't let us go!
We're looking for land on the other side of the mountain range now. :)
Yeah. I'm in Crestone (which you must have heard of if you drove through the Valley)😎, which is about 30 minutes from the aliens.
Everything is interesting here... But yeah. A LOT of weird sky activities on the regular. 👽
YAY!!! Yes, we stayed with Signe and the dance school for a long time, and we had work too helping with real estate but we decided to go to Red Feather Lakes. Definitely a lot of stuff going on, we saw tons of lights and groups of them all over the place all the time. We went there because we saw a movie with Dr. Greer and we like him. :)
We don't chase aliens but it was interesting, plus the sand dunes are amazing and the hot springs. Yes!
The next contraction came and she is out wailing
Referred by: @moneyinfant, @maverickinvictus
Nominate: @futurefarmers, @maverickinvictus, @mers
Oh I am already here somewhere haha @svkrulze is one of the many people I always talk to.
great story :) thanks for participating and best of luck!!
"What's backstabbing" ?
"Your friend taking an extra additional sheet during the exam though he said that he hasn't opened the book once for studying ".
source : PIXABAY.COM
@svkrulze referred me :)
dude, you did not add an image to go with your story. Please add a suitable image with image source to qualify :)
Lol!
His father’s piousness and fear of his God’s holy wrath, entitled him his dutiful sacrifice.
“Oh, merciful Father, surely now you must see how much I truly love thee, that even my own blood shall not question my reverence!”
(courtesy Wikipedia-Filicide)
Referred by: @moneyinfant
Thanks for participating. Interesting subject.
Well, @svkrulze, I like to go deep when we have few words to play with! I'm into 'irony' in life, especially archaic cultures and religious beliefs... but that's just me!
;)
Bowel Cutter... Front and Center!
I threw you a little Up-Vote there, Sonny ;)
Ref'd by: My dumb-a$$ Bastard Kid :P
thank you :) your bastard kid has made a great entry... I thought sarge is mad when he does this yelling... does he do this when he is not mad as well?
Even UndieeZZ knew about this contest!! I was left out in the COLD COLD COLD ....
Tears
Image source: pixabay
Tick!tick!tick! Twas about the last grain of sand from the hourglass
The monster side of her was about to be unleashed
Referrer: @moneyinfant
Nominate: @harryspeed17 @simgirl @ange.nkuru
@iamceezee thanks for participating... would you like to change it a little bit to stick to the two sentence limit? The way you have framed it is making me think it's more than two sentences.
Done
I stared at the sugar cube for sometime....
Watching it melt paying to the fact that it was left on the moist table where I left my ready made coffee.
Source
@moneyinfant referred me.
Thank you
good one, a story out of the most insignificant of things :)
FEAR
Carol was trapped and she could her them coming. Either they would find her or her shallow breathing would kill her!
https://goo.gl/images/Me6x3Z
Referred by: @moneyinfant
Nominate: @ainie.kashif @shanu @angelro @syedkashifhussai @teggit
great entry :) thanks for participating :)
The 17year old boy walked shyly into the crowded market with a tray of DANKSUWA.
Five minutes later, he blew up taking the life of 107 persons.
Image credit: https://www.google.com.ng/search?q=suicide+bombing&client=ms-android-sonymobile&prmd=niv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiu6dvdmYfaAhVRPFAKHWQoBe8Q_AUIEigC&biw=360&bih=511&dpr=3#imgrc=OUpGsJzbtSJXAM:&isa=y
Referral: @moneyinfant
Nominate: @winniebea @radaklaw @amoni
Please let's say no to suicide bombing ...
Thanks
bitter truth of modern fundamentalism... thanks for sharing
Thank you for understanding what I was driving at
It was a terrible night as I manage to stare the tyres in my drunk state . I accidentally drove hard on something,it was immersing horrible,i got down and was shocked who it was, my most beloved brother whom I never set my eyes on in twenty years lies there shattered in pieces beneath the tyre.
