Goodreads Announces the First Ever Status Update Writing Contest! (Win a GC for pinging)

A very nice person here on Gather suggested the site Goodreads to me. I really like this site, its interesting to see what other people are reading and you can find books or authors you might otherwise have never known of. I thought some people on Gather might be interested in this because there are a lot of writers on Gather, and of those writers there are alot that have fun by pinging people. The winner will receive a book gift certificate.

Marcel Proust excelled at many things, but he would have sucked at micro-blogging. As the author of one of the world's longest books, brevity was not his strong point. Is it yours? Enter the Goodreads Status Update Writing Contest!

What: The novel is passé. The short story is outmoded. Even Lonelygirl15's videoblog is yesterday's news. The new medium of creativity is the status update. Aficionados of Twitter and Facebook already understand the art and power of instant communication. We're taking it one step further: Can you tell your friends a story using only your Goodreads status updates? You can create a fiction or nonfiction story, and you can use as many updates as you want. Post only once (maybe a succinct haiku posted at a carefully selected time of day?) or go crazy and post every five minutes all day long (be the first to micro-blog a modern War and Peace). It's up to you!

When: Accept the challenge and pick any 24-hour time slot before the end of February to tell your story. The winner will be announced in the Goodreads newsletter, reaching nearly 2 million readers! To enter and read further instructions, join the contest group. Let your creativity run amok! Well, as amok as you can get with 140 characters per post. Good luck!

For general information click here.

To enter click here.

To see the rules and deadlines click here.

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