The Writers Arena

The Writers Arena is an online, head to head, short story writing competition. One prompt, two authors, 10 days. Everyone is invited to read the stories, comment on, and vote for their favorite.

Origin
Joseph Devon had long been a fan of kitchen-based competition reality shows like Masterchef, Chopped, and Iron Chef but wanted to carry that format over to his other passion, writing. After a number of discussions, Joseph and Tony Southcotte decided to issue each other weekly writing challenges.

Joseph went first and Tony gave him the prompt of 'Paranormal Western'. Tony invited listeners and readers to play along at home and share their stories when Joseph posted his. Neither knew what this would bring about.

Albert Berg decided to accept the challenge as well and, without telling Tony or Jospeph, wrote his own story in the same time frame. When the day came to reveal the stories, Joseph had some competition. Readers left comments and chose a "winner" and Joseph knew he had found his format.

It was given the honest title "The Writer's Arena", moved onto it's own site, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Arena Regulars
Joseph Devon

Albert Berg

Tony Southcotte

Danny Brophy