Photo by :@Amber Avalona, source:pixabay.com
Referred by :@Moneyinfant
Nominate:@imthegray,@teamgirl.
shocking
thanks for taking part :)
Thanks
damn! this is rough ... buahahahahah
@anjkara we thought we were SAVAGE!!
there are many sadist stories in this post, lolz
IKR! As I was scrolling down to see mine, I noticed all the blood and gore? What gives? 😆
Source
She was giving it another shot like they said, you need to move on they said, you shouldn't be alone they said. She was giving someone else a chance, but it was only to prove them wrong, little did she know was she was only going to prove herself wrong.
Referred by: @moneyinfant & @iamthegray
Nominate: @ftender @awolesigideon
thank you for participating :) best of luck :)
15 years imprisonment, but she had peace. After years of silence & abuse.
Pixabay.com
Referred by: @moneyinfant
Nominate: @davidad & @reonlouw
thank you for participating :) best of luck :)
Source
She was overwhelmed by the routine. She needed something that would run her over her boring life.
Referred by: @moneyinfant
Nominate: @tomset, @sharoonyasir, @felt.buzz, @mctiller
:-D :-D Wow, awesome and thanks for nominating me.
My entry soon.
Terrific!
great :) does she commit suicide? does she change her mind? who knows...
thanks for participating :)
Thanks to you too
Every reputable scientist but Tim Jones believed that time travel would never be possible. Now they are studying about it in fifth grade.
source
I heard about this from @moneyinfant. He deserves Steem basic income.
this is a good one :) thanks for participating
That Moment when even her parents deemed her worthless. The pain was too brutal , that she couldn't help but wonder what death would feel like.
Rebelcircus
Referred by : @svkrulze
Nominate : @faves , @silenteyes , @stelmar , @shonyishere , @cobmaximus , @grow-pro , @tcpolymath , @wondersofnature , @eunireal1 , @hebziba , @lildebbiecakes
a sad story...
thank you for your participation and best of luck :)
Thank you 😊😊😊
He went to the sea to get me the black pearl which is darker than the night . I am still waiting but I never saw him nor the pearl but darkness has spread through out my heart.
Source
Thru - India United promotions.
The Wait
He waited endlessly for her reply, but it never came.
Image credit @jacksondavies
Reffered by @tomset
Nominate @vanessahampton, @awolesigidion,
@darkmayhem
This is good. You can build up story writing this way.
I would like to enter the below 2 lines before someone else uses them :)
Heard from, reading you in chat
From the top of the contest page
He walked the road he thought would lead him to Heaven. He came back a dog.
thanks for participating, but please add an image with source and who referred you please...
He waited.
She never came.
Image credit : https://pixabay.com/en/travel-trip-separation-train-1258143/
Referral : @svkrulze
Nominate : @adzrobinson @robertperini
Thanks for participating.
Amidst the hum of the crowd and color of every imaginable color he spun around. He was lost to the euphoria of the moment.
Referred by: @skulze
Nomination: @raj808 and @cryptosharon
who's @skrulze, lolz ;) nice little story... capturing a moment
My father ruled this land before me and by right of inheritance - I am to rule this land after him. But i want to rule the virtual world thru steemit - all help is accepted.
Source
India United - Promotions.
@rishi-sayz though I did not mention this, it's only logical to have one entry per person. Please keep your other stories for the next contest.
My apologies - didn't know. I really got hooked after the 1st 1. so ended up creating a few more. Please consider my first post if u have to choose 1(the ferrari post). Thanks for the opportunity @svkrulze.
no problem @rishi-sayz... you don't need to apologize :) I would like to see you participating in the future as well... I will make the rules clearer from next time :)
Your Ferrari bought on 7th March 1991 is parked in my garage. $1 Million if you want it back without any scratches.
Image - https://pixabay.com/en/car-watercolor-ferrari-automobile-3161334/
India United - Promotions.
March 7th is my birthday, so that makes the Ferrari my birthday present. I have always wanted one. Thank you.
but you have to pay up 1 million it seems :P
Actually this was what i thought to be a smart ransom message.
But anyways - Belated Happy Birthday - @derangedvisions. BTW my Birthday is 2nd March. nice to meet another Pieces.
