Comments on: Five Thoughts from a Short-short Fiction Contest Judge http://denniscass.com/2008/10/17/five-thoughts-from-a-short-short-fiction-contest-judge/ Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:50:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: amy spaulding http://denniscass.com/2008/10/17/five-thoughts-from-a-short-short-fiction-contest-judge/#comment-52 amy spaulding Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:32:34 +0000 http://denniscasswantsyoutobemoreawesome.wordpress.com/?p=177#comment-52 "...when you’re trying to make the angels sing, and believe you me, nothing shuts them up like too much effort." Love this line. Thanks for the reminder. “…when you’re trying to make the angels sing, and believe you me, nothing shuts them up like too much effort.”

Love this line. Thanks for the reminder.

]]> By: Susannah http://denniscass.com/2008/10/17/five-thoughts-from-a-short-short-fiction-contest-judge/#comment-37 Susannah Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:53:52 +0000 http://denniscasswantsyoutobemoreawesome.wordpress.com/?p=177#comment-37 Hear, hear Dennis! And, for the record, it is stories we're looking for, not poems. It's deceptively simple to tell a strong story in so few words, for just the reasons you cite. But the really good ones really do pack a wallop. Hear, hear Dennis! And, for the record, it is stories we’re looking for, not poems. It’s deceptively simple to tell a strong story in so few words, for just the reasons you cite. But the really good ones really do pack a wallop.

]]> By: Jill http://denniscass.com/2008/10/17/five-thoughts-from-a-short-short-fiction-contest-judge/#comment-30 Jill Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:09:00 +0000 http://denniscasswantsyoutobemoreawesome.wordpress.com/?p=177#comment-30 What made the good work good? What made the good work good?

]]> By: denniscass http://denniscass.com/2008/10/17/five-thoughts-from-a-short-short-fiction-contest-judge/#comment-16 denniscass Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:50:24 +0000 http://denniscasswantsyoutobemoreawesome.wordpress.com/?p=177#comment-16 Excellent addition. Yes, if it says STORY contest, the people running the show probably mean it. Excellent addition. Yes, if it says STORY contest, the people running the show probably mean it.

]]> By: Dara http://denniscass.com/2008/10/17/five-thoughts-from-a-short-short-fiction-contest-judge/#comment-15 Dara Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:12:24 +0000 http://denniscasswantsyoutobemoreawesome.wordpress.com/?p=177#comment-15 Another thought: Just because you can't get your poem published elsewhere doesn't mean it's fair to enter it in short fiction contests. Another thought: Just because you can’t get your poem published elsewhere doesn’t mean it’s fair to enter it in short fiction contests.

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