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Calling all writers! Send a fictional short story based on one of the below prompts to the Source Weekly for a chance to be published in the paper and win awesome prizes. Read the guidelines below and submit to fiction@bendsource.com

Choose from one of the following prompts:

“I’m in love with cities I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met.” —John Green

“She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick.” —Flannery O’Connor

“The more clearly one sees this world, the more one is obliged to pretend it does not exist.” —John Irving

Interpret the prompt how you will. You do not need to use the quote in the story, just as a guiding, inspiring principle.

Submissions are due Sunday Sept. 14

Use one prompt to kick start your story

Write no more than 250 words

One entry per person

And submit by deadline to: fiction@bendsource.com
Or if you’re old school send to:
Arts Editor: Fall Fiction Entry
704 NW Georgia St.
Bend, OR 97701

This article appears in Aug 27 – Sep 4, 2014.

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The Source’s 2014 Fall Fiction Competition

by Brianna Brey, The Source - Bend, Oregon
August 27, 2014

<h1>The Source’s 2014 Fall Fiction Competition</h1> <p class="byline">by Brianna Brey, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />August 27, 2014</p> <p>Calling all writers! Send a fictional short story based on one of the below prompts to <em>the Source Weekly </em>for a chance to be published in the paper and win awesome prizes. Read the guidelines below and <strong>submit to fiction@bendsource.com</strong></p> <p>Choose from one of the following prompts:</p> <p>“I'm in love with cities I've never been to and people I've never met." —John Green</p> <p>"She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick." —Flannery O'Connor</p> <p>"The more clearly one sees this world, the more one is obliged to pretend it does not exist." —John Irving</p> <p>Interpret the prompt how you will. You do not need to use the quote in the story, just as a guiding, inspiring principle. </p> <p><b>Submissions are due Sunday Sept. 14</b></p> <p>Use one prompt to kick start your story</p> <p>Write no more than 250 words</p> <p>One entry per person</p> <p>And submit by deadline to: fiction@bendsource.com<br /> Or if you’re old school send to:<br /> Arts Editor: Fall Fiction Entry<br /> 704 NW Georgia St.<br /> Bend, OR 97701</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/culture/the-sources-2014-fall-fiction-competition-2392440/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=33113&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/culture/the-sources-2014-fall-fiction-competition-2392440/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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