The words that flow from real people are not the same as those that flow from fictitious ones. We may engage in idle chit-chat from sunrise to sunset, with no goal in sight, but they who emerge from the imagination may not enjoy such leisure. From the moment they open their mouths, they have a job to do: reveal character, advance the story.
And there is nothing more dynamic than a well-crafted conversation.
Share your characters' gift of gab. Write a complete story—not a scene—that consists of pure dialogue. No narrative whatsoever, not even a he said or she replied. If it isn't spoken, and within quotation marks, it can't be on the page.
Grand Prize: $100
Story published in The VERB
Story Opinion, also published in The VERB
($29 value)
Entry Fee: None
Length may be up to 1,000 words. But not a word more. (Your contact information and your title are not included in the word count.)
Entries must be original and unpublished. Send only your best. Once submissions arrive, no revisions will be accepted.
Open to writers worldwide. (Payment to winners outside the USA are made via PayPal only.)
Unlimited. You may submit multiple stories.
The judge for this contest is Elizabeth Guy. Read her bio on the Readers page.
Winner will be notified via email August 3, 2009. The winning story will be published in the August ´09 issue of The VERB.
Only the winning entry receives a free Opinion. Read previous Opinions here.
After the results have been announced, the remaining entrants will have the opportunity to receive a Contest Opinion at half price ($14).
As always, complete contest results will be announced at the Contest Café.
NEW! Read about the judging process and our new method of posting contest results!
ALL contest entries must be submitted electronically. You may paste your text within the body of an email or send it as an attachment in a PDF or a Microsoft Word.doc. We do not accept any other formats.
AT the top of your submission, please provide:
~ your name
~ your mailing address
~ your email address
~ genre
~ word count
CAPITALIZE title. All submissions must have a title.
FONT should be black 12-pt. Arial, Courier or Times Roman, double-spaced.
SEPARATE scenes with a few centered pound signs: ######.
CONFIRM we've received your entire submission by including the words: The End.
SUBJECT: Dynamic Dialogue Contest
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