Storyathon

Have you heard of Storyathon?

It's a free online event where students are encouraged to write stories that are exactly 100 words long.  100 words isn't a lot so not only does this encourage student writing but it isn't too daunting of a task and helps students really think about the words they are using and the impact they have in their stories.  Plus, as a teacher if you are grading these stories you aren't having to sit through pages and pages of a single story that is going no where... slowly (or is it just me that disliked teaching English because of this?)