Hello and welcome to the next exciting episode of StoryWrite Presents.
Don't touch that remote control. We have control of your monitor. You have been abducted by strange alien beings who demand that you write stories if you ever want ice cream again.
-insert strange music here-
As you who have been following our contest series know, you have the potential to reap great rewards for great writes. The gold and silver winners will be awarded a 3 month Gold or Silver StoryWrite membership.
This time, we want your best Science Fiction/Science Fluff writes. You can write them fresh or you can enter a prewrite. We do not give preferential treatment to either because we not only look for originality, but polish.
Some of you may be asking, "What the heck is Science Fluff?"
Technically, it is still Science Fiction. It just leaves a person able to write without necessarily having to prove that every facet of their story is doable or even possible in the wildest of imaginations.
Now, do not confuse Sci-fi/fluff with horror or even fantasy. While it can be both horrifying and fantasy based, they are not the same genre. For instance, Dracula is both horror and fantasy, but it is not sci-fi. Frankenstein, on the other hand could be considered sci-fi. Freddy Kruger, not sci-fi. Jurassic Park, sci-fi. Harry Potter, not sci-fi.
Whether or not your write qualifies in the Sci-fi/Fluff genre will be entirely at the discretion of each individual judge who will in turn give me a vote on their top 4 favorites. We will not dq you for having a different idea of the genre, but we will judge each story based on our own preferences an attitudes toward the genre. That is why we will have a varied and diverse bunch of judges who don't necessarily all think exactly alike.
So, get out your space ships, laboratories, futuristic calamity laden lands and time machines and get to writing.--or editing your prewrite.
THE RULES--set in stone
1. Only 1 entry per author.
2. No photos or graphics. No blinky backgrounds. Stick with light backgrounds like white, beige, or pastel colors and dark font so that most people can read them without going blind. The default background and font is fine.
Please do NOT use black on red or red on black, it hurts my eyes
3. STORIES ONLY.
4. Minimum word count 500 according to the site word counter. NO MAXIMUM WORD LIMIT.
5. Abide by all site policies. Here is a link to them for easy reference.
http://storywrite.com/home/guide/rules
6. NO FAN FICTION--that was another contest.
7. Your entry must NOT have been entered into previous SW Presents contests.
8. Complete stories only. Even if it is a chapter in a series you are working on, it should read like a complete story without the benefit of the rest of the book.
The Suggestions--Written in Sand, But Still Important
1. Use spell check.
2. Use paragraph breaks.
3. Limit phonetic spelling to dialog or to express dialect and only use acronyms and sticky caps if they actually have something to do with your story.
4. Proof read your work.
5. If you enter a prewrite make sure it is your best work, edited and it is indeed sci-fi/sci-fluff of some sort. Edit your author's notes, background, etc to be in compliance with the rules if need be.
6. Check back often for suggestions from the judges in case you missed a rule.
7. Read your fellow contestants, they will probably return the favor.
8. The word count of all entries will be determined by the word counter here on the site. Be sure you check to see how many words the site shows your write to be regardless of what your word processor told you. The site counter and various word processing counters do not always jive so use the site counter to avoid DQ situations.
In most cases, this means that your word processor will show a higher word count than the site counter does by about 100-150 words. In order to ensure that your write meets the 500 minimum get a count of 650 in your word processor, then double check it after posting to make sure you got the word count right.
To keep the contest fair and consistent, we will be judging word count by the site counter only.
9. READ ALL THE RULES.
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Prizes are as follows
1st place--Gold Trophy, 100 points and a 3 month gold membership
2nd place--Silver Trophy, 100 points and a 3 month silver membership
3rd place--Bronze Trophy and 500 points.
1 Honorable mention will be awarded.
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There will be a panel of judges. I will be listing them here so check back soon for the edit. I wanted to get the contest up and running so that everyone could get to work writing.
Violet Moodswing
-Syren-
Asfand
LostShadow
Barbara
ScandalousBeauty
Danna Hobart
We will judge based on
1. Originality.
2. Entertainment value.
3. Clarity of story.
4. Polish, IE minimal typos, good paragraph breaks, etc. Obviously, if your story looks like a rough draft, it won't get as high of a mark from the judges.
5. Adherence to contest rules.
The contest will be open until August 7th
Best of luck to all of you and happy writing
Don't touch that remote control. We have control of your monitor. You have been abducted by strange alien beings who demand that you write stories if you ever want ice cream again.
-insert strange music here-
As you who have been following our contest series know, you have the potential to reap great rewards for great writes. The gold and silver winners will be awarded a 3 month Gold or Silver StoryWrite membership.
This time, we want your best Science Fiction/Science Fluff writes. You can write them fresh or you can enter a prewrite. We do not give preferential treatment to either because we not only look for originality, but polish.
Some of you may be asking, "What the heck is Science Fluff?"
