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|**What is #zapfic?**|A short micro fiction story written in 240 characters or less.| |----|----| |**Who created it?**|@felt.buzz was the inventor of the hashtag and contest.| |**What type of contest is it?**|It's a weekly contest with a big prize pool.| |**What are the rules?**|1. Create a post using the #zapfic so @felt.buzz can find it; ||2. Post must contain 240 characters or less; (Use a word/character counter like this free one (https://wordcounter.net/) to check your character count!) ||3. Post must be a coherent story; ||4. It would be a great idea to link back to the contest post so others may find it should they wish to join; |**What do you win?**|The winnings may vary, so look for @felt.buzz's post; ||PLUS, every valid entry will get resteemed and upvoted by 50% by his main Steem account. ||PLUS, if you use the tags *#creativecoin,* *#palnet*, *#neoxian* and *#marlians* you will get a 50% upvote from @felt.buzz’s tribe curation accounts too!| ###### It’s a contest where everyone wins! So, if you didn’t join in this week, how about participating next week! ![text16.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcvVqhGMbF1KAHTn9Wh8FiRhmpAbiEuAKerVM7ugDnXfX/text16.png) Thanks, @justclickindiva [//]:#sbi-skip *Happy rest of the week everyone with whatever your endeavors.* *** SOURCES: a) JustClickindiva's PHC logo created by and purchased from @zord189. b) Unless otherwise noted, all photos taken by me with my (i) Samsung Galaxy 10" Tablet, (ii) Samsung Phone, & (iii) FUJI FinePix S3380 - 14 Mega Pixels Digital Camera c) Purple Butterfly part of purchased set of Spiritual Clip Art for my Personal Use d) Separator Lines Free ClipArt [Belt](https://publicdomainvectors.org/photos/johnny-automatic-border-1.png) from [Public Domain Vectors](publicdomainvectors.org/photos/) & [ShadedLine](http:clipart-library.com/img/1850927.png) from [ClipArt-Library](http://clipart-library.com) e) All Tribe logos used with permission of Tribe Discord Channel admins. ![lineseparator.png](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/justclickindiva/9znsZtQV-line-separator.png)

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