Write a fictional short story related to the Franklin Expedition

Status: Closed
Nagroda: $75
Uzyskane Zgłoszenia: 8
Zwycięzca: Nexus9

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Opis Konkursu

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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Opinie o Pracodawcy

“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.

Najlepsze zgłoszenia do tego konkursu

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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Organizator Konkursu
- 10 mies. temu
New contest!
https://www.freelancer.com/contest/Write-a-fictional-short-story-related-to-the-death-of-Elisa-Lam-2280001/details
- 10 mies. temu
1. Nexus9
  - 10 mies. temu
  Hi - many thanks for the message and heads up. I’ll start researching:)
  - 10 mies. temu
Nexus9
- 11 mies. temu
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 mies. temu
Organizator Konkursu
- 11 mies. temu
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 mies. temu
TheFreelancer292
- 12 mies. temu
AI created story :
Not in word limit :
Entry #26
Still given 1 star.
WoW
- 12 mies. temu
maksudzamanzaed
- 1 rok temu
Check #129
- 1 rok temu
syedfrelancer
- 1 rok temu
#sir please check #91
- 1 rok temu
KhoiBaNguyen
- 1 rok temu
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 rok temu
1. KhoiBaNguyen
  - 1 rok temu
  It's actually #48
  - 1 rok temu
azrianshah
- 1 rok temu
#67 Tittle: Price of Immortality. kindly please look in to my entry...tq..
- 1 rok temu
jhoviccortel
- 1 rok temu
Please have a look at my entry #37, hope you will like it.
- 1 rok temu
niyiagbede7
- 1 rok temu
please look at and rate entry 36.
- 1 rok temu
SeriousSafwan
- 1 rok temu
Dear CH......your budget belongs to a bygone era. Kindly #increaseprize
- 1 rok temu
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1. SeriousSafwan
  - 1 rok temu
  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 rok temu
2. SeriousSafwan
  - 1 rok temu
  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.
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ahnaf47
- 1 rok temu
#22
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ahnaf47
- 1 rok temu
#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 rok temu
adihauqexv
- 1 rok temu
#16 byAdi H
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adihauqexv
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#16 byAdi H
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adihauqexv
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#16 byAdi H
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momoustafaa
- 1 rok temu
Please check #14
- 1 rok temu
MahadiHasanSaif
- 1 rok temu
#5 please check
- 1 rok temu
Organizator Konkursu
- 1 rok temu
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 rok temu