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Confabulation
3
info:
Contract:
copyright releases will be sent to you via email on
April 15
Contracts must be returned via email no later
than April 30. No exceptions.
Deadline
for submitting your edited story or stories
April 30
If your name is on the Short List, please
begin to prepare to edit your stories.
No stories will be accepted before the contract has been
returned. No exceptions.
Dates for submitting your edited stories: April 15 to
April 30.
No stories will be accepted after midnight on the deadline date. No
exceptions.
Guidelines for submitting your stories will be posted on this page
on April 15.
Sales:
April 1 to April 30
Confabulation 3 will be available for purchase only during
the month of April.
The print run is limited to the amounts of sales made during April.
Remember that all contributing authors receive one free copy.
Launch: May 28
& 29
Announcements regarding the time and locations will be
announced.
As these dates approach, you will be asked to confirm your
attendance.
The Confabulation print run is our favourite and
busiest, annual fundraiser,
and its success would not be possible without you. . .
Thank you!
J
Happy Writing!
J
Wyn Lit 24
#34 Short List
AND THE WINNERS ARE:
(In no particular order -
except for the top three)
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Snowsnake Whispers - by Bill Walton
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White Whispers - by Maria Brunelle
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Nearly Everything Comes Down to
Mathematics . . . - by Mary Lou Pearce
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The Voice - by Caroline Jensen
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X Equals Fifteen- by Annie Daylon
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A Mind Full of Voices - by Debbie Johnson
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A Voice in the Darkness - by Melissa Brownlow
-
The Anatomy of an Invention - by Jerry Jordison
US Winner Special Mention:
Hell is Home for the Heathen - by Ceinwen King-Smith
Wyn Lit 24
Guidelines:
DELIVERY OF YOUR 24 STORY:
Please copy and paste your story into the body of an email
and send it to us by email. We will not accept
attachments.
Please be sure to give us your
full name and address
when you submit your story.
Thank you.
The
subjects are below this section!
The 24 Rules:
You do not have to use the title of the subjects as the title
of your short story.
You do not have to use the exact wording of the subjects within your
story.
In fact, we hope you don't.
You must use all the words from the
word list
exactly as shown.
The gender and name of the characters must be used as indicated
- unless the words he/she are not used and the names
can be used for either male or female characters.
If you have it in you,
you may submit more than one story within the 24 hours.
Wyn Lit 24
#35
The Word List:
violet
~
brakes
~ syntax ~
noise
~ peace
And,
just for fun, a made-up word
that means whatever you want it to mean
and does not
have to be used within your
story:
arakoon
oops! Turns out the above word is not made up
but have fun with it anyway!
Subject #1
Subject Title:
"Into the Depths"
This subject of this short
story is based
on the following picture:
(picture courtesy of W. W. Walton)
NOTE:
This short story will have
absolutely
no
dialogue.
Take us into the plot using descriptive words only!
Genre:
Fiction –
Cliff-hanger
Word Count Max:
1500
Subject #2
This subject is open to your unique interpretation - be creative!
Subject Title:
"When Bubbles Rise"
Main Character: Eva
Genre:
Fiction
Word Count Max:
2500
Subject #3
Subject Title:
"Homer Came Home"
Homer was missing for
three months - with no clues to his whereabouts.
His family spoke to the public, pleading for assistance
and the police treated the case as a possible homicide.
Despite the fact that they never found a body,
Homer's wife was the prime suspect.
Early on the morning of the 90th day after he disappeared,
his wife found Homer sitting at the kitchen table.
This is his story about what happened. . .
NOTE: This
short story must be written in the first person.
Genre:
Fiction
Word Count Max:
5000
~ ! ~ Ongoing Writing Challenge ~ ! ~
Subject:
"A Wyn Lit of Canadian Untruths"
-
The most unique
Untruths
written from the subjects below will be used in a
collection separate from Confabulation. We are hoping to
create an 8.5” x 11”, soft cover, coffee-table book with
pen and ink artwork. The Untruths are akin to what we
commonly refer to as legends, but they are not legends
in the sense that we understand the word.
Legends have
somewhat of a flavour to them; something mystical and
wondrous. The Untruths we're asking for should, of
course, have the same type of flavour, but they must be
unique - please don't just take a legend that
doesn't belong to you and twist it around to make it
your own. we want you to create your own Untruth and
present it as truth!
-
We are accepting pen and ink artwork (artwork that will
print well in black and white) to go with the
Untruths
– for those of you whose creativity does not end with
the written word or those of you that know someone who
can do artwork that will enhance the writing. Only one
piece of artwork per legend will be accepted. Artwork
must be submitted via email and by request only. No
unsolicited artwork attachments will be opened.
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When a winning subject has been chosen from the entries,
it will be removed from the list and a new one will take
its place. In other words, there will be only one
winning
Untruth
per subject.
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Although the majority of the subjects are
nature-oriented, please refrain from using ‘baby talk’
if you use animal characters and ‘preachy’ material if
you are teaching a lesson in your
Untruth.
-
A list of nature-oriented subjects and an updated list
of made-up words used in previous Wyn Lit 24’s will be
available at all times, until we have approximately 100
unique
and exciting
Untruths.
-
There is no 24 hour deadline for this challenge
– this is an ongoing challenge and it will last for the
duration until we have 100 unique
Untruths
for the collection.
Untruths
should not be submitted as entries the 24 writing
contests – they are a separate contest.
-
There is no limit to how many entries you can submit
throughout the duration of the challenge.
-
Each
Untruth
will only have 2 full pages in the book, including
artwork. This format will limit the
word count
to:
750 minimum
to
1000 maximum
without exception.
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The single most important thing to remember in this
challenge is to make your
Untruth
UNIQUE. The more unique it is, the more likely it will
find a place in this collection. Binding your
Untruth
to historical fact
is always a good idea, as it makes the reader question
the ‘reality’ of the
Untruth.
-
The Untruths
should be told in either prose, poetry or short fiction
If you have any questions, please
Contact Us.
We are very open to suggestions for subjects!
subjects to choose from - so far:
Firefly
Green Moss
Paper Tree (Birch)
Bass
Pontoon
Beaver House
Moose Rut
Wind
Maple Syrup
Stones
Shadfly
Bill Walton
Black
fly
Deerfly
Mosquito
Made-up Words that need an Untruth:
Thunder-fruit
Afterwords
Win'belle
Exclasperate
O'rneath
Birthhammer
Sirtbec
Candlewind
Snowsnake
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