♥ THIS COMPETITON HAS NOW CLOSED ♥
Funny Pearls are excited to announce our 2020 short story competition, open to women of all nationalities.
This year, which is a challenging one for most people, we are looking for a bit of light relief. So please send us your farce, satire, screwball, or any other subgenre that qualifies as comedy. We need the laughs.
If you’re unsure how to write a comedy, take cue from Robert McKee who offers this simple piece of advice:
‘If you pitch your story and people don’t laugh, you’ve not written a Comedy. You’ve written… something else.
The solution, however, is not found in trying to devise clever lines or pie in the face. Gags come naturally when the comic structure calls for them. Instead, concentrate on Turning Points. For each action first ask, “What’s the opposite of that?” then take it a step farther to “What’s off-the-wall from that?” Spring gaps of comic surprise – write a funny story’. (McKee, STORY, 1999).
THE STORIES
We welcome stories between 1000 and 2500 words.
Entries must be written in English and can be on any theme.
Please submit only original, unpublished work.
THE PRIZES
The winner will receive an Amazon gift card to the value of £200;
two runners-up will each receive Amazon gift cards to the value of £50.
The gift cards will be delivered via email. All winning entries will be posted on funnypearls.com.
THE DATES
We open for email submissions on Tuesday 1st September 2020. The submission deadline is Friday 30th October 2020. Winners will be announced on Saturday 28h November 2020.
THE SUBMISSIONS
Please submit your entry as a Word document to [email protected]. In the subject line, please write the word COMPETITION, your name and the title of your story, in that order.
Please read the full competition rules before you make your submission.
Philippa & Mette
funnypearls.com
