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Chase Contest Judging


The winners have been chosen. Congratulations to all, and thanks for the great entries!


The Chase Contest


Hosted by [Mister Saint]


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Inspired by the success of [Akayume]'s A Writing Competition I decided to make one of my own. This is a one-time short story contest where the goal is to write your best chase scene.


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Theme


Chase scenes are a staple of good storytelling, says I. There are few moments that really grab a reader's attention like a fevered escape, the hero scratching and clawing to to get away from whatever horror is following behind. Even if it's something as small as a teacher waving a math test or a horde of chickens, the chase can really make the reader feel what the character is feeling.


So write a chase scene! The only limitation on theme is that your chase must involve... a ladder! Otherwise, you basically have free reign to write whatever you want.


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1. Both poetry and prose are allowed.

2. Submissions must involve the theme.

3. Original work only, please.

4. Spellcheck and grammar check your work. This isn't a rule, exactly, so much as a suggestion. ^^

5. No longer than 2000 words prose, or 50 lines of poetry.

6. Respect the work of others.

7. The deadline for this contest has been set at January 25th, 2006. Late entries will not be accepted.

8. Content: Submissions should be clean enough for twelve year olds to read. So profanity, gore, and sexual content should be kept to reasonable levels.

9. Entries will be judged on the following criteria: Creativity, adherence to the theme, grammar and spelling, and overall effect.

For an example of a chase scene, see 79.Example of a Chase.



Prizes


The winner will have the option of receiving a free critique/edit on any piece of hir own writing, by [Mister Saint], so long as that piece is not incredibly long. (No more than 10,000 words, please. The winner should speak to [Mister Saint] about the content of the piece, as some topics may meet with personal bias, upon being declared winner.) A winner's button will be supplied, as will a runner-up.


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Submissions!


Please give your username, a link to your story, and a word count if at all possible.


1. [Ash] - 102.short stories.running - 374
2. [Kuzco] - 212.Run for your Life - 1634words
4. [chuchutrain] - 63.Short Stories.Death by Darkness - 1063 words
5. [SleepingDragon]: 268.Tyrannosaur on Grand Avenue -629 words
6. [Burning Inside]: 233.Short Stories.Chase 628 words.....oooh one less then Sleeping Dragons
7. [tcm013] - CPS Chase- 743 words
8. [La Divina] - 115.Nebur: 826 words

If you intend to enter, please place your name in this list. Thanks!


1. [Nightshadow]...for the love of chase scenes. 8)
2. [Ash]
3. [Burning Inside]
4. [Kuzco]
5. [SleepingDragon]
6. [Askoga]
7. [Emily]
8. [Akayume] cause [Mister Saint] entered my contest ((and i love to write^^))
9. [tcm013]
10. [La Divina]... a hover car named Kryptonite...

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The Chase contest, hosted by [Mister Saint]. Writer/Poet buttons by [Ash], courtesy of WritersCo Graphics. [Mister Saint]'s wardrobe provided by Leather and Lace, Toyland, East Virginia. All rights preserved in formaldehyde.

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2006-01-11 [Mister Saint]: Exactly.

2006-01-11 [Burning Inside]: umm ok

2006-01-11 [chuchutrain]: *is completely confused* um....sure... *starts to dance to the FFX music she's playing*

2006-01-11 [Mister Saint]: *sings a doo-wop song*

2006-01-11 [Askoga]: Yes, fear the almighty ellipses of Moorn!

2006-01-11 [Mister Saint]: Wah!

2006-01-11 [Burning Inside]: lol I fear Moorn period jk no I don't

2006-01-11 [Mister Saint]: You shouldn't fear me. I love you. o.o *evil laughter*

2006-01-11 [Burning Inside]: *shudders then digs a hole to hide in*

2006-01-11 [Mister Saint]: Aww... he don't want to cuddle. *cackles*

2006-01-11 [Burning Inside]: lmao sure I wanna cuddle....just not with u

2006-01-11 [Burning Inside]: aww i feel lonley for my page, no one has said anything to it :(

2006-01-11 [Mister Saint]: meep? Which page?

