The Golden Donut Short Story contest is on!

The Writer's Police Academy announces the Golden Donut Short Story Contest.  Entries will be accepted beginning tonight through August 19.

At stake:

• The prestigious Don Knotts Golden Donut Award (sponsored by the High Point North Carolina Public Library and Krispy Kreme).
• Bragging rights.

Okay, I added the bragging rights.  They're not official.  But I think they should be.

The rules are relatively simple:
1) All stories must be based on this photograph:

2) All stories must be 200 words.  No more, no less.  This includes the title.

3) Lest you think the competition is looking for stories in the Don Knotts/Barney Fife vein, be sure to read this part carefully: ...take us on a journey that’d scare the pants off Poe himself. Did I just hear a scream coming from inside. Has someone been murdered? Or, was it the howl of a troubled spirit? Perhaps, a killer is using the old house as a hideout. Maybe, vampires live there. Who knows?

So get writing.  There could be a Golden Donut Award in your future.  Or mine!

Photo snicked from article linked above for purposes of pimping this writing competition.