Types of Writing Contests

You can host different types of Writing Contests!

There are eight different types of Writing Contests: Flash Fiction, Serial Fiction, Drawing, Music, Discussion, Planning, Offline Activities, and Others.

Flash Fiction

A Flash-fiction contest is a writing contest in which the creator proposes a "topic" and then allows participants to create fiction around the same topic. Usually, the fiction is short in length, but some users have created medium-length fiction in these contests.

Serial Fiction

Serial Fiction means that the content producer starts a "story" and then allows the next participant to "pick up at where the story left off" and continue the story. There are also some writing contests in the form of sentence continuation. This kind of content has various forms and requires attention to the rules set by the contest producer.

Drawing

A drawing contest is a writing contest in which the contest producer develops a "topic" and then allows participants to create a drawing around it. Usually, single pictures are presented, but there are also comic scripts and cartoons.

Music

In the case of a Music Writing Contest, the contest producer creates a "topic" and then lets the participants create music around the topic.

Question

A Question writing contest is a "discussion topic" initiated by the contest producer, allowing users to discuss a question or a particular topic.

Project

If a contest producer wants to plan a special "collective creativity project," he or she can use the “project" category to host a Writing Contest. Usually, these writing contests are more structured, non-single-use, and larger in size to serve the purpose.

Offline Events

This kind of writing contest is hosted to organize a meetup event, aiming to gather users online and offline, to communicate in real time. These contest entries usually consist of post-event reviews after the meetup/gathering.