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Welcome to Lesley's Nifty Nib-Nibbling Nonsensical Narrative Challenge. It's fun. It's simple. Anyone can submit. All entries are published. Discover how delightful writing nonsense can be.

Rules and How To Submit

This is a flash fiction writing challenge, inviting you to pen a nonsense engorged tale, filled with absurdity, yet making sense.

The rules are simple:

200 words max
please include a title for your story (not included in word count)
be silly but make sense
entry is everyone's favourite fee - FREE
anyone can submit
1 entry per person
no profanity please
your nib-nibbling nonsense tales will be published on this page
every time we receive 100 stories, we'll publish all of them in a book
any money made through anthology sales will be donated to charity
submit your story by filling in the comments form below

So far, we've received 31 entries. We need 69 more to publish the anthology.

About the Nonsense Writing Challenge

Many new writers fail to understand the importance of a complete story arc, leaving a reader satisfied at the conclusion of a story. This challenge highlights the importance of a coherent plot and strong characters that allow the reader to suspend their disbelief and become absorbed in a well-told tale.
We want submitted stories to be silly and nonsensical, but not pure gobbledegook. So please aim for strong plot, exciting characters and a satisfying ending.
If you need inspiration, below are a few links to websites which generates nonsense:

Måns Olson's Nonsense Generator
Stupid Stuff's Utter Nonsense Generator
Soybomb's Nonsense Word Generator
or use Messrs Google, purveyors of finest interweb search functionality, to hunt nonsensical wonderment
or you can just read the submitted stories below to get a flavour of what we're after

WARNING: if you click on the links above, you're likely to spend an inordinate amount of time faffing about with the nonsense generators and giggling. I lost an entire day.
The first anthology – Nonsensically Challenged Volume 1 – will be released once 100 stories have been received, so probably sometime in 2017.
Lesley and I would like to thank everyone who has submitted stories for their support – it is very much appreciated :-)

About the Charity the Nonsense Challenge Supports
Proceeds generated by anthology sales will be donated to The Daisy Garland.

Set up in 2014 by Sara and David Garland after the tragic death of their 6 year old daughter Daisy from SUDEP (sudden death in epilepsy patients), The Daisy Garland works exclusively for children with drug-resistant epilepsy. The charity funds specialist dietitians who work within national health hospitals countrywide treating some of the 18,000 sufferers in the UK.

You can find The Daisy Garland on Facebook and Twitter.

Some words from Lesley about why she chose to support this charity:

Daisy Garland died at the age of 6 due to severe epilepsy. I am a friend of Daisy's aunt. I chose to support The Daisy Garland charity because I know that my friend and her sister (Daisy's mother) and other members of Daisy's family are fully committed to managing the charity. They all work extremely hard to give support and advice, to the extent of significantly improving and prolonging the lives of children suffering with epilepsy.

How The Nonsense Writing Challenge Came To Be
I know it's hard to believe having looked at the photo at the top of the page, but Lesley and I haven't met. Yet.

However, we have liaised a lot via email. And Lesley has been highly supportive of me and my website. She's entered the To Hull & Back short story competition (and been longlisted). She's submitted to the adverb writing challenge (and been published). She's commented on and shared my posts regularly. She's a LEGEND.

Lesley and Chris being all Carry On Camping, oo er missus, fnar fnar, how rude matron

Again, Photoshop definitely has NOT been anywhere near this photo

When Lesley contacted me about starting a nonsense writing challenge, I thought it was a fabulous idea. So, after a bit of discussion, and way too much time spent faffing about with nonsense generators, it was born.

Each time a story is received, it will be published on this page. When we receive 100 stories, they will be removed from the website and published in an anthology. The book will be made available in print, Kindle eBook and PDF formats.

All the proceeds will go to charity.

If we don't receive 100 entries, it's a bit of fun, you can read all the stories here on the site and you now know about The Daisy Garland charity.

Everyone's a winner.

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Att skriva med glädje, finns att låna på biblioteket, både som vanlig bok och e-bok.

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The Google Computer Science Education in Media Fellowship Call for Submissions

The Black List is pleased to partner with Google’s Computer Science Education in Media program to offer financial grants in support of the development of three scripts with a focus on changing the image in popular culture of computer science and computer scientists.
Google will distribute up to $15K to each of three screenwriters (one feature writer, two writers of episodic pilots) for the purpose of supporting those writers for six months as they work on future feature screenplays and/or teleplays. Each fellowship recipient must agree that six months following receipt, they will provide a designated representative of Google with a sample of his/her new work along with a report addressing how the grant has been used to advance his/her work and/or impacted his/her career.

REQUIREMENTS

The candidate must host a script on www.blcklst.com for a least one week during the opt-in period.

