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bobandbill August 2nd, 2019 2:26 PM

Small Writing Competition 2019
 
Small Writing Competition!
Judged by Bay, bobandbill, and gimmepie.

http://i.imgur.com/f5VPKbS.jpg

Welcome everyone to the Small Writing Competition! The gist is simple - write a story based on the prompt, and submit it to the judges before the deadline.

Rules
1.) Follow PC's rules and Fanfiction and Writing's rules.
2.) The stories written for this competition must be completely new. In other words, they must not have been written before. You also are not allowed to post it anywhere else until judging is over. Having someone beta read your entry prior to submission in private is allowed.
3.) You must PM your entries to all of the judges. (This is so if someone loses their PMs the others still have them and so forth). The judges in question are Bay, bobandbill, and gimmepie. You also must post in this thread when you send your PMs so we can confirm you did send us an entry.
4.) One entry per member only, sorry.
5.) You have until 11:59pm EDT, 9th 10th August to get your entry in.
6.) The story can be based on Pokemon, another fandom, or be original fiction. Note the judges may not all be familiar with any other fandoms.
7.) The entry can only be a completed one-shot as this is a small writing competition - no chaptered entries, please! There is no word limit.

Once the scores are posted and the competition is over, you may post your story in Fanfiction and Writing so that others may see it. Make sure to add [SWC] to your title if you do!

If you have any other questions, ask away!

Scoring and Prompt
Each entry can have a maximum score of 30, with the points broken down into three categories equaling 10 points in total like in previous years. The categories are:

Spelling and Grammar
Characterization, Plot, and Description
Relevance to Prompt

Each participant will receive 30 points when their entry is sent in. 3rd place gets 50 points, 2nd 75 points, and 1st 100 points.

The prompt is mystery, so good luck with making use of that in your story!

Entrants

Sheep
Cid
Janp
Venia Silente

Janp August 2nd, 2019 9:57 PM

Joining in!

Cid August 2nd, 2019 10:24 PM

This looks interesting. I'll try my hand at it!

Kitty August 3rd, 2019 12:40 AM

gonna try this <3

Cubeth August 3rd, 2019 9:13 AM

I might try this one, too

Venia Silente August 3rd, 2019 2:29 PM

Who in their right mind would ever believe I would be not joining in?

Here I am. Totally trying this one.

Also, s'up all.

Venia Silente August 3rd, 2019 2:30 PM

Who in their right mind would ever believe I would be not joining in?

Here I am. Totally trying this one.

Also, s'up all.

Sheep August 6th, 2019 9:53 AM

in!

bobandbill August 6th, 2019 10:46 AM

How is everyone going with their entries so far?

Venia Silente August 6th, 2019 2:14 PM

I have like 300 words in. Mostly setup, fits the prompt, has screentime for a Pokémon that usually is very underappreciated, but is still not exactly what I wanted for a beginning.

Still, I do plan to take Thursday or Friday off work just in case I need the extra [FOCUS]. Because considering otherwise how heavy the last weeks have been for me at work, I'm going to miss out on some good time for proofreading at the end.

Chr. Draco August 6th, 2019 3:26 PM

I think i can give it a shot if i get the time, it will be something simple though

Janp August 8th, 2019 8:11 AM

I fear I might not be able to finish my entry on time. Similar to Venia Silente I only have few words in and it was mostly just description of the neighborhood.

Sheep August 8th, 2019 11:23 AM

sent in my entry <3

Venia Silente August 8th, 2019 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Janp (Post 10054359)
I fear I might not be able to finish my entry on time. Similar to Venia Silente I only have few words in and it was mostly just description of the neighborhood.

Oh boy, do things get curioser, now I have 1.3k words but none of it are progression on the prompt side of the plot lol. It seems to have turned into a love story under my feet.

I'll see what I can do. Who knows. How does love even work? That is a mystery.

Cid August 8th, 2019 7:00 PM

Sent a PM containing my entry! This was fun.

Bay August 8th, 2019 10:06 PM

Hi folks! Dropping by to say that you have less than 22 hours to this post to turn in your entries! We have two entries so far, the more the merrier!

If there is a chance an extension is needed, the judges will let you know!

bobandbill August 9th, 2019 6:17 AM

Also, if you need an extension (say another day), do speak up!

Janp August 9th, 2019 7:56 AM

I speak up. One day would really help.

Venia Silente August 9th, 2019 9:55 AM

Agree~ Having at least some of the weekend to dedicate to it would be nice, considering that due to extended work requirements the old tried and true method of pulling off an allnighter is ATM outside of feasibility.

bobandbill August 9th, 2019 2:35 PM

Another day has been granted then. New deadline is 11:59pm EDT, 10th August. Make use of it!

Janp August 10th, 2019 1:15 AM

Entry sent. Thank you a lot for the new deadline.

Venia Silente August 10th, 2019 12:47 PM

How are we coming up, fellow submitters?

Bay August 10th, 2019 7:02 PM

Popping in to say you guys have about one more hour to send in your entries!

Venia Silente August 10th, 2019 8:10 PM

Sent my entry to the judges over PM, and where I could also over DM.

Bay August 10th, 2019 8:14 PM

And that's times up! No more entries after Venia's.

All right, right now the judges will be reading over the entries and scoring them. Thanks to Sheep, Janp, Cid, and Venia for sending in your entries, we'll have the results very soon!


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