Welcome to the Story Starters Writing Contest! The rules are pretty simple. You must write a short story based on the prompt. You can only submit one entry per post, but you can enter as many times as you like. Te voting will take place in the polls, which will open one week from today, when the forum closes. You will have one week to vote. Good luck!

What if there was a message on your answering machine? The message is this:
"Some maniac at the Lincoln Elementary School Cafeteria laced the tomato soup with poison this morning."

Remember, one entry per post and all entries must have a title. This forum will close July 17, 2012. The polls will open the same day.