It's ZAPFIC!

^{Steem's longest running MicroFiction contest!}

What is #zapfic? Well I was the first to use the hashtag, so I guess I invented it, and I get to decide what it means.

#zapfic is a very short story written in less than 240 characters*.

Use a word/character counter like this free one (https://wordcounter.net/) to check your character count!

Last week’s entries!

We had ten wonderfuly valid #ZapFic stories (and two that were too long to count)! Thank you!

@oivas
https://www.palnet.io/palnet/@oivas/path-contest-66-oivas-entry

@felixgarciap
https://steemit.com/zapfic/@felixgarciap/a-monk-a-zapfic-contest

@brittandjosie
https://steemit.com/writing/@brittandjosie/zapfic-by-felt-buzz-this-is-my-wntry-for-promt-path

@deeanndmathews
https://steemit.com/zapfic/@deeanndmathews/zapfic-contest-prompt-path

@botefarm
https://steemit.com/zapfic/@botefarm/and-god-mourns-a-zapfic-contest-entry-5kyfcetq

@rickie
https://steemit.com/zapfic/@rickie/the-uninvited-visitor

@owasco
https://steempeak.com/zapfic/@owasco/a-hard-choice

@rokhani
https://steemit.com/life/@rokhani/bushido-a-zapfic-contest

@sidequest
https://steemit.com/zapfic/@sidequest/path

@whatisnew
https://steemit.com/zapfic/@whatisnew/zapfic-writing-contest-entry-week-66-a-wak-in-the-park

_{The two entries that were too long to count as a zapfic (but definately worth reading!) were:
@cliffagreen https://steemit.com/zapfic/@cliffagreen/the-old-path-cliffs-fiction-4romrtsw
@danile666 https://steemit.com/zapfic/@danile666/pride}

The WINNERS!

Too hard to choose just three I have chosen SIX winners!

Congratulations to

#@oivas, @deeanndmathews, @rickie, @rokhani, @sidequest, @whatisnew

#zapfic Writing Contest Week 67:

Write a story - inspired by the prompt - in 240 characters.

No restrictions on how you post it to the steem blockchain. You can post it to steemit using palnet.io, steemit.com, busy, partiko or anything else you want to use (you can even just post a story in the comments - but if you create STEEM post for your ZAPFIC using the hashtag #palnet you’ll get a 100% upvote in STEEM and PAL)!

Try to ensure you tell as complete a story as you can.

This weeks prompt is : cathedral

You can interpret the prompt as you wish (the story does NOT have to contain the word “cathedral” in it)

Rules

• Post the 240 character (or less) story to steemit (use whatever you want - steemit.com, busy, partiko, or even as a comment! etc - the choice is yours!

• It must contain the hashtag #zapfic (I advice you to use the PALnet hashtag - #palnet - too. My PALnet upvote is currently worth more than my steem upvote)

• The story must be less than 240 characters long - use a character counter to check (here is one: https://wordcounter.net/)

• The story must be your own work, and previously unpublished

• If you post a photo (you don't have to, there are no "points" for photos, it is all about the story) please make sure you quote the source. If it is yours, say so!

• Resteem and upvote welcome but it is not essential (I am operating this contest at a “loss” to give something back to the community, so if you can resteem and upvote it will help me help you!)

• The steemit (or busy, or whatever) link to your post must be left in the comment section of this post

• The deadline for submissions is EIGHT hours before the payout of this post

• The judge’s decision is final

Prizes

The price pool 3 SBI (#steembasicincome share), to be distributed as follows

1 @steembasicincome share will be given to the top three stories (as judged by me)

All valid entries will receive a 100% upvote (approx $0.05 at the time of posting - plus if you use the palnet hashtag you will get a big PAL upvote from me too) and a resteem from the judge (@felt.buzz) to over 1000 followers.

Sometimes I may give away bonus prizes too.

Note: this contest was invented by and is hosted, judged and run by @Felt.Buzz. _{it has bugger all to do with zappl}

Thank you! and good luck!
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