2006-01-11 [Burning Inside]: the one for here....233.Short Stories.Chase

2006-01-11 [Mister Saint]: oh. Well, don't feel bad, most stories aren't getting loads of comments. I'll give you a very thorough one when I judge the entries, though, so don't worry about that. ^^

2006-01-11 [Burning Inside]: lol no I dunno im just bored and felt like saying that....and changing the topic

2006-01-11 [Kuzco]: Have you seen the weather we're having? It's insane. AH! Speaking of the weather, I can see through walls...should I go to a doctor or something?

2006-01-11 [chuchutrain]: yeah...usually seeing through walls isn't normal... :)

2006-01-11 [Burning Inside]: its perfectly normal, as long as your not normal

2006-01-11 [Kuzco]: Burn has a point, I got nuthin to worry about.

2006-01-11 [Burning Inside]: lol excatly, thats like if I said that I can walk through walls, its perfectly normal for me, but im not good enough to walk through brick walls yet....and it hurts running into them

2006-01-11 [chuchutrain]: yeah...it sure does...not like I would know though... *shift eyes*

2006-01-11 [Burning Inside]: lmao no of course not *roll eyes*

2006-01-11 [chuchutrain]: ^^

2006-01-11 [Burning Inside]: ^^ XP

2006-01-11 [chuchutrain]: but you would know...I think

2006-01-11 [Burning Inside]: no never, but yes they do hurt

2006-01-11 [chuchutrain]: ....you know what's a good comercial? the Lipton Soup comercial where they run into the brick walls

2006-01-11 [Burning Inside]: lol thats fun to watch XP

2006-01-11 [chuchutrain]: yeah...

2006-01-11 [Kuzco]: What's this obcession with seeing people hit walls? *looks at them scared*

2006-01-11 [Nightshadow]: Nothing, nothing, [Kuzco]. Now put on this helmet and ignore the similarity to a crash test dummy's.

2006-01-11 [Kuzco]: I'll accept the helmet, people are crazy here... *puts helmet on* I feel safe.

2006-01-11 [Mister Saint]: Hey guys, there's one! *holds up the bat* Whoo! *chases Kuzco*

2006-01-11 [Kuzco]: AHHHH *runs in circles*

2006-01-11 [Burning Inside]: omg u found one *grabs a bat and joins Moorn*

2006-01-11 [Mister Saint]: O.o He has a weapon! *attacks burning with his bat*

2006-01-11 [Burning Inside]: ahhh no get him *runs away but hits brick wall* why couldn't it be a wooden wall or something like that!!!

2006-01-11 [Kuzco]: *stops in his tracks* whoah, look at the jedi wannabes ;)

2006-01-11 [chuchutrain]: o.o *slowly backs away from the others*

2006-01-11 [Mister Saint]: We can't afford wood. And... jedi? *attacks Kuzco with the bat*

2006-01-11 [chuchutrain]: .....*slowly backs up afraid of the people with bats*

2006-01-11 [Kuzco]: *Kuzco waves his hand saying* you don't wish to hit me...put down the bat.

2006-01-11 [Burning Inside]: Look its a scared one....AFTER HER!!!!! *waits for Moorn to go after Chu*

2006-01-11 [chuchutrain]: *runs around in circles hoping that I'll lose them* AHAHAHAHA! YOU CAN'T CATCH ME!

2006-01-11 [Mister Saint]: *falls asleep*

2006-01-11 [Burning Inside]: oh thats not cool

2006-01-11 [chuchutrain]: *picks up Moorn's bat and pokes him with it*

2006-01-11 [Mister Saint]: *explodes*

2006-01-11 [Burning Inside]: see now look what you did...ok who here can perform a resurrection?

