2016 SmatchUp, “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” Rules:
Participation is open to any WMC member in good standing.
What it is: Writers are anonymously paired to create either a story or poem (genre decided upon entering). One writer starts (one page maximum), one finishes (one page maximum), and pairs are revealed at the May 19th meeting when the finished pieces are read. Works will be posted on the website after the event.
To enter: Send an e-mail to Katherine Brown mcwc2@att.net by midnight March 20th
Designate whether you would like to write either Fiction or a Poem or No Preference
Designate whether you would like to be a Starter or Finisher or No Preference
Do not send any work. Merely a request to enter with designations.
Pay close attention to dates below and ensure you can meet the deadlines before you choose to be a finisher or starter.
Participants will be capped at twenty, so ten starters and ten finishers.
Theme and Rules: This year’s theme is “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.” You can apply the theme loosely and go anywhere (pardon the pun) with it. Each writer only gets one page maximum. The page can be single or double-spaced, must be 12 pt. font and one inch margins. You will be contacted by March 26th indicating whether you are a starter or finisher.
Participation is open to any WMC member in good standing.
What it is: Writers are anonymously paired to create either a story or poem (genre decided upon entering). One writer starts (one page maximum), one finishes (one page maximum), and pairs are revealed at the May 19th meeting when the finished pieces are read. Works will be posted on the website after the event.
To enter: Send an e-mail to Katherine Brown mcwc2@att.net by midnight March 20th
Designate whether you would like to write either Fiction or a Poem or No Preference
Designate whether you would like to be a Starter or Finisher or No Preference
Do not send any work. Merely a request to enter with designations.
Pay close attention to dates below and ensure you can meet the deadlines before you choose to be a finisher or starter.
Participants will be capped at twenty, so ten starters and ten finishers.
Theme and Rules: This year’s theme is “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.” You can apply the theme loosely and go anywhere (pardon the pun) with it. Each writer only gets one page maximum. The page can be single or double-spaced, must be 12 pt. font and one inch margins. You will be contacted by March 26th indicating whether you are a starter or finisher.
- Starters: Have the period between March 27 and midnight April 16th to produce the start of a piece. They will e-mail their finished piece to Katherine Brown at mcwc2@att.net. Starters may use a working title, but finishers get to title the piece. Starters, no revisions sent after the initial please.
- Finishers: Have the period between April 17th and midnight May 7th to produce the end of the piece and to title it. Finishers may also do minor edits (grammar, punctuation) to the starter’s side, but may not change the story or poem developmentally. They will e-mail their finished piece to Katherine Brown at mcwc2@att.net.
