Can You Be Funny?

[GeorgeMichael]

This is a contest to try to make your readers laugh as hard as they can with either outrageous situations or subtle humor, or anything that ranges in between.

Requirements:
1: Must be a complete short story (beginning, middle, and end) which means under 10000 words(no minimum), but you can go a little over but don't push it.
2. You can either put your story up here when you are finished or mail it to a judge (Hopefully i might get people to help me.)
3. It has to be at least a little original, nothing too common like high school students who get laid, but it can be that as long as you make it original.
4. Have fun.



Um... I don't know about prizes, but I guess for now we'll call it the pride of a job well done and a victory but that's very liable to change.

One final thing, is there anyone who would like to share the position of being a judge? really anyone? Ok let the contest begin.

P.S. Ends at the end of next month, February 28

P.S.S Will be Judged not only on how funny it is but on how original, how well written, and the risk of the type of comedy that you chose. Some are harder to write than others.

P.S.S.S This is from TW, where I put it up as well

EDIT: Formats of story allowed: Story format or Scripts. Not Allowed: Poetry or Lyrics

Join now comedians!

Contestants:
Andy
Crocolyle (Story submitted)
Carraka
DiAna (Story Submitted)


Judges:
GeorgeMichael
Nyx

[Andy]

Time for anoter satire story, it seems. :D I'm interested.

Two things:

1. Are you holding this contest seperately on two different sites? Or will people at YWO be competing with people at TW?

2. I'd be much more willing to do this if it didn't start and end on the same dates as NaNo. Could you postpone the deadline, perhaps?

I'm gonna talk to Shaun about possibly letting people make contests and offer points as awards. In the meantime, you can always buy stuff from the bookstore and the donate them to the winners.

[GeorgeMichael]

Interesting, competing with TW. That's a very interesting idea, and yeah I understand, I want to do Nanowrimo as well therefore this contest just became a lot longer hence the deadline is New Years Eve (December 31st)

As of now it is only within this site but if enough people are interested (because on TW i have more contestants and judges) then I will make it between both sites.

[Nyx]

I'm not much of a comedy writer...hence I can never make people laugh -sigh-
But I'd love to help out as a judge... would that work?

[Crocolyle]

Two things:

Are you able to sub,it things you've written beforehand if they fit the qualifications and have never appeared on this site?

Do we send it to Andy via e-mail, via PM, or do we post it somewhere?

[Carraka]

I'd like to compete, especially since the deadline was just extended.

It can have a fantasy element too, with the return of...

BubbleGal and BubbleMan!!!

[Crocolyle]

I was planning on submitting the Adventures of Tomanto, half man, half tomato, all hero

[GeorgeMichael]

Of course it can have fantasy elements in it, it can be a parody on something, as long as it's original which is kind of odd for a parody... Well, you can do fantasy that's the important thing, and when you're done with the story PM it to me and I'll send it to all the judges that I get to join. (you can be a contestant and a judge)

[Nyx]

So um...could I be a judge? (I'm not going to be a contestant)

[GeorgeMichael]

Yeah I already put you down as one. :)

[Nyx]

Sweet thanks:D

[GeorgeMichael]

No Problem.

[Andy]

Yeah, for this, I'm going to redo my fantasy satire, but fix the errors and make it much more absurd. :)

[GeorgeMichael]

Ok, new announcement. I was going to mix this with the TW site and tell them about it as well but apparently we aren't allowed to link to his site from there or probably vice versa so the two contests shall remain independent of each other...

Ok that is all.


P.S. ooooh satire, I'm always in the mood for that. Also, as of this moment I have received one story and that is from Crocolyle.

[Zuzy]

I have something I could submit, but it's old rather than newly written...?

[Crocolyle]

I think that's okay... if not i have to withdraw my submission. I asked if it was okay and no one said anything so I assumed it was...

(*looks to GeorgeMichael inquisitively*)

[GeorgeMichael]

What, you are so disqualified Croc!!!


lol, just kidding. It's fine as long as it follows the rules.

[Crocolyle]

Scared me for a minute. My heart is still racing :(

[DiAnA]

CaN I GiVe yOu mY StOrY nOw? Here iT iS, EnJoY! :)



