<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:09:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@writing-trail/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[100 Word Stories. Week 5. Can You Write an Engaging Story in 100 Words? 20 Steem and 700 Trail to be Won]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image: @homeartpictures Big is beautiful … but less is more. A little less time for you this week - Nuff Said!! My apologies. An explanation from a judging perspective: pictures are important to a post’s]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/100words/@writing-trail/100-word-stories-week-5-can-you-write-an-engaging-story-in-100-words-20-steem-and-700-trail-to-be-won</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/100words/@writing-trail/100-word-stories-week-5-can-you-write-an-engaging-story-in-100-words-20-steem-and-700-trail-to-be-won</guid><category><![CDATA[100words]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[writing-trail]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2017 22:42:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn8AFceMK3hATz4fx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[LIMERICK CONTEST: A NEW WEEK FOR BAWDY VERSE. 20 STEEM AND 700 TRAIL IN PRIZES. GET RHYMING STEEMIANS!]]></title><description><![CDATA[We all enjoy a good Mirickle Limericks were made famous by Edward Lear in his ‘Book of Nonsense’. He did, however, tend to make a potentially funny verse fall flat through repeating the first line in the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/limerickcontest/@writing-trail/3vtswx-limerick-contest-a-new-week-for-bawdy-verse-20-steem-and-700-trail-in-prizes-get-rhyming-steemians</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/limerickcontest/@writing-trail/3vtswx-limerick-contest-a-new-week-for-bawdy-verse-20-steem-and-700-trail-in-prizes-get-rhyming-steemians</guid><category><![CDATA[limerickcontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[writing-trail]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2017 22:01:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnGcin5sBvhjpNZTC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Limerick Contest Week Two, ‘Post’. The Winners and Grinners.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Swimming Pool is, we are told, filling … it is a tough gig to gird your grey matter into such frivolity when treated thusly! Happily the followers of @writing-trail contests are bigger than that. Please]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/limerickcontest/@writing-trail/limerick-contest-week-two-post-the-winners-and-grinners</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/limerickcontest/@writing-trail/limerick-contest-week-two-post-the-winners-and-grinners</guid><category><![CDATA[limerickcontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[writing-trail]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2017 19:33:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn8D7a7AVuJiUpA6S?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Help Empty The New Pool. Less Than a Day to Get Rime Licking - Too Much Steem and Trail to Count!]]></title><description><![CDATA[We all could use a Mirickle Is it Rewards that drives your post To get your steem to uppermost? Or could you dare Be Laissez-faire And forget the care of what it grossed? §§§§§§ Winner of last week’s contest:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/limerickcontest/@writing-trail/help-empty-the-new-pool-less-than-a-day-to-get-rime-licking-too-much-steem-and-trail-to-count</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/limerickcontest/@writing-trail/help-empty-the-new-pool-less-than-a-day-to-get-rime-licking-too-much-steem-and-trail-to-count</guid><category><![CDATA[limerickcontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[writing-trail]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2017 04:03:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnGcin5sBvhjpNZTC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Words Stories. Winners Week 4 ‘Mind’ - These Writers Know How to Bend Minds!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image: @homeartpictures The Steemit 100 Word Story Contest “Mind” has again produced some fantastic writing. Congratulations to all who took part. Story telling is a creativity of the mind and its]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/100words/@writing-trail/100-words-stories-winners-week-4-mind-these-writers-know-how-to-bend-minds</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/100words/@writing-trail/100-words-stories-winners-week-4-mind-these-writers-know-how-to-bend-minds</guid><category><![CDATA[100words]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[writing-trail]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2017 03:29:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn8AFceMK3hATz4fx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[LIMERICK CONTEST: A NEW WEEK FOR BAWDY VERSE. 20 STEEM AND 700 TRAIL IN PRIZES. GET RHYMING STEEMIANS!]]></title><description><![CDATA[We all enjoy a good Mirickle Limericks were made famous by Edward Lear in his ‘Book of Nonsense’. He did, however, tend to make a potentially funny verse fall flat through repeating the first line in the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/limerickcontest/@writing-trail/limerick-contest-a-new-week-for-bawdy-verse-20-steem-and-700-trail-in-prizes-get-rhyming-steemians</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/limerickcontest/@writing-trail/limerick-contest-a-new-week-for-bawdy-verse-20-steem-and-700-trail-in-prizes-get-rhyming-steemians</guid><category><![CDATA[limerickcontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[writing-trail]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2017 17:10:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnGcin5sBvhjpNZTC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Limerick Contest Week One. Ned. The Winners and Grinners.