Welcome to the South African Twitter Story Competition!
Here’s how it works…
1) You need to write a story that’s exactly 140 characters long.
2) Being that it is South African, you need to include at least one word from any of the 11 official languages excluding, ofcourse, English.
3) Post a link to your story tweet in the comments section of this blog post. (You have to post a comment with the link because if you just replied on twitter “@mkarim” it wouldn’t be 140 characters :P)
Example: “Who took my bloody biltong?” Oom Jan shouted at no one in particular, knowing for sure those bloody monkeys had invaded his home yet again. Twitter Link
The stories submitted will be judged by a panel of seasoned South African writers/bloggers
The Judges
Saaleha Bamjee-Mayet – Blogger, Writer and Journalist
Mandy de Waal – columnist, writer for hire and freelance journalist.
Eve Dmochowska – Writer, Blogger and Web Strategist.
The Prizes
1st Prize: Up for grabs is a SpringLeap T-shirt proudly sponsored by the guys at Springleap.com – Check out their site for awesomely designed T-shirts by some of South Africa’s Brightest Designers :)
2nd Prize: A $20 Amazon Voucher from Qatarliving.com the biggest social networking site in Qatar and owned by a South African Startup!
This should help with shipping costs now that Amazon has Banned the SA Post Office for theivery and fraud *sigh*
3rd Prize: The winner gets a 40 minute free wi-fi access voucher from Telkom Business which will allow access at any wi-fi hotspot in the country.
The competition was to end on 21st June 2008 at midnight, but has been extended to Thursday, 26th June 2008. All submissions after this time will not be considered.
COMPETITION OFFICIALLY CLOSED… WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON :)
: Competition, Twitter, Social Media, Web 2.0
My tweet is a commentary more than a story. Don’t mind if it doesn’t count. It’s written in context of the MMM that took place on June 10th.
Here it is
Cool idea. Would be great to have young creative minds [ie school kids] involved in this competition too.
Here’s the link
Cool man…
can’t wait to present the winning twitter story with a springleap tshirt
you mentioned “South Africa’s brightest designers”
some of the winning entry’s are South African (yayyyy), but the comp is open to designers all over the world, so there are winning designs from all over the world
what is 100% South African is the following:
1. We feature 3 South African designers each month, and manufacture and sell their exclusive springleap tshirt design
2. The entire Tshirt production cycle is 100% South African – the cotton is South African, the textile plant is South African, the CMT guys who cut the cotton into the Tshirts is South African, and the printing is South African
Good luck to all the entry’s, and may the best twitterer win! :)
Not sure if i’m allowed to enter but couldn’t find a “employees, and workers and people involved with karim.co.za are not eligible to enter” etc, so here goes…
http://twitter.com/ericedelstein/statuses/837711753
[Obviously not for judging... strictly for fun.]
One was lonely. Sad. Blue. So she split herself in half. Cut herself in two. Now one’s no longer dismal. She’s got another. She’s got you.
- Just for kicks-
Jo found her new red stilettos on her brother’s bedroom floor. He was still asleep.The heels looked worn down from dancing.
Okay, here is mine – http://twitter.com/shaunoakes/statuses/838469160
Eric, I’d like something in a deep red, to go with the colour of my eyes.
I was bored too, so… :)
http://twitter.com/qudsiya/statuses/838497632
One day she clicked on his nick and typed “hi”. A year later, she shook his hand and said, “Nice to meet you.” On 19/01/07 she said, “I do.”
Lesson on SA Hiearchy.. Pre ’94 – ” Peter, Pieter, Petros”.. Post ’94 – “Petros,Pieter, Peter” Current – “Petros,Philemon,Pieter,Peter…” less than 5 seconds ago from web
Innocent window washes, innocent sells, innocent begs, innocent smells.Innocent pleas, innocent harps,all so that Innocent Jnr never starves
See https://twitter.com/melattree/statuses/839358813
“She considered her swollen feet, tired eyes and empty stomach. The walk from eGoli had been hard but the hope of freedom soothed her soul.”
Here’s mine….
http://twitter.com/yusufk/statuses/839379476
Umm… English is one of the 11 official languages… Plot flaw? lol
Here we go… https://twitter.com/blacktiemedia/statuses/839390897
Decided to rather go for something that has affected South Africans seriously, than go the comedic route.
Entry:
http://twitter.com/woganmay/statuses/839423158
~ Wogan
http://twitter.com/samanthaperry/statuses/839430416
A writer entered a story competition, lost, and killed herself. The judges denied guilt, claiming the writer had terminal Bulwer-Lyttonitis.
My hastily put together contribution:
http://twitter.com/saulkza/statuses/840322467
https://twitter.com/Sznq/statuses/841039856
He said: 1.Like it or 2.Hamba Kahle.When he wasn’t looking,she left.Now why can’t he buy her back ? Such bitter sweet things,ultimatums.
https://twitter.com/Sznq/statuses/841047492
The last laugh.From a gelukkig plek.Where “cripple” doesn’t matter anymore.There, soul and character matters more than legs and walking.
https://twitter.com/Sznq/statuses/841052071
A whistling woman is up to no good.Especially if she’s Old.And Ol’ Crone Bag was whistling a fine ditty,while she burned his illegal stash.
Correction of prev story:
https://twitter.com/Sznq/statuses/841056098
A whistling woman is up to no good.Especially if she’s Oud.And Ol’ Crone Bag was whistling a fine ditty,while she burned his illegal stash.
Here is my post.
http://twitter.com/JasonEsch/statuses/841505216
He was both at a loss and lost, staring at the road sign that seemed more to describe how he was feeling than where he was going: Bakgatla.
My story http://twitter.com/afromedia/statuses/841508273
Heres mine:
http://twitter.com/BiggestMullet/statuses/841570904
K here’s mine
pink elephants dance in bubbles of champagne and romance wondering if fate will play its games on you and make u join me in this merry dance
Was going to wait till the last day, but alas inspiration hit me while i was… ok nevermind but here’s the entry anyway.
http://twitter.com/ismaild/statuses/842568957
Apparently her body has a lipstick deficiency. No sooner has she applied it and all its gone. Absorbed by the lips that will not speak again
Perfect, he thought, as his gaze settled on her neck. It had been too long since his thirst had been quenched by one so young and beautiful.
http://twitter.com/nafisa1/statuses/843977205
I had to try :-) http://tinyurl.com/6bm2wj
What a beautiful morning http://twitter.com/Warren_G/statuses/843986065
here’s my some what coerced attempt at a story:
http://twitter.com/zk/statuses/844183396
so like when will the winners be announced? ;) got my eye on a tshirt@springleap