Four hours and seven days ago (or something real close to that) I brought forth upon this blockchain a brand new farmpunk fiction contest, conceived in innovation and creativity, and dedicated to the proposition that fiction should be fun to read.

Now we are engaged in a great race to the finish. Seven more days hence and the deadline will be nigh.

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Several readers have shared that they are preparing their manuscripts in hopes of winning the coveted two shares of Steem Basic Income (SBI). One such hopeful winner has published a first draft requesting feedback. I love to see this level of commitment and am anxious to see all the entries. With such eager participants, farmpunk is a genre with real prospects for lasting forever (or at least for another four hours and seven days).

Since we are now mid-stream, and pert near mid-river, I thought I'd offer up one last farmpunk fiction writing tip as I've heard some expressions of self-doubt and a few murmurings of unconfidence in the peanut gallery. Here it is, Farmpunk Fiction Writing Tip #1.

Farmpunk Fiction Writing Tip #1

Till the soil of your mind, cultivate it with the manure of your imagination, water it with the flowing nouns of verbs of your pen, and harvest your crop bountifully and in due season.

Let not the weather or the changing conditions of things you cannot control dictate the outcome. Commit your #story to life and submit it before the deadline. If you don't enter, you can't win.

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Remember, the deadline is one week from today - Monday, October 15, 2018, midnight EST.

Theme: Pumpkin harvesting

Since the original post is now past payout and you wish to enter, if you have not resteemed and upvoted the original post, then resteem and upvote this post. Then, follow these rules to enter:

• Write a farmpunk story between 750 and 3,000 words.
• Post your story on your own Steemit blog.
• Give your story the #farmpunk tag. It doesn't have to be the primary tag.
• Link to your story in the comments of the original contest post.

Good luck to all contestants. I'll read and judge the entries after they've all come in and announce the winner some time during the week following the deadline.

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While you're here, check out a smattering of my fiction:

• Farmpunk Fiction: Altland's Gambit
• Shopping for Feelings
• The Saddest Tale Ever Told
• Memorandum of the Ministry of Silly Putty
• My Secret Life as a Garden Gnome

And the backside 5:

• Poetry Sunday: Schadenfreude
• Weird Fiction: PVC Boy
• Exquisite Corpse Revival
• Steem Monsters Fiction Contest Entry: Spineback Turtle
• 5 Ways Writing Farmpunk Fiction is Like Writing Cyberpunk