2006-01-11 [chuchutrain]: *cowers behind Burning which doesn't really work cause he's a midget* ^_^ bye

2006-01-11 [Akayume]: when does the contest close?

2006-01-11 [Burning Inside]: yea I was wondering that to....and I am not a midget.....christ like 5'4" is not midget size

2006-01-11 [Kuzco]: LOL...... I! the force is strong in me. *Kuzco puts his hands over the ashes but stops* wait...do I really want too? Chu, you can stop running ;)

2006-01-11 [Mister Saint]: There's no deadline yet, but probably sometime around the end of the month.

2006-01-11 [Burning Inside]: ok sounds good to me

2006-01-11 [Kuzco]: ah, he's up. Good, don't have to tire myself.

2006-01-12 [Akayume]: alright. and I'm five one, and in the eighth grade....so i guess that makes me a mifgit.<

2006-01-12 [Kuzco]: What's a mifgit? hahaaha, this is turning out to be so educational for me :)

2006-01-12 [Burning Inside]: wow I wish I was that good of a writer in grade 8 god im in grade 11 already

2006-01-12 [Kuzco]: 12 here. and yeah, I STARTED in the 8th and I agree with a big old and loud "TELL me about it!"

2006-01-12 [Burning Inside]: lol pff I started originally writing in like grade 2...but those sucked.....i didn't really start writing till grade 9

2006-01-12 [Akayume]: sorry, my typing skills suck. ((I still look at my fingers)) really? I've been writing for, like, forever.....but ony got off to a real start last year. and thanks for the compliment^^

2006-01-12 [Burning Inside]: ^^ ur welcome and dont worry as long as you type enough the keys will just come to you, for a while I was a chicken poker with typing. now I type like 45 wpm without looking and using all my fingers....still need to make that faster though

2006-01-12 [Akayume]: *nods head* cool.........

2006-01-12 [Kuzco]: Burn stole my words and for that I'll stab him later. But yeah, I started only on grade 7, I used to dislike writting 'till that year.

2006-01-12 [Akayume]: really? interesting. *pokes*

2006-01-12 [Burning Inside]: wow I feel....odd....everyone started writing at a younger age then me

2006-01-12 [Akayume]: *laughs*

2006-01-12 [Burning Inside]: :(

2006-01-12 [Akayume]: but its okay! I didnt mean tomake yu sad *cries*

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: I started...three years ago...but those sucked so badly it wasn't even funny...and none of them are done...so I've only started to fully write last summer ^^;;

2006-01-12 [Kuzco]: I only started to write in ENGLISH on my 10th....that help?

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: what did you write in before that

2006-01-12 [Kuzco]: Portuguese, native tongue here. Wanna see me compliment you in portuguese?

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: ...only as long as it's a compliment

2006-01-12 [Kuzco]: hahahah. A chu até é bastante simpática e escreve bem.

2006-01-12 [Kuzco]: don't even try an online dictionary. They all pretty much suck, they twist the grammar and order of things.

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: yay :D:D why thank you

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: I would never try it...so...what does it say?

2006-01-12 [Kuzco]: you thank me and you don't even know? You trust people too much ;). "Chu happens to be very nice and writes well."

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: Trusting people is good isn't it? And thank you again lol

2006-01-12 [Kuzco]: I've always thought so yeah.

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: ok just making sure that nothings wrong with me

2006-01-12 [Burning Inside]: no trusting people is good yet not always good.....and wow u speak portuguese....and don't cry akayume

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: *dances* I gots a compliment and yooou diidn't! lol :D

2006-01-12 [Burning Inside]: yea yea rub it in, just rub it in

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: ....I am....lol I got a compliment :P:P

2006-01-12 [Burning Inside]: XP

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: ^_^ ok...I'll stop

2006-01-12 [Burning Inside]: good

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: *smiles*

2006-01-12 [Burning Inside]: XD

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: I'm so booored...

