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Post by Mazulla on Jun 29, 2023 17:49:39 GMT -6
Oh no! I'm sorry! I definitely agree. It's such a cruel genre when, as you said before, it's such a subjective category. Did you end up getting any prompts you think you can work with?
Maybe you can write a humorous rant about NYC Midnight assigning a dreaded comedy genre to poor writers, lol.
LMAO! Why didn't I think of that? But yeah, I did a quick bit of research on the comedy genre before I crashed after midnight and scribbled some ideas. The only one that developed into anything was just a scenario about a guy trying to wrap a present for his mother, and managed to tie in some Alice in Wonderland references and make the whole thing rhyme with a sing-song rhythm. No idea if it'll fly, but I did manage to tweak it during the boring hours of crossing Oklahoma and Texas and submitted it that night at our hotel in Colorado Springs. Anyway... it's the best I could do under the circumstances. So whatever... LOL. Oh, that seems interesting! Glad you had time to get your submission in and I hope it goes over well with them too. |
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Post by Mazulla on Jun 29, 2023 17:54:42 GMT -6
NYC Midnight will hold their first 500 word story competition beginning August 25th: "The inaugural 500-word Fiction Challenge is a competition that challenges writers around the world to create short stories no longer than 500 words in 48 hours. In the 1st Round (August 25-27, 2023), writers are placed randomly in groups and are assigned a genre, action, and object assignment." Link & Details: www.nycmidnight.com/500 |
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Post by Mazulla on Jul 26, 2023 20:57:43 GMT -6
I placed 9th in the flash fiction challenge for "mystery"!  Moving on to round #2 on Friday! |
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Post by RAVENEYE on Jul 27, 2023 10:39:07 GMT -6
I placed 9th in the flash fiction challenge for "mystery"!  Moving on to round #2 on Friday!  Hurray! Congrats, Mazulla! |
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Post by Mazulla on Jul 28, 2023 22:25:18 GMT -6
What is with these assignments?! Mine is a Political Satire, at a dog show, involving a volleyball. I'm not sure I'm going to make it.  |
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Post by RAVENEYE on Jul 29, 2023 13:48:00 GMT -6
What is with these assignments?! Mine is a Political Satire, at a dog show, involving a volleyball. I'm not sure I'm going to make it.  Unholy crap!!! That is a nightmare, for sure. I can see how the dog show could be a metaphor for the political arena, but ... a volleyball? That's just gross. Well, best of luck, Mazulla! |
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Post by RAVENEYE on Aug 6, 2023 12:58:09 GMT -6
Well, I received my feedback for my entry for Round 2 of the 100 word contest. And it's frustrating to read the "what needs work" section when the title of my entry is "Alex in Trendyland" and the critiquer says "I wish 'he' had been given a name."  Forget to read the title there, critter? And frustrating when the title is a clear allusion to a world-famous classic work and the tie-ins to that work seem to have gotten missed completely. When you read a reference to "playing croquet with flamingos" what story comes to mind? Who ARE these readers who are making judgements on our work when they are unfamiliar with the basic classics? PLEASE tell me the readers were given the stories WITH titles attached. I'm slightly alarmed now. Plus, the deliberate rhyming seems have gotten missed, so it appears these readers (whoever they are) aren't bothering reading 100-word pieces aloud, or for rhythm or anything but straight prose. Understandable, but come on. I worked hard on that, ya'll. Oh well, a couple more weeks and I get to see if my attempt at comedy made the cut. Not holding my breath. Ooops, seems the results email was sent on August 2 instead of the end of the month, so now I'm glad I didn't make the cut because I would've missed the final round and been furious with myself. I totally had the date wrong in my head. Anyway... I made good use of the "rate our judges" link and pointed out the blatant misses. I mean, I understand that these judges have to read a LOT of tiny entries, and brains and eyes get tired, but give me a break. When it's obvious the judge didn't even read the title??????? What business do you have judging a contest where thousands of dollars are at stake?????? (I didn't say that in my feedback, I just quoted the obvious error, but jeez, c'mon!!!) I just had to vent, b/c that is just ridiculous. Apologies for being crabby about it. /rant |
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Post by Mazulla on Aug 7, 2023 16:09:07 GMT -6
