Hey there ZapFicers!

Welcome back to the weekly ZapFic Contest!

Before we get on to this week's contest, let's check out the results of last week!

ZapFic50 - Week beginning Monday 27 January 2025

Thank you everyone who took part!

@deirdyweirdy

https://peakd.com/hive-161155/@deirdyweirdy/desert

@esbat

https://peakd.com/hive-161155/@esbat/false-flag-zapfic50-urge

#@jubbymike
https://peakd.com/hive-161155/@jubbymike/zapfic50-monday-27-01-2025

Congratulations @deirdyweirdy, @esbat, @jubbymike ! You have each been awarded a HiveSBI share, you are the WINNERS and have received a 100% Upvote on your comment link by @Felt.Buzz and @ZapFic.Club

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@beckyroyal

https://peakd.com/hive-161155/@beckyroyal/zapfic-monday-the-urge-to

@relf87

https://peakd.com/hive-161155/@relf87/zapficmonday-zapfic50-urge

@ozd

https://peakd.com/hive-161155/@ozd/zapfic-monday-the-urge-to

Congratulations @beckyroyal, @relf87, @ozd! You are runners up! You have received a 50% Upvote on your link drop comment from @zapfic.club and @felt.buzz

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And now... lets go ZapFicin'!

ZapFicMonday - ZapFic240: The Original ZapFic

This is the original ZapFic contest! Write a story using 240 characters or less!

You have 3 days (until Thursday 23h59 GMT) to post a Zapfic (a story written in 240 characters or less) using the prompt given.

Please note it is a story with 240 characters (letters, full stops, spaces, etc) NOT words!

Rewards

All valid posts will be upvoted and reblogged by @felt.buzz and @Zapfic.Club

Three winners will be chosen over the weekend, each will get 1 Hive SBI share.

The three winners will also get 100% upvote from @felt.buzz and @zapfic.club on their link drop comment on this post.

3 runners up will also receive a 50% upvote on their link drop comment, in this post, from @felt.buzz and @zapfic.club

Rules:

Post to the Freewriters Community.

Post a link to your entry in the comments section of this post

Use one or more of the tags: #zapfic; #zapficmonday; #zapfic240

NO plagiarism, NO AI-generated stories (write your own story; that is the whole point!)

YOU MUST use a word/character counter (if you search for word counter on the internet or in your phone's app store you will get a big choice!) and include a screenshot. Entries without a screenshot will NOT be valid

^{Above: an example of a screenshot of a word counter app}

Please use the prompt provided as you see fit (use your imagination)

Try to tell a complete story if you can!

Another Reminder: The story should only be 240 characters long (including spaces) - it can be shorter, but not longer!

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This Week's Prompt:

“letter"

The winners will be announced by the @zapfic.club on Monday (in the same post as the next ZapFic Challenge)!

Look out for the post in the Freewriters Community!

Good luck ZapFicers!

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