NEO•GRIOT

The Current Contest

Contest #11 officially launched on March 7, 2010. Its premise is as follows:

MISUNDERSTANDING

One or more characters misunderstand an important communication of some kind. The type of communication does not matter--only that the character(s) notice/receive it and misunderstand it.

Your challenge: In at least 1,000 but no more than 5,000 words, write a creative, compelling, and well-crafted story that clearly uses the premise. If you have questions, ask us at Questions@OnThePremises.com.

Deadline: 11:59 PM Eastern Time, Sunday, May 30, 2010.

***Yes, we mean May 30th, not the 31st!***

Send your submissions to

Entries@OnThePremises.com any time between now and then. Use our template

if you like.

Entries that make the final round of judging, but do not get published, will be critiqued for free.

We will also critique non-finalists for $10

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Please, allow your e-mail accounts to receive e-mails from Entries@OnThePremises.com or we won’t be able to communicate with you! We do not send spam, ever.

Remember our custom rules:

1) Put your name, address, and other identifying information in the body of your e-mail, and

nowhere in the attached story.

We don’t want to know who you are when we read your story.

2) Send us only MS Word (.doc), Rich Text Format (.rtf), or plain text (.txt) attachments.

No .wps files! We can’t read them.