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King and Queen of 55F
In our democratic country, anyone can become a minister but not be a King and Queen right? Not anymore, we give you an opportunity to be crowned in style as the first ever King and Queen of 55F. So ready for the battle of the crown?
So you are a fiction writer and can play with words and plots? Time to challenge yourselves and treat the readers with your fascinating story telling in 55words or under.
But the crowning moment is not easy and in Cafe GingerChai we believe in your talent and appropriately test it to with our new formats of game. So the contest is not about just writing a regular 55F, we have a twist int he tale err format.
Rules of the contest:
- You have to write a set of three 55F.
- The first two sets should be a story on its own.
- The two stories should climax / conclude / inter-twine in the third set of 55F.
- The story could be of any genre i.e, love, crime, mystery or thriller etc.
Now isn’t it going to be challenging, interesting as well as a fitting test for the crown?
Last date for the entries:
Your contest entries should be published in your blog on or before Saturday, 5th of February 2011 and the link of the entry submitted here in the comment section.
Submission guidelines:
Copy the following HTML code and paste to your beginning of the entry post in Edit HTML mode.
<img src=http://cafe.gingerchai.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/K-and-Q_m.jpg alt=KING AND QUEEN OF 55F CONTEST align=LEFT /> This post is published as an entry for the <strong>KING AND QUEEN OF 55F CONTEST </strong> – The first ever unique, challenge for the coveted title in micro fiction category. To catch the crowning moments and also be part of future editions and other contests, visit and register at <a href=http://cafe.gingerchai.com><strong>Cafe GingerChai</strong></a>
Rewards:
Of course for a true blue blooded bloggers / writers there could not be a better reward rather than the passion of writing and the challenges involved but we do have some rewards for the winning King and Queen of the contest.
- So you got to be crowned the King and Queen in this democratic country.
- The winning king and queen would be sporting our GingerChai T-shirt. Wear our brew!
- A special surprise gift along with the Tees. (in other words, we are still working out what the surprise would be but we can assure you it would be a pleasant surprise
)
Judges:
For this contest, we have taken the 33% women reservation a bit far ahead to make it a complete 100% reservation. Yes, we have a all women 3 judges panel to decide the crown.
The three judges are:
- Vidya Sury (a popular judge by now in various platform as well as one of our BPL Edition 1 judge plus from our GC panel)
- Jyothika Lobo ( A corporate manager with a qualified literature background)
- Mani Padma (Does she need an intro? She is our own GingerChai Co-editor)
Judging Criteria:
Keep an eye for the following criteria while you weave your story.
- Content
- Grammar
- Flow
- Creativity / uniqueness
- Impact
Best of luck. Let the better candidate be crowned the King and Queen!
January 29th, 2011 at 6:58 pm
Let the words do the talking …
January 29th, 2011 at 10:10 pm
Awesome, so looking forward to this, and you guys have not let us down at all. The format is very interesting, and as always I hope to read and enjoy lots and lots of great quality entries here on the board. We had an awesome time at BPL-I and hope for the same in this contest.
January 29th, 2011 at 10:22 pm
Where’s the like button for this post again?
January 30th, 2011 at 1:14 pm
I’d written something like this before the contest was announced, and it contains 7 pieces instead of 3. I don’t think it will qualify, but please let me know about if it does. This is the post.
January 30th, 2011 at 6:55 pm
@Sayak
For this format the entries should stick to the rules we have laid out. So I think your post that you mentioned would not be qualifying for this contest. Looking forward to your fresh entry for the contest. Good luck!
January 31st, 2011 at 10:36 am
err .. 1 small question – Is the deadline sat 5th feb morning? or midnight??
January 31st, 2011 at 2:34 pm
@Ruchira,
The deadline is midnight of saturday, 5th Feb. Good luck.
February 1st, 2011 at 8:21 pm
Hi, here is my entry for this contest
http://gayatri-says.blogspot.com/2011/02/my-entry-for-king-and-queen-of-55f.html
February 1st, 2011 at 10:04 pm
Plz clarify,
> Is there any particular title of the post… since we are writing three different 55fictions!
> Also tell us if all the three 55fictions has to be written in the same post or in different posts with different or same title?
February 1st, 2011 at 10:37 pm
@Rachana
1. There will be only one main title for the 3 parts. Though you can have sub titles for each sets (like a chapter heads) The title word count will not be counted in the 55 word counts.
2. Though the first two sets should be a 55F on its own. They are going to climax/conclude in the 3rd set, so effectively put together the three will be one single story when read together. So, the 3 sets should be written in the same post with one single title.
February 2nd, 2011 at 9:17 am
Here’s mine: http://memylifemythoughts.blogspot.com/2011/02/nature-vs-nurtured.html
Cheers
February 2nd, 2011 at 10:18 am
Thanks Admin.
I’m almost done..will publish today
Great challenge…!!
Wish everyone all the best!!
