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The idea of contests are great to motivate writing and participation, but perhaps a prize could be offered. Winner gets a subscription to an ejournal, or perhaps a choice of several ebooks.
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Well, the most recent contest is yours, so it's up to you. I'm not a rich person, but if the contest gets at *least* 10 people to participate, I'm more than willing to contribute a prize for a recent kindle issue of CLARKESWORLD, which is $3.99 on Amazon.
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Many contests have prizes. It shouldn't be a big deal.
I'll participate if you get only 9 writers to actually complete a 1000 word flash fiction piece. For anyone who's followed my critiques, they know that I tend to dislike flash fiction. 3000 to 6000 words, I think, works best.
But flash fiction pieces are popular, and eJournals/magazines are looking for them, so it's good to practice the craft.
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Yes, I wondered about the length but kept it short so we all don't have too much to read when we critique the stories.
I generally find them too short as well but like the format for getting characters and concept straight, quickly. Then, either it stays as flash, or grows into its own size.
I think it's great for getting us writing something new. Once I've gotten one done, I find my characters nagging me to finish the story properly, maybe in a longer format. One character especially, and she's armed with a ray gun!
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Talespinner started a writing CHALLENGE. Isn't the writing exercise enough of a reward (aka "prize").
If people think they have to provide some kind of prize when they start a challenge, that may explain why there have been so few challenges lately.
Please, no prizes for writing challenges. The "prize" of winning a challenge is that what you produce may lead to an actual sale and that's worth any prize.
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