Write a fictional short story related to the Franklin Expedition

Status: Closed
Premie: $75
Mottatte bidrag: 8
Vinner: Nexus9

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Write a short story with the following requirements:
- must follow the guidelines of a short story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_story
- length between 2000 and 3000 words. Must be narratable out loud from start to end without boring/tiring listeners
- previous contests had some posts that were like articles, study work, documentation, etc.
This contest is about fictional short stories. Please read carefully this description
- must be related to the Franklin Expedition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition
- do your own research on the Franklin Expedition before writing your story. The following sources may be helpful:
britannica.com/event/Franklin-expedition
rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/what-happened-to-erebus-terror-crew-true-story
nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/franklin-expedition-ship-watson-ice-ghosts
The Terror (TV series based on a novel by Dan Simmons)
Frozen in Time (book by Owen Beattie and John Geiger), Erebus (book by Michael Palin)
- must be a mix of mystery, suspense, folktale, legend and mythology genres
- it must sounds possible, even if it contains fantasy, science fiction, paranormal, etc. Like a myth or legend
- H. P. Lovecraft short stories are a good reference of the type of story to write.
Also, some creepypasta stories could be used as reference
Plus, check our past contests to see the winner story and what we expect (link at the end and in first comment)
- target audience is English-speaking individuals, 17 years of age and older
- no sexual content
- no abusive, obscene nor bad language
- no abbreviations
- no too specific country's words
- content related to love or romance should be minimal or zero

WARNING: entries with spam, copypaste from anywhere or not an original new story will be directly rejected and reported.

NOTICE: we will own the copyright of the winner story. The author's name will be included anywhere we use it.

After the contest' deadline, winner will be selected by originality and quality.

You have a month, be creative!

Previous stories
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JNRBivt-5BeFAx8MVlcvu3-n1GgGxUG1KfGiZ0WfoPk

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“This is the 3rd time that Rob won one of our contest. He wrote another good story. And we have very good communication with him to do some changes to got a better result.”

RhapsodeMonolith, Argentina.

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Nexus9 South Africa

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samratsaha99 India

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AgehaSquad United States

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pijjahot09 United Arab Emirates

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DianeMMegaw South Africa

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Eyadbu3 Egypt

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ZainabM2 India

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Konkurranseholder
- 10 måneder siden
New contest!
https://www.freelancer.com/contest/Write-a-fictional-short-story-related-to-the-death-of-Elisa-Lam-2280001/details
- 10 måneder siden
1. Nexus9
  - 10 måneder siden
  Hi - many thanks for the message and heads up. I’ll start researching:)
  - 10 måneder siden
Nexus9
- 11 måneder siden
Thank you so much. I'm very happy and look forward to working with you again and to the special offer! :) Condolences to all the other entries - there were some good stories and I am humbled to have won. Much respect to all the honest, original writers. Thank you all for the challenge and thank you, again, to the contest holder for choosing my entry. :)
- 11 måneder siden
Konkurranseholder
- 11 måneder siden
Sorry for the delay (again). This time I almost reached the time limit.
It's not my idea. I'll try to improve this in the next contest.

And the winner is...
Entry #117
The Franklin Expedition
Rob McShane

And this is the 3rd time he has won one of our contests.
So, as promised, he will be receiving a special offer in the coming weeks.
Congratulations!

Thank you to all participants that competed honestly and sent original stories.

For all freelancers that posted an original story and doesn't received a feedback, don't get down! Try again next time.
I would like to give feedback to all honest writters, but it's generally not possible. It require too much time. Sorry.

Be aware of our next contest!
I will post the link of the new contest here when published.

Regards.
- 11 måneder siden
TheFreelancer292
- 11 måneder siden
AI created story :
Not in word limit :
Entry #26
Still given 1 star.
WoW
- 11 måneder siden
maksudzamanzaed
- 1 år siden
Check #129
- 1 år siden
syedfrelancer
- 1 år siden
#sir please check #91
- 1 år siden
KhoiBaNguyen
- 1 år siden
I put a lot of effort as well as spent many days completing this short story. My hope is that the examiner respects and pays some attention to my work. Hope you check out my post, #47 Khoi Ba Nguyen.
Thank you very much.
- 1 år siden
1. KhoiBaNguyen
  - 1 år siden
  It's actually #48
  - 1 år siden
azrianshah
- 1 år siden
#67 Tittle: Price of Immortality. kindly please look in to my entry...tq..
- 1 år siden
jhoviccortel
- 1 år siden
Please have a look at my entry #37, hope you will like it.
- 1 år siden
niyiagbede7
- 1 år siden
please look at and rate entry 36.
- 1 år siden
SeriousSafwan
- 1 år siden
Dear CH......your budget belongs to a bygone era. Kindly #increaseprize
- 1 år siden
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1. SeriousSafwan
  - 1 år siden
  AI or not.....when you publish a contest on a free online marketplace like this one......you can't avoid getting deluged with entries from far and wide. The point is...... what's your reason behind publishing contests here in the first place?......get the work done at low price!......yes??......well this is where you need to make a better effort...... #increaseprize
  - 1 år siden
2. SeriousSafwan
  - 1 år siden
  Doing a little research will help you know how a bigger prize enhances the odds of competition......resulting in really good results!......Not to mention paying the deserving winner for his/her time and effort invested in your contests. Think about it and you shall come up with the same conclusion sooner or later.
  - 1 år siden
ahnaf47
- 1 år siden
#22
- 1 år siden
ahnaf47
- 1 år siden
#22 Please read at least once .It will be very kind for me to give e feedback to me for betterment of my skills & future
- 1 år siden
adihauqexv
- 1 år siden
#16 byAdi H
- 1 år siden
adihauqexv
- 1 år siden
#16 byAdi H
- 1 år siden
adihauqexv
- 1 år siden
#16 byAdi H
- 1 år siden
momoustafaa
- 1 år siden
Please check #14
- 1 år siden
MahadiHasanSaif
- 1 år siden
#5 please check
- 1 år siden
Konkurranseholder
- 1 år siden
Please, read and follow the guidelines. Not following them or posting spam could end on rejection and/or to be reported to Freelancer administration.
Last contest we received too many stories AI generated. I have no problems with the use of an AI as a tool. If you are going to post entries, take care of not just copy and past the AI auto-generated text. I work on AI and I'll notice that. I'll directly reject that entries, and maybe report it.
Please remind that winner will be selected AFTER the contest' deadline. Even when some entries could be reviewed or declined before.
Depending on the amount of entries that are a short story, the decision of the winner could be delayed up to one month after the contest' deadline.
Please check our past contests to see the winner story and what we expect
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JNRBivt-5BeFAx8MVlcvu3-n1GgGxUG1KfGiZ0WfoPk/edit?usp=sharing
- 1 år siden