Group-Sponsored Back to the 80s Contest

Details

Are you missing your ill spent youth? Those days when you were oblivious to a future filled with email, social media, and the internet? But still tantalizingly connected to a burgeoning society on the cusp of globalization? We want your stories! Write an original fiction story (no more than 2,000 words, preferably over 500 words) set in the 1980s or that evoke the ambiance of the 1980s as you remember them (or someone you know remembers them). Bonus points for magical realism, science fiction, or science fantasy elements, but these aren’t required. No depressing stories, please. Our judges will rank entries on the following: readability, nostalgia-inducing, high five-worthiness 🙌🏽, good vibes, and recognizable Gen X references.

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

Prizes

Rules

• Entries must be between 500-2,000 words.

• No novel chapters, poetry, or non-fiction. Creative non-fiction is okay.

• Your story should not be overly violent or sexually explicit.

• Work submitted must not have previously won or placed in any other contest on or off Scribophile.

• 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

• To post your work for this contest, check the box that says “Enter this work into the Group-Sponsored Back to the 80s contest.” Your work will automatically be considered. The check box will be visible until the contest deadline, which is in UTC time.

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