Fortean Phenomena
Charles Fort (1874-1933) was a journalist with a passion for collecting stories of strange occurrences that the scientific community of the time either rationalized or ignored. He was among the first to speak openly about spontaneous human combustion, frogs and fish falling from the sky, ball lightning, human teleportation, and alien abduction. To this day, he still has a faithful following and a magazine named for him, 'Fortean Times' (UK), dedicated to reporting inexplicable phenomena.
***Write a news story worthy of Charles Fort's collection of oddities and high strangeness. It could be based on an actual phenomenon or an invented one. It could be a print article for the paper, or an interview of an eyewitness and/or expert discussing the the anomaly for a podcast/video/TV.
***300 words minimum. No poetry.
*This contest brought to you by the Little Workshop of Horrors Club*
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool which is based on the number of entries. The second and third place winners will each share the remaining prize pool. The prize pool is currently 15.00 member dollars. There are 15 spots still open. If all open spots are used the prize pool will be 90.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
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***Write a news story worthy of Charles Fort's collection of oddities and high strangeness. It could be based on an actual phenomenon or an invented one. It could be a print article for the paper, or an interview of an eyewitness and/or expert discussing the the anomaly for a podcast/video/TV.
***300 words minimum. No poetry.
*This contest brought to you by the Little Workshop of Horrors Club*
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool which is based on the number of entries. The second and third place winners will each share the remaining prize pool. The prize pool is currently 15.00 member dollars. There are 15 spots still open. If all open spots are used the prize pool will be 90.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
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