Mr. and Mrs. Rosewood – A Short Story Contest

By WriteFluence on April 3, 2023 • ( 3 )

A brand new challenge is here!

After the success of Mr. Rosewood’s antics last year, and Mrs. Rosewood’s a year before the last; here’s Mr. and Mrs. Rosewood waiting for you to write about any of their days into a story. We are excited to announce our latest short-story writing contest. This time, we challenge you to write a captivating story about a day in the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Rosewood.

They could be bright, gloomy, witty, loveable or always ready to fight.

They are your characters, create them as you wish!

Then, submit your story using the participation button at the bottom of this post and get published in our next publication.

– SUBMISSION GUIDELINES –

Theme: A fictional short story about a day in the life of the protagonist old couple named Mr. and Mrs. Rosewood
Any Genre
Word count: 2000 – 3000 words. BE SURE OF YOUR WORD COUNT! Entries exceeding the word limits will be disqualified.
Title: Your story should have a different title and not just ‘Mr. and Mrs. Rosewood’.
- Example: The title of your story could very well be ‘Mr. and Mrs. Rosewood and their plant’ or simply ‘The fight with the neighbors’, etc.
Author eligibility: Writers of age 16 and above
All entries must be in English
Only original works that have not been published in print, digital or online publications will be considered.
Submission fee: Rs. 150/- (which is equivalent to ~$2); to be paid using the payment button below.
Format:
- Type your story on an MS Word document (Font: Arial 12) and submit using the participation link at the bottom of this post.
- No email submissions will be entertained.
- All entries must be formatted as a single-spaced word document.
Deadline: June 15, 2023

– RESULTS –

Results will be announced after July 1st, 2023.

25 or more winning stories will be published in a book to be released thereafter.
All winning writers will win an author feature on our website and social feed
All winning writers will win 1 merit certificate (virtual) from WriteFluence after the publication release.

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– OUR JURY –

Palash Basak has been working as a technical writer in a reputed organization in Bengaluru since 2015. He loves reading and writing fiction and vouches that watching old classics by Satyajit Ray, Bimal Roy or Guru Dutt can kill that dreaded writer’s block.

After having graduated and worked as a clerk for 8 years, Basak decided to complete his Masters in Mass Communication in 2001. Post that, he worked in several firms in the capacity of a Business Communications writer. He believes in the continuous process of learning and evolving and has enrolled himself into learning various creative writing and technical writing courses on self-learning apps. He is a die-hard Gulzar fan. He loves to read old classics in English and Bengali. When he’s not reading or writing; he is helping his daughter-in-law cope with the tantrums of his 18-months-old grand-son.

Basak’s WriteFluencing Mantra is: “Writing a perfect novel may takes years and a perfect writer may always want to go back and keep making changes to that very perfect novel every year!”

Kaumudi Amrute’s writing workshops have received several amazing reviews from students of different age groups. Amrute is a retired educationist and has spread her wings now with her initiative of her small cultural venture ‘Kalaa Kalpana’ where she conducts short term writing workshops for all age groups and also runs handicraft workshops with the help of her students.
When she’s not teaching, Amrute loves to knit, bake and conduct experiments in the kitchen.

Amrute lives in Wilmington with her husband and a dog; and loves reading Christina Rossetti, Sylvia Plath and Phillis Wheatley.

Amrute’s WriteFluencing Mantra is: “A good story is what a writer writes and re-writes several times until it is ready to reach impeccability in the eyes of a reader.”

Arvind Solanki has been writing content for various websites, brands and products since 1998 and has also worked on a few projects as a ghost writer. His expertise lies in writing and editing children’s books and blogs. He has worked on more than 20 websites to create content for children related to general knowledge and stories.

When Arvind isn’t working on his writing projects, he loves to travel, watch sports, play with his four year old son and lose arguments to his wife.

Arvind’s WriteFluencing Mantra is: “A good writer will first read! Especially, a contest’s guidelines.”