#1000WordsTales | “Dead Alive” | Oct 20 Prompt”

#1000WordsTales

Weave a story in 1000words in a situational prompt given by sharing stories.

October 2020 Prompt.

Dead Alive

^{“We are but visitors on this planet. We are here for ninty or one hundred years at the very most. During that period, we must try to do something good, something useful with our lives. If you contribute to other people’s happiness, you will find the true goal, the true meaning of life.”}

• ^{BY DALAI LAMA}

^SITUATION:

^{You are the narrator or the main protagonist of the story. You don’t belong to this planet Earth. You are here for a small visit or maybe accidentally arrived here through a chain of circumstances. Weave an engaging story around this situation, looking at the happenings around you in this planet Earth. You can build the story around any particular incident, context, happening, or generic life on earth, the people who live here.}

^{You can pick any genre of story writing for this topic…the key is, ‘Let your imagination soar high’!}

Guidelines

• Send your entry to (share@sharingstories.in) in a word document, along with your name, mobile number,  a picture of you and a bio (3-4 lines) in third person
• Share the link of this page on your Social Media and tag #Sharingstorieslive and #sharingstorieswritingcontest 
• Only one entry per person.
• Previously published work is not eligible for the contest
• Last date of submission –20th October 2020
• Word limit- Minimum- 850 words and Maximum- 1000 words
• Prize will be only delivered within India. Though Winning entries outside India will be featured.

Prize

• A prize money of 500Rs. 

• Book Giveaway – Amazon Gift Coupon / Physical Copy)

• Winning Article will be featured in October Edition of Sharing Stories Magazine

• Select Entries will be featured on our website.

• A certificate of appreciation by Sharing Stori

Disclaimer

• Sharing Stories does not hold any responsibility of the copyrights of the contents submitted by writers. The entire copyrights and associated legalities will be held by the writer. Sharing stories only provides a platform for showcasing the content written by the writer and does not claim any sort of authority over the content. Any legal consequences arising will be faced by the writer and sharing stories will not be held responsible for any such issues arising due to copyrights infringements.