Thanks @svkrulze for the opportunity to meet new people. My best wishes for ur endeavor and wish u success.
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@moneyinfant has added your contest to the list Steemit Writing Contests: Issue #58. The list is updated on a daily basis and your contest will remain on the list until its expiration - there's nothing you need to do.
The list was created to save writers the excessive amount of time spent searching through the #contest tag for writing contests. Now they can just come to the list each day, see new contests and use their time doing what they love - writing.
If you'd like to help spread the word about the Steemit Writing Contest List I'd really appreciate a resteem, but it certainly isn't necessary. The project is simply meant to help writers save time and contest creators attract more contestants.
P.S. If you know of any contests I've missed I'd love to hear about them. Thanks!
thank you :) you are doing a great job :)
Thanks man. You're doing a pretty great job yourself bot-master.
good contest, keep it going.
here is mine.
the shadow
She felt someone was following her and she looked back but saw no one
She ran and it ran beside her
image source
Referred by @svkrulze
I nominate @inuke @bala41288 @sathyasankar
this is an interesting one :)
Hello. i like your text divider, permit me to use them on my future posts
oh go ahead, no worries... I borrowed it from someone else as well :)
She liked his touch and the mint smell of his breath. She turned to kiss him but he wasn't there
Source
Referred by: @anjkara
Nominate: @holybranches @seesladen @darkmayhem @jo5h @mfunbee @eddy-18
a pretty good one :) thanks for p[articipating :)
Thanks
those one night stands are rough ... LOL!
😁
I actually didn't have a story. I just went to pixabay, choose the picture at random and wrote the first idea that popped onto my head
And yes, one night stands can be pretty rough... But it's more comfortable if you don't do it while standing
Smart writing and the quickies are the easiest hahaha no fuss not muss.
Standing can be good! 😛
Quickies...
You don't want to do them too often. Especially if you're a fan of the smooth, slow and steady
That could get boring ... just sayin 🐡
Haha
You're right on that one
I'm out
She kissed her. They liked it.
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Source
Referred by @iamthegray
I nominate @bayobari @sushie @jeaniepearl @adejoke16 @fisteganos
a different one... a reflection on the on the voyeur side of us
best of luck :)
Years of waiting come to an end. Finally, a baby moves in my womb.
referred by @ammyluv
Picture Source
Nominate: @rabamaker @artgirl @pinay @iconnelly
Oh my... 😁
all's well that ends well :) best of luck
"We all want to be loved, understood and valued," Monica admonished
"like bunnies," Her three years old daughter added
source: https://pixabay.com/en/easter-easter-bunny-hare-spring-3204589/
Refer: @iamthegray
haha, good one :)
As she grew older she grew more free of the conventions of society. And she wore a purple hat.
referred by @svkrulze
nominate @andysantics48
upvoted and resteemed
@Lahvista
that's a good one :)
I hang lifelessly waiting desperately for the chance to feel alive as I slowly descend into madness. With a smile on my face, I ponder endlessly about how to end my suffering.
Image source: pixabay.com
Referred by: @anjkara
this is a great one :) best of luck :)
Hello... It's time
source
Referred by: @ashley4u
I wanted to make the entry as short as possible to challenge myself to evoke felling of fear.
I like this one. short and terrible...
best of luck
"Eve was the last human being left on earth. Then there was a knock on the door."
img. Source
Refered by: @minnowbootcamp
sci-fi horror or is it a story of hope after all??? ... I love these...
thanks for taking part and best of luck :)
Its up to the readers on how they put themeselves in the story as eve. If they are scared, of course they'll make it as a story of hope, yet they got scared at the first place as a reader, so was it horror? Or hope?
Thank u so much for this cool contest!
Stuck
deepmuckbigrake.com
In the third hour after leaving his car behind, the man stumbled over yet another knee high snowdrift. There, in the distance, a yard light flickered through the storm.
Referred by @svkruleze
A story of struggle and hope. I like it. Best of luck and thanks for taking part :)
Paw print
My dog and I had so much fun at our favorite spot, the beach, one last time. Boy, I pray that there is a beach in heaven.
