Member-Sponsored The Dinner Party Contest

Details

Deadline:Oct 31, 2022
Fee:Free

Tim and I would like to invite you all to ransack your brains, delve into the attics and basements of your imaginations, and excavate all you know about your favourite authors and invite them to a dinner party to share their lives, current circumstances or pithiest commentary with you, the author, in a story about an evening dining experience.

Your guests may be alive or dead, or both, and the story should be a short one, between 2,500 and 5,000 words long by Scribophile’s count. (Entries longer than 3,000 words must be posted in parts to respect Scribophile’s post length rules.) Judging will be on skill of writing and on enjoyment—be the stories comedic, tragic, or filled with longing or lust or simple truths. We want to feel as if we were there!

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

Winning entries

Winners have been announced! Log in to see them.

Prizes

1st prize:$100 cash via PayPal
2nd prize:$75 cash via PayPal
3rd prize:$50 cash via PayPal
4th prize:10 karma points
5th prize:5 karma points

Rules

  • Entries must be a minimum of 2,500 words and a maximum of 5,000 words per Scribophile’s count. Entries longer than 3,000 words must be posted in parts to respect Scribophile’s post length rules.

  • Entries must be short stories. No novel chapters, poetry, or flash fiction.

  • Work submitted must not have placed in a site-wide contest previously.

  • No previously published stories.

  • Only one entry per member. (A single work posted in several parts counts as a single entry.)

  • 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 karma points to post your work to the contest. You can earn karma points by writing critiques of posted writing.

  • To post your work for this contest, check the box that says “Enter this work into the Member-Sponsored The Dinner Party Contest.” Your work will automatically be considered. The check box will be visible until the contest deadline, which is in UTC time.