# So, what did I miss? (Been away for a few years...) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-i-miss-been-away-for-a-few-years/972663 "2022-10-04T00:21:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-i-miss-been-away-for-a-few-years/972663/9 "2022-10-04T02:42:10Z")
Where have you been? 🙂 The nice writing contests we had before, organized by you, disappeared! Someone was planning to start again, and there has been some interest, but we need some organization. I did agree with some that the restarting years ago was not as interesting as there was no other thread with announcement/rules, and the main thread remained a sticky… that is missed by many, even the moderators that still left it as a sticky! > [@SDMB Flash Fiction Sweatshop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-flash-fiction-sweatshop/812795): > > Attention Dopers! The Resurrected Flash Fiction Sweatshop has begun! Here are the rules. Email [SDMBSweatshop@gmail.com](mailto:SDMBSweatshop@gmail.com) to get your three content words. These words must be used somewhere in your work; verbs can be used in any tense. Write your flash fiction! The work must be no longer than 500 words and it must be prose. Reply to the email containing your three content words within 2 hours. In that reply, include your work in the body of the email. Do not send attachments. All submission… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-i-miss-been-away-for-a-few-years/972663)._