FUN AND GAMES

The Second 2020 Writers’ Competition

Sponsored by Four Publications & With Writers’ Prompts

Announcing the second contest for 2020!

Become rich and famous! Write til your fingers go numb!

Okay, maybe not that much. I know first hand — actually, left hand — how that feels.

In keeping with the April contest, there will be five winners.

Each winner will receive $50! And a mention along with their favorite stories written, highlighted in a special letter to all our followers.

The contest starts today. The writers who have submitted the most articles across four publications will be the winners. Remember please, that the amount of editing, if any, I need to do on anything you submit may slow down your time to publication. Please check the Spaghetti Contest post for the names of the four publications.

Your final article, published on the last day of June, counts into the final tally. You need to send me the link to your last summary article on July 1st. If you miss sending me that on July 1st, you’ll be disqualified. Any articles you submitted since May 1st count, so if you already have some posts published, you have a head start!

Different for this contest — along the way, there will be writers’ prompts. I will NOT tag everyone in those prompts. We are growing rapidly, and we now have a healthy number of writers, so it takes a long time to do all those tags. If you are playing, just watch for my articles as they come out and you’ll find those writers’ prompts. They will have “writers’ prompt” in the title, so you’ll be able to search for them easily. You can write as many articles as you like on these prompts. You are not limited to writing on just those prompts. You can invent and use any ideas you come up with on your own.

To get the mental flossing going….. here’s your first prompt.

Check this article. What could possibly go wrong? Write a satirical piece. Or imagine the meetings that come from this. Or the meetings to go into the planning. Write a sketch, pen a cartoon, write a funny poem. Write any comedic related piece.

Then watch for the next writers’ prompt! Good luck, and happy writing.

After the publishing of this article — here are the formal prompts so far.

Pedro Escudero Ida Adams Allan Milne Lees Bill Gold Kelly Wondracek Kyle Pendergraft PlainTalkBadManners Andy Meholick Charles Roast Alexandra Sol Alethea Avery Selene Bey Madeline Harding Rebel Raine Elle Chapeau Archie Holloway Lisa C Hannon Stacey Christiansen John King L.A. Strucke Marilyn Flower Greg Prince Gutbloom Lon Shapiro Jenny Justice Heidi Franklin Justine Reed Rachael Ann Sand Kathryn Dillon Bob Beacham Kristi Keller Natalie Frank, Ph.D. Laura Mohsene Jennifer Marla Pike Jimmywayne Ford Luke Wiese Jamie Lou Robin Klammer Laurie Livingston Nave Zarina Dara 🥀💃🏻 Hank Eng Imahuman Don Feazelle Roz Warren Helen Cassidy Page Isaac Middle Tapan Avasthi Sherry McGuinn Shelly McIntosh Joshua Theodorus Kurnia T.S. Johnson Janie Emaus Caroline de Braganza Bev Potter Unique Writer Laura Belle Alan Asnen Kris W Leon Kyrie Gray Lee Serpa Azevado Pamela J. Nikodem, MS Ingrid L. Williams Tammi Brownlee Lisa Bolin Lisa Tomey Jonica Bradley Brenda Mahler Adam, Diabetic Cyborg Christina Barber Christina M. Ward Christine Graves Emma Webster Evelyn Martinez Judith Deborah Peggy Gillespie Hazelwood Margot Q Elizabeth Bolton Armando Batista Bebe Nicholson Ben Kissam Sara Zadrima Ronald Franklin Kent Clark R Bittner CJ Kowalski Somsubhra Banerjee Carlyn Beccia Nicol Valentin Keith Hoffman Erica N EdgarHuitema Chelsea Rose Anna I. Smith Tammy Patton Calaif Parks Marie T Smith James Knight Noel Cabacungan OinkOink Jake Russell A. Christine Myers Mari Teresienė Aliou Sidibé Alice Cimino Cassandra Dunn Gwenna Laithland Mickey Snowdon Carole Tansley Tracy Jenkins Olivia Rojas Julie Amidon-Conklin Nanci Arvizu Lauren Salkin James Garside Whitney Blaine Mark Ciemniecki A Stranger Haven Gretchen Lee Bourquin 💗POM-poet!💗 Sherrye Richardson Terry Barr Kati Pierce Leslie Wibberley Genevieve Santos Jessica Trésor Adeline Dimond Kim McKinney Bridget Webber Naman Kumar Angela Volkov Jack Burt Jessica McMillan Ashley Peterson Josh Wann Christine Anderson Pat Smith Jen Marie Wiggins Anu Anniah Bob Walter Underwood Robert Locke Marla Bishop Marla Bishop J.J. Pryor Garrick Arnold Stephanie Berryman Susan Randolph Gill McCulloch Terianne Falcone Aikya Param Michael Boyle Michael Filimowicz, PhD Jane Vogel Katherine Pollock Roo Nesmith Daniella Mini Janeen Kilgore Cristina Rojas Colloridi Nicol Valentin Salam Khan David B. Clear Sarah Simon Malik R. Robinson Thanos Antoniou Ash Jurberg Jenny Justice Anupam Chugh Diana Hawk Sarah Paris Prerna garg Bob James Judy Millar Luke Longerbee Robert Bush Corrine Roberts Henya Drescher Kim Funk Ethan Taylor bill carrera JayDee Sia Landers Jill Ebstein Ryan Fan Elise Deborah Horton Pallavi@305 Stacey Curran Marcia Kester Doyle Anne Emerick Augustine Habenga Diana Bernardo An Nguyen Priyanka Srivastava Melissa Kerman Laura Cooper Marla J. Albertie Ash Jurberg Thanos Antoniou Malik R. Robinson

Contemplate extra invites:

Jane Trombley Terry Barr Jyn Lynk Nikita Bharadia Alice Taylor Christina Hoag Wolfie Bain Wayne Boatwright Amanda Steel Carole Tansley Jennifer Marla Pike Sherrye Richardson Julie Amidon-Conklin Suntonu Bhadra Francisco M. Gómez Rebecca A. Barrett Clarissa Wilson Laura Cooper Laura Cooper

Law of Connections extra invites:

Katie Leung Renee Chen · 小雨 Elf HerSelf Rebecca Rijsdijk Beth Bruno Sam Kimberle Mr Francis Liz Gallo Michelle Renee Kidwell Veronica Haunani Fitzhugh Cam Poetski Ana Mengote Baluca Juliette Roanoke Michael Horner Linda Horton Clarissa Wilson Leslie Lozada Kayle Kessinger Ramona Grigg Rachel Hardy Rhea Anglesey Nikki Tate Jody Cummings Zoe Day Tendai Tomu Daphne Fields Jason Weiland Jk Mansi shelley colleen Madeline Dyer Melissa Toldy Seymour Toa Rohia Munavar Priyanka Srivastava

To The Summit extra invites:

Nicky Lim Gwen Irwin Jordan Mendiola Rosemary Payne Ellen Mady Kallie Allen Robert Bush

Susan Brearley is a brilliant strategist and entrepreneur, a published book author, writer, seasoned editor, essayist, occasional comedy writer, and an accidental poet. She’s the happy owner of between 1 and 20 top writer badges on Medium, on any given day.

She is Chef, Elder and Program Director at Elf Works Lane Retreat Center, where she coaches and mentors people, helping them identify and create the life they were born to live, on the planet we all want to live on. Next Garden of Neuro Workshop will (hopefully) be Summer of 2020.

She is currently based in the mid-Hudson Valley, New York.

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