February 2nd, 2011 at 6:48 pm
there goes my link:
http://rachanashakyawar.blogspot.com/2011/02/55-fiction-sync-vibes-and-thoughts.html
Again great concept…enjoyed being connected. Wish everyone All the Best
February 3rd, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Here goes my entry
It was tough fun! 
http://sreeramshenoy.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/55f-cgc-contestthe-last-departure/
February 3rd, 2011 at 4:34 pm
It ws amazin fun
here’s my entry :p
http://collected-cryptics.blogspot.com/2011/02/pokerface.html
n i had a q?—>can v submit more dan 1 entry ?
February 3rd, 2011 at 11:50 pm
Finally I’m done with my entry and here it is!!
http://rumyabhatt.blogspot.com/2011/02/gingerchai-55fs-connexion.html
Best of Luck Everybody!!
February 4th, 2011 at 10:24 am
Luck – by design ?
http://www.gyanban.com/2011/02/luck-by-design.html
February 4th, 2011 at 8:41 pm
enjoyed the writing so much that it doesnt matter whether i win or not
Thanks for the contest
Lief Lifes – GingerChai 55 Fixes @
http://maheshisms.blogspot.com/2011/02/lief-lifes-gingerchai-55-fixes.html
February 4th, 2011 at 8:47 pm
Didn’t realise writing a set of 55-ers would be so difficult. Here’s my entry.
http://writerzblock.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/a-cup-of-tea/
Thanks!!
x
February 5th, 2011 at 12:54 am
Ah! Just in a nick of time. Here is my entry-
http://prateek-bagri.blogspot.com/2011/02/do-we-really-have-future-i-doubt.html
February 5th, 2011 at 8:08 am
My entry to the contest.
http://sphota.wordpress.com/2011/02/05/eternal/
February 5th, 2011 at 8:43 am
@DevilzAngel
Yes you can submit more than one entry but not more than 3 entries.
February 5th, 2011 at 10:09 am
Here’s my entry: The Dark Night
http://dialoguewithyou.wordpress.com/2011/02/05/the-dark-night/
February 5th, 2011 at 11:35 am
Here comes my entry at the last minute… u will like this LR
http://sensible-bakwas.com/?p=722
P.S. That wasnt maska.. read it and u will know
February 5th, 2011 at 12:49 pm
Do the sets have to be in linear order?
February 5th, 2011 at 2:29 pm
Here’s mine -
http://idlivadasambar.wordpress.com/2011/02/05/up-and-above/
February 5th, 2011 at 3:07 pm
@Iqbal
It does not necessary have to be in linear order but yes there should be two of the three should be a story on its own and one set should have the intertwining part of the two stories. A writer can take his creative liberty in positioning the sets.
February 5th, 2011 at 4:42 pm
Hey, here goes my entry for the contest
http://debosmita.wordpress.com/2011/02/05/the-many-faces-of-love/
Thanks GC for such wonderful contests
February 5th, 2011 at 5:49 pm
Last minute hurriedly written entry
February 5th, 2011 at 5:53 pm
Oops I seem to be having trouble posting the link:-
February 5th, 2011 at 5:54 pm
http://musingsofamaiden.blogspot.com/2011/02/bittersweet-life.html
February 5th, 2011 at 6:21 pm
This is the link for my story -
http://techpix.blogspot.com/2011/02/this-post-is-published-as-entry-for.html
Enjoy Reading:)
February 5th, 2011 at 7:46 pm
I wrote a second one for the contest.
http://debosmita.wordpress.com/2011/02/05/family-matters/
I totally loved the concept
February 5th, 2011 at 7:47 pm
This is my entry !
http://nirjharani.blogspot.com/2011/02/55-fiction-cafe-ginger-chai.html
Thanks a lot Ginger chai ! really enjoyed participating in this one
February 5th, 2011 at 8:03 pm
This was a fun contest. Awesome stories everyone! Best of luck
February 5th, 2011 at 8:37 pm
Really loving the responses.Great job , everyone.
February 5th, 2011 at 11:03 pm
Forgot to give the title….
Can I edit it the post and give the link again here?
Please clarify!
Thanks in advance!
February 5th, 2011 at 11:06 pm
@Prakash
Sure you can edit the post and add the title and leave the link again here.
February 5th, 2011 at 11:10 pm
My 2nd Entry, and hopefully before time.
http://idlivadasambar.wordpress.com/2011/02/05/promises/
February 5th, 2011 at 11:52 pm
Here is my entry for the contest, GingerChai 55F – She Cries
I enjoyed writing for this contest and I hope you will when you read.. All the best for everyone.. I hope I am the last one to participate..
Someone is Special
February 6th, 2011 at 3:00 am
Shit ! I reached here a tad bit too late
February 6th, 2011 at 12:56 pm
@Dimitri
Ya bit late, hope to have your participation in the upcoming contests
Stay tuned!