First place: $5,000
Second place: $2,500
Third place: $1,000
May 8: Submissions open
June 11, 11:59 PM EST: Submissions close
June 18: Winners announced
Our screen times may have drastically increased in the last couple of weeks, and there’s absolutely no shame in that. We’ve admittedly binge-watched 2 full shows and too many movies to count by now. Naturally, we can’t wait to start our next show—want to give us a hand? Share your top three underrated TV shows and tell us a bit about each one and why you recommend it as a must (NO SPOILERS!)
We want overlooked shows here, so avoid highlighting the go-to binge recommendations. (Of course we’ve all seen Tiger King! We know Ozark is amazing! We finished Love Is Blind weeks ago!) Instead, think outside the box and give us some of those great but easily-overlooked gems that more people should give a chance—maybe they’re older shows people have forgotten about, or maybe they just don’t get enough credit. Enter the ICYMI Challenge and share your top three unexpected binge-watch recs.
For your story to be eligible, it must be between 600 and 5,000 words and adhere to our Community Guidelines. Stories published on Vocal and entered into the contest up until June 11, 2020, at 11:59 PM EST will be entered for consideration. Official Rules for the Challenge can be found here.
The ICYMI Challenge is exclusive to Vocal+ members. To learn more or upgrade to Vocal+, visit https://vocal.media/vocal-plus.
To be eligible to win the grand prize, second place, or third place prizes, you must be over the age of 13 and residing in a country where Stripe is available at the time of entry. A complete list of countries where Stripe is available can be found here—winners will need to have a Stripe account created and connected in order to receive the prizes. For this reason, entrants located outside of any of these 35 countries will not be eligible to win.
After my internship ended early from the coronavirus pandemic and freelance film industry jobs were left in shambles, I found myself with an overabundance of time and a lack of money. Fortunately, I remembered a little website called Vocal where I won a writing Challenge the year before.
Today we’re excited to introduce Challenges, a new way for creators to get inspired and join the rest of the Vocal community in some friendly competition. Starting this week, creators will be able to participate in various Challenges across a range of topics and interests for the chance to win cash prizes, experiences, and much more.
There’s no one right way to tell a story. Inspiration comes in all shapes and sizes, and we want to see what yours looks like. Challenges are meant to inspire this creativity, and we want to see you tell a story that’s unique and authentic to you—but there are just a few things we look for across the board to be sure we’re judging every entry consistently and fairly.