Good Morning, from A Word with You Press, Oceanside, California.
We just reached a milestone, of sorts, yesterday, having surpassed a quarter of a million hits to our site, since we came on line two years ago. We (moi) are hoping that this does not represent ten people each visiting 25,000 times, or even twenty [...]
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Good Morning from The Word in The ‘Side (Translation for those new to the site: Good morning from the towers that are A Word with You Press in sunny Oceanside, California, four blocks from the beach where our interns diligently edit their tans)
Our current contest is called Waiting [...]
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Michael Stang (right) attempts to impress AWwYP intern with his computer skills
Flacked of Fliction? You decide.
Literati! Our current contest gives you the option of using the scenario and the prompt for a 100 word (exactly!) flash fiction, or for a broader story. Waiting for Wisdom is about an encounter, incident, [...]
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…Will that be for here, or to go?”
I saw that as a bumper sticker once…but it was not at a Rick Santorum rally.
Literati!
Still waiting for a story from a waiter or waitress that does not seethe with contempt for those who are served–and will still be waiting after this one is posted, [...]
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Greetings once more from The Word! Before trekking down to The Cup, two blocks from here and half way to the beach on this gorgeous morning, I thought I would post one more entry into our contest Waiting for Wisdom. (www.awordwithyoupress.com/2012/03/06/announcing-a-nude-contest-waiting-for-wisdom/) You can use the scenario and [...]
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Ed Coonce 2011
Snidely finished tying that bitch Nell to the railroad track, then laughed, a sinister noise that began in his pointy toed boots and continued out his mouth where it froze in mid air then tinkled down onto the ground.
“You’re toast now, girlfriend,” he told her, then pulled out his [...]
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Literati!
Good morning from the towers that are A Word with You Press in Oceanside (aka the ‘Side). There seems to be trend here in our contest entries: Dirty old men who like their eggs over sleazy! and how the waitresses must dispatch them (the men, not the eggs). Our contest Waiting for Wisdom uses [...]
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Hmmmnnn…He seems a bit testy here…
This is his entry into our latest contest(s) in which the same prompt can be used for a short story or essay of any length, and for a hundred word flash.
This one is a flash in the pan…pie pan. But don’t worry, everything will be [...]
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Literati!
Terrie Leigh Relf has entered our contest Waiting for Wisdom, the first contest we’ve sponsored where one prompt (Check,please) can be used for two separate categories; one a 100 word flash, the other a fully fleshed (ooohhh….fully fleshed!) short story or essay, all about a waiter or waitress, [...]
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Literati!
Sheeeee’s BAAAAACK!
That would be Claudia Barillas, aka Chuck, who was time traveling during the last contest and missed out altogether. She is making up for it with an entry in our twofer Waiting for Wisdom. The same prompt “Check, please” for both a short story or essay, or a one hundred word [...]
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…waiting for Godot, but with attitude! Waiting for Wisdom is our new contest…
in which you connect your story to a waiter or waitress, and somewhere the words must be found, “Cheek, please” (oops! That’s Check please). AND this contest is a twofer. Use the same prompt to write exactly 100 words. details here:
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New deadline: April 15th.
oops!–I meant NEW!–(that’s the way the freudian slips)
Literati! Good Morning from the towers that are A Word with You Press (aka The Word) in Oceanside, California (aka The ‘Side)
I have served up several clues over the last week or so, including menu, dinner, tip, service, the side, hash harriers, [...]
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Literati!
Sal Buttaci has booked time travel to time co-ordinates unknown, but before departing, he sent me the results of our contest, Tempus Fugit…Will You? Not only did Sal judge the contest, but the master-flasher even provided the prompt and parameters: 360 words exactly referring to the Tempus Fugit Act which dictated the terms [...]
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…from your fingers and your thumb. And me I’m out there waiting…for the miracle to come. (L.Cohen)
Literati!
And here is finalist number five, Lewis Carol, entertaining us with a tale of falling through the rabbit hole. The only requirement was that the story contain the line “The last time I saw Richard was Detroit, [...]
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…That would be Jules Vern.
Oh, Literati!
We have two more finalists to post in our contest, Jules Vern being one of them. There was no word limit, only the requirement that the words to a Joni Mitchell song “The last time I saw Romney–oops! RICHARD!–was Detroit, in ’68.” Jules, whose real identity will be [...]
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Literati!!
I am delighted to inform you all that none other than KEN KEYSEY has consented to enter as a finalist in our contest, Tempus Fugit…Will You? Ken was one of five finalists selected, whose identity will be kept secret until our judge Sal Buttaci derides a winner! The only requirement for the finalists is [...]
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by Mark Twain
A moose stared at his reflection in the still of the water, and then stopped to nibble pink petunias dangling from the garden box. Buzzing flies and gnats circled the furry, homely head as he chomped with drooling worm lips. Spring had finally been shaken alive after the long, bitter winter.
“That [...]
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Good evening, Literati, from Oceanside, California (akaThe ‘Side)
We have five finalists for our contest Tempus Fugit…Will You. The terms are simple: write a story of any length and contain there-in the words of a Joni Mitchell song “The last time I saw Richard was Detroit in ’68.” I am posting the stories as the [...]
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Oh, patient ones!
Here are the finalists in one of our more difficult contests, Tempus Fugit…Will You?
Those who successfully traveled through time and space to make it as finalists are:
Oh, wait! Don’t you wanna hear how they were chosen?
Guess not.
They are:
Mac Eagan (or possibly his daughter, Mari)
Julie Cohen [...]
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Literati!
All entries to our contest Tempus Fugit…Will You? have been posted. Gary and the Derek have each sent me their choice of finalists, and now it is up to Sal to do the same. Those names will be added to two names that I will pick at random from our special sack, and the [...]
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