No Soup For You!
The Soup Heroes Award
Writing Prompt
Write a piece of flash fiction about someone with a superpower that is only useful in really specific situations. Perhaps they have feelings of inferiority around other beings of power, or their superpowers so discreet that they’re not even sure if they have it. How you flesh out this world is up to you, provided the protagonist is endowed with a power that barely seems like a power at all.
Finally, include some form of meal preparation in the story.
Genre
Superhero, Sci Fi, Comic Book, Urban Fantasy etc.
Word Count
Up to 500 of your kryptonic hypnotic words.
Due Date
Sunday 10 April 2016. There is no time zone restrictions. As long as it is Sunday somewhere then you can enter.
Prizes
First prize receives 5000 words feedback from NiTH team on a story or manuscript of your choosing.
All entries receive feedback from judges by request.
Entry Format
Please read carefully!
Include a cover image. Ensure that you own the rights to that image or that you have permission, or that the image carries a free license. Make the filename of the image the name of your story.
Also include:
Title
Author name
(Optional) Intro – 150 characters
Is the name of this award a reference to Paul Jennings’ “Souperman”?