Update
August ‘Rings of Conflict’ Contest
Your cheat sheet
We are well into the last week of Microcosm’s Rings of Conflict contest. All submissions to the publication until the first prompt of September is published will be included for consideration.
In short, the deadline is 3rd September 2021
The basic contest details are to weave together a serial story, comprising four separate stories.
Character vs Character
e.g. Riff Randell vs Principal Evelyn Togar in Rock’n’Roll High School
Character vs Society
e.g. V vs the United Kingdom in V is for Vendetta
Character vs Environment
e.g. Don Lope vs the jungle in Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Character vs Fate
e.g. the protagonist vs fate in Predestination
Many of the prompts detail online generators. Use them as an aid, or ignore them — it’s your choice. I recommend playing with them, though. I find them a lot of fun, and they help me develop new ideas.
The editors will make the final, unappealable, decision and none of them, including any of their noms de plume, are eligible for the prize.
This contest is a Serial Fiction challenge, and so the stories should flow from one to the other. But we won’t be too tough on this.
Story details
Story 1: Character vs Character
- 300–1,000 words, with the word count evenly divided by 100
- tag using “Rumble”
Story 2: Character vs Society
- 200–1,000 words, with the word count evenly divided by 100
- Tag this one with “Society”
Story 3: Character vs Environment
- 100–1,000 words, with the word count evenly divided by 100
- Tag this one with “Blizzard”
Story 4: Character vs Fate
- 50–1,000 words, with the word count evenly divided by 100 (except, of course, if you use 50 words exactly)
- Tag this one with “Fate”
Get your stories in this week, and you will be in the running for the $50 prize (except where prohibited by law, of course).
You know the drill, follow us on Twitter at @MicrocosmPub and make your dog/cat/hamster/husband/wife/friend/me happy. And who knows? We may follow you back. (Yeah, we’ll follow you back. We like you. We really do.)
Also, all Twitter story links work like friend links for non-members.
