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DesertRoseFallen
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:06 am


Well we will start it off easily with a...

Short Story

Prompts:
Drown your sorrows
A heart that wouldn’t quit
A cradle of beliefs

Words:
Countervail – to act against with equal force, power, or effect; to counteract
Onus – A burden, obligation, a disagreeable necessity
Cogitate – to think very deeply, ponder, meditate
Pulchritude – beauty
Mores – custom, habits, ways


Rules

- Submission can only be up to 1,500 words, over will be penalised.
- You can enter more than one piece.
- Do not post anything offensive or anything over the PG-13 standard.
- Respect each other’s work.
- Chose only one of the three prompts per submission
- Standard charge of 100g per entry (trade it to the PostProgressMule and I will put your name up as an Official entry)
- Judges cannot submit


The Competition shall be running for a month (until February 28th) and will then be judges by the judges in the following post. More information on how it will be judged will be stated below.

Good Luck!
PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:10 am


Judges

1 - DesertRoseFallen
2 - Rayne Skyver
3 - Still Pending

How it is judged:

Each piece of fiction will be marked out of 35.
- Punctuation/Grammar (out of 10)
- Spelling (out of 10)
- Words from list used (out of 5)
- Overall creative ability, flow and follow of the prompt (out of 10)

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:12 am


Submission Set Out

Name:
Word Count:
Words Used:
Prompt:
Fiction:


Members with submissions:

Name: Psychotic Maniacal Sanity
Fee Paid: Yes

Name: 11Linda
Fee Paid: Yes

Name:
Fee Paid:

Name:
Fee Paid:
PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:25 am


This sounds really awesome. I have a kind of inspired bit of an idea floating around in my brain; if I can find time to write it amongst the battling with my novel and my university work, I'll definitely give it a go. 3nodding

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 1:03 am


Sounds like fun, though I do have some questions:

How many of the words do we have to use in each piece? Is there a limit?

Are there prizes? If so, what?

That's all at the moment, thanks for holding this contest and for your time!
PostPosted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 2:46 am


The rules state 1,500 per piece, over will be penalised and prizes are yet to be decided.

Edit: Any ideas on what you would like as prizes?


The prize should be the accumulative fees of entries. So if five people enter, 500g. If ten people enter, 1,000g, etc.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:53 pm


Oh, I meant the ones like countervailed and onus. Sorry, I should have specified.

Not quite sure about the prizes.
PostPosted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 2:36 pm


i will enter biggrin heart

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:20 pm


I'll give it a go o-o I can't say that anyone'll know what I'm on about though seeing as I'm a Transformers writer.
PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:27 am


Okay Prizes...

10,000 for the Winner
5,000 for the Runner Up

Not a lot to start with but we have only just set up. So come on people, I want to see your entries!

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 10:30 am


HM I'm not good at short stories... Everything I writing is far over that even if I don't want it to be. Though I have to do a life story so that might be under... HM maybe I'll enter it...
PostPosted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:32 pm


I'm about halfway done, I'll send a trade when I post. ^_^

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 5:12 am


I will be awaiting Stars!

New status on finishing date of competition has been extended to 28th February for lack of entries so far!
PostPosted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 6:47 am


Sorry Desert! I'm super busy right now, but I will try my best to get something in! =3

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