Hammered: an Ode to Mickey Spillane 2025 - Coming Soon

Here comes the 5th annual event!

Hammered: An Ode to Mickey Spillane 2025

From the creator and organizer of this event ChloeTzang:

Well guys 'n dames, writers and fans of gritty hard-boiled noir can rejoice! 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024's "Hammered - an Ode to Mickey Spillane" events were popular enough that Laurel's asked me if I'd like to organize another one for 2025.

I came up with this as a one-off for 2021, and honest-to-god, I never thought I'd see it running for a FIFTH year consecutively, but no shit, it is! Much to my amazement! So here we go - I'm posting this thread to officially kick off the 2025 "Hammered - an Ode to Mickey Spillane" Story Event. Laurel will be creating the Event Page shortly, but the "go live" date is Thursday 31st July 2025, so you've got a whole 7 months to think, contemplate, plan and write for this one.

What's the theme? As if you need to ask? Well, it's an Ode to Mickey Spillane, so think gritty, dark, and overflowing with violence and sex in the best traditions of Spillane's Mike Hammer. Spillane knew he was writing pulp, and his guiding principle serves as the theme for this event "violence will outsell sex every time," but, "combined, they will outsell everything." Spillane's books were a huge commercial success, but their plain style and often violent content didn't tend to sit well with critics. His works were variously referred to as "atrocious" and "nauseating," while his most famous creation was called a "homicidal paranoiac" by Malcolm Cowley, who called Spillane himself "a dangerous paranoid, sadist, and masochist."

So there you go, and if you're still not sure, go read a couple of Spillane's Mike Hammer novels and go for it. Vivid descriptions. Short words. Fast transitions. Violence. Sex. Stereotyping and caricatures. Minimalism. The suggestion that allows your imagination to fill in the blanks. Like Spillane's writing. Set the scene. Switch to dialogue.

Anyhow, the intent of this event is, well, to write something that reflects Spillane's stylistic approach to writing as much as anything. Call it noir. Call it hard-boiled. Call it whatever the hell you like, guys 'n dames. I'd say, as much as anything, go for the style, the violence and the sex, but really, interpret it any way you like, just do it! And...

Have fun!

This thread is to SUPPORT and ENCOURAGE authors to enter their stories in this 2025 Story Event. If you have any questions, post them here, and someone will answer. It might be me, it might be someone else, but don't be shy. Ask. There's no such thing as a dumb question. And if you're still shy, PM me. I'll answer. LOL. I always do.

If you're a first time writer, or this is the first time you're thinking about doing a story for an "Event" or a Competition on Literotica, hey, don't be stressed about it. We've all been there, and a "story event" like this is a great way to test the waters without getting into the competitiveness of a writing competition. This ain't a competition, it's an exhibition, it's an event, it's open invitation to everyone, from the complete novice to the writers that have been here since the dawn of Literotica and really, if you need any encouragement - you have to start somewhere, so if you're still hesitating, just do it. You'll find plenty of encouragement - we all started somewhere and what better place to get started than a non-competitive writing event with a common theme to inspire you.

Also, there no scores, no placing, no judging, and no prizes. This is just writing for fun with a bunch of other people doing the same thing. If you're not sure about what to do, how to submit your story, or anything at all, just ask here. We've all been there, we're a bunch of very helpful people, and we like to pass it on.

So without further ado, are you interested in writing for the 2025 "Hammered - an Ode to Mickey Spillane" Story Event? If you are, get started! You've got 7 entire months to get something done! First time writers and veteran Literoticans alike are invited and encouraged to participate. You'll be in good company.

Hammered -- an Ode to Mickey Spillane 2025

Open to all authors (please read the announcement).

organizer: ChloeTzang

challenge date: all stories posted on Wednesday July 31st 2025

submit your story: July 15th-30th

Rules & Guidelines

1. Stay more or less with the theme but feel free to interpret it however the heck you like.

2. You can write in any category and any length, as long as you keep in mind Rule #1

3. Please include "Hammered Story Event 2025" in the Notes to Admin field. Please use this exact wording so Laurel can identify the entries. If you don't put this phrase in the Notes to Admin field, your story will not be included in the event. We recommend you copy and paste it!

4. Please use "Hammered an Ode to Mickey Spillane" as a story tag.

5. You can submit anytime from 15th July 2025 on, but all entries need to be submitted by 11:59pm, Wednesday 30 July, 2025.

6. Again, All stories will Go Live on Literotica on Thursday 31st July 2025.

So what are you waiting for? Next year? Get started now! Every single one of these events has been a lot of fun for all of us who wrote stories for them, and there's been quite a range of stories!

And lastly, this Event is dedicated to the memory of two of our long time authors who passed away this year. KeithD (sr71plt, aka Pilot) and TxRad, who both wrote stories for a lot of these events. Their presence and their contributions are missed. RIP Pilot and Tex. Miss you guys, but you live on in your stories and in our memories.

The genesis for this event was a prompt from a fellow-writer on Literotica and a good friend, Maonaigh, who passed away back in 2023. Maonaigh and I joined Literotica and started writing here around the same time, shared a love of writing, and read and enjoyed each other's stories. It was Maonaigh who made a comment on one of my other stories (Halloween in Roanapur) that gave me the idea that sparked off this "Hammered" story event, and I think it's fitting to make a mention of this in his memory. Thanks for the inspiration, Maonaigh. See you in the next incarnation, and in the meantime, I'll raise a glass in your memory, for after we're gone, memories are all that remain. Sláinte.

Please visit the Hammered – an Ode to Mickey Spillane” - the 2025 Story Event Official Support Thread for more information and to discuss this very cool challenge!

If you've got an idea for a themed writing challenge, feel free to contact us anytime.

If you're looking for a fun way to stretch your skills, check out our list of current author-organized challenges.

A special thank-you to ChloeTzang for creating and organizing this special event. Another big thank-you to all the authors and readers of Literotica who make up this very special community!

Now, get to writing!