BrevityQuest. We want your writeups, 300 words or fewer.
- The quest starts Friday, July 1, 00:00 and ends Sunday, July 31, 23:59:99 E2 server time.
- We're looking for well-crafted fact or fiction, poetry and prose. New writeups only.
- Post as many submissions as you wish. It is okay to post hidden writeups if you prefer.
- Quest entries should be labeled as such, and a /msg to confirm is welcome.
- Bounty will be awarded at 10GP per writeup. A panel of mystery judges will do mysterious judging things. Lord only knows what the result will be.
Need some inspiration? Check out the BQ submissions listed in BrevityQuest12, BrevityQuest14, and Brevity Quest 2015. Need some counting? Check out the E2 Word Counter.
The Winners
Factual: Sycee by Bitriot
Poetry: sometimes death comes when it's the furthest thing from your mind by moeyz
Fiction: A Small Scrap Near the End of Your Story by Zephronias
- Grrl power by lizardinlaw
- Kowhai by Lord Brawl
- Basketweave by Lord Brawl
- Cock egg by Tem42
- Sometimes death comes when it's the furthest thing from your mind by moeyz
- Suppressing erections by TheAnglican
- Harvard death by Tem42
- July 1, 2016 by Zephronias
- There was a little girl by Zephronias
- Rainbow Demon by moeyz
- The Second (and smaller) Epic of Erik 'The Epic' Killblood by Erik Killblood
- Break your own rules by lizardinlaw
- Break your own rules by Azul-din
- For me to smell a garden without trying by moeyz
- Weapon of Brass Destruction by Pandeism Fish
- A bowl full of peas by ViKi
- Savage Durand by Pandeism Fish
- 1910 Fruitgum Company by Tem42
- Barbie Plastic Surgeon by lizardinlaw
- Does my goldfish know who I am? by andycyca
- Chugger by Lord Brawl
- Break your own rules by andycyca
- Letter to a good friend long far-flung by moeyz
- Stoya Said Stop by aeolus
- Made direct amends to such people wherever possible except when to do so would injure them or others by aeolus
- Causal progenerative by aeolus
- Mia and the Tooth Fairy by Zephronias
- The tension between the dream world and the waking by moeyz
- Jello Baked Alaska by NanceMuse
- Is Pandeism just a "made up word"? by Pandeism Fish
- Clinton and Trump and Jewish lawyer in-laws with federal felony convictions by Pandeism Fish
- Gender deviance neutralization by Tem42
- I tore pages from your notebook by winston_farsoul
- Doing gender by Tem42
- Disney Princess role model by lizardinlaw
- Disney Princess role model by Lord Brawl
- Executive Summary by Lord Brawl
- Pests in the Garden by Zephronias
- Stale, stuffy, and magic carpets by Zephronias
- A memory about Mia's first week by Zephronias
- Lazarus reflex by Pandeism Fish
- Happily ever after by lizardinlaw
- Parablepsis by Tem42
- Tumbled thoughts for a tumbled time by moeyz
- That Time Zeph Was A Criminal by Zephronias
- Derwin Brown by Pandeism Fish
- King of the Dragons by lizardinlaw
- Wholesome by borgo
- Carding by Lord Brawl
- Inter canem et lupum by Tem42
- We are shaken through space and time until we are free by moeyz
- The morning rush hour is counter-productive to proper mourning by andycyca
- Considering my lack of sleep and my GOGO GIRL nail polish by moeyz
- Manipulator by aeolus
- Read this before the party by andycyca
- Barn race by Lord Brawl
- Lost Friends by andycyca
- Wicked Problem by Tem42
- Super wicked problem by Tem42
- You used to be a substantial woman by ame_9001
- Galvanic corrosion by Bitriot
- Mither by Tem42
- A slave of beauty by ame_9001
- Things To Do Every Single Day by moeyz
- That Time Zeph Did Not Meet a Nice Cop by Zephronias
- Dragonfire by TheAnglican
- There Was a Desert in My Head by Zephronias
- I can no longer tell you by moeyz
- I can no longer tell you by lizardinlaw
- Blueberry dream by ame_9001
- The Zombie and the Coed Stoner by TheAnglican
- Death in childbirth by lizardinlaw
- Ostrich milk by Tem42
- Wigs on the green bt Clockmaker
- July 17, 2016 by moeyz
- Photograph of a Lady, Circa 1915 by Lord Brawl
- Green Boots by Tem42
- Things To Do Every Single Day by andycyca
- Kardashev scale by andycyca
- Fall of potential by Bitriot
- Passing Time by Pandeism Fish
- The only constant is change by moeyz
- Sycee by Bitriot
- The Eric Trump Foundation by NanceMuse
- Genus by Tem42
- Disoppilate by Tem42
- Glen Campbell...I'll Be Me by moeyz
- I don't expect by lizardinlaw
- Dream log: July 23, 2016 by lizardinlaw
- Scarf by Tem42
- Sober fairy by lizardinlaw
- Open Carry Reservation by lizardinlaw
- Back by Lord Brawl
- Muck by Lord Brawl
- Snoot by Tem42
- Snooty by Tem42
- Sexy Lamp Test by Tem42
- Finkbeiner test by Tem42
- White-Nose Syndrome by Lord Brawl
- I Came Out Here To Have A Good Time And Honestly I Am Feeling So Attacked Right Now by Zephronias
- Thought stopping by Tem42
- Every time I fall, I fall a little bit harder, a little bit further, I fall right back onto you by moeyz
- Subcontrary by Tem42
- Subalternation by Tem42
- Carnyx by Clockmaker
- Beautiful Cinnamon Roll Too Good For This World, Too Pure by Zephronias
- Ace wrap by lizardinlaw
- Dream log: July 27, 2016 by lizardinlaw
- That Time Zeph Wet Herself by Zephronias
- Multiple Subject Teaching Credential by Zephronias
- Single Subject Teaching Credential by Zephronias
- Base by Lord Brawl
- List of Successful Cavalry Charges in the US Civil War by Clockmaker
- NoSQL by Lord Brawl
- Rabbit hole by KissThis
- Out of the Woods by Zephronias
- July 28, 2016 by lizardinlaw
- Down and Out in Gotham City by Lord Brawl
- Dunce by Tem42
- Pidgey is the best Pokemon by Zephronias
- Litwick by Zephronias
- Reddit Hug of Death by KissThis
- Lampent by Zephronias
- Mako Mori Test by Tem42
- Crystal Gems test by Tem42
- Chandelure by Zephronias
- Yamask by Zephronias
- Pokedex by Zephronias
- Man at the Morgue by Zephronias
- Veg*n by Tem42
- The future begins now by moeyz
- Bottle garden by Zephronias
- Beers Criteria by lizardinlaw
- Burial Vault by Zephronias
- Old Souls by Zephronias
- A Small Scrap Near the End of Your Story by Zephronias
- A Child Was Born in 64 by KissThis
- Free As A Dove by KissThis
- Mozart Vesperae solennes de confessore, KV 339 by lizardinlaw
- Cofagrigus by Zephronias
- Availability heuristic by Tem42
- July 31, 2016 by lizardinlaw
- Attic ladder by lizardinlaw
- The man at the fountain by Zephronias
- Ship ladder by Tem42
- A red-headed woman talking on a phone in a room by moeyz
- Stench gas by Lord Brawl
- Dry room by Lord Brawl
- Hoopfest by KissThis
- Spiritomb by Zephronias
- CYOA by Dustyblue