Writers all over the world are in a constant struggle to release the next best selling book, millions of books are published each year by a vast number of writers.
We at Literature Trail realizes that everyone has that spark of talent inside of them and all they require is some form of motivation for it to shine through.
The Fifty Word Story Contest has been running non-stop for nine weeks now despite the Hard Fork and other Challenges.We have a special tenth week edition with bigger rewards and a guest judge
Ernest Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in six words, the result was a heart breaking story : For Sale, Baby Shoes, Never Worn.
The contest is a way to encourage new steemians on the platform. The growth of steemit depends on their presence,this is what led to communinty building projects like @curie and this contest.
This contest is open to only Steemians with reputation 55 and lower.
RULES OF THE CONTEST
1 Contestants must be reputation 55 and below
2 Write your story using #fiftywords as your primary tag and the word of the week as your secondary tag, you can be creative with the remaining three tags.
3 Only one entry is allowed per contestant
Word Of The Week: CROWN
You can write about an accessory
You can write about a product.
Guest Judge
We have a guest judge for the week and it is other person than the lovely @dreemit.
All entries must be submitted by 4pm New York Time On Wednesday May 10th.
Prizes as follows
First Place : 350 Trail coins and 15 Steem
Second Place: 200 Trail coins and 9 Steem
Third Place: 150 Trail coins and 6 Steem
.A special prize of 300 Trail coins would be given to the first person to submit a story. Thanks to @the-future for sponsoring this prize.
The organisation of this contest has been given huge support by the guys at SteemTrail
If you have not already done so, head over to the SteemTrail Discord server and check out what they’re up to.
You will need an Open Ledger Account which is free. Simply click HERE and follow the instructions.
For a streemian Account, click HERE
From the fifty word contest organiser @ogochukwu, I wish you all luck, don't forget to upvote, follow and resteem @literature-trail.
If you would like to help increase the reward pool for this contest, please let me know @ogochukwu