NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge

[roina_arwen]

Once again, I signed up for the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction challenge! My round 1 entry has been written and submitted earlier this evening. There are 100 groups with 37 people in each (about 3650 participants). The word limit is 1000 words, and my entry was exactly on the nose.

I was assigned to Group 68.
Our genre: Suspense.
Our location: Under a bridge.
Our object: A chessboard.

I can’t post my entry here as yet, but I will say two things:
A) The title is “Castling.”
B) I think this may be my best entry yet. Not only did I use the location in a logical way, but I also used the object creatively.

I do like that everyone gets to participate in at least two rounds of writing, with two different assignments (same group of competitors in the first and second rounds). The top 15 in each round get points (15 points for 1st, 14 for 2nd, etc) and the five people with the highest totals in each grouping move on to round 3.

The next round won’t be until the weekend of July 28th, so it will be a while before we get results. Fingers crossed that I earn points in round 1!

Comments

[erulissedances]

I'm glad you're still doing this. It's always an adventure, isn't it?

- Erulisse (one L)

[roina_arwen]

It’s great fun to do! I’m keeping my fingers crossed to at least make the top 10 in my group. Last year, I got 0 points in the first round, and 4 points (12th place) in the second. My goal is just to keep improving!

[roina_arwen]

First round results are up - 12th place (4 points)! Second round starts this weekend!

[erulissedances]

Congratulations! That's great.

- Erulisse (one L)