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What shall we change for next year?

Nobody likes working with OCs, Ivy- nix them. D= 0 0.0% [ 0 ]
More prompts, baby- I like to swim in inspiration. ^O^ 0.6 60.0% [ 3 ]
Fewer prompts- like, srsly, wtf. >_< 0.2 20.0% [ 1 ]
Less to read through, plz. `A` 0.2 20.0% [ 1 ]
More time, three months wasn't enough. O.o 0 0.0% [ 0 ]
Instead, do a slash [m/m and f/f] version of this contest! =u= 0 0.0% [ 0 ]
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The new Make Me Like it Het Competition.
MMLiHC



"Ivy"
I feel like a crazed monarch! Waving my sceptor about, "Go! Craft me some amusement! Pah!"


Post 1. Hey there. Welcome to the thread (again).
Post 2. Writing contest info part 1.
Post 3. Writing contest info part 2.
Post 4. Entrants and Judging.
Post 5. Affiliate. Donation. Update.


"Contest Intro"

I'm a huge, fatty fan of slash, shounen ai, yaoi, BL (whatever you want to call it), but occasionally I crave something that has a pair of breasts in it.
And when I say 'a pair,' I mean 'a singular pair.' Not two sets. Sorry, girl-love-yuri-shoujo-ai lovers.

SO.

Your challenge is to write me a short story which involves a boy and a girl. (Woah.)


Contest Run Time: Now, MAY 25th, To AUGUST 31st.
 
     
 
Post 2. Writing contest info 1.
Rules - Restrictions - Related - Rewards - Regimen

Rules
Or, Obey.
1. Violence, Racism, Bigotry, Language, Sexuality = Fair Game within TOS
2. Hetero coupling. May contain yaoi/yuri, but the focus must be het.
3. At least 1000 words. No maximum word limit. Seriously.(Does that mean if you're slightly under, I'm going to throw a fit? No. But please, be reasonable.)
4. No poetry. Also, must be original; I won't accept FF for this. I repeat, "Originality! Go on and pull something way out of left field."


Restrictions
Or, Hostess preferences.
1. Don't PM me. Just don't. (I can't believe I had to embolden that.)
2. No "'I'm-As-Good-As-A-Man'-Beast-Girls." I can't stand them and they won't win.
3. Male leads must be older than female leads. (Call me old-fashioned.)
4. No submissive pansy boys. Grr. Arg.

'Relatedly'
Or, In case you were wondering.
1. Setting, time period, location, secondary cast, creative license and anything else you might be curious about: ANYTHING GOES.
2. It's up to you, I have no preference or bias in these realms. You can even edit and update your work up to the last day.
3. What's important to me has already been discussed in Retrictions.
4. If you still think you might have concocted something that needs to be 'cleared,' feel free to ask about it; but rest assured, you're probably fine. GO FOR IT!


Rewards
Or, Total righteousness.
First. May, June, July, August letters.
Second. May, June, July letters.
Third. May, June letters.
HM. May letter.
Further honorable mentions may receive gold prizes. Or not. Depends on stuff.


Regimen
Or, You're still here?
1. NO FEES. Again... NO FEES.
2. Submit stories to the thread, using the form (see below).
3. You may submit multiple entries.
4. If you feel your story is too long for the thread, link to the thread using FictionPress or a similar site.
If I cannot access your work for any reason, I will ask for another arrangement.

FORM, with EXAMPLE
Username: Ivydoll (Your... username... here...)
Title: A Good Title (I'm sure you'll think of a good one.)
Set: (There are two to choose from.)
Prompts: AC, AL, BC, BF, BN, CC (There are tons to choose from.)
Story: ...Story. As follows. The fruits of your labor, the product of your genius, the toasted chips of your Ritz, etcetera. Post...
     
Post 3. Writing contest info 2.
Oc Set 1 - Oc Set 2 - Prompts

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Step One: Pick a Set. Choose either the first or second couple. [Look! Teksteks! I'm so on the ball today.]
Step Two: Pick Prompts. You must utilize a minimum of three, but can use as many as you want.
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Like the OT Star System, you'll notice the couples have the same names. I wish I could explain the long, ridiculous (not to mention dorky, rp-related) way that happened. Suffice to say, their names are what they are. (Luv you, Will. Cat's out of the bag!)

