A Back to School Give Away

by Crazy Ivan

I can only speak for myself, but it seems to be like it's been too long since we gave away some free stuff.  We had a great response to the puzzle contest we did earlier in the month so there's no doubt that we'll do something like that again in the near future, but I wanted to shift gears a bit for this next contest.

In the last few weeks, virtually all of Myachidom has gone back to school and I wanted to do something "Back to School" related.  I figured the most appropriate thing would be to give everyone some homework.  But don't worry... this is voluntary homework.  Not only that, but you're not shooting for an A on this assignment; you're shooting for a free Pakisack.

This will be a contest for our creative writers and I know from past contests that we have quite a few talented ones amongst our regular readers.  What we're looking for in this contest is a short piece about Myachi and school.  It can be a true story about you playing Myachi in school, or maybe about spreading the word in school.  It can be about a Myachi club you started in school or about getting in trouble for jamming in math class.  Heck, it doesn't even have to be a true story.  It could be a story about the time that ninjas took your school hostage and you had to save the day using nothing but your cunning and your Red Shredder.

So here are the rules for the contest:

• All entries must be between 250 and 1250 words.
• All entries must be received before Midnight on September 28th (Pinky's Birthday!)
• A small panel of Myachi masters will select the overall winner.  All judges decisions are final.
• By submitting your entry, you are granting Myachi permission to publish it on this blog and reprint it in the future.
• Entries should be e-mailed to crazyivan@myachi.com and should be included as the text of the e-mail, not as an attachment.  For security purposes, entries received as attachments may not be opened.
• You can enter as many stories as you'd like.  If you plan to submit multiple stories, please send each one in a separate email.

So go crazy, get creative and have fun.  True stories are preferred, but any story that is fun and captures the essence of the Myachi movement will have a really good chance of winning.  I'll have the submissions in by the end of the 28th (a Wednesday) so I will announce the winner the following Friday.  I'll also be printing a few of the best entries that didn't win throughout the day on Friday.  The winning entry will be published at (or about at) 6:00 pm on Friday the 30th.

Good luck to everyone!