This marks my 60th Contest on this site.
This contest is all about cracking your shell, exposing yourself, breaking your writer's block, oiling up your rusted hinges and writing me - a breathtaking piece of literature.
Your task is to give me a story incorporating one of these 30 plotlines.
Fantasy
- Write about a dragon civilization explaining their culture, lifestyle and traditions.
- A heavenly star has fallen, expected to contain a treasure of magical power. Write about a quest to get to the star before anyone else.
- A ship has capsized. Aboard it was a sorceress captured by a kingdom, who is now on the loose. Write about a bounty hunter chasing the sorceress.
- Write about a boy/girl introduced to a civilization of daemons.
- Vampires have been 'outed'. Most are merely weak and frail. Write a discrimination story about vampires.
Horror
- A little girl gets a doll on her birthday. At night, it seems to have to life.
- After the President accidently offends a Wiccan group, the White House ic cursed. At night, the previous President's begin appearing.
- A woman goes on a blind date that seems to go perfectly. Except something is wrong with her date. He's not human.
- A man is haunted by a dead lover when he refuses to pay respects at her grave.
- When a Mother becomes demented, she tried to give her only son a blood bath - literally.
Science Fiction
- Aliens and humans have been living together for over two centuries. Peacefully. Draw a plot involving the two races together.
- After a successful mission onto Jupiter, it is finally made fit for human inhabitation. Write about a couple that takes an bold step and buys a house there - not knowing the planet has various secrets of its own.
- After a Solar Flare devastates the Earth, all of life is destroyed. Write about an astronaut and a few people that escaped on a space shuttle.
- When Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon. He got infected with a small virus. After it was succesfully transmitted to Earth, it evolved.
- Write from the POV of a mutant mother who steals human babies to cater them as her own.
Humor
- A parody about politics.
- A hilarious fan-fiction about Twilight imitating Meyer's style.
- Write a piece about 'modern art' and its indecipherability.
- Write a humorous piece about the absurditiy of romance.
- Write a hilarious piece involving: tissues, an old aunt, a cigar, a flamboyantly gay nephew and and a perverted cat.
Romance/Drama
- A story about lovers torn apart by one of these wars: Iraq war, Vietnam War, Kashmir-conflict, Palestinian Conflict.
- Write a story about love of any kind - except that between two animals or humans. It could be a love of words, etc.
- A romantic story between two animals - not from the same species.
- A story of two homosexuals and the discrimination they face.
- A romance about an interracial couple set before the African-American people were freed from slavery.
Crime/Mystery
- A serial killer with very inventive methods of killing.
- The Govt has made an inventive killing machine - only it turns on them.
- A teenager tries to save her friend from an old pervert on the internet - only the pervert turns out to BE the Internet.
- A woman finds a bag outside her door. Opening it, she finds more than 200 fingers. Who sent them? To what purpose?
- A school teachers uncovers a set of clues after her student is killed. As the clues progress, she realizes that all of her class is in danger - including herself.
Rules
- Adhere to site policy.
- Please respect my decisions and my rules.
- Erotica is allowed.
- Gore is allowed, but only if subtly done.
- GBLT is allowed.
- I do not ask you to write anything in your AN, because personally, I despise that, so do what little I do ask you.
- No fanfiction, except for [Humor - bullet 2]
- No chapters.
- No suicides/cuttings/melodramatic/emo stories.
- No abuse of paedophiliac stories.
- Avoid common themes and cliche phrases.
- I want good dialogue, characterization and descriptions.
- I am no grammar or spelling nazi, but it should be average.
Gold: 300 points + Spotlight Nomination
Silver: 100 points + Spotlight Nominations
Bronze: 75 points + Spotlight Nominations
HM
Good luck!
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on August 25
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 100, Bronze: 75, Honorable mention: 5 people
- Final notes: This contest turned out some exceptional stories that I truly enjoyed reviewing and critiquing.
After much thought, and a lot of comtemplation I finally decided on the winners.
Gold goes to tshryu's journal-style story about an Indian homosexual couple - a bold story shedding much needed illumination inside the region. This piece has great potential to become a masterpiece!
Silver goes to Andy Stephenson's story about a lesbian couple and the controversial stand of a preacher when he decides to marry them. It was easily the most well-written piece of all, and overall, a wonderful work of quality.
Bronze goes to Dragon chronicler's short piece that provides an extensive and richly detailed look into a dragon culture/history and origins.
HM's go to Angela Christine's touching piece on the destruction caused by war, therenaissancegirl's story about child abuse and sexuality, Duality's horror story, Bethann93's wonderful fantastical piece and Sickopath's short humorous piece.
I would also like to mention Solar Flare (Chapter 1) amongst the mentions, who had a wonderful beginning, although I had specifically asked for no chapters ...
Overall, an enjoyable contest everyone! Conrgats and good lcuk in the future!