Such script must be original to the candidate.

The candidate must be competent to contract.

If selected for the fellowship, writers must develop a feature screenplay or episodic pilot that changes the image of computer science or computer scientists, particular as it applies to women and minorities, in popular culture.

Further, selected writers must agree that six months following receipt of the fellowship that they will provide a designated representative of Google with a sample of his/her new work along with a report addressing how the grant has been used to advance his/her work and/or impacted his/her career.

SELECTION PROCESS
Beginning April 20, 2016, users of the Black List website can opt into consideration for this fellowship.
On July 15, the Black List will short list ten writers based on all data available on the Black List website about their opted in feature screenplays and teleplays.
These ten short listed candidates will be asked to submit one-page biographies, which will be sent to Google along with the screenplays/teleplays.
Google will review these 10 scripts and choose the Fellowship recipients. Google reserves the right to grant no fellowships if, in Google’s opinion, no entry is of sufficient merit.

DEADLINES OF NOTE (ALL TIMES 11:59 PM PT)
Evaluation purchase deadline* June 15, 2016
Opt in deadline July 15, 2016
* In order for new script evaluations to guarantee consideration for this opportunity, they must be purchased by midnight on the Evaluation deadline.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT GOOGLE’S COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION IN MEDIA PROGRAM

Why is Google working with Hollywood?
Google aims to inspire young people around the world not just to use technology, but to create it. To do so, we need more students pursuing an education in CS, particularly girls and minorities, who have historically been underrepresented in the field. Google wants to prepare the next generation for the workplace of the future, and expand access to CS education that engages and retains students from all backgrounds.

Moreover, Google's research shows that perceptions of CS and computer scientists are primary drivers that motivate girls to pursue CS. "If you can't see it, you can't be it," as our friend Geena Davis notes.
Google's hope is that by dispelling stereotypes and identifying positive portrayals of women in tech it can do for CS what CSI did for the field of forensic science, changing its gender make-up and increasing its appeal to a wider audience.
Media is part of the ecosystem that needs to change in conjunction with the other areas of work where Google has invested including increasing access to curriculum, non-profit grants, and policy support. If we don’t address the perceptions piece for both young people and adults through mainstream media, we run the risk of undermining our other efforts in CS education.

Background stats on perceptions of CS:
Google's research shows that perceptions of careers in computer science really matter. Girls who feel that television portrays programmers negatively or who don’t see other students like them taking CS are significantly less likely to get into computing. Interestingly, girls who want a career with social impact are also less likely to go into CS.
Google conducted a research study to identify the factors that most influence girls to study computer science, and the second most important category of factors was Career Perceptions.  

Girls who felt that television portrays programmers in a negative light were less likely to pursue CS.
If a girl didn’t see the right social crowd in a class -- that is, if there weren’t enough students like her -- she was less likely to go into CS.
Girls who want careers with social impact are less likely to go into CS. (It’s clear we need to do a better job of showing how CS can be used to develop solutions to some of the world’s most challenging problems.)
Perception accounts for 27% of the decision making for girls to pursue CS.. #1 factor is parent/adult encouragement which is also influenced by media.

 Stats on representation in media:

Blacks & Hispanics are already underrepresented on-screen 14.1% and 4.9%, respectively.
Combine this with lack of / misrepresentation of STEM/CS characters in family movies and prime TV, you get STEM characters < 18% women; CS characters <13 li="">

Proven Success with other Fields:

Forensic Science - CSI increased the number of forensic science majors in nationally recognized programs by at least 50% in 5 years - a majority being women.
Law - UCLA claimed a 16.5% increase in law school applicants 1 year after LA Law premiered. Justice Sotomayor credits her interest in law from watching Perry Mason at 10 years old.

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"Kimselius delar frikostigt, handfast och inspirerande med sig av sina erfarenheter, kunskaper och upplevelser av att skriva berättelser och att vara författare. Att hitta glädje i skrivandet är en bok som fungerar som både sporre och handbok och passar för såväl deltagare på skrivarkurser
som aspirerande författare i blandade åldrar eller allmänt intresserade." BTJ-häftet nr 20, 2015. Lektör Henric Ahlgren

Att skriva med glädje, finns att låna på biblioteket, både som vanlig bok och e-bok. Tyvärr är boken tillfälligt slut och utkommer i nyreviderad utgåva 2016/2017. Boken finns fortfarande som e-bok.

"Det är en ovanligt inspirerande bok. Så fort du släpper den går du direkt till datorn och börjar skriva själv. Därför att lusten blir SÅ stor efter att ha läst i denna bok att du helt enkelt inte vill göra något annat än att skriva!" Helena Milton

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