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

Battle 73’s “Hindered” Winner is On the Hunt by David Williamson!  Congrats, Dave! Don’t forget to add the battle winner badge to your story! All the “hindered” stories were great this week! Good job, everyone. I’m looking forward to your Deterge bits!

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OH man! Stories will be trickling in throughout the day. Not to worry! You have plenty of time left to post yours.  🙂

DETERGE: the simple definition = to cleanse thoroughly. See what you can come up with on the flash! 🙂

Action/Thriller/Suspense:

• Fighting Fire with Fire by David Williamson

Comedy/Humor:

• Mad Mona and the Special Robe by Rachael Ritchey

Inspirational/Contemporary:

• Cleaning by Phoenix Grey

Drama/Romance:

Science Fiction/Fantasy:

• Who Did It? by E. E. Rawls

Mystery/Crime:

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 is COCONUT

Read all the stories & PLEASE VOTE for your top favorite (only one since there’s just three stories this week!).

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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.