The WritersWeekly Summer 2009 24-hour Short Story Contest begins at noon a month from today.

Last time I entered, I was 1 of 23 participants who earned honorable mention. My story was called Into Spirit and Speck. It was a 1000-word story about a witch, who has turned her captive man into a clump the size of a fava bean, must overcome her failing memory to find where she's placed him before a dark winter storm descends.

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This go-around should be a bit better in that I have months more writing under my belt and I know what to expect in a gun-to-your-head writing competition. I brought my last entry to critiques after the Fall contest and learned a lot about things I need to take into consideration in tomorrow's contest.

Shawn Edgell, aka Motke Dapp, of ICG Link fame just placed in the top ten in this year's Tweet Me A Story competition held by our friends at NYC Midnight Movie Madness. So a big congratulations to him.

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Him win scores him free entry into the NYC Midnight Creative Writing Championships: Flash Fiction 2009 that begins tomorrow at a minute before midnight.

Here's his winning entry:

"I want to like you, but I don't," she said, a tear streaking her makeup. He removed her arms, placed them in the box, and mailed her back."

Visit Shawn (or Motke. He's not picky.) at www.motke.net to view his painting, writing, film work and his...his what? Hrm. Tread lightly, is my advice.