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| Xeogaming Forums - Story Realm - 1st Annual XGF Story Competition! |
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Elara Divine Mamkute Dark Elf Goddess Chaos Imp Penguins Fan Ms. Invisable          Since: 08-15-04 From: Ferelden Since last post: 102 days Last activity: 102 days |
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| Yep, you read right. In accordance with XGF's 2nd anniversary, there shall be a story competition. Here are the basics:
Short story of any genre, 1000 words or less (if you go over by like 50-100 words it's still good). This is going to be a freewrite since no premise seemed good enough to transend genres that has not already been done, just make sure it's well thought out. Grammar and spelling are important. One entry per person! There are two other judges besides me, Katana and Zabuza. Please note that pestering any of us about your stories will lose you points. You will be judged based on grammer, spelling, plot, characters, description, and overall creativity. The winner will recieve either a custom userbar, banner, or avatar. Any questions? Interested? Submissions will be accepted starting 8/1/06, make sure that your story says "Competition Entry" in the title. Example: "Competition Entry: Harry Potter and the Drawer of Doom" Best of luck to all who enter! (Last edited by Elara on 08-01-06 06:13 PM) |
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Makura Since: 01-22-05 From: The restaurant at the end of the universe.... Since last post: 5889 days Last activity: 5154 days |
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| Are we allowed to used stories that we've previously written or does it have to be something completely new? | |||
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Elara Divine Mamkute Dark Elf Goddess Chaos Imp Penguins Fan Ms. Invisable Since: 08-15-04 From: Ferelden Since last post: 102 days Last activity: 102 days |
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| Preferably something new, or at least something not posted here before unless it has been completely/heavily rewritten. That's kinda why I wanted to do a premise at first, so all stories would be new, but I couldn't come up with a good one. | |||
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Makura Since: 01-22-05 From: The restaurant at the end of the universe.... Since last post: 5889 days Last activity: 5154 days |
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| Is there a deadline?
Also you might want to get a list of people that intend on entering so we know if it's even worth going forth with. (Last edited by Makura on 07-26-06 03:16 AM) |
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Elara Divine Mamkute Dark Elf Goddess Chaos Imp Penguins Fan Ms. Invisable Since: 08-15-04 From: Ferelden Since last post: 102 days Last activity: 102 days |
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| Deadline will be 8/10/06 and the winner will be announced on 8/14/06 (Xeogaming's birthday). If my other judges are fine with this idea of course...
And a roster would be nice. Spread the word if you will. I know Cairoi wants to enter, and I've bugged WhiteRose and GuardianOni as well as Pockets, yourself, and Venomouslobster to enter... we shall see who else. |
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Cairoi This isn't about you and your loud mouth, This is about me and my fucking beard. Since: 08-29-04 From: PA Since last post: 4851 days Last activity: 4474 days |
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| Yeah, for the record, I'm so in this. I've been working on my short story for a bit now, kind of proud of it, but I don't even want to think about entering it yet. | |||
Lord Vulkas Mormonus Vile High Xeodent of Xeomerica.  Since: 10-29-04 From: North Carolina, United States. World, Sol System, milky way Since last post: 96 days Last activity: 96 days |
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| I suppose that I'll join, guess I'd better start writing.
The real problem is, most of what I usually write is about three times that long. It's hard to do a good story in only a thousand characters. (Last edited by Vulcanlogic on 07-28-06 01:01 PM) |
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Stitch Roy Koopa Holy crap, it is the RoboCoonie!  Since: 08-20-04 From: California Since last post: 936 days Last activity: 936 days |
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| Just don't come crying to me if I tear your story a new one. I can be harsh. And, as a judge, I'm not gonna let up. I look forward to being forced to read stuff. | |||
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Lord Vulkas Mormonus Vile High Xeodent of Xeomerica. Since: 10-29-04 From: North Carolina, United States. World, Sol System, milky way Since last post: 96 days Last activity: 96 days |
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| Oh, don't worry Zabuza, I at least will try to do well. I already have an idea, I'll just have to vut it down to an extreme.
Tell me, what's the policy of typos regarding the lack of spaces? |
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Elara Divine Mamkute Dark Elf Goddess Chaos Imp Penguins Fan Ms. Invisable Since: 08-15-04 From: Ferelden Since last post: 102 days Last activity: 102 days |
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| You can lose some points for it... just get it as grammatically correct as you can. Spellcheck and grammarcheck on Word work wonders for it and usually catch those misspaces. | |||
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Lord Vulkas Mormonus Vile High Xeodent of Xeomerica. Since: 10-29-04 From: North Carolina, United States. World, Sol System, milky way Since last post: 96 days Last activity: 96 days |
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| It was supposed to start yesterday, correct? I'd better get to writing, I'm about halfway done. | |||
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Elara Divine Mamkute Dark Elf Goddess Chaos Imp Penguins Fan Ms. Invisable Since: 08-15-04 From: Ferelden Since last post: 102 days Last activity: 102 days |
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| Yep. I'm saying that if it ends up being 1500 I will let it slide just because I know how fast 500 words goes, but hopefully that helps people so they aren't having to cut out too much from stories that they are editing. | |||
FX Zombie Marco Since: 03-24-06 Since last post: 3832 days Last activity: 3728 days |
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| so we only have 8 more days? thats not very long... | |||
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Stitch Roy Koopa Holy crap, it is the RoboCoonie! Since: 08-20-04 From: California Since last post: 936 days Last activity: 936 days |
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| If I can write a story in twenty minutes, I'm sure you guys can write one in 8 days. After the 8th day, we just won't accept any new entries. So use your full 8 days to create one, but have it in before the 8th day ends.
And, title it something like "Competition: Your Title Here" so we can differentiate in the threads. |
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GuardianOni Shaman  Since: 09-07-04 From: The dark path Since last post: 5843 days Last activity: 5302 days |
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| Do we PM the submissions to you or put them in a thread? | |||
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Elara Divine Mamkute Dark Elf Goddess Chaos Imp Penguins Fan Ms. Invisable Since: 08-15-04 From: Ferelden Since last post: 102 days Last activity: 102 days |
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Originally posted by Elara I guess I should have clarified that, post them as your own entry in the forum. It makes it easier for the judges to read them, and lets everyone else see your work and comment as well. |
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Pockets Werewolf pockets Since: 10-20-04 Since last post: 5093 days Last activity: 4609 days |
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| based on your example title leads me to believe Fan Fictions or work Based
on something else are allowed? And also on a note I was not told about this as Elara mentioned in a previous post the only reason I know about it is I noticed this thread a couple days ago. |
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Elara Divine Mamkute Dark Elf Goddess Chaos Imp Penguins Fan Ms. Invisable Since: 08-15-04 From: Ferelden Since last post: 102 days Last activity: 102 days |
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| I could have sworn I mentioned it to you... meh, the cleaning broke my mind. Sorry.
But yes, any genre will do as long as it is not blatant copywrite infringment or plagerism. Fanfics are perfectly fine as long as you mention at the top that the characters are property of their respective authors. The story can even be a "lemon" and I won't care, any genre goes! |
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FX Zombie Marco Since: 03-24-06 Since last post: 3832 days Last activity: 3728 days |
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| You mentioned it to me Elara.
And w00t my story is up !!!! |
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X Marks the Spot Banned. Lack of maturity Hack threats IM Harassment  Since: 10-06-04 From: Petaluma, CA Since last post: 6672 days Last activity: 6558 days |
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| Same here.
I'm apparently in the competition, 'cause I just posted my story. |
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