Are you a word hoarder wanting to write with every fibre of your being, but lacking the necessary inspiration to get started and/or keep going??

Whether you are a brand new writer or a seasoned author ready for a new writing project, it can be incredibly difficult to find the inspiration you need, in order to commit to an endeavor.

StoryMirror in collaboration with HydRAW presents India's first Interactive Novel Writing Contest - A contest designed to provide an opportunity to the readers to decide what course of action the characters of the story take and there is no better way to motivate, reaffirm and refresh yourself than by participating in this contest.

Concept of  Interactive Novel Writing Contest

Traditional form of writing a novel is based on an author’s imagination and the plot and is based on how the author wants to take the reader through the journey. In this format, the reader has no option but to follow the author’s journey. Wouldn’t it be nice if the reader can decide what course of action the characters of the story take?

You will be given a short story as a prompt and you have to submit your story based on the given prompt. There will be a total of 10 prompts and the best stories will be culminated into an interactive novel. Each prompt will have multiple questions, each question suggesting a different direction the story can go into. You can pick up any question to write their story. Readers will be able to navigate through the best five submissions selected for each prompt in any combination thus traversing multiple variations of the same base story.

Rules:

• The prompt will have multiple questions, each question suggesting a different direction the story can go into. You can pick up any question to write their story.
• There are no restrictions on genre.
• Winners will be decided by our jury.
• Participants should submit their original content. There is no limit to the number of content you submit.
• Any submission made over email or as hard copy or without using the contest link will not be eligible for entry.
• There is no participation fee.
• Do not copy the given prompt in your story.
• The word count for the story is in between 1000 - 2000 words.

Category:

Story

Language: English

Prizes:

• All participants will receive a participation certificate.
• Top 5 in each prompt will be culminated into an interactive novel. 
• Winner certificates to all the winners.

Eligibility:

Submission period for Prompt 2: Feb 19, 2021, to Feb 25, 2021

Submission period for Prompt 3: Mar 05, 2021, to Mar 11, 2021

Submission period for Prompt 4: Mar 19, 2021 to April 01, 2021

Submission period for Prompt 5: April 16, 2021 to April 29, 2021

Submission period for Prompt 6: May 10, 2021 to May 29, 2021

Submission period for Prompt 7: June 11, 2021 to June 28, 2021

Submission period for Prompt 8: July 16, 2021 to Aug 03, 2021

Submission period for Prompt 9: Sep 11, 2021 to Sep 29, 2021

Result for Prompt 9 : October 15, 2021

Contact:

Email: neha@storymirror.com

Phone number: +91 9372458287