And as for the elements- think of those as other keywords to work on when devising their personalities and whatnot.

"Step 1: OC Set 1"

Character Sheet: The 'Air/Water' couple.

Matthew (Matt) 18 --- Keyword: Intellectual.
(Cool, impatient, direct, persuasive, reserved, gentle.)
Krista (Kris) 15 --- Keyword: Cute.
(Sweet, giving, craftsy, shy, resourceful, clever.)

Premise: Lead female's poor family wins/gains a scholarship to the prestigious private co-ed school, where she invariably meets the male lead- a student council member from a long-standing business family. Great for classic narrations and new twists on old-standing ideas.

Elements: (Use these to earn extra points.)
The Student Council, Track Team, Choir, Library, A Passed Note, Study Date, (His) Pet Kitten, Promise Rings, First Kiss.




"Step 1: OC Set 2"

Character Sheet: The "Fire/Earth" couple.

Matthew (Matt) 23 --- Keyword: Confident
(Fun-loving, carefree, smart, perverse, talkative, kind, protective, possessive.)
Krista (Kris) 19 --- Keyword: Dreamy
(Suspicious, hopeful, quiet, cuddly, mild, secretive.)

Premise: Lead male's life is turned upside down when the lead female is introduced into his life, by whatever unusual means the author devises. Her lack of a past, mysterious origin, or strange circumstances are the catalyst of change in both of their lifestyles. This couple's story is more 'open-ended,' and could be well-suited for a fantasy or fantastic setting.
*Important
Had a little trouble with this last year: Unless you're sure, look up the word 'perverse.' It is not 'perverted.' Ah, hell, here's a link: Perverse.

Elements: (Use these to earn extra points.)
A New Job, Things Falling from the sky, A Necklace, Rabbits, (Her) Mysterious Jewelry, A Brawl, Cloud Watching, Drinking Game, Stolen Kisses.



"Step 2: Prompts"

Remember, you must choose at least three.
New prompts added occasionally- So check back.
Prompts do not have to taken literally, nor appear verbatim (word-for-word) in your work. Have fun with them, essentially.
Any questions? Just ask. *heart*


