Archive for the ‘Challenges’ Category

peaceful, philanderer, prophetic, nasty, resplendent
nail, proper, simple, onyx, simple
distance, credible, ensconced, saturate, legality
triumph, harrowing, billowy, valorous, exhibiting
pedestrian, hapless, eclectic, candor, pithy

superimposed, furtive, responsible, feverish, squirrel
artfully, saloon, escalate, rubble, variation
trembled, rebellious, camphor, illustrious, ample
minuscule, superlative, agnostic, buttery, savory
interception, Hippocratic, flatulence, piercing, inept
exquisite, banana, skull, sheep, inquisitive
remarkable, savant, antagonize, crucial, combustion

Ongoing Competitions

Glimmer Train’s Short Story Competition for New Writers
http://www.glimmertrain.com/shorawfornew2.html
From the site: The category will be open to submissions for one full month, from the first day through midnight (Pacific time) of the last day of the month. Results will be posted at www.glimmertrain.org.

* February. Results will be posted on April 30.
* May. Results will be posted on July 31.
* August. Results will be posted on October 30.
* November. Results will be posted on January 31.

Ongoing Challenges

Postcard Shorts
http://www.postcardshorts.com/index.html
From the site: Submit a short story, about 250 words long. As much as you could more or less fit on a postcard.

Want to add one?

Know of any ongoing, online writing competitions or creative writing challenges? Email us with the details and we will take a look at it and consider it for posting here on Word Whimsy!

Below is this month’s word list along with the names of the people to blame who contributed them. hehe There are 35 words total.

The Word List for January

Laurel – ribbon, denim, key, tackled, confetti
Karen – juice, thundercloud, asphalt, frond, linen
Val – driveling, misconstrued, interim, augury, compelling
Logan – dignity, slur, contrite, evasion, corruption
Ysa – petrified, jeans, scrumptious, hypnotized, pirouette
Jason – doubting, dirge, daft, drifting, dank
Ria – efficient, collaboration, virus, precipice, historical

Homework time!

All participants are asked to complete a final draft of their stories using the word list, as an experiment, and hand it in to me by our next meeting on February 27th.