The Journal of Jake Dallaso
I didn’t want to go to the army. I’m not a really tough guy, but hey, at least I’m not a wimp!!! I guess you could say I actually have a heart. Unlike most guys on the football team back home. Roughness and cruelty (and not to mention flirtiness) was all they had. That’s why I wouldn’t fit in. I never did! That’s the reason why I had to go to this filthy army. I could hear my parents saying: honey, we’re doing what’s right for you. You won’t learn anyways in this old country school you’re going to. And plus, you do need to toughen up a bit. And with a good bye kiss, sent me off to this stinkin’ place. Remember I told you I wouldn’t fit in? I was right. The moment I walked through the door, I heard snickers and soft laughter. Then the commander or chief, or whatever he was called, told them to shut their holes. Pretty nourishing, huh? The point of this all was, a 15 year old guy like me, doesn’t belong in a place like here.
The top sergeant (he told me what to call him) introduced me to the whole mob of guys. Mean, tough looking guys. I could imagine them mad with rage, snarling like angry dogs. Uuughh. Got to watch out for them. Oh, and did I mention how tall they were? Yeah, they are humongous!!! Ooh... they greeted me warmly!*cough cough* sarcasm! Let me replay it…uh hum…yo shrimp, wach’ya got there? And they took my backpack, unzipped it, put it upside down, and let all my things fall out. Pretty impressive for the first few minuets of my new army life.
When I was in bed that night, I couldn’t fall asleep. Memories of home flooded over me like a tsunami. I couldn’t get mom out of my head. And dad was just talking on and on. Then, I did the unexpected. I yelled. Yeah, on the top of my lungs. I don’t understand why I even did it. Maybe because I was stressed out, or frustrated, but one thing was for sure, the other guys didn’t like it. They yelled back at me like I wanted to wake them up! I’d be satisfied if they were dead for Pete’s sake! But no!!! They just yelled right in my face. I could have sworn I tasted their foul breath. Yuck! Finally, after what seemed as a 100 years, they stopped. Thank you God! But one thing bothered me. The last words I heard from them are: ya know, you’re never gonna survive this place!!!
And they laughed. They laughed their dumb, (and I admit it) scary laughs.
In the morning, we woke up, got into our itchy uniforms, and ran bout’ 10 freakin’ miles in 2 freakin’ hours, in the hot, scorching Arizona sun. Gosh mister tops something! Give us a break! Or should I say, give me a break. The other guys looked absolutely fine. Not even a drop of sweat. Me? It looked like I just got out of the tub! After the run, we ate breakfast. More like mushy stuff!! You should have seen the food. It looked like mashed potatoes/ cow manure/ a really sloppy sundae. I’m not kiddin’. It tasted even worse. I mean, where do they get this stuff? In the insides of a hog? In the cafeteria, this other kid, he said his name was Mitchell, but guys called him Pop, (short for Popsicle, I could tell why, he was as cold as winter days in Maine) sat next to me. He’s a year older than me, and not much taller, I’m grateful for that. We ended up spending the rest of the day together. I actually managed to get a friend on my first day.
That night passed uneventfully. I just slept soundly. It was a good feeling. I woke up in the morning feeling proud. I have not even the faintest idea why.
It was the same routine as usual. Itchy clothes, 10 miles, breakfast, and other stuff.
I was getting used to the army. That’s surprising. I found myself getting stronger each day. Then one day the top sergeant called me in his office. That’s when the adventures begin.

[Nyx]

George I was wondering if you could edit the first post in this thread so it shows the actual new deadline. Therefore people won't get confused.
Thanks.

[Eve]

Sounds like fun!

[GeorgeMichael]

New Deadline is up on the post now :)

2 stories entered so far

Eve has been entered

Done With Announcements

[Nyx]

New Deadline is up on the post now :)



Thanks:D

[Crocolyle]

Is Diana in? She left one post and disappeared...

[Eve]

I'll work on it soon. Right now, I'm a little busy with my own story. Well, good luck, everyone!

[Eve]

Sorry for the double post but is it allowed if I could use an excerpt from my own book? I'm a bit lazy to do essays now.

[Nyx]

I don't see why it'd be a problem. But it is GeorgeMichael's contest so let's wait and see if he's okay with it.

[GeorgeMichael]

Sure you can enter it, as long as you think it's good :)

[Eve]

Thanks. Entered.

[Andy]

I started work on my entry this morning. It'll probably around 5,000 words or so. :devious:

[Eve]

I started work on my entry this morning. It'll probably around 5,000 words or so. :devious:

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p186/aurorasky8748/sing.jpg

[Crocolyle]

Whatever happened to this?

[GeorgeMichael]

The date was changed to the end of next month. It's still going on :) It ends Feb. 28

[Zombified]

I'm in.

I'll use the same story I used last time.
Hopefully, it will win again!

[Crocolyle]

Whatever happened to this?

[GeorgeMichael]

You were the only one who sent in something Croc, which I still have by the way :)

[Zombified]

I got a story...

[GeorgeMichael]

Oh that's true, you and Zombie :) :P Sorry,

\hmm... what did happen? I think I confused this one with the one I had at TW... (that's the one that only Zombie entered)

[Zombified]

Geeeeeeeeeeeorge!!

You're supposed to be organized!
:mad:

[GeorgeMichael]

I am organized... holding two contests of the exact same nature on diff. websites can be very confusing... :P

[Crocolyle]

We need to find more participants...

[electrilad]

what was this contest? it sounds good! now im just going to write a short story based on it, cause i have nothing to do.

[Alex]

I actually had an idea for satire in mind, and I guess if we are going to bring this contest back to the forefront I would be able to nail it out in a rather short period of time.