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Starting a new Contest at the start of a 30 Day Rewards Pool fill is a bit like trying to start a new liquor sales outlet in Salt Lake City. So one might think! I am pleased to say that the good Limerickers]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/limerickcontest/@writing-trail/limerick-contest-week-one-ned-the-winners-and-grinners</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/limerickcontest/@writing-trail/limerick-contest-week-one-ned-the-winners-and-grinners</guid><category><![CDATA[limerickcontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[writing-trail]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2017 19:51:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnGAGTjeCBBvTTdEN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit 100 Word Story Contest. Now making an impact across Social Media! A New Week - 700 Trail and 20 Steem to be won.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image: @homeartpictures Big is beautiful … but less is more. I am very grateful to @dwinblood, winner of last week’s contest (“Fool” ), who has provided the theme for this week. An explanation from a judging]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/100words/@writing-trail/steemit-100-word-story-contest-now-making-an-impact-across-social-media-700-trail-and-20-steem-to-be-won</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/100words/@writing-trail/steemit-100-word-story-contest-now-making-an-impact-across-social-media-700-trail-and-20-steem-to-be-won</guid><category><![CDATA[100words]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[writing-trail]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2017 20:18:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn8AFceMK3hATz4fx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Special Couple of Rhymes from Your Limerick Contest Centre - Writing-Trail - 24 hours left in Week One.]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s a limerick contest ‘bout Ned Don’t tell him, he just might get fed … … up with the scans Which mock at his plans To get us all out of the Red! § Some come on … you’ve 24 hours To show us your]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/limerickcontest/@writing-trail/a-special-couple-of-rhymes-from-your-limerick-contest-centre-writing-trail-24-hours-left-in-week-one</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/limerickcontest/@writing-trail/a-special-couple-of-rhymes-from-your-limerick-contest-centre-writing-trail-24-hours-left-in-week-one</guid><category><![CDATA[limerickcontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[writing-trail]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2017 23:05:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn5F97YLmJgvtjU38?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Word Story Contest, Winners of Week Three - "FOOL". Three Terrific Tales.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image: @homeartpictures The Steemit 100 Word Story Contest “Fool” has again produced some fantastic writing. Congratulations to all who took part. Judging such a contest of quality ... is an occupation]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/100words/@writing-trail/100-word-story-contest-winners-of-week-three-fool-three-terrific-tales</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/100words/@writing-trail/100-word-story-contest-winners-of-week-three-fool-three-terrific-tales</guid><category><![CDATA[100words]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[writing-trail]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2017 21:34:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn8AFceMK3hATz4fx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Limerick Contest - That Judge, he will Never Pick Mine! He's Loud and Gets Arsey on Wine.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have a few of these! I started this Limerick contest as much as anything because they are fun and the rules of the metre and scanning are what one might call 'loose'. Never has poetic license been so]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/limerickcontest/@writing-trail/limerick-contest-that-judge-he-will-never-pick-mine-he-s-loud-and-gets-arsey-on-wine</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/limerickcontest/@writing-trail/limerick-contest-that-judge-he-will-never-pick-mine-he-s-loud-and-gets-arsey-on-wine</guid><category><![CDATA[limerickcontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[writing-trail]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2017 20:02:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn8D7a7AVuJiUpA6S?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Word Story Contest. Week Three Update. 20 STEEM and 700 TRAIL to be Won.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image: @homeartpictures The best things come in small parcels. The greatest thinkers use the fewest words. Condensing a story into 100 words is the task set before you. You have the capacity for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/100words/@writing-trail/100-word-story-contest-week-three-update-20-steem-and-700-trail-to-be-won</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/100words/@writing-trail/100-word-story-contest-week-three-update-20-steem-and-700-trail-to-be-won</guid><category><![CDATA[100words]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[writing-trail]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2017 23:45:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn8AFceMK3hATz4fx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[NEW CONTEST: WRITE A LIMERICK. WEEK ONE. 20 STEEM AND 700 TRAIL IN PRIZES. GET RHYMING STEEMIANS!]]></title><description><![CDATA[We all enjoy a good Mirickle Limericks were made famous by Edward Lear in his ‘Book of Nonsense’. He did, however, tend to make a potentially funny verse fall flat through repeating the first line in the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/limerickcontest/@writing-trail/new-contest-write-a-limerick-week-one-20-steem-and-700-trail-in-prizes-get-rhyming-steemians</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/limerickcontest/@writing-trail/new-contest-write-a-limerick-week-one-20-steem-and-700-trail-in-prizes-get-rhyming-steemians</guid><category><![CDATA[limerickcontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[writing-trail]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2017 17:43:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnGcin5sBvhjpNZTC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[NEW CONTEST: WRITE A LIMERICK. 