Kalidah
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- Posted: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 02:51:32 +0000
Good news everyone!
I stumbled upon a modest gaian fortune (my greatest victory in life) but looking fantastic doesn't make me happy.
Realizing that, like any human being, I could die any day now and this ridiculous amount of gold would go to waste... I want the writing community to have it! But you have to earn it first. You must submit an entry in this contest.
The theme of this contest is DARK FICTION short stories.
(off the top of my head...monsters, mysteries, fairy tales, steam-punk, sci fi, fantasies, reveries, nightmares, paranormal, surreal, zombies, alternate history, deceptions, shadows, romance, bizarro, pulp, goth... or just take a perfectly normal concept and darken it. It can be as clean or graphic as you need it to be. Also, dark doesn't rule out humor and lightheartedness.)
That's a purposely vague theme so as to exclude very few of your ideas. Nearly any short story will qualify. The more mythical and gritty, the better.
Submit your story by January 30th. I'll publicly announce winners the first week of February, in all likelihood.
Minimum word count: 600
Maximum word count: Don't worry about it.
The reason you should enter:
- 1st place: 50k
- 2nd place: 30k
- 3rd place: 25k
- Entering a legitimate story submission that has a satisfying beginning, middle and end: 10k
-Plus other special awards given out for whatever I can think of.
The Guide to Winning this:
1. Follow the yellow brick road Gaia's Rules and Guidelines.
2. No Plagiarizing. This isn't a college term paper due tomorrow. I want to reward you because you're awesome and creative. So write your own story and be honored for it.
3. Private Message me your entry. Don't post your story on this forum because other people might see it your fiction might be extemely dark.
4.Only one entry per soul.
5. No fan fiction please, unless you want me to view it as a complete standalone piece with no previous knowledge of the universe its from.
6. No vampires. Any other creature/monster, especially if its not a werewolf (which is still acceptable) either, is extremely extremely extremely welcome.
7. Be nice to everyone in here. Even if its not your style. Treat your fellow writers as if they are rational emotional humans who are assaulted with crippling insanity and trauma throughout their life just like everyone else. If conversations get nasty I will cave in the ceiling of this thread, forever burying our bodies and my vast treasures.
I am a contest host virgin and I probably left important details out.
If you have any questions or are unclear about the guidelines, ask me and let me know!
If you have everything you need, start weaving your dreams to me
I stumbled upon a modest gaian fortune (my greatest victory in life) but looking fantastic doesn't make me happy.
Realizing that, like any human being, I could die any day now and this ridiculous amount of gold would go to waste... I want the writing community to have it! But you have to earn it first. You must submit an entry in this contest.
The theme of this contest is DARK FICTION short stories.
(off the top of my head...monsters, mysteries, fairy tales, steam-punk, sci fi, fantasies, reveries, nightmares, paranormal, surreal, zombies, alternate history, deceptions, shadows, romance, bizarro, pulp, goth... or just take a perfectly normal concept and darken it. It can be as clean or graphic as you need it to be. Also, dark doesn't rule out humor and lightheartedness.)
That's a purposely vague theme so as to exclude very few of your ideas. Nearly any short story will qualify. The more mythical and gritty, the better.
Submit your story by January 30th. I'll publicly announce winners the first week of February, in all likelihood.
Minimum word count: 600
Maximum word count: Don't worry about it.
The reason you should enter:
- 1st place: 50k
- 2nd place: 30k
- 3rd place: 25k
- Entering a legitimate story submission that has a satisfying beginning, middle and end: 10k
-Plus other special awards given out for whatever I can think of.
The Guide to Winning this:
1. Follow the yellow brick road Gaia's Rules and Guidelines.
2. No Plagiarizing. This isn't a college term paper due tomorrow. I want to reward you because you're awesome and creative. So write your own story and be honored for it.
3. Private Message me your entry. Don't post your story on this forum because other people might see it your fiction might be extemely dark.
4.Only one entry per soul.
5. No fan fiction please, unless you want me to view it as a complete standalone piece with no previous knowledge of the universe its from.
6. No vampires. Any other creature/monster, especially if its not a werewolf (which is still acceptable) either, is extremely extremely extremely welcome.
7. Be nice to everyone in here. Even if its not your style. Treat your fellow writers as if they are rational emotional humans who are assaulted with crippling insanity and trauma throughout their life just like everyone else. If conversations get nasty I will cave in the ceiling of this thread, forever burying our bodies and my vast treasures.
I am a contest host virgin and I probably left important details out.
If you have any questions or are unclear about the guidelines, ask me and let me know!
If you have everything you need, start weaving your dreams to me
