Not So Successful With Finding A Writing Contest To Enter

The idea of entering into a writing contest has peeked my interest over the course of the last few months. I know I have to get some writing out there, the rejection will be good for the soul. So far I have had a publisher actually contact me back, I didn't go further with them because they seemed a bit sketch. They required that I have an artist draw up some images for the children's book I wrote. Obviously they offered to find me someone but there would be a fee. NO THANK YOU!

While I shop around for my children's book and see if it has some legs I am going to continue searching the internet for literary contests and see if I have some talent or just chasing a dream. I didn't want to leave this post with nothing so I am going to share what would have been my entry into a what they referred to as a flash story (150 words exactly). FYI I didn't enter, you have to be a member to enter for free, and to be a member it was $99. The prize was $100, sounds like my net profit would have been $1 if I won. (please refer to earlier image)

"The Math Problem"

Who could possibly love math? Numbers twisted at the whim of a tyrannical puppet master. Whose sole purpose is to make you find the multiple variations of the letter X. You truly are my worst enemy in all things, logical. My pencil hits the paper, only to be followed by eraser leaving more room for me to mistakenly solve for the wrong variable. This ever churning cycle of madness is what I along with the other citizens of room 406 refer to as 3rd period. It has been said that the true definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result. I hope that one day I can reflect on this class and think to myself this was truly necessary. The problem at this moment is all I can think about is how much I'd rather be eating gross cafeteria food at lunch.