AA) A student and teacher. (This has to follow the age rule I set.)
AB) A girl and her robot.
AC) Am I cute?
AD) A man from another world! *scifi music*
AE) A couple who are arranged to be married at a young age, but like it.
AF) A precise ten year difference in ages.
AG) Soulmates meet.
AH) Love in an Elevator. ( xd )
AI) Save her life!
AJ) The new girl sits next to the heartthrob (OMG aren't you jealous?)
AK) When they met, he was blind (and to be honest... she isn't all that hot).
AL) Nothing in common. At all. Dang.
AM) Cousins?! (TABOO! zOMG!)
AN) A pureness which scorches.
AO) A bright and shiny madness.
AP) Having decided it was the flower of her youth, she immediately decided to give her virginity away. But who deserved it?
AQ) It was time to destroy the world. Until Nell.
AR) When the Gypsies came to town.
AS) Ten years later, he returned to their little hometown.
AT) They'd never spoken at the bus stop; but today, it was raining, and she'd forgotten the umbrella.
AU) Late as all get-out, she'd run into the wrong locker room! But the lazy senior wouldn't let her leave...
AV) No, I won't tell you if you're fat. I also love ALL of your shoes.
AW) Princesses rarely got to choose; she was no different.
AX) I'm sorry.
AY) If you want a kiss, just say, 'Give me a kiss, handsome'!
AZ) Send me an angel.
BA) It was like Lolita, all over again.
BB) Although the premonition was vague at best, he was nonetheless determined to save her.
BC) Of course. Of course her flip-flop broke here, in front of him.
BD) He proceeded to explain to her, using vivid imagery, exactly why it wouldn't work.
BE) Sexy Sexy
BF) I don't trust you. Then again, I don't trust most people that shapeshift into the shadows. >>
BG) Until she'd joined, he'd never noticed her. Now he wonders why.
BH) The first kiss, she thought, seemed accidental. The second, third, and eighth kisses seemed less so.
BI) Oddly enough, the four-leaf-clover seemed to work.
BJ) Even after all he'd seen, the wind in her hair was the one thing he couldn't look away from.
BK) No, I am not pregnant, because- Um... wait.
BL) If our brothers weren't dating, I wouldn't even be talking to you!
BM) The ashtray should be emptied more often.
BN) Classic blanket fic.
BO) The college course that blew your mind- among other things.
BP) Excuse me... Your dog seems to be mounting mine.
BQ) Metaphorically speaking, we're already married, silly.
BR) He had the strangest habit.
BS) Keeping her identity as a witch secret just got very, very difficult.
BT) Listen... I own you.
BU) Living in the Sunlight, Loving by the Moonlight
BV) Reaching through the mirror.
BW) There was one wound she couldn't fix with cheap band-aids.
BX) The truth is, I live in a haunted house.
BY) Lift me up
BZ) There were daisies in her hair.
CA) They were alternative. To say the least.
CB) It's snowing.
CC) Complete and utter chaos.
CD) Euphonic Cacophanies
CE) Do you trust me?
CF) I heard a rumor...
CG) Batshit crazy? Me?
CH) Dude.
CI) Run that by me again...?
CJ) I keep thinking I'll remember.
CK) This is the movie theatre- this is the tub of popcorn.
CL) What would you do if I gently drugged you and you woke up next to me on a plane?
CM) Just how did you end up in my bed?
CN) This is my favorite cartoon. Ever.
CO) I'm sensing some disturbances in our force. No, really.
CP) You're pretty when you smile.
CQ) It's like living on the moon.
CR) I told you.
CS) Her eyes sparkled, her hair shone. God, she sucked.
CT) Did you know...
CU) Well, maybe I want to be upside-down...!
CV) Nya.
CW) Quick! Look over there!
CX) No, no, no. Yes.
CY) Fantastic. Now we can all wear fancy hats.
CZ) Run that by me again- this time without your tongue in my mouth.

 
     
 
Post 4. Entrants and Judging.
Code - Link to Judging Parametres - Entrants List

Submissions will be accepted through 31AUGUST. Barring disaster, judging will begin 01SEPTEMBER, and be complete by 10SEPTEMBER.

Note: If there are insufficient entries [defined by me], then all prizes are forfeit. Those who submitted will receive compensation for their efforts, in the form of an HM. I.e, a single letter.


Judging: Read

In summary, for those of you too lazy to click things, there are 100 points. These points are divided into five categories, variously: Genius (50), Character (20), Parsing (15), Judge (10), and Effect (5).

All entries will be placed in the new MMLiHC Blog.

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Entrants/Notations

01. Eternity Eclipse. The Shadow Shifter
02. The Paperback Writer. My Love
03. [jessii]. The Wicked Witch of Vancouver
04. Sailor_Chibi. Daisy in Snow

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Results
For detailed* results, see here.

Winner:
[May 2008 letter.]
Username: Sailor_Chibi [93]


Runners Up:
[1000gold each.]
Username: [jessii] [86]
Username: The Paperback Writer [70]
Username: Eternity Eclipse [63]

*Detailed results include total number of points earned per category, full list of chosen prompts, element numbers, etcetera.
     
Post 5. Link and Affiliate; Donations. Updates.

Well, actually, the likelihood of donations happening are slim, but we all like to dream, don't we? Anyone who does donate will be showered with praise and attentions. Naturally.

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The Make Me Like it Het Competition Blog

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Drabble Battle

(As of today, 21May, the DB is not open. But, I'm working on it this weekend at some point. So... uh... never fear.)

Want to affiliate? Banner plz.

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Updates

05Sep. COntest results posted, here, prizes sent out. Thanks for a great summer, everyone!
05Aug. Oh-my-gawd, two entries three months. That is terrbible! *laughs* Ah, well.
15Jul. Can you believe these new monthly collectibles? I'm a little disappointed.
18Jun. The first entry has come in, and the blog is up and running. An exciting time. ^_^
21May. So, I was horribly depressed upon realizing that I would not be able to participate in any contests, despite my triumphant return to forums. But it's all going to be okay, because college can't keep me from hosting a contest. Or three. And this being, technically, the second-annual MMliHC (sort of pronounced... m-m-holic), well that just makes me resolve to rise out of this depression all the stronger. Here we go!
 