Technically, it is still Science Fiction. It just leaves a person able to write without necessarily having to prove that every facet of their story is doable or even possible in the wildest of imaginations.
Now, do not confuse Sci-fi/fluff with horror or even fantasy. While it can be both horrifying and fantasy based, they are not the same genre. For instance, Dracula is both horror and fantasy, but it is not sci-fi. Frankenstein, on the other hand could be considered sci-fi. Freddy Kruger, not sci-fi. Jurassic Park, sci-fi. Harry Potter, not sci-fi.
Whether or not your write qualifies in the Sci-fi/Fluff genre will be entirely at the discretion of each individual judge who will in turn give me a vote on their top 4 favorites. We will not dq you for having a different idea of the genre, but we will judge each story based on our own preferences an attitudes toward the genre. That is why we will have a varied and diverse bunch of judges who don't necessarily all think exactly alike.
So, get out your space ships, laboratories, futuristic calamity laden lands and time machines and get to writing.--or editing your prewrite.
THE RULES--set in stone
1. Only 1 entry per author.
2. No photos or graphics. No blinky backgrounds. Stick with light backgrounds like white, beige, or pastel colors and dark font so that most people can read them without going blind. The default background and font is fine.
Please do NOT use black on red or red on black, it hurts my eyes
3. STORIES ONLY.
4. Minimum word count 500 according to the site word counter. NO MAXIMUM WORD LIMIT.
5. Abide by all site policies. Here is a link to them for easy reference.
http://storywrite.com/home/guide/rules
6. NO FAN FICTION--that was another contest.
7. Your entry must NOT have been entered into previous SW Presents contests.
8. Complete stories only. Even if it is a chapter in a series you are working on, it should read like a complete story without the benefit of the rest of the book.
The Suggestions--Written in Sand, But Still Important
1. Use spell check.
2. Use paragraph breaks.
3. Limit phonetic spelling to dialog or to express dialect and only use acronyms and sticky caps if they actually have something to do with your story.
4. Proof read your work.
5. If you enter a prewrite make sure it is your best work, edited and it is indeed sci-fi/sci-fluff of some sort. Edit your author's notes, background, etc to be in compliance with the rules if need be.
6. Check back often for suggestions from the judges in case you missed a rule.
7. Read your fellow contestants, they will probably return the favor.
8. The word count of all entries will be determined by the word counter here on the site. Be sure you check to see how many words the site shows your write to be regardless of what your word processor told you. The site counter and various word processing counters do not always jive so use the site counter to avoid DQ situations.
In most cases, this means that your word processor will show a higher word count than the site counter does by about 100-150 words. In order to ensure that your write meets the 500 minimum get a count of 650 in your word processor, then double check it after posting to make sure you got the word count right.
To keep the contest fair and consistent, we will be judging word count by the site counter only.
9. READ ALL THE RULES.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Prizes are as follows
1st place--Gold Trophy, 100 points and a 3 month gold membership
2nd place--Silver Trophy, 100 points and a 3 month silver membership
3rd place--Bronze Trophy and 500 points.
1 Honorable mention will be awarded.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There will be a panel of judges. I will be listing them here so check back soon for the edit. I wanted to get the contest up and running so that everyone could get to work writing.
Violet Moodswing
-Syren-
Asfand
LostShadow
Barbara
ScandalousBeauty
Danna Hobart
We will judge based on
1. Originality.
2. Entertainment value.
3. Clarity of story.
4. Polish, IE minimal typos, good paragraph breaks, etc. Obviously, if your story looks like a rough draft, it won't get as high of a mark from the judges.
5. Adherence to contest rules.
The contest will be open until August 7th
Best of luck to all of you and happy writing
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on August 25, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 100, Silver: 100, Bronze: 500, Honorable mention: 1 people
- Final notes: Thanks to all the contestants for many enjoyable hours of reading. Congratulations to the top winners.
Stay tuned for our next SW Presents contest coming soon
Contest Winners
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by AngaLVJR12325 1400 words, 8 comments, on Jul 30 11:32 AM 2007. In Science fiction
Silver trophy winner
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The first successful cloned mammal had been a sheep, and after that advancement, humans weren’t far off.by DarkSunRises 1300 words, 12 comments, on Jul 21 4:34 PM 2007. In Cloning, Sci-fi, Socitey
Bronze trophy winner
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by Jinxgirl 17600 words, 7 comments, on Jun 13 10:18 AM 2007. In Science fiction, Young adult
Honorable mention
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On July 7th, 1947, a UFO crashed in Roswell, NM. Now, 60 years later, I am out to uncover its secrets, or discover my own...by Papyrus 1800 words, 10 comments, on Jul 22 10:08 PM 2007. In Humor, Journalism, Other, Science nonfiction• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by ShaeDreamer 1900 words, 7 comments, on Feb 26 7:49 PM 2007. In Fantasy, Fiction, Science fiction, Young adult• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Like most people in the world, you have fear. You have horror and you have pain. But for Daniel and Marcus Rain, their life is full of moreby Miss Hanako Cullen 2000 words, 8 comments, on Jul 22 8:26 PM 2007. In Adventure, Science fiction, Weird• Commented on by judge.
