Last Day to Sign-Up – Short Story Challenge

Are you a procrastinator? Been thinking about signing up for the Short in Six Short Story Challenge, but haven’t yet? Well, you have one LAST day … and this isn’t an April Fools’ Joke.

Seriously, we’re starting April 2 because superstitious me didn’t want to kick off on April 1. There still is room, and there still is time.

Join published authors Louisa Bacio and Nikki Prince in the Short in Six, Short Story Challenge. That’s a short story in six months, under guidance, with a support group, check-in dates, critique groups and prizes!

At the beginning of the workshop, each contributor will focus on a story, genre and potential publisher in a database. On a monthly basis, we’ll check in with word count, and submission progress. (Ideally, if the participant has a blog, we also can feature a blog-hop of the progress.)

Need more? Over the last four years, Nikki and I collectively have sold and published more than 40 short stories and novellas. (That’s not counting the full-length books.)

Note: Only serious sign-ups, please. We’d like a high completion and success rate. That means, we’d rather you not lurk.

Here are the details:

Down & Dirty

When: April 2 through September 30, 2014

Where: Yahoo and FB Groups

Cost: $10 to go toward prizes & completion giveaways*

Grand prize: $50

How many: Minimum 10

            Maximum: 25

Length: 5K to 20K

So what do you say? Wanna play with us...? 

For more information, visit http://shortinsix.com, or email us at:  ShortinSix @ yahoo.com (spaces removed)

Twitter: @shortinsix

Whatever it takes, keep on writing!

Louisa Bacio

http://www.Facebook.com/louisabacio

http://www.Twitter.com/louisabacio

Do You Want to be a (Writing) Rock Star?

What does being a Rock Star mean to you? When a friend or I “rock out” a short story, submit and get that magical acceptance (cue the bass & drums), we’re a rock star.

Let me tell you, it feels good.

Even as an established writer, keeping up the pace and continuing to write – even when you don’t feel like it, or “life” is happening – is hard. Having small incentives and a support group can definitely help!

Best-selling erotic romance Nikki Prince and I share a common goal (well more than one, but …): We like to help others achieve their dreams. So we’ve put together Short in Six Short Story Challenge.

For six months, starting April 2, we’ve put together a workshop/support network, and we reached our first goal of 10 participants, which means we can start talking “prize” incentives.

$50 winner – chosen from all those who complete their short story, and submit

(Since everyone writes at a different pace, it seems the most fair)

In addition, I picked up five of these lovely Rock Star candies – a mini incentive for the first five to finish and submit your first draft.

Cost to enter for the Short in Six: $10

Obviously, we’re not in it for the cash. The money goes toward incentives. (With more participants, the prizes continue.) We have another 15 spots open. Do you want to get in on the writing fun?

Check out http://shortinsix.com or send a message to shortinsix @ Yahoo. com (spaces removed).

We look forward to working with you!

Louisa Bacio                                                                                                  Nikki Prince

https://twitter.com/LouisaBacio                                                        https://twitter.com/AuthorNPrince

https://twitter.com/ShortinSix

Short in Six -- Short Story Challenge

We understand that sometimes you need a little something on the side. Or sometimes, it may take you a little longer to finish. Join Louisa Bacio and Nikki Prince in the Short in Six, Short Story Challenge.

That’s a short story in six months, under guidance, with a support group, check-in dates, critique groups and prizes!

Down & Dirty

When: April 2 through September 30, 2014

Where: Yahoo and FB Groups

Cost: $10 to go toward prizes & completion giveaways*

How many: Minimum 10

            Maximum: 25

Length: 5K to 20K

Don’t think of this challenge as an average workshop. If needed, we’ll throw out prompts and will encourage writing sprints.

At the beginning of the workshop, each contributor will focus on a story, genre and potential publisher in a database. On a monthly basis, we’ll check in with word count, and submission progress. (Ideally, if the participant has a blog, we also can feature a blog-hop of the progress)

Published and unpublished are both welcome

Note: Only serious sign-ups, please. We’d like a high completion and success rate. That means, we’d rather you not lurk.

* Prize amount(s) dependent upon # of contributors

Check-in dates: End of the month, and close of workshop

April 30, May 31, June 30, July 31, August 31, September 30

So what do you say?  Wanna play with us...? 

You can email us here for more information:

ShortinSix@yahoo.com
https://twitter.com/ShortinSix

http://shortinsix.authornikkiprince.com

Hope to see you there!

Louisa Bacio

http://www.Facebook.com/LouisaBacio

http://www.Twitter.com/LouisaBacio