Contests?
Dear Writing World:
I've finally lost it. Not only did I start another new story recently, I'm also playing around with two challenges ideas.
Idea #1:
(This one would be LJ based.)
A bi-weekly challenge, any story 500 words and over. The challenge would be that the story would have to be based on any one of a set of icons created for that week's challenge. So one week there would be new icons coming out, the next week new stories based on that icon.
For instance, if in Week 1, I made this icon:
Then in Week 2, someone could write a 500+ word story using that as its basis.
It would not be limited to just one series. I'd like to be able to get a well-rounded mix, including Yuugiou, GundamW (Wing), Gundam SEED, Jyu-Ou-Sei, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Naruto, and others.
Idea #2:
(This would be more website based.)
Any story, any pairing, for Yuugiou, as long as it is romance and fits into one of three categories: 10,000+ words, 25,000+ words, or 50,000+ words. Yes, I am proposing a Yuugiou novella challenge. There would be some stipends of course: say, the 10k category has to be Romance/Humor.
For this contest, there would even be prizes, say a $15 Amazon gift certificate for the one runner-up in all three categories and $30 for winners in each category. There might even be a special prize for judges' favorite. And I think doujinshi might also be considered as a back-up prize. (I'd love to be able to offer fanart too, but I'm not a good artist - and the good artists I know, I don't know if they'd be willing to help out.)
Thoughts? Ideas? Comments? Willing to join either? Willing to judge on #2? Respond please.
I've finally lost it. Not only did I start another new story recently, I'm also playing around with two challenges ideas.
Idea #1:
(This one would be LJ based.)
A bi-weekly challenge, any story 500 words and over. The challenge would be that the story would have to be based on any one of a set of icons created for that week's challenge. So one week there would be new icons coming out, the next week new stories based on that icon.
For instance, if in Week 1, I made this icon:
Then in Week 2, someone could write a 500+ word story using that as its basis.
It would not be limited to just one series. I'd like to be able to get a well-rounded mix, including Yuugiou, GundamW (Wing), Gundam SEED, Jyu-Ou-Sei, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Naruto, and others.
Idea #2:
(This would be more website based.)
Any story, any pairing, for Yuugiou, as long as it is romance and fits into one of three categories: 10,000+ words, 25,000+ words, or 50,000+ words. Yes, I am proposing a Yuugiou novella challenge. There would be some stipends of course: say, the 10k category has to be Romance/Humor.
For this contest, there would even be prizes, say a $15 Amazon gift certificate for the one runner-up in all three categories and $30 for winners in each category. There might even be a special prize for judges' favorite. And I think doujinshi might also be considered as a back-up prize. (I'd love to be able to offer fanart too, but I'm not a good artist - and the good artists I know, I don't know if they'd be willing to help out.)
Thoughts? Ideas? Comments? Willing to join either? Willing to judge on #2? Respond please.