Credits: my own image
Refered by: @svkrulze
Beautiful and sad....
If this is a real story, then I must say your dog had been very lucky and so were you...
Thank you.
It’s not a true story but I would have the same sentiment if it happened to my dog.
Image source: pixabay.com
But this time they had gone too far, this time there would be no such thing as forgiveness. This time he would empty his gun's chambers on their smug faces and then send them to reside in those coffins he had prepared for them...
I was referred by @iamceezee and I nominate @lartist-zen, @angelveselinov and @warpedpoetic.
revenge drama... I like it :)
There were a few things he didn’t know, such as what was causing his recent bouts of nausea and diarrhoea.
There were a few other things he didn’t know she knew, such as where he stashed the secret mobile he used to sext the young blonde piece he was seeing on the sly.
Referred by:@moneyinfant
Image: my own
yours may well be the last story in this contest... just an hour left I think before 7 days are up :) great entry, best of luck :)
Panting, sweating and heart racing as if he had outrun death itself he exulted as the transformation was nearly complete.
Then he heard a bone crack - was it his own - and the pain truly began.
I was referred by @svkrulze, nominated by @anjkara and egged on by @iamthegray
Ooh nice. Sounds like the end stages of tetanus.
Tetanus isn't exactly what I was going for, but I'll take it (not the tetanus of course - the compliment).
Hahah it could be rabies too -- they used to confuse tetanus and rabies all the time back in the day, if that helps ;)
Some think that's how the werewolf myth started :D
yes, I think that's how the werewolf myth started
Rabies sounds better than tetanus...not as a personal choice of course.
LMAO!!!
Ouch
Sounds like the making of another wolverine or Captain America (although I think it applies more to wolverine)
See, that was easy. It doesn't take too much, does it?
Plus, you still owe us a contest
Winks
That was so easy it felt like I had an Easy button.
Do you want an involved, difficult contest, or would you prefer something a bit on the easier side?
Is this a trap?
Why are you giving me an option?
Well, I want the easy one (covers face)
No trap. I save my traps for @underground and @maverickinvictus
Easy it is. And that makes it easier on me as well. I'll keep the harder one for the 100th edition of the Writing List as originally planned.
😁
I'll be waiting (for both of them)
I call on the @eagledspirit to give you a spanky!
Noooooooooooo......
I don't want to be him... great story
thanks for participating.... and many thanks for referring o many people to my contest...
this shows how popular your series is
It was interesting seeing those mentions roll in because it gave me an idea how popular the series is as well. Very encouraging and motivating :-)
BABY is growing ... no baby no more ...
LOL!!
No, I was not adrift on General George Washington’s retreat route; the jetstream is just that strong.
from pixabay
Referred by: @svkrulze
Nominate: @mithan
Interesting. Thank you for participating and best of luck :)
She discovered the truth after waiting in queue for over 5 hours.
Account Bal.: $10.01, she needs an extra $500 urgently, what would she do?
Source
Referred by: @jkadam2k18
Nominate: @laurawhite @jacksondavies @abrahamcera @omoyiwolabusayo @sanddrift @hayleyuk
a story that ends with a question... many possibilities...
thanks for taking part and best of luck :)
Thanks for the nomination.
The stories here provide a source of inspiration.
The ending of Tinder by @derangedvisions inspired some elements of Snap.
Who knew so much could come from a collection of two sentence stories.
You're so welcome mate!
I like the concept here too. :)
Sham saverein teri yaadein ati hain, aaaa ke dil ko mere yun tarpati hain. O sanam teri yaadon ki kasam.
Source
India United - Promotions.
In English - I remember you every moment of my life - in evening or at night. I swear by your memories that i speak the truth.
This is not an original story, @rishi-sayz
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@svkrulze
Thank you, but unfortunately only English is allowed though not exclusively mentioned. I will make sure to update the rules next time. And you have not added an image. Best of luck next time :)
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" How mean to have put me in such a tight place ", said the fish with an awful frown on his face.
"Thank goodness, I am not big like a trout" he huffed one more time as he pouted about.
Referred by @emmgeeahmad
Good one :) thanks for participating.