Welcome to our search for the Great 50 Word Horror Story of All Time. This is a user/reader centered contest. We are looking for the great short short horror story, and we want you to write it, and in fact be the one who decides which story is promoted. This IS a contest, like all of our other contest, but it is much different.Here are the rules for the contest: … [Read more...] about Greatest 50 Word Horror Story of All Time! (you vote)
Fun for Writers
50 Word It’s really cold outside, warm me up with Horror Contest
Ok, so we've been out of it for a while. EWR hasn't published a whole lot since Halloween, but we are back online now. This our our first contest of 2019. It's one of those, oh so fun 50 word contests that everyone loves.In this contest we are again looking for 50 word horror stories. The rules:Story must be scary Story must be 50 words Story must be original … [Read more...] about 50 Word It’s really cold outside, warm me up with Horror Contest
Writing Prompts
Writing Prompts are the anomaly of the writing world. A lot of writers, when first faced with the idea of a writing prompt, turn their nose up at them. The writer feels like they can make it without the gimmick, or they don’t need help. Raymond Carver once wrote, “Writing is hard and writers need help.” Prompts are kind of like that. Once the writer runs into his or her first … [Read more...] about Writing Prompts
Word Search for Writers (Mondays)
Many respectable news and literary publications have crosswords or word searches, so we thought we could run a weekly Word Search for writers. On Mondays we will run one of these. If you find all the words, post a comment below. Not all of these will be this easy, but they will all have something to do with writing. This week we have 10 names from famous poets writing today (or … [Read more...] about Word Search for Writers (Mondays)
Crossword for Writers Horror Kickoff
Well, you know how I am about Halloween. If you'be read EWR at all you know I'm just crazy for scary stuff. Anyway, here is a head scratcher for you, see if you can name some of the top names in horror old and new. These are all authors. They are all famous. See how long it takes you to solve the puzzle and then leave a comment below. We will be posting new horror puzzles all … [Read more...] about Crossword for Writers Horror Kickoff
Exquisite Corpse: for writers, we all need a break.
Welcome to our game for writers. It is an Exquisite Corpse. An Exquisite Corpse is a writing or art game where you complete the story, poem or drawing in parts. Each author or artist cannot see the previous artists/writers work. In this case we are writing a poem together. It is a poem about anything. This is our second EC. Please try it. Others have had great fun doing this. … [Read more...] about Exquisite Corpse: for writers, we all need a break.
Continue the Story
We haven't done one of these in a long time. Our Haiku, Horror Story, and 2 Sentence Stories are doing so well, we thought we'd add one more, Continue the Story...This is not a contest, but if we publish the story, which I hope it turns out that we do, then you will get full credit for a publication with us.The way you play this little game is simple. You just continue … [Read more...] about Continue the Story
Exquisite Corpse for Writers 2
Welcome to our game for writers. It is an Exquisite Corpse. An Exquisite Corpse is a writing or art game where you complete the story, poem or drawing in parts. Each author or artist cannot see the previous artists/writers work. In this case we are writing a poem together. It is a poem about anything. This is our second EC. Please try it. Others have had great fun doing this. … [Read more...] about Exquisite Corpse for Writers 2