20 STEEM AND 700 TRAIL TO BE WON EVERY WEEK]]></title><description><![CDATA[Everyone enjoys a Limerick. The metre of the verse is easy and they are supposed to be funny! Here are a few examples: § When I dined with the Duchess Of Lee, She said “do you fart when you pee?” I replied]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/limerickcontest/@writing-trail/new-contest-write-a-limerick-20-steem-and-700-trail-to-be-won-every-week</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/limerickcontest/@writing-trail/new-contest-write-a-limerick-20-steem-and-700-trail-to-be-won-every-week</guid><category><![CDATA[limerickcontest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[writing-trail]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2017 21:02:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnLa7j5d2feWKGrMc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Word Story Contest. Week Three. 20 STEEM and 700 TRAIL to be Won.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image: @homeartpictures The best things come in small parcels. The greatest thinkers use the fewest words. Condensing a story into 100 words is the task set before you. You have the capacity for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/100words/@writing-trail/100-word-story-contest-week-three-20-steem-and-700-trail-to-be-won</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/100words/@writing-trail/100-word-story-contest-week-three-20-steem-and-700-trail-to-be-won</guid><category><![CDATA[100words]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[writing-trail]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2017 18:24:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn8AFceMK3hATz4fx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Word Story Contest Week Two Winners. Wilderness. 4 GREAT STORIES.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image: @homeartpictures The Steemit 100 Word Contest. Week 2 has produced some fantastic writing once more. Congratulations to all who took part - it was a tough decision on the judging front. Special]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/100words/@writing-trail/100-word-story-contest-week-two-winners-wilderness-4-great-stories</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/100words/@writing-trail/100-word-story-contest-week-two-winners-wilderness-4-great-stories</guid><category><![CDATA[100words]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[writing-trail]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2017 19:47:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn8AFceMK3hATz4fx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Word Story Contest. Week Two Update: WILDERNESS. 20 Steem and 700 Trail to be Won.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image: @homeartpictures Short arms and long pockets is the accusation thrown at the Scottish. Being partly Scottish myself, I take umbrage at the suggestion! Short stories and broad imaginations are what]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/100words/@writing-trail/100-word-story-contest-week-two-update-wilderness-20-steem-and-700-trail-to-be-won</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/100words/@writing-trail/100-word-story-contest-week-two-update-wilderness-20-steem-and-700-trail-to-be-won</guid><category><![CDATA[100words]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[writing-trail]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2017 23:01:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn8AFceMK3hATz4fx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Word Story Contest. Week Two. 20 Steem and 700 Trail to be Won Every Week.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image: @homeartpictures “Since brevity is the soul of wit …,” said Polonius in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Condensing a story into 100 words is the task set before you. You have the capacity for characterisation]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/100words/@writing-trail/100-word-story-contest-week-two-20-steem-and-700-trail-to-be-won-every-week</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/100words/@writing-trail/100-word-story-contest-week-two-20-steem-and-700-trail-to-be-won-every-week</guid><category><![CDATA[100words]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[writing-trail]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2017 18:09:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn8AFceMK3hATz4fx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Word Story Contest. The Winners - Week 1 - "Sensation". Sensational Reading!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image: @homeartpictures The Steemit 100 Word Contest is an initiative designed to generate quality content as well as community engagement and interaction. I am very grateful for all who took part in Week]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/100words/@writing-trail/100-word-story-contest-the-winners-week-1-sensation-sensational-reading</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/100words/@writing-trail/100-word-story-contest-the-winners-week-1-sensation-sensational-reading</guid><category><![CDATA[100words]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[writing-trail]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2017 21:26:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn8AFceMK3hATz4fx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[100 Word Story Contest Update. Week 1 "SENSATION" - ENTRY SUBMISSION DETAILS - Use the '#' sign! STEEM ON!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image: @homeartpictures We have already received some terrific entries for the 100 Word Story Competition - visit #100words to have a read through. In case you did not see it, please read through the Original]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/100words/@writing-trail/100-word-story-contest-update-week-1-sensation-entry-submission-details-use-the-sign-steem-on</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/100words/@writing-trail/100-word-story-contest-update-week-1-sensation-entry-submission-details-use-the-sign-steem-on</guid><category><![CDATA[100words]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[writing-trail]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2017 19:00:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn8AFceMK3hATz4fx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>