Dead of Winter

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Winner: punished by leather by frombytherivertrash

Scrawlers wishes you a safe and relaxing holiday season, as well as the spare moment to get some writing done. As the snow falls here in Minnesota and as the semester break comes for many young writers, winter is definitely on our minds and we hope you'll enter our new "Dead of Winter" contest.

We're giving away a copy of Jon Krakauer's "Into the Wild" and Jack London's "To Build a Fire and Other Stories" to one lucky Scrawlers writer. Krakauer's nonfiction novel tells the tale of young Chris McCandless who abandoned his family, bank account, and freshly-earned college degree for a life on the road. The novel culminates in Chris's journey into the Alaskan wilderness in a story that is equal parts man vs. nature and man vs. self. Jack London's greatest short stories, fiction or otherwise, are based on his real-life adventures in the Yukon, and the writer served as an inspirational figure to Chris McCandless. Read the short stories that inspired Chris to go on his Alaskan journey and feel the freezing cold of this collection of snowy stories.

Both "Into the Wild" and "To Build a Fire and Other Stories" are perfect reading material for those who want to stay indoors on a chilly, snowy evening and are quick enough reads that they can be finished during the semester break. This week at Scrawlers, enter for your chance to win the "Dead of Winter" contest.

HOW TO ENTER:

  1. Post a new story with the tag "winter" at Scrawlers between December 12, 2008 and 11:59pm CST on December 19, 2008. You may post one eligible story per day for a potential of up to eight contest entries based on your story posts.
  2. Post a comment on another writer's story that meets the above specifications between December 12, 2008 and 11:59pm CST on December 19, 2008. You earn one entry per comment – only one of your comments per story is eligible. The potential for comment-based contest entries depends on how many other writers post stories during the contest. Comments you make on your own stories do not count as entries.

We'll announce the winner on Saturday, December 20, 2008. Good luck and get writing!