Christmas COntest:                      Write a story        

Christmas Contest:
Best Home Decorations

Copy and paste the template below into your email or word processing software, then have fun filling in the blanks. Send in your finished story with your photo and we will publish the winner on the front page. (We may also publish others inside.) The winner will also get a free subscription to the Local (or service added to their current subscription). Deadline is midnight December 15, 2017.

A second contest we are offering is for the best decorated home in Clinton (49236 ZIP). Nominations will be due before Friday, December 15 by 7 p.m. Simply send the editor or one of Local columnists the address and family name of the home you feel is best decorated. It is acceptable to nominate your own home. A panel of Local judges will choose the most beautifully decorated home, and it will be featured on the front page of the December 21 issue. We will also select a winner from outside the 49236 ZIP, as long as we have at least one photo sent in for judging. (High resolution, please.)

​T’was the night before __________ (holiday, real or made up), when ________ (person or group), ________ (person or group), and I gathered to hear the Great _________ (your choice) Story from _________ (name of a prominent person). He/she was known throughout ________ (place) for being the most ________ (adjective) and _________ (adjective) storyteller around. 
“How shall I begin the story this year?” he/she asked.
“Start by talking about ___________ (a bad event or memory), then tell us about ___________ (a good time or event),” we shouted.
“Alright,” he/she said, “but that is going to be the ________ (adjective) story I think I’ve ever told. When it’s done, all of you will just have to _________ (action verb) off to ______ (noun). The End.

Photos and stories sent to the Clinton Local as entries into the contest become the property of the Clinton Local LLC, with all rights to reprinting assumed.