Contest Winners
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by Andy Stephenson 2000 words, 36 comments, on May 7 5:01 PM 2007. In Fiction, First person, Inspirational, Love, Spiritual, Young adult
Silver trophy winner
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Something of a preview of my upcoming bookby draconic chronicler 1300 words, 3 comments, on Jul 19 11:50 AM. In Dragons, Historical, Religion
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I walk through the pouring rain, water flowing down my cheeks. No, it isn't the rain. Those are my tears, silently falling one after anotheby Angela Christine 1200 words, 14 comments, on Jul 16 10:01 AM. In Death, Depression, Life, Loss, Other, Pain, World war ii
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I am bruised—possibly broken—and shaken down to my core, because I never knew that my father possessed that much rage...by therenaissancegirl 600 words, 42 comments, on Jul 2 7:13 PM. In Contest, Family, First person, Love, Pain, Romance Honorable mention
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Gold trophy winner
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Beautiful contest.
I will be entering.
I think I have an idea.
Is it okay to mix genre's and bullet points?
Just curious. I should have an entry within a few days.
AGAIN.Brilliance
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Thanks Blair! I thought it fitting to brainstorm and put up something good for a sweet 60th!
Yep, it's perfectly fine to genres and bullet points!
Great! Looking forward for your entry!
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I can't wait to write something for this!
But because I want to follow the rules, I'm not gonna write a word until I figure out what AN and GBLT are Could you please explain them to me?
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GBLT - I am pretty sure either I use this term wrongly or something. Gay/bi/les/trans [it was meant to mean this anyway!] - I thought it was pretty common but everyone asks about this!
AN are the Author's Notes on the bottom of your story!
Great! Can't wait to read your entry!
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Thanks for clearing that up
Also -- how many books have you read in the Twilight series? (I was thinking of doing the Twilight fan-fiction, but the jokes and stuff would only make sense if you've read them all) -
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Only the first two, I think. Twilight and NewMoon? *hours of my life wasted* Anyway, try to bash Twilight, if possible. I would find that enjoyable!
PS. No offence, if you like it!
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Noooooooo, I does not enjoy Twilight in the least.
I would bash it, but most of my besty jokes are from the last and, in my opinion, worst book of the saga. So I will find something else
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Phew! Thank goodness! The last thing I wanted was a two-on-two with a Twilighter!
Okay, cool!
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I see SO many opportunities for erotica in this contest that I think I might be a pervert ><'
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Hey elffy! Long time, no see!
Really?
Haha! Now I think I must be one!
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Not unless all of the opportunities came from the horror/mystery/thriller/scifi genres?
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i think i'll enter this x
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ugh...um, srry if theres stuff in my AN. its there b/c i need it there 2 b in other contests, and 1 of the contest makers want me 2 write that she sucks. lol. if u want 2 DQ it, thats fine. but i hope u dont. thx!
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No prob! I only meant that I don't ask people to put things in their AN so they should at least follow the other simple rules!
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I have a great idea, so I shall enter with pride
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I must say that the Wiccan/President idea is funny.. but would be strictly fiction. It is against our beliefs to "curse" or seek revenge through the use of magick because we believe strongly in karma
Anyways, I've most certainly bookmarked this. Looks like a wonderful contest
And maybe it'll get me out of my rut
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Really? Oh, interesing ...I've always had a very HUGE curiosity in Wicca...but what if the person casting the curse was deeply offended and saw is as um, justice!
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Well, don't get me wrong, we have our 'bad seeds' as well with some people thinking they can get away with it.. or just not caring for the belief system most of us share. Someone can be dark enough to cast a curse.. but it wouldn't be viewed as justice amongst most others because of karma.
It is still a good idea, though, for a story. I may even run with it if nothing else strikes a chord with me. I just wanted to make it clear that MOST of us aren't evil and wouldn't ever do anything like that
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Hope this qualifies, my story.
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I'm totally entering this
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"Gore is allowed, but only if subtly done"
Oxymoron?
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Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou So Much!!! I Won Gold!!! I cant believe it!! And I loved what you wrote in your final comments...! Seriously, Asfand, Shukriya, with all my heart!
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No problem, I had a really tough time determining the winners but overall, I loved how your piece had authentic emotion in it!
BY THE WAY, thanks for reminding me about the nominations. I'll nominate your's and the other silver and bronze winner's stories for the SPOTLIGHT on the homepage of the story.
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Btw, wht does spotlight nomination mean, exactly?
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Hi Asfand!
Thanks so very much for silver trophy and all the points. I appreciate them. I'm extremely pleased that you like 'Dan and Dana's Dilemma'.
This is a part of my Dr. Wiley Harwell series. He handles three distinctly different problems in three other stories. The links are beneath the story or at the list on my page.
Thanks for hosting.
Andy
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