IntShoWriMo 2016: Round Up & Winners' Medallion

IntShoWriMo 2016 Winners' Medallion

We’re on the other side of 30 days of adrenalin rush. It’s been four whole weeks of tempting the muse and the word ‘fun’ just grew a whole new meaning of its own.

So, long story short, this month’s theme has been about celebrating, at least for me, five years of crafting 30 stories in 30 days. I didn’t know exactly how this gig was going to turn out when I dipped my toes in that strange waters of the short tale. But heck, here I stand today worth over a hundred and fifty stories of roughly 250,000 word count.

I just might post the summaries of those stories sometime this July but for everybody who took part in this year’s challenge, the winners’ golden badge is all yours for the taking. I’ll be seeing you yet again the coming year.

Until that time, write feverishly and keep your pen bleeding!

Akpan

IntShoWriMo 2016 Badge

IntShoWriMo 2016 Badge

Welcome to IntShoWriMo 2016!

The badge is all yours for the taking.

This is my 5th year of taking a shot at writing 30 stories in 30 days. I hope to make the best of it and I believe you'll put your back to make it work out fine on your end.

Once again, welcome to IntShoWriMo 2016.

Thank you.

Akpan

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 30: The Right to Remain Silent, Permanently

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 30 Prompt:

You live in a society where all crime is forgiven until 1st January every year. Upon this day, all criminals are hunted down and killed using differing techniques based on the severity of their crime. You look out the window to see that your judgement has come. - REDDIT

Word Count: 2k+

Akpan

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 29: Where The Skies Are Always Black

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 29 Prompt

An unknown person sends you, from Egypt, a box containing a rock etched with hieroglyphics. - Writing.Com

Word Count: 2k+

Akpan

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 28: Make Me An Offer I Can't Refuse

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 28 Prompt:

You die and go to heaven only to find that Mars is indeed heaven and Ray Bradbury is God in Residence. You and the legend strike a deal in which he offers you another shot at life on Earth to make up for all the wrongs you've done but only one score. What's the condition and do you accept or not? - Akpan

Word Count: 2k+

Akpan

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 27: In Equal Measure

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 27 Prompts:

Write a story about a writer who buys a writer-robot which churns out one bestseller after another whenever the writer feeds in a few phrases. He in turn sells these novels under his own name. The robot meanwhile, has been evolving and has developed a sense of being and a strong emotion - jealousy. The writer-machine quietly plots how to deal with the writer-man for taking credit for his creations. - Akpan

Word Count: 2k+

Akpan

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 26: Crocodiles Cry Too

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 26 Prompt:

You're a door-to-door thief who visits houses when everybody is off at work, but today, you walk into someone about to hang themselves. - REDDIT

Word Count: 2k+

Akpan

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 25: Jaws of a Storm

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 25 Prompt:

C. S. Lewis used a wardrobe, J. M. Barrie used the second star to the right, and Lewis Carroll used a rabbit hole - each a gateway to another world. This week, pick an object that is important to you and transform  it into a portal to an alternative world. Write a story about someone discovering the portal and adjusting to life where everything is foreign. Take into consideration where this secret passage is located and what it feels like to pass through it. - PW.Org

Word Count: 2k+

Akpan

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 24: Hero Material (Mobbed #2)

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 24 Prompt:

The smell of roasted meat wafted out of the restaurant as he dug through the dumpster in the back. - Writing.Com

Word Count: 2k+

Akpan

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 23: Grim Sense

IntShoWriMo 2015: Day 23 Prompt:

You go in for a rather complex dental procedure and the dentist has to put you under in order to complete it. When you wake up, though, you are no longer in the dentist office. You are on a train with a briefcase handcuffed to your wrist. Just as you are soaking in this situation, a man walks in with a gun and points it at you. What happens? - WritersDigest.Com

Word Count: 2k+

Akpan