IMPORTANT - Seems nobody reads the fine print well. You CANNOT POST you entry until the results are out - the entries have to be emailed PLEASE!
You knew you were deliberately scaring them. You had to do it for some compulsion that you deemed important enough then to go ahead and do it…
Here’s the contest…
Write in about 750 words your true life incident where you deliberately planned, strategised and carried out an entire gimmick to simply scare/con someone. You were a child then, under sixteen and you thought you absolutely had to do it…it could be serious, funny, rude, whatever…
Last date : 15 December 2006
Email your entries to ilandcontest@gmail.com Please mark the SUBJECT line as DECEMBER 2006
The entry must be sent with the following undertaking:
"I hereby certify that my submission is my original yet unpublished work and that it has not been copied from any place. I also certify that any legal issue that contests the originality of my piece is my sole responsibility, that rediff or the contest co-ordinator are in no way responsible for the same."
~ This is the LAST contest I am organising.
~ This initiative was taken to get people to push their creative writing skills to a dimension within iland so that they feel motivated enough to pursue a dream of someday making it big as an author/ poet/ writer/journalist…anything in the writing media.
~ I have had the support of a lot of iland friends and my heart-felt gratitude to them.
~ The participation has been low and discouraging.
~ Perhaps there will be better ways to encourage this.
~ Until I think up a better way, this is the last (for the year anyways).
Cheers and good luck!
-Sandy
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guys…i”ve not gotten a response from judges…so i suppose its a wrap … please be free to post your entries…i apologize…but alone this doesnt mean anything. Ilandcontest is a wrap.
NN…but what about the entries we sent…putting in so much effort…am feeling sad
I have a feeling that the contests are stopped and ss is no more accessing this and no one is ever going to respond…..so let us all forget it ?
I give up…
Ditto dee vine…
welll……?
can we post whatever was sent for supporting this cause? I am running low on fuel and not able to post anything. if u say ok will go and post that nonsense ( i had sent ) and hide for somemore time behind it …..I dont like to break any rules . so waiting for ur signal….
I think you are doing a great job girl, contests and all, but why wind it up, looks as though everyone’’s upset. And I happen to have no stories up my sleeve, like the one you have asked for! But Great Going, anyway!
pls Sandy. don”t stop this contest as it would be a severe blow to aspiring writers like me.
the prize money is not that important.what is of more significance is the opportunity that we are getting to showcase our talent and get valuable feedback that would take us places in the long run.
so give it a second thought.
LAST DAY !
Rajesh…where is your post? Come on guys…this was such an easy one!
Yes Neetha I did get them and acknowledged them…got both
Wonderful that you sent the entries. Thank you so much.
will u please confirm if u have recd my mails ? I had sent them by mail yesterday, 13th dec.
Not been able to think one , could have cooked one but than what about being real coz mostly i see and enjoy and pen down them . plz do carry on the contest in the next year would be glad to participate . Best wishes to all those who participate and tough time for the judges , and enjoyable reading for you.
thnx neetha…await entries
there really isnt enough to even judge! Sorry guys but this is where i will stop the contests.
hey sandy.. i am back to pavilion only yesterday.. and hope to submit for the contest … just dont get the time to sit on the pc… truck loads of imp work waiting for me… i do can write a lot about this one..
Hello, i have decided to do something , as i read there are no good participation. if there is no one to loose , there cant be any winners , so i thought , even if i am not good at writing i should be sportive and i wish everyone to do so , write , send , good or bad , let us all do something… afterall there is nothing to be ashamed of, contest or not, we are all doing some “writing” here , same as a post….
Neetha…yes please send! Sahil…you dont need to use these lines. Why - because the participation isnt commensurate with the efforts that go in by the judges to judge a piece. It is not participation or the lack of it that I find wanting. I started this as a way for people to improve their creative writing skill. Perhaps there is a better way to do it. So…let it rest. No offences, no hard feelings, I can use the amount of time I spend on this to write my own stories and improve myself instead. Maybe then, I”ll figure out how this could work…its all a learning process. Handling it from anotehr continent and another country is not easy.
can i send more than one ? not able to decide on which one to send….pls revert
You knew you were deliberately scaring them. You had to do it for some compulsion that you deemed important enough then to go ahead and do it…………do we hav to use this line? just asking.
I wonder why…
what!! but why? i mean, why??
yes the topic last time was a tough one.. at least for duds like me.. please do give it a second thought and continue with the contests. regards.
Wicked guys n gals…come on…get those keyboards clicking…out with it!
he he… nice topic. (: this is good. people are finally going to kiss n tell… or should that be kick n tell. q: keep up the good work, sandy. (:
Sandy…wonderful idea…have already begun scribbling..er…typing…
Hey Sandy , hope u never discontinue organising these contests , afterall , these r so much fun , so wat if the participation has dropped , atleast more n more people r joining in everytime . May be the topic last time around was a tough one , hope u get enough participants this time around so as to change ur mind !!!