ATTENTION ALL WRITERS OF THE WORLD!!!!!
So for this months intro, we're going to do a quote because quotes are fun and inspirational (and we have no other intro idea to do :))
"Write what should not be forgotten" -Isabel Allende
ALSO, READ THE WHOLE PIECE BEFORE NOMINATING SO YOU DO NOT NOMINATE WRONG!
Here's How To Nominate:
-Like this post
-Comment below the piece you want to submit (State piece's name, category, Author, & short reason for nomination. Also, a link would be helpful but not necessary!)
Qualifications for Nomination:
-Pieces must have been written in the month of October 2019
-The author must be a WTW member
-The piece must be its own post (nothing in the comments of other posts, for example, user-hosted contest where pieces are submitted through comments ARE NOT ALLOWED)
Rules:
-You may only nominate 3 pieces
-The piece must fall into (at least) one of the categories
-If you do nominate more than 1 piece, one may be your own, but the OTHER 2 has to be someone else's
-You may not nominate more than 1 piece of YOUR own work
-Do not comment questions in this post, ask questions in the posts of our prompts
-The piece must not be too sexual and/or contain extremely bad curse words (keep it PG-13)
-Pieces may not have been part of any WTW competitions (however, they may be ones of user-hosted contests)
-If any rules and/or qualifications aren't met, your nomination does NOT count
Categories: (We decided to start focusing on genres than how it's written/composed)
Humor
Poem
Romantic
Fantasy
One-Liners
Simple/Short but powerful
Historical Fiction
Tragedy
Song
Dystopia
Narrative
Science Fiction
Thriller/Horror
Folklore/greek mythology
Lower case prose
Miscellaneous (please try to avoid this category if possible and sort it in the other ones)
Lastly:
-All nominations are due by the 16th of November, anything later isn't accepted
-We will allow pieces to be in more than 1 category. Therefore, for example, you can have a piece that's romance and tragedy.
-After all nominations, we will go back through and PEER REVIEW them personally. Then, we'll pick the best from the best and post them all on one page called 'October Must Reads' (which will be reposted more than once)
13 Comments
Araw
Title: wolves on the wind
Author: Anha
Category: Narrative
Reason: Anha's style is incredibly beautiful and absolutely immersive. Her construction of a literary world in this piece is one of the things that exemplifies the deliberate way in which she writes and the hard work she puts into every word she types up. All her work truly deserves a read, but this is one of my favourite pieces of hers to come out during October.
https://writetheworld.com/groups/1/shared/131104/version/251761
Dani A. Remlap
Title: Divinity
Author: Dani A Remlap
Category: Poetry
Reason: I'm insanely proud of this poem
Title: on how to say goodbye before your time
Author: agustdv
Category: Poetry
Reason: this poem is hauntingly beautiful. I adore all of her poetry but this one in particular is simply gorgeous.
https://writetheworld.com/groups/1/shared/132585/version/254847
babybluelamentations
Title: hometown blues
Author: paigepaigepaige
Category: Lowercase prose
Reason: this piece has such a relatable feel of wanting to escape from a place where you don’t fit in, and the imagery used in it is insanely beautiful and detailed in just the right way. (Also, this author needs more recognition because their pieces are absolutely gorgeous.)
Deleted User
(Just so you know, Past Memories was posted in October, I've just re-posted it recently)
Deleted User
Title: Past Memories
Author: Myself! (Kinda selfish)
Category: Tragedy/romance/Thriller/Horror
Reason: It'll hopefully be my first ever novel published, and I'd love for people to look through it.
Title: The Trials
Author: Twilight
Category: Action/Thriller/Fantasy
Reason: It's just so compelling! I can't even begin to describe how my heart was feeling when I was reading it.
(There was another one, but I can't remember the name of it. I'll have to come back some day with the name. Thank you!)
jaii
title: "and his notes so blue they shatter the sky and the sea"
author: rainandsonder
category: lower case prose
reason: gah it's so hard to explain why i love this so much. it's just...beautiful. absolutely beautiful. that's the only way i can describe it.
fooshissecretlyacat_
Title: I'm Eatin' a Straw
Author: Kepler
Category: Humor
Link: https://writetheworld.com/groups/1/shared/132901/version/255573
The Moving Finger Writes
Title: 0.0354166667 (three kids watch the end of the universe)
Author: Surly Wombat
Category: lowercase prose, short but powerful, tragedy
Link: https://writetheworld.com/groups/1/shared/134636/version/259734
Anha
i hate the 'only three pieces' rule so much.
title: creatures of the desert
author: (self-nomination because i'm feeling selfish this month)
category: fantasy, narrative, lower case prose, folklore
reason: i was really happy with how this turned out; the foils of assana and her grandfather portray a strong message of love that transcends generations.
link: https://writetheworld.com/groups/1/shared/130916/version/251684
title: And lies will tarnish the blood of the innocent until my veins are ruby-red once more.
author: r|A|i|N
category: tragedy, narrative
reason: in the words of artificialaorta; 'Ultimately, it asks the question: "Does a tree make a sound if no-one is there to hear it?", and it fiercely responds, "Don't be an idiot."'
link: https://writetheworld.com/groups/1/shared/132438/version/256991
title: dogs' eyelashes
author: artificialaorta
category: narrative, folklore
reason: the cultural influence shines through artificialaorta's brilliant writing style; i'm only sad that i didn't have time to praise this piece sooner.
link: https://writetheworld.com/groups/1/shared/107241/version/258783
Dmoral
borrowed time by N.
Simple/short, but powerful
it was worded wonderfully and gave me goosebumps
"i thought it less like a lake and more like a moat" by rainandsonder
Simple/short, but powerful
loved the structure and diction, was written uniquely
Samina
I nominate girl who could stop time by Rachel Bryan, for her humor and relatable content. Especially her story is down to Earth.
buddingauthor
I nominate The Power of Words by Aurelia. Valus for one liners. Its short, yet it makes a big impact.
https://writetheworld.com/groups/1/shared/133776/version/257426
And I nomimate 3 Marshmallows #festivities by Charisse Marison for Simple but powerful. The story is full of nostalgia and real emotions.
https://writetheworld.com/groups/1/shared/131315/version/252230
Charisse Marison
I nominate Barry The Bee (simple/short but powerful or tragedy) from myself, Past Memories by Fox Lilly 106 (narrative, tragedy, romantic, and The Girl Who Could Stop Time by Rachel Bryan (narrative, humor)