Hello! Welcome to the new Blog Battle, a weekly writing prompt competition! If you haven’t already, check out the slightly altered rules.
Battle 67’s “Tea” Winner is Summer’s Song by Sarah Brentyn! Don’t forget to add the battle winner badge to your story!
Action/Thriller/Suspense:
Comedy/Humor:
Inspirational/Contemporary:
- Meandering Menagerie by Rachael Ritchey
Drama/Romance:
Science Fiction/Fantasy:
- *** Menagerie by FaithSong
- A New Friend by Phoenix Grey
- Need for a Plan by E. E. Rawls
Mystery/Crime:
- Suburban Evil Pt. 2 by Ellie Maloney
Western:
Non-Fiction:
PS If I’m missing your story, just leave me a comment to let me know!
POLL WILL BE HERE WEDNESDAY
Next Week’s Theme Word: HAZEL
Read all the stories & PLEASE VOTE for your top favorite.
Rules:
- 1500 words max (effective May 2016)
- fictional tale (or true if you really want)
- PG (no more than PG-13) Content – let’s keep this family friendly!
- Your story must contain the word(s) from the theme and/or be centered around the theme in a way that shows it is clearly related.
- State the Genre of your story at the top/bottom of your post.
- Post your story on Tuesday by 11:59 PM PST (you have a week to write it)
- Go for the entertainment value!
- Put a link back to your #BlogBattle Short Story in the comments section, and/or include a link to a battle post (not a page) in your own blog post (it creates a “ping-back” which will alert me and our friends to your #BlogBattle post).
- Use the hashtag #BlogBattle when tweeting your story.
- Let us know if you have a Facebook author/writer page so we can LIKE it to stay connected.
- Have fun!
You have until the next Monday at midnight to read the submitted stories & vote. Please consider the expert use of the theme word when choosing.
Ack! I missed “menagerie”. And what a great prompt word. Well, I look forward to reading what you all came up with. And “hazel” has so many possibilities… *rubs hands together* So happy to place the badge on my little tea party from last week. 🙂 ❤ Thanks!
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❤ Looking forward to your Hazel story!
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Aah, I missed Tuesday… Is it okay to participate and post it today?
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Sure! Go for it. I can still add it. 🙂
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Thank you. ^-^ Here it is: https://storyoffire.wordpress.com/2016/08/17/blogbattle-68-menagerie/
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Reblogged this on Fiction by Rachael Ritchey and commented:
Did you know #BlogBattle is back to every week? Join in when you can! Next week we’re tackling “Hazel” so get your story in the works today! 😀 And in the mean time, read these stories for the word “Menagerie” and have a great week!
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I’m finally back with a story. 🙂
https://rawlse.wordpress.com/2016/08/16/need-for-a-plan-madnessolver/
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And we are glad you are back! ❤ 😀
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Yay! ❤ *hug*
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