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by Oblivion Kitty God 5700 words, 21 comments, on Jul 10 10:47 PM 2006. In Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi, Series, Young adult• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Alisandra woke to an unnerving shriek that echoed through the sultry night air. She threw the light sheets off her bed and raced to her st• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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The rapture happened long ago now peace is upon the new world of Eden, a small providence between Heaven and Hell. It turns out that to avoby Night-Rink 3200 words, 6 comments, on Jul 27 2:16 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I eyed the thing on the table suspiciously. / "Care to run me through that one more time, Professor Thornton?" / The Professor smiled beatifically, and gestured at the curious helmet-like device sitting on the dby necronomijon 2400 words, 9 comments, on May 30 3:49 PM 2007. In Dark, Fiction, First person, Weird• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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A story I worked on for two years. Original, and very unique.
But, nobody wants to read it, because it's long...
by SaitoKojima 10500 words, 50 comments, on Sep 23 7:56 AM 2007. In Dark, Depression, Fiction, First person, Romance• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
This 1800-word story follows the journey of a monster to revive his fallen Master.by hey incendiary 1500 words, 8 comments, on Aug 1 7:43 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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The second part plus this part is up on my page.by EnemyOfAll 1200 words, 17 comments, on Jul 27 1:19 PM 2007. In Action, Combat, Dark, Drama, Fiction, Other, Sci fi, Unfinished, War• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Judy lifted her weary head up out of the water and looked around. She was laying face down on a beach with the water ebbing back and forthby pookah1111 2000 words, 11 comments, on Aug 3 3:00 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I was never meant to be here. I should be curled under a covering of space dust in seasonless bliss.by Wildbluesun 600 words, 8 comments, on Aug 6 5:03 PM 2007. In Gaze, Hate, Lonely, Planet, Sci-fi, Science fiction, Solitude• Commented on by judge.
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by roars-in-public 3000 words, 23 comments, on May 11 11:04 PM 2007. In Fantasy, Fiction, Other, Science fiction, Strange• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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woooohooo!!! looking forward to the writes!
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I will be back to finish edits. The storm is moving in and I better unplug everything. Lots of lightning. And yay rain.
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Woot
thanks for the guidelines 
judges, too, shall need it 
for my fellow judgerooos!!!
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AHHHHH!!! lolz....violet, my name is aSFand not aFSand!!! i was wondering why, the entry doesnt have 'commented on by judge' you wrote the spellings wrong in the collaboration........
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LoL, oops. Backwards fingers. I will fix it.
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Ah! I can't wait to get started! Yes, I still haven't started my entry, but Harry Potter's been blocking my schedule. I love the SW Presents contests; they always make me feel creative and come up with some pretty good stories! I believe it's always good to get away from your genre and explore the possibilities. Good luck in the contest, everyone!
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Whoot! I agree with that one. The one on short stories had my mind running in circles for a while, thank God I learned though.
And good luck to you as well.
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OMG! such long stories.....i'll die just reading them!!!
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LoL, no dying allowed Isn't that in the rules
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hey, you also put a period between lostshadow and Barbara's name...so according to the page they're one person!!!
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eek, I must have been having an odd day when I posted. Thanks for the heads up
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Have you seen some of the words counts on this? OMG I'm not going to be able to get through some of these in one sitting. I'm going to have to do it in two or three or four or five or
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LoL
-passes -Syren- the "get the red out" eyewash
I have a feeling we are going to need more
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ttly this is gonna be a hell judging!!
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But lots and lots of fun reading
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I confess, I don't know how to write a short story that's actually short.
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LoL, I always wonderred why they called them short stories anyway. In school when we studied "short stories" they were never short.
Yay for no word limits, no?
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Sounds like an awesome contest.
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Hurrah!
I love these contests! You judges always give such excellent feedback!
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Next time, nothing more then 500 PLZ!! *massages almost broken back* I'm turning into a hunchback by sitting on the computer so long....besides my table is shorter then the hciar so i have to droop......ouch....
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5000 srry....
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Hey, is the deadline today or the 7th? The custom written stuff says the 7th, but the other thingy says it's closing today. Just wondering.
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ahh! I just finished my story! darn it. oh, well, maybe i'll finish the next one in time.
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i only missed it by one and a half hours... but the counter said I had three hours!
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It's been a crazy week for me... I promise to have all read and commented on by Sunday... evening... I hope
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Many thanks to all!
I woke up this morning and found (much to my surprise) that I had won this contest.
I was shocked, to say the least, as I had not expected anything more than an honorable mention, and I suppose this is the nod to get this one published, which I will do.
Again, many thanks, and this award was much appreciated.
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