2006-01-12 [Burning Inside]: then do something

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: I'm at the freaking Johnson's Motel....there's NOTHING to dooo!

2006-01-12 [Burning Inside]: ouch

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: yeah yeah...shut up...

2006-01-12 [Mister Saint]: *thwaps them each in the head with a salad bowl* Manners, guppies. ^^

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: sorry *looks down in shame then thwaps Moorn right back*

2006-01-12 [Burning Inside]: im sorry....and guppy?

2006-01-12 [Mister Saint]: Eep! *thwapped* And yes, guppy. 'Tis a small fish. ^^

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: Burning, you didn't know what a guppy was?

2006-01-12 [Burning Inside]: no I did, I was just wondering why he called us guppies

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: oh ok

2006-01-12 [Mister Saint]: Because guppies are yummy. *>.>*

2006-01-12 [Burning Inside]: yea but u can't eat me

2006-01-12 [Mister Saint]: *asleep*

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: yeah...and if you eat me that's canibalism...which is very very bad

2006-01-12 [Burning Inside]: well but u see if he eats one apple then another then thats cannibalism because you are what you eat....so if he eats an apple then you then thats not cannibalism

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: o.O well then if you are what you eat....never mind...I don't want to scam off of a shirt...lol ^^;;

2006-01-12 [Burning Inside]: lmao....man but thats an awesome shirt...u know u wanna say it

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: yeah....but...but....ifyouarewhatyoueatthenyou'recheapandfast there I said it :P

2006-01-12 [Burning Inside]: lol oh I thought u were talking about the, "If you are what you eat, then I'll be you by tomorrow" shirt

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: what? noo...I haven't seen that shirt

2006-01-12 [Burning Inside]: lol well I have

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: well I haven't

2006-01-12 [Burning Inside]: well u should

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: well I havne't

2006-01-12 [Mister Saint]: I hate to ask this of you, guppies, but I need to request that the chatter be kept to a minimum on the contest page. ^^ If I have to announce something, I'd rather it wasn't lost in twenty minutes. ^^

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: ok sorry ^^;;

2006-01-12 [Mister Saint]: Also notice that a deadline and judging criteria have been put up here. ^^

2006-01-12 [Burning Inside]: yay, thats right after my birthday*note don't change judging because of that lol*....but yea sorry keep it to a minimum aye aye sir

2006-01-12 [Nightshadow]: *nudges everyone* Pizza party at Flipside Chat, courtesy of our beloved administrative monkey [Mister Saint]!

2006-01-12 [Mister Saint]: Whee! It was her idea. Have I mentioned how beautiful she is, by the way? She's an angel, too. ^^ Anyway, Flipside Chat courtesy of [Nightshadow] (despite what she tells ya).

2006-01-12 [chuchutrain]: :) awsome

2006-01-12 [Akayume]: hey, moorn? I still cant figure out how to make a thing for my entery.....can i use a wiki page?

2006-01-12 [Kuzco]: You can put it on your writtings Akayume, then you copy the "page name", add a "@writings" to it and put it between [] like for example. Mine's like....click edit and you'll get a priview of what I mean. :)

2006-01-12 [Burning Inside]: its really quite simple I can get the walk through for you if you still don't understand afterwards

2006-01-12 [Mister Saint]: There should be information on it in help. If you still can't get it worked out, feel free to use a wiki page.

2006-01-12 [Akayume]: okay

2006-01-13 [chuchutrain]: ^^ what they said

2006-01-13 [SleepingDragon]: The way I figured it out was to go into edit page and look how everyone else did it

2006-01-13 [chuchutrain]: that's how I did it :)

2006-01-18 [Mister Saint]: Everybody, this is just a reminder that this contest ends on Friday, January the 20th, which is this Friday of course. ^^ I won't be accepting any late entries, so if you want to enter, please finish up. ^^

2006-01-18 [chuchutrain]: ^^ I can't wait :D good luck to everyone!

