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drabble
A drabble is a short work of fiction of around one hundred words in length,〔("Winners named in WLU drabble competition" ), ''Waterloo Region Record'', October 1, 2011.〕〔"Flash fiction: 'Intense, urgent and a little explosive'", ''The Irish Times'', October 26, 2011, copy available (here ) from HighBeam Research (subscription required).〕〔Sarah Womer, ("AWC professor impressed by short story entries" ), ''Yuma Sun'', December 21, 2011.〕 not necessarily including the title. The purpose of the drabble is brevity, testing the author's ability to express interesting and meaningful ideas in a confined space.
==History==
The concept is said to have originated in UK science fiction fandom in the 1980s; the 100-word format was established by the Birmingham University SF Society, taking a term from Monty Python's 1971 ''Big Red Book''.〔〔 In the book, "Drabble" was described as a word game where the first participant to write a novel was the winner. In order to make the game possible in the real world, it was agreed that 100 words would suffice.
In drabble contests, participants are given a theme and a certain amount of time to write. (For example, Wilfrid Laurier University conducted a "100 Words Centennial Drabble Contest" in commemoration of its 100th anniversary in 2011, in which contestants were asked to write about "inspiration, leadership or purpose".〔〔Liz Smith, ("Laurier launches literary competition to commemorate Centennial year" ), ''The Cord Weekly'', September 28, 2011.〕) Drabble contests, and drabbles in general, are popular in science fiction fandom and in fan fiction. Beccon Publications published three volumes, "The Drabble Project" (1988) and "Drabble II: Double Century" (1990), both edited by Rob Meades and David Wake, and "Drabble Who" (1993), edited by David J. Howe and David Wake.
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