[ Prompts ]
*All are 500-10,000 words long. Exceptions may be made, depending on the word count, but if the story is over 11,000 words, an extra 100g will have to be paid. One prompt must be used, but more can be combined with it.
*Also, a lot of the prompts may seem easy to cliche, which may make some of you not want to enter. But I don't mind cliches. It's how well you write it and how interesting the story is that matters.
[ Open Prompt ]
O1 - This is an open prompt, wich means anything goes. If you choose this prompt, the ones below this are void to your entry. Because this contest was originally meant for the prompts below this one, and because a story based on a prompt is harder to write than an original story, the entry fee for a story of this prompt will be 500g. If you decide to change or find yourself unintentionally using one of the prompts below, PM me telling me so and I will refund you 200g to meet the regular entry fee. The same goes if you'd like to change your entry to this prompt: PM me saying so and send a trade for another 200g.
[ Theme Prompts ]
T1 - Wings - Not metaphoric; they must be a permanent part of the person, or become a permant part of the person, or have been literally lost
T2 - Hidden - Not as in hide-and-seek hidden, but actually physically hidden from real danger or hiding inside one's mind as protection
T3 - Secrets - Not the type of petty secrets friends keep for each other, but life-changing secrets
T4 - "Don't fear, don't fail, don't fall." - Use it however way you wish.
[ Song Fiction ]
The following songs are linked to their lyrics. If you have an E-mail account and some sort of media player (Windows Media, Music Match, iMesh, etc...), I can E-mail the entire song to you. Just post in this thread with your E-mail address and a sentence saying that you would like the song and I'll send it to you. My E-mail is ravensshadowz@aol.com.
When I say song-fiction, it means that the story may or may not contain the lyrics. You could just use one line from the lyrics if you wanted, just tell me which line it is.
S1 - Simon, by Lifehouse
S2 - Jumper, by Third Eye Blind
S3 - Breathe, by Greenwheel
S4 - Cry Little Sister, by the Sisters of Mercy
S5 - So Far Away, by Staind
S6 - Truth Is A Whisper, by the Goo Goo Dolls
S7 - Falls On Me, by Fuel
S8 - Lonely In Your Nightmare, by Duran Duran
S9 - What Do You Need? by the Goo Goo Dolls
S10 - View To A Kill, by Duran Duran
S11 - Savin Me, by Nickelback
S12 - Bullet Proof, by the Goo Goo Dolls
[ Icons and Quotes ]
I have a few icons and quotes that I find...Well, that I like for the feeling and reason behind them. I thought I'd give you a few to see if you can write with them. These may be used to go along with the above prompts, or they may be used alone. Just be sure to use the feeling behind the words and not just the words. You don't have to use the picture, either, although it would be a nice touch to use something like it in your story for the mood (excluding the second icon from this, as I don't see what the picture has to do with anything).
Their codes go I1-I16 across the rows.
[ Submitting ]
When submitting your entry, please use the following form. If you don't know the URL, please view the mini tutorial that I made. If you are doing one of the icons or quotes, please fill in the number(s) of the icon(s) or quote(s) (they are numbered from left to right in the order in which they come). If you are not using an icon or quote, please leave the spot blank.
[b]Username:[/b]
[b]Title of story:[/b]
[b]Word count:[/b]
[b]Prompt Code(s):[/b]
[b]Genre:[/b]
[b]URL:[/b]
*I have made a step-by-step guide to how to find the URL. There shouldn't be any excuse for not having it anymore.
Link here.
*Please, when posting the URL, just put the URL. I don't want the word "URL" linked to your post. Just put:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10700606&page=9#596458175. That's it. Everything. Nothing more, nothing less.
*If you are PMing or E-mailing the entry, don't worry about having to put a URL address
*Please, no matter how you are going to submit your entry, post a form in this thread. Beneath the form, where you would put your entry, put E-mailed or PMed or something like that. If you will just be posting your entry, ignore this asterix.