The Literary Oscars
The Literary Oscars is a group that holds annual Awards at Storywrite.com in order to recognize the authors amongst us that have done outstandingly well and made a considerable contribution to the collection of literature at Storywrite.com. If you wish to now more about the Oscars, please go to our group page. Join the group!
Group Contest
This is our first ever Literary Oscars group contest! Only members of the group will be allowed to participate. For this contest, we give you a lose reign. We have for you here, a bunch of options, you can write on anyone.
Option I: Fantasy
- Create a story in your own self-created world with your own race.
- Create a story about one of these mythical creatures: dryads, scylla, satyr, seraphim, banshee or naga.
- Create a story about a multi-race war.
Option II: Crime/Thriller
- A murder story in which the murder's victims are: chickens, ducks, cats and dogs.
- A murder for the strangest, weirdest motive.
- A very creative robbery.
Option III: Science Fiction
- Humans have invaded an alien planet. Write from POV of aliens.
- Earth is on the brink of destruction - you and your team are finding a new planet for habitat.
- Humans have created a virus that evolves from one form to another in seconds. What will happen when the rate of evolution keeps accelerating?
Option IV: Romance
- Write about a couple torn apart by a destructive war.
- Write about an inter-racial couple and the troubles they face.
- A love story set in the stone age.
Option V: Drama
- Write about two siblings. One of them is one drugs.
- A thirteen-year-old who discovers she is pregnant.
- A war story about: Kashmir conflict of Pakistan and India.
Option VI: Horror
- Teenagers on Spring Break rent an old, grimy looking house where something is simply wrong.
- A lone person watches a horror movie. In the night, the characters come to life.
- An old apartment building. No one lives there except you, but at night, things begin walking. And talking.
Rules
- Adhere to site policy.
- You must be a member of Literary Oscars to join.
- Erotica and adult-markes entries prohibited.
- GBLT is accepted, but if a judge is offended by this, he/she reserves the right not to comment or review your work.
- Word Count: 500 minimum - 2500 maximum. Absolutely nothing over.
- No pre-writes.
- No reservations.
- Grammar, punctuation, spelling mistakes will cost you marks. Please edit carefully before posting your story.
- Judges decision will be final.
Rewards
Gold: 800 points [plus a nominations for spotlight]
Silver: 450 points [plus nominations for spotlight]
Bronze: 250 points [plus nominations for spotlight]
HM: 3
GOOD LUCK!
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on July 26
- Rewards: Gold: 800, Silver: 450, Bronze: 250, Honorable mention: 3 people
- Final notes: Hello entrants! On behalf of all the judges, I thank you for your hardwork and your brilliant entries! The judges viewed them all and passed the verdict, choosing their top favorites! All in all - it was neck to neck!
Winners were chosen for creativity, originality and over all good story-telling!
Thank you veyr much for entering into the 'All Members Oscar Contest'
GOLD: Touching Bottom
SILVER: Trakkar
BRONZE: The House
HM: The day they came
HM: Seraphim Comet
All entries were spectacular! Congrats to the winners!
Contest Winners
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by Rune Morose 1800 words, 4 comments, on Jul 13 11:25 AM. In Cromagnon, Dark, Fiction, Neanderthal, Other, Prehistoric, Stone age, War
Silver trophy winner
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But how could Jack ever defeat the Giant?
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by Everpurple 500 words, 1 comment, on Jul 8 12:42 PM. In Fantasy, Inspirational, Life
Honorable mention
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Gold trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
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May not be suitable for children under eleven years oldby Dual.Of.Fireflies 1400 words, 13 comments, on Jul 3 8:24 AM. In Dark, Death, Drama, First person, Horror, Romance, Teen• Viewed by judge. -
"Hey, Bill! What's up?" I asked the store cashier.1
by Raining.Fire 800 words, 6 comments, on Jul 7 5:47 PM. In Contest, Fiction, First person, Life, Love, Romance, Short story• Viewed by judge.
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Cool, I'll try to get something in for this. Man there are a lot of judges.
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Nice contest indeed, and many good options that might be able to break my writers block
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I had to brainstorm for half an hour!
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YES! I broke my WRITER'S BLOCK!
Thank you SO much! I think mine is VERY good! I used Science fiction, bullet 3 it it was too confusing in the AN.
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Hi Asfand!
If I find time to write, I may try to enter this contest.
I noticed a small typo:
[If you wish to now more about the Oscars,]
Much success with the contest.
Andy
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aw man. I only do prewrites because I can not write short stories and so whats the use of me starting another novel when I already have one going. But great contest. Gook luck.
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I'll have a think about this. I want to join, but I'm not sure if I have time to write a new story...
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Umm id like to join but im going on a cruise to europe... Would it be possible for me to post it when i get back
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That depends on when you're coming back!
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Am I allowed to choose an option and write a humorous story?
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Sure!
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Man, these low word limits kill me...I'll try to come up with something anyway.
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Sorry, though I like long stories most of the judges won't!
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I'm thinking this is a symptom of the times... watch a TV sitcom and every problem is solved in half an hour, that sort of thing. A short story could be anywhere from ten to a hundred pages, but time and again on StoryWrite I see younger members cutting off their attention spans at such low limits.
Of course, there are a lot of judges and if they're all really, really busy, then everything I've just said is irrelevant. I like a couple of the options here anyway, so like I said I'll see if I can put the fat guy in a little coat. -
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I'm partially to blame too! I've gotten a liking to write 4000+ word stories lately. I might have made up plots that require such a length to fully justify themselves too!
--Asfand
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Naga as in...is it the snake legend?
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Yes. You can google it. Try researching for more detail.
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can romance be in it no matter which one you pick?
and if I do a story about a seraphim can it have a vampire in it as well? I have a story like that but I have another story about them on its way. And its that otehr one I'm think about -
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Yes. You can incorporate mutliple themes as long as the MAIN THEME is the one you picked. Meaning - it's a fantasy STORY but with mutliple layers of horror/romance etc. That is certainly allowed and even appreciated!
If you write about a seraphim you add any other characters you want as long as the SERAPHIM is CENTRAL to the plot!
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Got it! thanks...I shall try to work ona story today and see what I can do!
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whats GBLT?
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Gay/bi/les/transexual [I certainly think it is ... or that IS how I meant it to be!]
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i would enter, but i'm erotic)
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What is GBLT?
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Gay/bi/les/transexual [I certainly think it is ... or that IS how I meant it to be!]
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Thanks so much for the trophy and points!
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