     
 
Hello! Thread is open, welcome, welcome. Although the first post says the run-time is 25May through 31August, we'll call it good and think of the 21st through the 25th a special preview period... that everyone was allowed to.

*laughs* So, if I do this next year, I get to call it, 'the third annual.' How spiffy is that?

Summer tournaments are great, because the writers who aren't doing NaNo get really fired up. XD Of course, if someone wanted to use their NaNo for this, I wouldn't bat an eyelash.

Oh, yeah... and I wanted to do an inventory display of the letters... but they're not showing. I suppose short of printing out the receipt and photographing myself with them, I can't prove that I have them. But I assure you, they are there, and I threw twenty bucks at GaiaCash so I would be able to get the successive letters with ease.

I was thinking of doing a 'HMs might get an evolving item at equal or lesser value of letter of their choice' or something. Who knows. There's plenty.

Well, it's open. It's official. Whee~ sweatdrop
     
OoooOo, seem interesting. I may enter 3nodding
 
     
There's a place that I go that nobody knows where the rivers flow, and I call it home.
And there's no more lies and the dark meets the light, and nobody cries, there're only butterflies...
 
I'd love to see something. heart
     
Did you suffer at the end?
Would there be no-one to remember?


Love triangle/threesomes?
*cough*
Just curious.


Did you banish all the old ghosts
At the terms of your surrender?
 
     
Girl.

NaNo '08 Participant!

But while we wait...
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Oh, my gosh, Days, long time no see (and your avvie!); threesomes: I'd love to see it. Especially by you.

Mmmm. Complicated love stories.
     
Did you suffer at the end?
Would there be no-one to remember?


What about my avi?
*fluffs hair*
You should hear the song that goes with him (I like it, at least). On profile.

Yay threesomes!
Had to ask.
*shrug*


Did you banish all the old ghosts
At the terms of your surrender?
 
     
Girl.

NaNo '08 Participant!

But while we wait...
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Quick question cuz I do wnat to enter. Do we have to pick those sets? Because I'm working on the sequal of a one-shot of mine and it goes with some of the promts. But I already have my characters developed and stuff . . .
     
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I collect ink. Any ink. It's like my crack. Fuel my addiction and send me all unwanted ink. I'll love you like only a true crack head can. :]

People who have satisfied my addiction: 4
"~Silly Little Kitsune~"
Quick question cuz I do wnat to enter. Do we have to pick those sets? Because I'm working on the sequal of a one-shot of mine and it goes with some of the promts. But I already have my characters developed and stuff . . .


Aaa, yes, unfortunately the character sets are part of the entries. You could always... cheat. And put their names in the blank spots. (That's what I'd do... *bad person*) XD

Even if you decide not to enter, thanks for your interest. heart
 
     
 
" .days. "

What about my avi?
*fluffs hair*
You should hear the song that goes with him (I like it, at least). On profile.

Yay threesomes!
Had to ask.
*shrug*


I was reading when I went to check the song, and ended up listening to it four or five times. sweatdrop It's pretty. ^^

Hey- threesomes=50percent more lovin'.

(I don't think that math is correct. *not a head for numbers*)

heart
     
"Ivydoll"
"~Silly Little Kitsune~"
Quick question cuz I do wnat to enter. Do we have to pick those sets? Because I'm working on the sequal of a one-shot of mine and it goes with some of the promts. But I already have my characters developed and stuff . . .


Aaa, yes, unfortunately the character sets are part of the entries. You could always... cheat. And put their names in the blank spots. (That's what I'd do... *bad person*) XD

Even if you decide not to enter, thanks for your interest. heart

Hm . . . the personalities don't match . . . and I'm really no good at using other peoples characters. Sorry, but good luck with this contest!
 
     
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I collect ink. Any ink. It's like my crack. Fuel my addiction and send me all unwanted ink. I'll love you like only a true crack head can. :]

People who have satisfied my addiction: 4
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