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YES! We do have a winner, selected from the 144 entries that have been posted all the way from Siberia to Costa Rica! (What? you mean you haven’t clicked on our visitor’s map yet?)
Quite a challenge it [...]
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OK. Derek and I each did our job. I picked my three favorites, and he picked his three favorites from the 12 finalists.
The idea was, we would have at least ONE in common, and hence a winner. We were trying to figure out what we would do if we had [...]
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We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: you the entrants in our contest and you the readers and commenters, all of you continue to surprise, amaze and delight us. Your passion for the written word and your willingness to engage as a supportive and creative community are what give [...]
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Hi Folks
An exciting night at A Word with You Press in California. The worldwide response to our contest “One Tight Write” (check our map of visitors accessible on the home page) continues to astound us. At 6:40 in the evening we have had 850 hits on our site, and our [...]
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Here’s the twelfth entry in our OETW final round.
Milestones
“It’s a boy, Mrs. Jones!”
“Class President, Mrs. Jones’ boy, will deliver our commencement speech.”
“Mrs. Jones, your boy must report immediately for military duty.”
You’re cordially invited to the wedding of Mrs. Jones’ boy.
Mrs. Jones is [...]
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The eleventh entry here for you now.
The News
Sarah’s meeting with Brad was finished, and now it was time to tell her husband. He was waiting to hear this news for a long time. They sat across from each other. She began.
“I’m pregnant. You’re going to be a father!”
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Here’s number ten from the final twelve.
Close Call
“How do you play?”
“Act out the word on the paper. No talking.”
I glance at the brief scribble on the slip, thinking for a moment. I begin waving my arms around.
Eventually, defeated, someone grabs the strip. “Ohh, ‘octopus.’”
I sigh, [...]
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Here’s number nine of the magical twelve.
Quietly
The Coleman camping stove looked incongruent in the Italian marble-tiled bathroom. The man cuddled up against the shower wall; he took a sip of light blue pills from a small bottle.
He hugged his legs and stared at a torn picture of a [...]
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Here’s number eight of the One Even Tighter Write dozen.
Virtual Love
My son asks if he can Skype chat with the boy next door. I extol the evils of the virtual world, remind him that live friendships are superior to those fostered online. With a stern warning to his nanny [...]
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Anyone remember the intermission coming up in the middle of a really long movie or between two features? You’re welcome to go grab some popcorn or candies right now.
You back? Okay, while we’re waiting for the next One Even Tighter Write to post for your reading pleasure, we were recently [...]
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Here’s number seven – keep those comments coming on every entry. It all helps us make up our minds!
Tales of Nigeria-Biafra War
“To make Nigeria one is a task that must be done” he lowered his gaze, and tears slipped out of his left eye, I saw my father fighting [...]
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Here’s number six and we’re halfway through the pack. Get involved, people!
Vampire Micro
Vampires manipulate the air. No longer biting the necks. They can do worse. Flapping wings, organs spew out of their victims. They chew what is oozing from these bodies still alive and writhing on the floor. You [...]
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Here’s the fifth entry of our twelve fifty worders. You’re not entitled to see the names of the authors until the end of the contest!
Silent Night.
He walks down the street, while everyone sleeps.
He goes to a familiar house and climbs to her open window.
He goes to her [...]
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Here’s the fourth entry out of twelve. More coming tomorrow.
The Breakup
I’m still lost without her. I loved the bitch, but she asked for it!
Eagerly responding to my slightest touch, she liked trying new things (if you know what I mean). But when she became controlling, I threw her [...]
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Here’s the third entry, from one of our twelve finalists.
Speak Now or . . .
Seventeen e-mail revisions filled his Drafts folder. The wastebasket was full of crumpled paper. He had switched to handwritten thinking the words would flow more naturally, but they didn’t. How long had he liked her? [...]
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And here’s our second One Even Tighter Write to read and comment upon.
KODESH BREATH
My fourth yard of pumice rock, unloaded by hand
Back and forth again
Breathe
The rain stops just now.
Where does a sweet fragrance come from this day?
Twelve goldfinches all around me, unafraid…
Slow down
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Here’s the first of the 12 finalist entries. No author’s name though, we want you to feel free to comment on what you’re reading and not be influenced by who wrote it.
The Color of Love
Momma says I’m beautiful. She tells me I look like a cocoa kiss, [...]
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Okay then, let’s start with some stats.
144 bonafide entries to our One Tight Write contest.
An average of 4.5 hours a day spent receiving, reviewing, word counting, replying, editing the obvious grammar glitches, posting, formatting, preambling and post ambling, thinking up whizzy titles, sourcing photos and images, adding nifty captions, [...]
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Firstly, we would like to thank Ron Chatham- the sponsor of this contest. And on Sunday, February 20th at the HQ, he will be doing a book read of his fiction The Truck and Other Twisted Tales. Details will follow in due course. We’re counting on you for your support!*
Okay, [...]
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Hi there,
We received one entry too late to be included, but we wanted the author to get a little airtime- we’re not monsters, you understand; just sticklers for time.
So without further ado, here’s a One Tight Write for your reading pleasure.
The Truth About Lies by John Walters
I [...]
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