1k Words: A Writing Contest(writingclub.world) |
1k Words: A Writing Contest(writingclub.world) |
> "Write 1,000 words about it"
> "you are writing the definitive 1,000 words for this photo. Make them count."
> "Does it have to be 1,000 words? Yes...Your entry must be exactly 1,000 words"
It also says that the prize is $1,000, and there's 1 picture - but I haven't seen anyone asking whether each of those is an upper or lower bound!
50 words exactly.
Got the idea from Dan Pink, although he didn’t invent it.
> Yes. That’s what a picture is worth, after all.
Not to be pedantic but does this mean "1,000 words or fewer," "at least 1,000 words," or "exactly 1,000 words?"
I'm asking because with school assignments the number is usually a lower bound, but with writing contests it's often an upper bound (sometimes even a fuzzy limit).
But no, no exact definition of what they mean for "1000 words" - wether if it's minimum 1000 words or what, or how are they counting those 1000 words - throwing everything to a Word doc? a parsing script? Will they count things like an "I" or an "a" as a whole word?
I'm thinking about giving this a try, though, but not being pretty clear about that rule seems quite odd.
Yes. That’s what a picture is worth, after all. Your entry must be exactly 1,000 words, not including the title (if you choose to write one)."
Now, do hyphenated words count as one word or two? Do numbers count as words (e.g. is "12 years old" three words or two?) If I write 1,000 words but concatenate them without spaces, is that still considered 1,000 words, or one single word?
[2] Write 1,000 words about it by August 31st, 2026.
this is 1 of the two constraints. you may have to rework sentences. the skills exercised are these efforts
My personal instinct is to interpret it as a minimum of 1,000 words -- but it remains ambiguous.
EDIT: After reading the site's content I think they may be targeting _precisely_ 1,000 words.