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| Hi, Thank you for visiting The Golden Apples Writing Contest Forum! Welcome!    RULES      Please keep your item's rating E, ASR, 13+, or 18+.  It must be your own work and not written by someone else.  It must be written within the last year, no submissions written before January 1, 2024.  The item/entry can be written for other contests as well.  Your item or entry must follow the prompt.  The word limit for both fiction and non-fiction is 1,500 words.  Please post the word count/line count of your item at the bottom of your piece.  You are welcome to enter both static items and book entries.  Post your item using either the {bitem:plus number} or {entry: plus number} links in the forum comments.  Each month's contest begins at the 1st day of the month and ends on the last day of the month at 11:59 PM WDC time.  Entry may not be edited after due date of contest until after judging is finished.  You may enter one poem and one story or essay for a total of two entries. ~~~ PROMPT ~~~ October 2025 prompt: Harvest time/Harvest moon Only poems will be accepted in this round. November 2025 Prompt: Count Your Blessings I would like to see some short stories but will also accept poems this month. JUDGING CRITERIA Grammar and Spelling - Always important in written works Creativity - Of course, the more creative, the better. Originality - It's got to be 100% you and yours. Rules - You must follow the rules.  PRIZES  1ST Place - Awardicon and 5,000 GPS  2ND Place - Awardicon and 3,000 GPS  3RD place - Awardicon and 1,000 GPS  Honorable Mention - 500 GPS September 2025 ENTRIES 1. Scary_Soldier_Mike  "Apples"  2. LoneWolf  "Walking Toward Extinction"  3. JCosmos  "Invalid Item"  4. Dawn Embers  "Works Like a Charm"  5. jackson  "The Redbud Tree Whispers to Me My Name"  October 2025 ENTRIES 
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