The Authors' Cup 2020

Challenge yourself and compete for US $1,000 in prizes by doing what you love: writing, reading and publishing stories online.

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Stories #InAParallelUniverse

Many things have changed in recent months. The way we live, the way we make plans, where we can go, how we can go, and with whom. The world has been upside down and to distract us a little while many continue in partial "lockdown", let's create a story that is related in #InAParallelUniverse that narrates events that would have happened in an alternative reality to the current BUT taking into account current events of COVID-19 times. The contest, in addition, must follow two additional rules: 1) have at least 1 (or more) chapter(s) published every week throughout the month of June. 2) Use the hashtag of this contest. You can participate with stories with chapters, stories, comics, or interactive stories; and you can apply with multiple stories at the same time. The more stories you enter the contest, the more likely you are to win. The participant fee must have a minimum of 25 participants, and we will choose 3 different winners. Don't forget to click the "participate" button and enter the participating stories, because otherwise, they won't count.

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Quarantine Stories

We are living under strange times, fighting against Corona Virus. To get distracted, publish a story based on your days under quarantine. It has to be a fictional story, entertaining, and have a positive storyline. You can participate with stories with chapters, short stories or microfictions; you are allowed to submit one or several stories. The more stories you submit, the more likely you are to win. The quorum must have a minimum of 25 participants, and we will choose 3 different winners. Do not forget to use the hashtag #quarantinestories and #stayhome in the stories and/or microfictions, and click the "participate" button.

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Traveling with Inkspired

Tell us in a microfiction story (from our mobile apps) a fictional (or real) story about a travel experience you had, using the hashtag #TravelingWithInkspired. Attention: to participate, your story must be in a microfiction format.

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Your Micro Year

Write a story with 12 microstories that are based on every month of the year. The microstories can be fiction or real and must have a maximum of 20 words each.

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From the phrase, the tale

Write a short story, of maximum 1000 words, containing the following sentence: "I was walking with my hands tied, with something dragging me to the sentence everyone wanted for me". The story with the best score will be the winner.

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Microwriting Astrology

Write a microstory about one of the 12 zodiac signs and publish it from the Inkspired App in the format of 'microfiction'. In addition, you must create an ad that is consistent with your microstory and share it on social networks with the hashtag #MicroAstrology and tag @getinkspired.

Bring verses to my life

Write 4 poems in rhyme, of 10 verses each, dealing with the following topics in this order: 1) The birth, 2) Growth, 3) Death, 4) After death, and become the winner.

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From every day routine, an art

As the great Julio Cortázar did with "Instructions on how to climb a staircase", now is your chance to create a short story -of 400 words- with a similar mission: instructions on how to get out of bed each morning, which should be written in an artistic and fun way. The most creative and humorous text will be the winner.

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The history remains

Think of an important historical fact and research it. Then, write the first chapter of a historical novel based on it. The chapter will be a maximum of 400 words. The most interesting story, well structured and with the potential to have more chapters written, will be the winner.

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The poetic moment of going back

The best things can come from the past. This time the challenge is to observe the famous photography of the photojournalist James Nachtwey, and let the inspiration flow to your writing. Write the most sensitive, original and appropriate poem for the photo and win fantastic prizes!

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White Love

It's Christmas time. A time for love. Therefore, Inkspired wants to take your most sentimental and creative side, and ask you to write a romantic story - of maximum 600 words -, which has to be developed in this beautiful time of year. The story should have 4 main characters, and the most original and emotional one will be the winner. Are you in?

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MicroPanic

On Halloween, we want to scream. We want to get scared. We want to have fear. That's why we bring you this contest in which you'll have to write a micro-story of maximum 500 words. The most spooky and terrifying story will be the winner. Do you dare?

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Inktober 2018

The Inktober challenge is a worldwide initiative by Jake Parker, and now you can use Inkspired to participate in it and gain exposure in our community of writers and readers and beyond. Inkspired has joined this initiative by providing a platform to artists to upload and publish their drawings in the form of a Visual Story. Any person can participate by signing up on getinkspired.com, uploading a Visual Story with 31 chapters during October, each one with its own "daily art".

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Make your world a comic

It's time to get creative, and graphic. It's time to imagine what our country would be like after 100 years from now. How would it look like? How would people behave? What would be the story, the problem, the life? Inkspired brings you a new contest called "Make your world a comic", which is exactly about that, and more. Challenge yourself to something different, and participate!

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Microfiction

To all writers, a few words. And this is your opportunity. This contest consists in creating a micro-story of any genre and/or category, whether fiction or non-fiction, in maximum 70 words, no more. You can participate with up to 5 micro-stories, so you have more chances to win. Read the bases here.

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You are guilty

You like to be the detective and to live the story from the outside, but what would happen if that antagonist, that guilty one, is you? Nothing easy, huh? On Inkspired is #ThrillerTime and for that, we bring you the new monthly contest: "YOU ARE GUILTY". It consists in writing a short story of 300 words maximum, which must be written in FIRST PERSON point of view, narrating the story like you were the ANTAGONIST.

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Dramatize yourself

Do you like Drama and you are a few words kind of person? Well, your time has arrived. This month we dedicate it to this category and we launched a new contest that consists in writing a Drama micro-story with a maximum of 250 words. The BEST micro-story - the most original, creative and well-written - will be the WINNER. Besides, we will award the MOST POPULAR micro-story, which will be chosen for the amount of 'likes' on Instagram or Facebook.

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Verses for Her

Publish a single poem or a few, to celebrate Mother's day (and month) and enlighten the Art of Poetry. 5 winners of this edition will be represented worldwide.

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Speak in silence

Some people say that a look is worth more than a thousand words. In this contest, we challenge you to take out your creativity and draft a short story where the main character is voiceless. How are you going to develop the story? We leave that to you.

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