Summer Contest: A Storm of Stories!

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Based on the popularity of last year's contest, a Game of Genres, we're bringing it back!

Time for a Storm of Stories! Get ready to pick a genre and GO. And make sure to read all the rules, the rules of this one are very important!


A Storm of Stories



This year we of theWrittenRevolution challenge you to participate in a slalom event for genre fiction. Here's the deal: you will have three weeks, and three stories to write, one per week!

There will be prizes at the end of each round for the best story of the round, and then, a mega prize at the end for the first place winner who completes all three rounds.


So here is how it goes:


Bullet; Red Each week you will be given two genres to choose from, and no other specifications. Choose one!

Bullet; Black Then write a story in that genre of 1500 words or less.

Bullet; Red You will have one week to do this.

Bullet; Black Then the second week you will be presented with two completely different genres. Again, choose one and write!

Bullet; Red Lather, rinse, repeat.



Rules:


Bullet; Black Prose only (sorry!), each story must be 1,500 words or less.

Bullet; Red Story must be in one of the two given genres for the week.

Bullet; Black You may only enter in one round or two if you want. You don’t have to do all three.

Bullet; Red Only someone who has done all three weeks will be eligible for the final Grand Prize.

Bullet; Black no fanfiction, no nonfiction.


How does it work?


Bullet; Orange Contest will start on July 23th

Bullet; Yellow Contest will end August 13th.

Bullet; Orange Weekly prizes will be given out the day of the new prompt.

Bullet; Yellow Contest open to all DeviantArt members!

Bullet; Orange To submit your entry, link it to the journal with the current week’s prompt.



Prizes:


Weekly prizes:

1st Place:

150 points

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2nd Place:

100 points

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3rd Place:

50 points

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Super Awesome Grand Prize

2000 points from isthisthingstillon 

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We are still looking for prizes, so click here if you want to donate, let us know!


Week 1 is up!
tWR's A Storm of Stories: Week 1!tWR Storm of Stories: Week 1
This year we will be running a slalom event for genre fiction. Three weeks. Three stories. There will be prizes at the end of each round for the best story of the round, and then, a mega prize at the end for the first place winner who completes all three rounds. Go here for the full logistics and rules!

Week 1's Genres are:
Bullet; RedBullet; RedFantasy or MysteryBullet; RedBullet; Red
What to do this week:
Bullet; Black Write a story in one of the two genres above, 1,500 words or less, prose only.
Bullet; Red You will have one week to do this.



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Cyres1's avatar
You know, I'm glad thers other people here asking where the new week is up... at least I don't have to now :) I do have another question, though: How do we find out the winners of the weeks? Or does that come at the end?