Contest
Our April contest prompt is:
"Breaking Free"
Life can be full of chains that bind us – bad habits, toxic relationships, dead-end jobs, limited ways of thinking. We invite you to write about someone who changes old patterns to achieve a wonderful new freedom.
Thanks to SoftArt Team for this prompt!
Entry Deadline:
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STEP 1:
- First Step - Write a great flash fiction story (English Only / 350 Words)
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BEFORE YOU CONTINUE - Practice reading your story out loud
- Select a great cover picture for your story, and have the image ready to upload
- Proofread your story and correct all errors, then prepare to submit your text
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Prepare your cover image file and story text, then be ready to record - Click here to check the Contest Guidelines below
- Select the FREE path or the VIP path below
- Record and submit your story
- No special equipment needed - We provide simple recording tools
- You can record using a smartphone, or any computer and microphone
- Scroll down to click the YouTube contest shortlist button below
- If your story made the cut, it will be published within a few days
- Stories with the highest number of views are at the top of the shortlist
If you were a VIP member...
Voice Contest Guidelines
Prize: $25 Amazon Gift Card
- One story per person - 350 Words Max Limit
- Fiction only - no poems, memoirs, nonfiction or essays
- Minimum of 10 shortlisted submissions to award a prize
- Maximum of 40 shortlisted entries per contest
- The list of finalists will be created after the entry deadline has passed
- The finalist list will include the stories with the highest number of views on YouTube, based on the total number of entries
- The finalist list will also include stories selected by staff
- Winners will be selected from the finalist list by all members via an email voting poll
- First, second and third place winners will be displayed with corresponding blue, red and white ribbons
- Only the first place winner will be awarded an Amazon gift certificate
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- No purchase necessary to enter or win
- FREE members and VIP members have an equal chance of winning
- Void where prohibited or restricted by law