Category: Writing Challenges
Challenges from the Bonanza Brand Forums.
A Stitch in Time (by AC1830)
Summary: Christmas is a season for surprises, especially when one of Ben’s hidden talents helps out two special ladies in his life.
Written for day 16 of the 2021 Advent Calendar.
Rating: G
Word Count: 2485
The Boy Who Kept Christmas Alive (by Sierra Girl)
Summary: It’s up to on of the boys to keep Christmas alive during a dark time on the Ponderosa.
Written for day 15 of the 2021 Advent Calendar.
Rating: G
Word Count: 2989
Unto Us a Child is Given (by Patina)
Summary: It’s love that makes a family.
Written for day 14 of the 2021 Advent Calendar.
Rating: G
Word Count: 2217
Snowball Fight! (by rh2006fan / HeatherF)
Summary: Summary: Joe and Hoss have a snowball fight on a winter morning.
Written for day 13 of the 2021 Advent Calendar.
Rating: G
Word Count: 339
In Absentia #5 – Homesick (by Belle)
Summary: Hop Sing’s choice to stay with the Cartwrights is challenged by his first winter at the Ponderosa
Written for day 12 of the 2021 Advent Calendar.
Rating: G
Word Count: 1326
Part of the In Absentia Series, links to all stories included within
Snow Angels – Pt I (by Sierras)
Summary: Christmas 1844 entries from Marie’s journal.
Written for day 11 of the 2021 Advent Calendar.
Rating: G
Word Count: 2300
Bottom Line (by Cheaux)
Summary: From disasters to memories, could a warm bed be the piece de’ resistance?
Written for day 10 of the 2021 Advent Calendar.
Rating: G
Word Count: 1306
Be a Candle (by mcfair_58)
Summary: Every year, on the night before Christmas Eve, Hop Sing would make candles. Now, candles are kind of old fashioned, so I asked him why. This is the tale he told me, a tale of wonder and grace.
Written for day 9 of the 2021 Advent Calendar.
Rating: G
Word Count: 3915
In Absentia #4 – Significance (by Belle)
Summary: After seven years apart, Ben and the boys are about to spend their first Christmas together. Too bad that buying gifts is harder than it seems.
Written for day 8 of the 2021 Advent Calendar.
Rating: G
Word Count: 2479
Part of the Inabsentia Series, links to all stories included within
The Secret Ingredient (by mcfair_58)
Summary: On Christmas eve Deputy Roy Coffee found himself starin’ down one of the baddest desperados he’d ever come across – six year old Little Joe Cartwright. What secret ingredient did he have in his pocket to make the boy smile?
Written for day 7 of the 2021 Advent Calendar.
Rating: G
Word Count: 3284
The First Time in Years (by ElayneA)
Summary: Adam is mending fences, not only physically but helping mend Hoss’s heart.
Written for day 6 of the 2021 Advent Challenge.
Rating: G
Word Count: 2207
Checker’s Mate (by Cheaux
Summary: It’s all a matter of perspective.
Written for day 5 of the 2021 Advent Calendar.
Rating: G
Word Count: 979
The Gift of Giving (by faust)
Summary: Baby Joe has need of a crocheted blanket, at least that’s what Hoss concludes, and he has an exact idea who’s going to bring on one…enter Adam.
Written for Day 4 of the 2021 Advent Calendar
Rating: G 2,540 words
The Letter (by Annie K. Cowgirl)
Summary: Written for Day 3 of the 2021 Advent Calendar.
Rating: G
Word Count: 907
Reunion – Part 2 (by Questfan)
Summary: Adam is facing another Christmas a very long way from home and family. Can Little Joe grant his Christmas wish?
Written for Day 2 of the 2021 Advent Calendar
Rating: G Words: 2850
