Journal
A Glimpse Into A Life

This month's challenge is a bit different than in previous months. This month, you will be getting into the mind of your characters perhaps more than you have in the past.

The theme of this month's challenge, Journal, means your challenge is to write a journal entry as if you were your character. Who you choose as your character is up to you. You may choose yourself, your neighbor, a fictional character of any genre, or someone non-fictional from any time period. The key to this challenge is being able to become the character of your choosing.

Remember, both the character and subject of your journal entry is entirely up to you and your imagination!

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Submission Guidelines

Your story must be based on the monthly challenge theme: "Journal - A Glimpse Into A Life." Write your journal entry in 1000 words or less. No poetry for this contest will be accepted unless the poetry is used as a part of your journal entry. A separate poetry contest will be created in the future. Ignore the 5 line limit on the box when you upload - that limit is only for "image contests." Double space between paragraphs. Type directly in the upload box or copy/paste from Notepad (or similar editing program). IMPORTANT: Copy/Pasting from complex word processing programs, such as MS Word, can change certain characters. If you use MS Word: Copy/Paste from Word into Notepad, then Copy/Paste into the contest upload box. Do not insert html formating

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Image Submission

You may use your own image but must supply a matching thumbnail with your entry. Before uploading your text: right click on the following images and save to your hard drive. Rename the image: thumb.jpg or main.jpg

Thumbnail: contest image created by midrael Use this image as your thumbnail image

Full Image: Use this as your Full Image

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Contest Rules:

Challenge Theme - "Journal - A Glimpse Into A Life". Contest begins September 6th, 2005 - and - ends September 28th, 2005 at midnight Renderosity server time.
(Entries MUST be timestamped by the contest ending date and time.) All members, coordinators, and moderators can enter except the challenge manager(s). No sexual or extreme violence - stories/images must be suitable for all audiences and abide by Renderosity's Terms of Service. Only one story per member allowed (this includes member clones - that is, even if you have multiple accounts, only one entry per PERSON). By uploading your story/poem you are agreeing that this is your original work. Authors will remain the intellectual property holder of their entries.

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Commenting: Unlike previous contests, there will not be voting at the end of the contest. In place of voting, a comment thread in the Writer's Forum will be in place for you to leave comments on your favorite entries. Use your comments to compliment your favorites or to provide constructive criticism to help those that enter improve their writing. You may leave a comment regarding any of the entries at any time during the challenge. There are no winners or losers in this challenge. This is a challenge to our writer community and not a contest. Posting of the entries is anonymous. When commenting, refer to the entry number and title.

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Artists grant permission to Renderosity for the use of submitted stories/poems/images for an undetermined period of time. This is strictly for posting within the contest archives. The Artist will remain the intellectual property holder.

All Entries are copyright, and cannot be copied, reprinted, or linked to, without written permission of the author/artist.