Hello! Welcome to the new Blog Battle, a weekly writing prompt competition! If you haven’t already, check out the slightly altered rules.

I did it again! I forgot to put up the poll for voting. You can see I’m completely distracted, but I hope you can bear with me! Here’s the poll to vote for your favorite “Sacrilege” story!

 

Battle 70’s “Derelict” Winner is Derelict (Dark Fic) by Heena Rathore P!  🙂 Please vote for “Sacrilege” and I’ll post the winner here later this week! Don’t forget to add the battle winner badge to your story!

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Action/Thriller/Suspense:

• One Year Later by David Williamson

Comedy/Humor:

• Hunger by Sarah Brentyn

Inspirational/Contemporary:

• Old and New by Phoenix Grey

Drama/Romance:

• Vampire (Chicklit) by Kristin Elise Garrett

Science Fiction/Fantasy:

• In the Vampire Rocks by E. E. Rawls
• Vampire (Menagerie 4) by Faith Song
• Emelia Raven (Vampire) by Helen Jones

Mystery/Crime:

• Silver Screen by Rachael Ritchey

Western:

Non-Fiction:

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PS If I’m missing your story, just leave me a comment to let me know!

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Next Week’s Theme Word: Hindered

Read all the stories & PLEASE VOTE for your top THREE favorites (not all for the same, though!).

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Rules:

1. 1500 words max (effective May 2016)
2. fictional tale (or true if you really want)
3. PG (no more than PG-13) Content – let’s keep this family friendly!
4. 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.
5. State the Genre of your story at the top/bottom of your post.
6. Post your story on Tuesday by 11:59 PM PST (you have a week to write it)
7. Go for the entertainment value!
8. 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).
9. Use the hashtag #BlogBattle when tweeting your story.
10. Let us know if you have a Facebook author/writer page so we can LIKE it to stay connected.
11. Have fun!

You have until the next Monday at midnight to read the submitted stories & vote for your top three. Please consider the expert use of the theme word when choosing.