Well, I received my feedback for my entry for Round 2 of the 100 word contest. And it's frustrating to read the "what needs work" section when the title of my entry is "Alex in Trendyland" and the critiquer says "I wish 'he' had been given a name." Forget to read the title there, critter? And frustrating when the title is a clear allusion to a world-famous classic work and the tie-ins to that work seem to have gotten missed completely. When you read a reference to "playing croquet with flamingos" what story comes to mind? Who ARE these readers who are making judgements on our work when they are unfamiliar with the basic classics? PLEASE tell me the readers were given the stories WITH titles attached. I'm slightly alarmed now. Plus, the deliberate rhyming seems have gotten missed, so it appears these readers (whoever they are) aren't bothering reading 100-word pieces aloud, or for rhythm or anything but straight prose. Understandable, but come on. I worked hard on that, ya'll. Oh well, a couple more weeks and I get to see if my attempt at comedy made the cut. Not holding my breath. Ooops, seems the results email was sent on August 2 instead of the end of the month, so now I'm glad I didn't make the cut because I would've missed the final round and been furious with myself. I totally had the date wrong in my head. Anyway... I made good use of the "rate our judges" link and pointed out the blatant misses. I mean, I understand that these judges have to read a LOT of tiny entries, and brains and eyes get tired, but give me a break. When it's obvious the judge didn't even read the title??????? What business do you have judging a contest where thousands of dollars are at stake?????? (I didn't say that in my feedback, I just quoted the obvious error, but jeez, c'mon!!!) I just had to vent, b/c that is just ridiculous. Apologies for being crabby about it. /rant Oh no, that's huge that they missed several key details in your entry. Definitely warrants that kind of feedback for the judges! Tbh, I felt the same with that dark comedy entry I did on the first round too. Some of the feedback I received on mine appeared to completely miss the point. They need to pay closer attention, especially with 100 word stories where every word (including the title) needs to be considered. I didn't realize you could give feedback on the judges, so I might just do the same. On some of my other entries (like the mystery one I submitted), though, I felt the feedback was fair, except for one that seemed overly nit-picky. Another judge was extremely detailed and helpful. |
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Post by RAVENEYE on Aug 7, 2023 17:11:40 GMT -6
Well, I received my feedback for my entry for Round 2 of the 100 word contest. And it's frustrating to read the "what needs work" section when the title of my entry is "Alex in Trendyland" and the critiquer says "I wish 'he' had been given a name." Forget to read the title there, critter? And frustrating when the title is a clear allusion to a world-famous classic work and the tie-ins to that work seem to have gotten missed completely. When you read a reference to "playing croquet with flamingos" what story comes to mind? Who ARE these readers who are making judgements on our work when they are unfamiliar with the basic classics? PLEASE tell me the readers were given the stories WITH titles attached. I'm slightly alarmed now. Plus, the deliberate rhyming seems have gotten missed, so it appears these readers (whoever they are) aren't bothering reading 100-word pieces aloud, or for rhythm or anything but straight prose. Understandable, but come on. I worked hard on that, ya'll. Oh well, a couple more weeks and I get to see if my attempt at comedy made the cut. Not holding my breath. Ooops, seems the results email was sent on August 2 instead of the end of the month, so now I'm glad I didn't make the cut because I would've missed the final round and been furious with myself. I totally had the date wrong in my head. Anyway... I made good use of the "rate our judges" link and pointed out the blatant misses. I mean, I understand that these judges have to read a LOT of tiny entries, and brains and eyes get tired, but give me a break. When it's obvious the judge didn't even read the title??????? What business do you have judging a contest where thousands of dollars are at stake?????? (I didn't say that in my feedback, I just quoted the obvious error, but jeez, c'mon!!!) I just had to vent, b/c that is just ridiculous. Apologies for being crabby about it. /rant Oh no, that's huge that they missed several key details in your entry. Definitely warrants that kind of feedback for the judges! Tbh, I felt the same with that dark comedy entry I did on the first round too. Some of the feedback I received on mine appeared to completely miss the point. They need to pay closer attention, especially with 100 word stories where every word (including the title) needs to be considered. I didn't realize you could give feedback on the judges, so I might just do the same. On some of my other entries (like the mystery one I submitted), though, I felt the feedback was fair, except for one that seemed overly nit-picky. Another judge was extremely detailed and helpful. Kudos to that last judge then! Yeah, it's funny because I didn't even read the feedback on my Round 1 entry (prolly shoulda), but when a quick scan of this Round 2 feedback raised the alarm, I had to read it twice to make sure I was reading it correctly. Opinion is opinion, so there's usually no point in complaining when a piece doesn't jive with a reader, no biggie, but an unfair/erroneous response that can make the difference between yes or no? No way I'm letting that go. Hoping that judge didn't shortchange any other entries. LOL, maybe your overly nit-picky judge was my no-title judge. Eesh. |
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Moving on to round #2 on Friday! 
Moving on to round #2 on Friday! 
Hurray! Congrats, Mazulla! 
Forget to read the title there, critter?
You add them to your profile as you do them around the forum.
