Over the next few weeks the Olympic Games will bring an exhibition of unscripted drama into our living rooms. Indeed, almost every televised sporting event, from the Superbowl to the Tour de France, unfolds like a spontaneous play, confounding commentators' clichés and spectators' expectations with every fumbled pass and sprint finish. As writers it is easy for us to turn our noses up at such unscholarly practices, but the pursuit of sporting glory is a veritable font of drama and storylines, placed under our noses and simplified into yards, milliseconds, and goals.

In honour of this *getLIT would like you to submit a newspaper-style report on a fictional sporting event, be it a football game, sailing regatta, or whatever floats your boat. You have creative license to make the event as improbable as you please, and last minute winners, pitch invasions and freakish weather conditions are all within the range of things you can include to make your report more interesting to the outside reader.

To entries which are judged to be 'better than good', I shall divide a year's worth of subscription between their authors. So, if there are three very good entries for example, each winner will receive four month's subscription.

Reports should be kept concise, and must be no longer than 1000 words to be eligible for a prize.

The deadline for this contest is 12:00 noon Eastern Standard Time, on Monday the 18th of August.

Submit your reports as a deviation or scrap, and comment with a link to it below this news article. They shall then be read and judged by the following Friday.

Good luck and happy writing!