2006-01-21 [Mister Saint]: Attention all entrants: I've extended the deadline. For obvious reasons, I haven't had a chance to write the reviews or score the points. But yeah!

2006-01-21 [chuchutrain]: o.O ok that post confused me...

2006-01-21 [SleepingDragon]: Welcome back Moorn!

2006-01-21 [Kuzco]: take yer time. the date was 20th something this month but Moorn pushed it back "for obvious reasons" like he said. Got it chu? :)

2006-01-21 [chuchutrain]: ok I got it ^^ YAY MOORN'S BACK!!! :D:D *party*

2006-01-21 [Mister Saint]: *^_^*

2006-01-21 [Kuzco]: Got the fireworks! *drops a box of fireworks...lights match* Fire in the hole! *drops match in the box*

2006-01-21 [Burning Inside]: *runs behind a tree* WELCOME BACK MOORN!!!

2006-01-21 [Mister Saint]: He it's good to be... *engulfed in fireworks* Waaaaah! *runs around, emitting colored sparks*

2006-01-21 [chuchutrain]: O.O *runs and hides under a bed* WHERE THE HELL DID YOU GET THE FIREWORKS, KUZCO?!

2006-01-21 [Mister Saint]: [tcm013], please check your the code for your entry, the link doesn't work. ^^

2006-01-21 [Mister Saint]: *has blue and red and green sparklies!*

2006-01-22 [chuchutrain]: I like sparklies :D:D

2006-01-22 [Mister Saint]: *shares 'em with Chuey*

2006-01-22 [chuchutrain]: yay :D

2006-01-22 [Mister Saint]: Hmm... I noticed that my kiss scene contest ends the same day as this one. Would anybody be opposed to me resetting the deadline of this one to the 25th? That way I can space out the reviews and won't rush 'em.

2006-01-22 [chuchutrain]: I don't mind....

2006-01-22 [Kuzco]: I got 'em on Mexico! Where do you think? I think I overdid it though...hum...lights are shiny *looks stupified*

2006-01-22 [chuchutrain]: ???

2006-01-22 [Kuzco]: (the fireworks woman! The fireworks! :P) *catches one in mid air* hell yeah, I got some skills

2006-01-22 [Mister Saint]: I'll reset the date of this for the 25th, if tha'ts okay, then.

2006-01-22 [SleepingDragon]: Fine with me here

2006-01-22 [chuchutrain]: ok then :D *runs from Kuzco because he's holding a firework*

2006-01-22 [Mister Saint]: *sprays gasoline on Kuzco*

2006-01-22 [Kuzco]: AHHHHHHHHH *runs away* are you mad??? *Let's go of firework* messing with a crazy kid like me? You wanna get me blown up ro somethin jeez ;). And yeah, alright.

2006-01-23 [chuchutrain]: O.O that was dangerous Moorn...

2006-01-23 [Mister Saint]: True, except it was fake gasoline. Virtual gasoline. 'netoline, you might say if you were a massive tool. ^_^

2006-01-23 [Kuzco]: yeah well, you still scared the hell out of me. :P 

2006-01-23 [chuchutrain]: lol that's awsome

2006-01-23 [Kuzco]: hey! I thought you were on my side...

2006-01-23 [Mister Saint]: I think she's on her own side. "passes out cans of frosty ice-aid goop*

2006-01-23 [Kuzco]: yeah..that's the better side. Anyways, what's a goop? It sounds remarkably similar to the word "poop"

2006-01-23 [Mister Saint]: It's like a sludgy substance, of a consistency between pudding and jello. *nods* It's not something specific.

2006-01-23 [Askoga]: And it's a remarkably versatile word.

2006-01-23 [Mister Saint]: Yup! For example, you could put hair goop in your hair (gel). You could eat goop (oatmeal, porridge). You could paint with goop! (primer)

2006-01-23 [Askoga]: And my stepdad often uses it as a term of measurement (put a goop of it on), but it only works with things of the right consistency...

