akya Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 This is the contest you've all been waiting for... THE STORY WRITING CONTEST ! The judges will be me & shykre...if anyone wishes to be judge as well plz tell me Basically I think a limit of 1000 words would be sufficient. A short story based on fantasy maybe ? we need suggestions concerning the theme, rules , etc.comments are welcome ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngelBGE Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Oh yes, guys, Amy has permission to lead this contest. She is not just nuts or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paal_101 Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 1000 words? I'm working on a fantasy story and atm it is 5500, just getting started Sounds awesome!! I'd love to do a story contest. Maybe a theme on our perception of the unknown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngelBGE Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 5500 words ? You have too much time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 I'm all for a story contest I may not be the best help choosing a theme though I prefer "Tolkien-style" fantasy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Hawk Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 i would love to participate, but my english isn't good enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akya Posted January 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 you can always try write it in your language, then we'll use the all popular internet translators :PTheme suggestions so far :Perception of the unknownTolkien style (middle-age, fantasy, quest kinda...I guess )@Tim : LOL, I should have asked you to post first... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKen132 Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 Heh, I looked at something I did a while ago and it's almost 10,000 words... was hardly getting started... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paal_101 Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 Another theme idea could be visions of the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 I actually liked the theme akya suggested a while back... the emotions right before war.By "Tolkien-style", I mean large battles, deep, thought-provoking stores, etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tutankhamun Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 How about a sci-fi fantasy story theme?When will the deadline be. Perhaps about a month is enough time to write a story. I think that the entries should be emailed to ayka and shykre, then they can do the voting and later post links to all of the stories for everyone to read each in a seperate document. How does that sound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 Hmmm, I prefer an historical theme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paal_101 Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 Hey Mike, if its Greek mythology with gorgons and minotaurs, etc, it still counts as fantasy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shykre Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 Hear ye, hear yeAFTER INTENSE DELIBERATIONS HERE IS THE OFFICIAL THEME! You are a roman soldier heading to defeat ignomious barbarians of Carthago. You must be the soldier, speak as if you were him, inside his mind and his perceptions.You have 1000-1500 words to write the short story. Anything can be welcome. You are a soldier heading to battle...Veni, Vedi, Vici?The contest ends on FEBRUARY 29th 2004 (thank god or the gods depending if your pagan, for such a wondrous day )Please EMAIL your work ONLY ONCE to the following addressesshykre@videotron.caicydragon9@yahoo.caA reception notice from both addresses will be sent as soon as we get the work. Good luck to all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 This can be fiction correct? I won't be disqualified if I miss some historical detail about Roman battles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paal_101 Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 By Carthago, you mean Carthage right? I ran a google on it and there were an awful lot of links to tourist websites in Tunisia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akya Posted January 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 This can be fiction correct? I won't be disqualified if I miss some historical detail about Roman battles? no, but try to remain in the historical events as much as possible...don't start talking about guns or anything of the sort, okay ? By Carthago, you mean Carthage right? I ran a google on it and there were an awful lot of links to tourist websites in Tunisia yes it's Carthage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngelBGE Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 Okay Amy, when you are done with the preparations, please tell me.I will get you a nice logo for the contest and announce it everywhere. No running the contest through this topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paal_101 Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 Great Amy thanks *gets to work* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akya Posted January 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 okay Tim, I'm gonna PM you as soon as I have all the rules written down...hopefully contest will start on the 31st and end the 29th of february Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tutankhamun Posted January 30, 2004 Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 Ok, sounds interesting. Can it be less than 1000 words? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akya Posted January 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 depends... 100 wrds won't make much difference but 200-300...I dunno...I'll talk about it with shykre...as I said in my last post I'm gonna write down the rules and send them to Tim & we will start the contest officially Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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