Group-Sponsored Happy Father’s Day! Horror Contest

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The First Three Sentences group invites you to show us your horror stories for Father’s Day. We aren't saying fathers are scary, just that dads are more likely than moms to appreciate a good horror story on their day off. So let’s scare the socks off Dad!

Write a story of up to 500 words using that photo you see in the upper left hand corner as a prompt. You can do whatever you want with the prompt—the story you come up with is all yours. No adult labels or gratuitous gore, please. Just make the hairs on the back of Dad’s neck stand up.

The First Three Sentences group is all about great beginnings. But don’t worry about that now, we want to see an entire story up to 500 words. If you try to impress us with a drabble, make sure they are EXACTLY 100 words not including the title, and let us know you intend for it to be a drabble.

Now, Boo! Get writing.

Prize money for this contest is provided by the Scribophile Writing Contest Prize Fund.

Winning entries

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Prizes

Rules

• Entries must be no longer than 500 words per Scribophile’s count.

• No novel chapters.

• Work submitted must not have been previously won or placed in any other contest.

• No previously published stories.

• Only one entry per member.

• Entries must have Public visibility on Scribophile until winners are announced.

• You may post your work, receive critiques, and edit until the deadline.

Submission guidelines

• Entry is free, but you’ll need 5 karma points to post your work to the contest. You can earn karma points, by writing critiques of work with other members.

• To post your work for this contest, check the box that says "Enter this work into the Group-Sponsored Happy Father’s Day Horror Contest.” Your work will automatically be considered. The check box will be visible until the contest deadline, which is in UTC time.