2006-01-23 [Askoga]: Wow, Moorn's wardrobe was provided by Leather and Lace? I'd like to see this

2006-01-23 [Mister Saint]: Oh, no you wouldn't. It's not pretty. Imagine if Tinkerbell was a big fat gay biker guy, and that's it. ^^

2006-01-23 [Askoga]: -giggles, then falls over laughing- Oh! Poor Tink, being turned into a big, fat, gay biker guy.....

2006-01-23 [Mister Saint]: Well, after Peter Pan she didn't have much of a job, so... she went for her calling in life. ^^ It was either that or run for office, and she's not that sleazy. ^^

2006-01-23 [Askoga]: -laughs-

2006-01-23 [Burning Inside]: lol nice

2006-01-24 [chuchutrain]: I like being on my own side :D O.O ....leather....and lace?! *shivers in fear*

2006-01-24 [Mister Saint]: Sorry everyone! I went ahead and set the deadline to the 25th. I apologize for the mess, but it's been really hectic lately. ^^

2006-01-24 [Burning Inside]: oh well that means that I can know who wins before I have to be gone for a long time(stupid comp)

2006-01-24 [chuchutrain]: ok coolos ^^

2006-01-25 [Burning Inside]: hey chu, you may want to add ur name to the participants list

2006-01-25 [La Divina]: Hey, my story is based on a true occurance... altered a bit, though...

2006-01-25 [Mister Saint]: O.o I think story time is in order.

2006-01-25 [Burning Inside]: *sits in a little ball* ooh story time, I love story time

2006-01-25 [Kuzco]: who got the pop corns? *lies down on the sofa with a bottle of fresh water* let's see :P

2006-01-25 [Burning Inside]: hey wait.....wasn't the competition ending today...actually how many competitions were ending today?

2006-01-25 [Kuzco]: Don't worry man, we'll find out tomorrow, right? ;)

2006-01-25 [Burning Inside]: yeah, i guess it is a good thing that I have to be here tomorrow for a little bit as well(stupid computer breaking)

2006-01-25 [Kuzco]: yeah, they can be annoying SOOO un-cooperative.

2006-01-25 [La Divina]: "Nebur" and "Reivaj" are actually my father and uncle's names spelled backward. I'm sure Moorn-sama recognized the story. My father and uncle were sent to pick up the pig for my other uncle's baptism. They actually didn't have their licence, yet, tough. My father was speeding on the way there, and as my uncle drove back he started speeding, too. They thought a cop car was chasing them, so they sped up, dodged an army bus, bumped into the rail dividing the freeway, and rolled to the other side. The car landed upsidedown, and the pig's guts and blood went flying everywhere. My father and uncle were okay, though. They couldn't speak much English, but my father was able to say "pig" to explain.

2006-01-25 [La Divina]: But I thought it would be chizz to turn the station wagon into a hover car...

2006-01-25 [SleepingDragon]: lmao! He said 'pig' to explain? hehehe

2006-01-26 [Mister Saint]: *grins* That's a goood story. And yeah, the competition is over today, but I'm having a really rough couple of days, in addition to the fact that there are seven entries to judge. ^^ The results will probably be pushed into tomorrow. But don't worry that's normal... I entered the writer's of the future contest, and they take 8-10 weeks to judge. o.O

2006-01-26 [La Divina]: Well... he couldn't speak English, but the cops were pointing at the mess of guts and blood everywhere and my father pretty much figured that he was asking what all of it was.

2006-01-26 [Mister Saint]: Please see the top of this wikipage for the Chase Contest Judging results!

2006-01-26 [Kuzco]: Very good review/judging Moorn :D. Congrats people, it was a good run indeed! A clap for the winnners *claps hands*

2006-01-26 [SleepingDragon]: Woot! *does happy dance* (I never win anything)!

2006-01-26 [Kuzco]: *still clapping* get used to it ;)

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