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Announcement: Contest: Change of Perspective [September/October]

Contest: Change of Perspective [September/October]
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posted Jul 10, 2010 by AnaCristinaPlus Member
**Update: I have decided to extend this contest until October 15th in the hopes of garnering more entries. Any questions or comments, please share below!**

For this month's contest, I want you to experiment writing from different points of view within one piece. This is something many of my favorite authors do: Michael Ondaatje, William Faulkner, and Sandra Cisneros, just to name a few.

Here are the contest rules:

Compose a flash fiction piece of 300 - 1,000 words in length. The piece must adhere to the characteristics of flash fiction -- you must have a protagonist, a conflict, and a resolution. Here are some more guidelines:

- Your story must be written from the first person perspective, and from 2-5 distinct points of view. This is your most important rule -- any entries that do not follow this guideline will be disqualified.
- Your narrators can be any combination of gender, age, race, etc. you like. Your choice!
- The genre is flexible -- write in whatever style you feel comfortable, but remember to keep it PG.
- The setting/time is also flexible -- feel free to play with time and location.

You have until October 15, 11:59 PM (EST) to enter. Write your entry as you would any other story on Protagonize, and then come back here and provide the link in a comment so that we can read it.

I will be announcing the winner on October 16th. The winning piece will feature the best use of varied perspective, so I invite you to experiment with voice.

Should you have any questions, post them in the comments below. Good luck! :D
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posted Jul 10, 2010 by Silent
Wow, this is amazing! I suddenly remembered about this group today, only to see that you just posted this next challenge. Sounds like fun, and I'll get working on it!
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posted Jul 10, 2010 by AnaCristinaPlus Member
I know, I've been slacking with this group -- I'm in the midst of finishing up my thesis and will finally have time again to devote to our little group. I can't wait to see what you create! :-)
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posted Jul 11, 2010 by AnaCristinaPlus Member
By the by, if you guys want to see a flash fiction piece I wrote from three different perspectives, go here: http://www.protagonize.com/story/triptych
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posted Jul 15, 2010 by KelseyWilliams
I'm definitely going to do this. I just need to come up with a plot. =P
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posted Jul 17, 2010 by Juliia
should we post it as a work or right here?
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posted Jul 19, 2010 by AnaCristinaPlus Member
@Juliia Write your entry as you would any other story on Protagonize, and then come back here and provide the link in a comment so that we can read it. :-)
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posted Jul 19, 2010 by Lee
Hey wow. Just noticed this totally by chance. Will have to give it a shot.
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posted Jul 22, 2010 by Lee
So I don't know that this fits the bill, since it's not really a bunch of characters in the same moment but quite a bit more linear (and it's about 12 words over)-- still, figured I'd post it up since I started it with writing for this in mind: http://www.protagonize.com/story/gone-horribly-awry

Honestly I could write an argument for all the reasons why this shouldn't meet the guidelines/should not win the contest, but I'll try to avoid self sabotaging for the moment. :D
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posted Dec 6, 2010 by schuleg
I know this is horribly late, as I have only just come to the site. Would it be possible to submit something just for feedback?
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posted Jan 13, 2011 by AnaCristinaPlus Member
@schuleg Apologies, sickness and work responsibilities have kept me away from Protag. Sad times! But I'm back, thank goodness, and I would love to read whatever you've got. :)

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