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There have already been several short story contests.
Many themes have been developed, and it would be a shame not to give them another chance!

|THESE ARE THE SUBJECTS TO CHOOSE FROM FOR THEME 3 OF THE CONTEST: « ❝RELICS OF THE PAST❞ »|

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☀️ EDITION : SUMMER CONTEST☀️

◉ Theme 1: "The Butterfly's Life"

► with a constraint: your story must allow the reader to distinguish 5 distinct stages.

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◉ Theme 2: "Unhappy epistolary"
► with a constraint: your story, as its name suggests, must be written in the form of letters.
Passages in classical narrative may be included.

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◉ Theme 3: "Psychologist"
► with a constraint: your story must make the reader think by including the complexity of human psychology or not.

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🍂 EDITION: AUTUMN CONTEST 🍂

The themes were images to be used as inspiration for writing a short story and word constraints to be included in the story.
(⚠️ Only one word was needed to validate the constraint ⚠️)

◉ Picture-theme 1:

► with the keywords:

• Amaranth:
"Ornamental plant, with numerous red flowers in clusters; flower of this plant"

"Purple red"

• Coward:

"A fearful person who is cowardly".

• Ocelle:

"A rounded two-coloured spot (reminiscent of an eye) on the plumage or wing of an insect".

" Eye of certain anthropods "

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◉ Picture-theme 2:

► with the keywords:

• Petrichor :

"Characteristic odour that accompanies rain and emanates from the earth, especially after a period of dry, hot weather"

• Soliloquy:

"To talk to oneself".

Translator's note: Hi, it's me again! Only two words for this theme: the third was "Etiage" wich means, in french, a "Periodic lowering of the water level in a river; the lowest water level.", but there is no literal translation. I firstly thought of replacing it with "A dry" or something in this mood but the objective here being having complex words to challenge yourself, I didn't. Bye!

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◉ Picture-theme 3:

► with the keywords:

• Damascene:

"To embellish with gold or silver to form a design".

• Vesania:

"Madness"

• Chirp:

"To utter a cry (birds)"

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🌘EDITION: BETWEEN LIGHT AND SHADOW 🌒

◉ Theme 1: "Winter Nights"

► with a constraint: the story must take place only during the winter and must exclude any scene taking place during the day.

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◉ Theme 2: "News from the newspaper?"

► with a constraint:  the story must be based on a real or invented news item.

Four passages in the form of newspaper articles are required.

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◉ Theme 3: "Illusions of Truth"

► with a constraint: the story must play with the reader and their perception of the events in the story. Each story in this theme must have a final twist.

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💫EDITION: WORDS POWER 💫

◉ Theme 1: "Hope and Despair"

► with a constraint: the main character's feelings must be highlighted so that the reader can experience them as well.

A PASSAGE from positive to negative or vice versa must be present.

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◉ Theme 2: "Back to the roots"

► with a constraint: the point of view must be from an animal other than a human being.

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◉ Theme 3: "Free Youth"

► with a constraint: the story must start with a negative thought (example: "I have no skills") and must end with a positive moral countering the said negative thought.

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🌠 EDITION: RADIANT DESTINIES 🌠

◉ Theme 1: "Solitude"

► with a constraint: the story must include, in content or form, the presence of a notebook.

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◉ Theme 2: "Little Ray of Sunshine"

► with a constraint: the story must end with an interrogative sentence, leaving the readers free to interpret the story as their own.

The absence of a punchline is therefore strongly recommended.

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🌌 EDITION: BOREAL MELODY 🌌

◉ Theme 1: "At the whim of the wind"

► with a constraint: the story must contain at least three characters.

Each chapter will show the point of view of one of them.

(One chapter = One point of view)

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◉ Theme 2: "Plenitudes"

► with a constraint: the story must be inspired by a myth.

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🦋 EDITION : MEDLEY OF THOUGHTS 🦋

(⚠️ Unavailable for the current edition ⚠️)

◉ Theme 1: "The Ball of Memories"

► with a constraint: the story must have an imposed title and cover.

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◉ Theme 2: "Stars in their Heart" *

► with a constraint: the story must include a symbol of one of the seasons of the year, in content or form.

Translator's note: "their" is, here, neutral, not plural. It could also be translated as "Stars in his/her heart" (in french: "des étoiles dans son coeur") so feel free to take it as you want.

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We hope they'll inspire you!☀️

► The Dream Team.