Competitions
DJ,I've been daydreaming. In a moment of rash optimism, I entered Imagine This into two competitions. I don't know what I was thinking at the time, because now thinking about it, I'm not sure it stands a chance against it's counterparts. Not because the writing isn't good, but because I wonder if the judges can relate to the story.I went onto one of the competition websites and looked up last years winners. What struck me was, all the stories were Eurocentric. Maybe those were the stories they received, but it strikes me as odd. Which got me to thinking about the judges. When they read Imagine This, will the categorize it and say, it's a black story or will they see beyond colour and judge it on the quality of the writing. Maybe I have nothing to worry about and I'm just letting the little devil on my shoulder drive [...]