One Day For the Farmpunk Contest

Every now and then, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity presents itself. When it does. What do you do? We garden gnomes hold a contest. In this case, it's a farmpunk contest.

Image from Pixabay.
The once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of which we speak is the opportunity to roast our turkey friend

Hive account@quillfire. We like Quill. Mostly when we set him on fire. And that's why we're inviting you to help us set him on fire.

The bad news is this: You only have one more day to enter the contest. Then you're toast.

How the Farmpunk Contest Works

Garden gnomes like to keep things simple. That's why we only soil our pants in the garden. It's also why we like standing in the rain. We'll save that story for another day.

To participate in this contest, here's what you have to do:

Write a 1,000- to 3,000-word story on the theme (see below) and post that story to your Steemit blog.
Post a link to your story in the comments of this post.
Tag your post #farmpunk.

Theme: Hive account@quillfire awakes one day to a topsy-turvy world turned upside down. Everything he has lived for is not what he thought it was.

As you write, incorporate farm culture, high technology, and punk ethos. The deadline is when the original contest announcement post pays out (tomorrow).

What the Flip is Farmpunk?

If you've never heard of farmpunk before, that's okay. It's fairly new. It involves three things:

Farm culture
High technology
Punk attitude

Think of it as cyberpunk on a farm. Any historical epoch is fine as long as your story contains the three necessary qualities -- farm culture, high technology, and punk attitude. If you need samples, check out these previously published farmpunk stories: