Calling all Scifi people out there!

Hello folks, and welome to my contest.

I am, as anyone who has read my stories, apart from being a romantic fool,also a scifi nerd.
I love the stars, space, space battles, whatever involving spacecraft and tech that's literally out of this world.

Now I actually haven't read much scifi here, so I thought I'd see what Storywrite's best have to offer.

Rules - Hate 'em, but we need 'em -

- No screwy grammar, no typos (okay a few accidents are acceptable, bu that's all)

- nO TyPinG lIKE tHUS

- Good stories, please

- And feel free to let your imagination run rampant. I love a good yarn just as much as the next guy.


So enough of my balabbber.

Get on with it!

Cheers,
Randy.

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on March 10, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 100
  • Final notes:
    This contest did not let me down. I saw plenty of good stories that have the potential to explode onto the scene, just need a bit more work. To the winners, I liked your stories because they gave me what I look for in every story I read, a bot of humor, a bit of suspense, a good storyline, and most of all, originality.
    Congrats to all concerned, and KEEP WRITING!

    Randy

Contest Winners

  1. Sagittarius Ep. 1: The Arrow
    by Vagabond 21000 words, 1 comment, on Sep 1 4:01 PM 2006. In Science fiction
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  2. Found In Space
    Captain's log: Star date, 16th of the 3rd, 4037.1 / We'd been orbiting around the star 71,467 of the Nerdy Sector for two weeks, awaiting
    by DoozerDan 1100 words, 84 comments, on Jan 14 5:35 PM 2008. In First person, Humor, Parody, Sci-fi
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  3. Mars Magic
    by checkmate- <100 words, 4 comments, on Mar 3 2:40 PM 2008
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  4. Virtualy Deleted
    VIRTUALY DELETED.1 / “Am I dead?”2 / “In a manner of speaking, yes you are.”3 / “Err…Are you God?”4 / “I
    by Maninblack 900 words, 7 comments, on Jan 18 9:49 AM 2008. In Science fiction
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

Entries [10]

1 - 10 of 10
  • Personal Telephone Refresh
    Speculative fiction - what if there was a technology that made it possible to...
    by slashinguk 1100 words, 17 comments, on Nov 21 4:37 PM 2007
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • Universal Order (Age One/Genesis One)
    Above the city of New Metronome, the fleet, known as "The Ships of Godsend" prepare to hyperspace off into the unknown distance of space. G
    by Azzy Bear 2600 words, 8 comments, on Nov 7 12:33 AM 2007. In Fantasy, Sci-fi
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • The Weirdest Birthday Ever
    Meeha walked down the stairs with her long brown hair falling behind her. It was around 7:00 pm. 1 / "Happy Birthday, Meeha" Her mother shouted. Meeha rolled her eyes and said "thanks" in a very
    by Princess Peaches 1000 words, 3 comments, on Feb 27 8:06 AM 2008
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • First Blood
    ‘Damn but I hate sand!’ John Hansen cursed as he sank ankle-deep into the soft sand. This had been happening all day. He had sunk, forced himself free, to sink again.1 / Not even his armour’s env
    by Mreynolds058 2000 words, 1 comment, on Mar 3 2:12 PM 2008. In Death, Infantry, Science fiction, Unfinished, War
    • Commented on by judge.
  • Rescue Abbott!
    Pinpricks. That is what the stars looked like this far out in space. Little pinpricks in the fabric of reality. Fleet Admiral Mason looks out of the front view port of his command battle cruiser the CSS Moses.
    by Marvin 4800 words, 1 comment, on Mar 4 7:46 PM 2008
    • Commented on by judge.

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Comments

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  • dreamshell
    February 27, 2008
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    Science fiction's a pretty broad genre. I'm guessing, though, that you want something more along the lines of, say, a Battlestar Galactica or Starship Troopers story? Then there's the Star Wars-y angle...

    --dreamshell--


  • Oddities
    February 28, 2008
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    i would stick all three of those under the "space opera" heading.

    most of the classical scifi writers (hg wells, ac clark) spent their time pondering "what if" questions where nothing much ever happened.


    • Trinity Dragon
      February 28, 2008
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      There's a difference between sci-fi and science fantasy. Starship Troopers is sci-fi, that is technologically plausible. Star Wars, on the other hand, has no basis in reality whatsoever, and is therefore science fantasy. The genre is not as broad as you might think.

      And what about first-chapters?

      • dreamshell
        February 28, 2008
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        I disagree there. It's plenty broad. Although, I suppose people who profess it not to be have swayed most. And while Star Wars is certainly science fantasy, I'm figuring that's probably the type of thing the contest author wants (since things like space battles and such are generally written more as sci-fan than sci-fi). Also, I would argue sci-fan is a subgenre of sci-fi, so it qualifies.

        --dreamshell--


        • RxxSpiritWolfxxJ
          February 28, 2008
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          I reckon space operas are based on technologocially plasuible stuff, but Star Wars is just the product of some guy's imagination.
          No offense, Lucas.
          But for all those who are wondering about what to write, just give me something with space action, believable characters, and good technology.
          First Chapters are okay, but be sure to continue, as I can't stand being cut off in the middle os good yarn.
          Cheers, and good luck.

  • Mreynolds058
    February 28, 2008
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    Can I reserve a spot for this?

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