Holiday creative writing contests are fun -
especially when you win!
We are proud to announce the winners of our holiday creative writing contests! Check below for the Writer's Block Help E-zine Thanksgiving and Halloween Writing Contest winners!
Click for Free Writer's Block Help E-Zine and Free E-Book The entries were exciting to read and very well-written, but the top winners are posted below. Be sure to check out each week's E-zine as a reminder of future contests, so you're sure to have a chance to enter and win! Our Thanksgiving Writing Contest rules included writing a narrative about Thanksgiving. The trick was to write the narrative from the perspective of someone or something other than yourself (i.e. the turkey, the stuffing, a family member, etc.). The writing could be of any genre at all, but there was a limit of 300 words. Lindsay Preston from Ontario, Canada is our winner for this Thanksgiving Writing Contest. Here is her entry (note the puns): Hey, sweet potato! Sounds nice, doesn't it? It's not often that I hear that, though. I usually just hear "pass the potatoes" or "can I get the recipe," as the rest of my kind are eaten up by the hungry givers of thanks. I have no real problem with them being thankful. I just don't understand why it has to be at the expense of eating us sweet potatoes. I could yammer on and on about this, but the fact is that for once, I would love to hear "sweet potato" as a compliment. I'm viewed as an appealing food, yet marshmallows are sometimes thrown on top of me. It's like an ironic twist of fate, being called sweet but needing to add more sugar to me. I'm a potato and proud of it. I guess it's nice that they think I'm tasty, but every year, I listen to them give thanks and enjoy the tender, juicy turkey while I remain a mere side dish. I say that the saucy cranberries and I fight back. They say it like it is, after all. The salad should be upset too. It gets tossed aside just like the rest of us, with different vegetables strewn about as if no order is necessary. For once, I'd like to show them how un-sweet I am. I can fight back, prove them wrong, and have them show me the respect I deserve. I am on the Thanksgiving table, after all. If I made it there, I can make it anywhere. And right now, anywhere is top of the list, head of the line, numero uno. So, when you stop hearing about turkey and only hear people yammering on about sweet potatoes, know that I made the difference. I started the revolution.
The Halloween Writing Contest rules were to write a Halloween tale in any genre, as long as the tale only consisted of thirty-one words -- no more, no less. This challenge brought on many a try, but the three winners are posted below. The winning entry comes with a title, which does not count against his thirty-one words. Enjoy the creativity that each of these Halloween short stories exudes!MOVIEPOCALYSE! -- First Place
by Robert Campbell -- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania "Zap! Every horror movie ever made is struck by lightning! According to the bizarre physics of horror, infamous villains are freed from their celluloid prisons! It's the end of the world!" Second Place
by Kris Towers -- Sacramento, California "One night, a vampire, werewolf, and zombie were discussing what a hybrid between their species would be called. For a vampire/zombie hybrid, the vampire submitted the term "zompire" for approval." Third Place
by Shaun Taylor -- Frankfort, Kentucky "The monstrous behemoth plunged ahead for the puny school kids and scarfed them down its throat like Children McNuggets! It roared in triumph over its latest meal! Bwa ha ha ha!" Hope to see your work here soon enough as you enter our new Writer's Block Help E-zine Writing Contests!
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