We want to start by saying to those of you who participated in this, whether it was writing a story or supporting your following members, thank you! You are greatly appreciated.

Give a big congratulations to WriterGirl, TomEccleston, and Mendalla for taking the top 3!

1st Place: The End Of My World by WriterGirl

2nd Place: Balance Sheets by TomEccleston

3rd Place: Plus One by Mendalla

The following entries round out your top 10.

4th: 1975 The Summer Of Fun by KatarinaTechgoddess

5th: Mitzy's Mom by OpheliaTusk

6th: Where It Began by AnnaMayZing

7th: Lillie by Cora

8th: Life and Death on the Karakoram Highway by TheShyThespian

9th: If Only … by JamesPBear

10th: Milly's Adventure by DenimAngel

You all are amazing! For anyone who hasn't read these yet, you should. They are all worth taking a look at.

Congratulations again to the winners, I'll be in touch soon regarding your prizes!

Thank you all for your support and to those who participated in this!

And now we have two!

WriterGirl - The End Of My World

OpheliaTusk - Mitzy's Mom

Quote by AnnaMayZing

I want to add an ebook to my profile page, but I can't see how. Any clues?

Sorry, this has taken me a minute to reply, I was double-checking. As far as I'm aware, we are unable to post ebooks as we did before. You can try to put a link and a brief description of it on your profile.

It is on our wish list.

I wanted to let you all know that in the edit boxes or even making threads, you might see words wordings split to the next line in random places. They are sorting it and it appears normal when you hit enter/submit. I just wanted to give you all a heads-up in case it has looked weird. It's not you.

Quote by WriterGirl

I messed up, Ping. I’ve msgd Molly. I hit edit and fixed a typo where I called a character by wrong name, then hit Republish and it just sits in drafts. Doesn’t say pending approval. No buttons shown except “preview”. I doubt it’s in queue since sitting in drafts. Hopefully Molly can get it back.

I sent you a message.

Quote by Ping

The comments for the new competition story aren’t shown anymore and can’t be accessed. Is this already being addressed?

The story is actually only shown as a draft via Molly’s link above. It isn’t shown on the front page either.

Thx

Thank you for letting me know this. I've reported it.

All sorted and you should be able to access it correctly now.

We officially have our first entry!

WriterGirl - The End Of My World

Quote by Mendalla
The banner says $150 and your post and the comp page say $100. Or is that a joke about the comp theme?😁

As much as I would like to take credit for that being on purpose, I just forgot to change the amount. A missed opportunity there.

Quote by redwriter

Word length for comp please?

The word count minimum is 1000 and the maximum is 5,000

https://www.storiesspace.com/forum/writing-competitions-and-calls-for-submissions/its-not-what-it-looks-like-competition

Quote by Mendalla

Good morning! Anyone else notice there's a comp banner up on the front page? No announcement post yet but it's there and links to a comp page. Awaiting Molly's official announcement before I say more.

Putting on some Tobermory Flowerpot Island coffee. Teas are Red Rose and Cream of Earl Grey.

Look above your post. I beat you to it.

Good morning all. https://www.storiesspace.com/forum/writing-competitions-and-calls-for-submissions/its-not-what-it-looks-like-competition

Every one of us has experienced a moment in our life where things were not always what they seemed. Maybe it was a series of coincidences or just really bad timing. 

Have you ever walked in on something and instantly thought the worst only to have it not be that all? Maybe you assumed it was something amazing, only to realize it was something terrible instead. Or maybe, it was exactly what it looked like, no matter how hard you tried to deny it.

What does the title of the competition bring to your mind? Is it horror, love, humor, or a mix of everything? 

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Quick Rules:

All topics are open except for micro, flash, play, poetry, and song.

The word count minimum is 1000 and the maximum is 5,000

You cannot submit already published work.

All Stories Space rules and guidelines apply.  https://www.storiesspace.com/legal/acceptable-use-policy

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The ending date is May 25, 2024 

The winners will be announced on May 31, 2023

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Prizes:

First: $150 (USD)

Second: $50 (USD

Third: $25 (USD)

Have fun and if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask!

As I'm sure many of you saw, the site was down for maintenance. It was a slight glitch in our system update. All should be well now but if you come across anything it may have affected, please let me know.

Quote by WriterGirl

Is the cash out of coins working? I had almost 375, so purchased rest on Dec 3. Got msg saying new coin purchase was pending 14 days, but still can’t cash out.

I'll ask them to check that out.

In the meantime, if you'd like to raise a ticket please click here: https://www.storiesspace.com/support/new-ticket

Quote by verbal

Hey, how can we add a thread to the Forum? Or is that a mod-only activity?

Nope, you can do it. Go to the appropriate section where you want to make one and click Create A New Topic at the top of the page.

Me at 7 this morning when I started to cook for Thanksgiving dinner.

I've noticed the "likes" are still not staying checked. I've reported this issue.

Yes, it happened again.

Please know the team is working on it and will continue to monitor the issue moving forward. This could happen again throughout the day but they are on top of it.

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I had noticed. Thanks for the update, Molly. Bad server.😁

Very bad. nodding

I'm sure everyone is aware that the site was down for a little bit. They were doing an update and there was likely a server issue but it should all be sorted now. Thank you for your patience.