A few days ago, I visited my old high school and talked to a creative writing class about myself and my book. All you narcissists out there, be advised that taking up a profession in writing provides plenty of opportunities to ramble on and on about yourself. Eventually, you may even manage to hold the attention of a dozen or so teenagers for an hour and a half. Even as a literature-loving seventeen year old, holding my attention inside of a classroom when I was a second semester high school senior for more than four minutes would have been impressive, so I feel quite proud of my talkative achievement this past week.
Anyway, enough of the class was interested in my assignment suggestion for me to want to post it on this site as a Somewhere Over the Sun contest. I ran this contest before the book was out, and I’ve decided to do it again in order to encourage the young writers and novelists around me by offering a free copy of my book as an incentive.
The guidelines
If you had the ability to turn fiction into reality, written words into truth, what story would you write? As per the limitations that my protagonist Alan lives through, assume that you cannot summon gold, or cure diseases or reveal any kind of deity. Entries should be between 200-1,000 words (I won’t strictly adhere to either limit). I will pick the winner based on style, content, originality and that ever-subjective quality of likability. With his/her permission, I will post it on this site. The deadline is 2/19 at 11:59 p.m. (CST- Central Standard Time). All stories should be emailed to adi.alsaid@gmail.com. This contest is open to absolutely everyone on the planet.
Good luck!
