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Hello aspiring writers of TL.
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By suggestion of the TL writing topic, I decided to open a topic dedicated towards the writing of a short story, in the form of a contest.
Rather than it being a simple dumping ground for short stories, it will feature an actuall prize.
The winner of the (possible first) short story contest will be allowed to pick one game from Steam at 30 euros or less, and I will gift it to them.
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The rules:
The short story must be between 2.000 and 10.000 words. No longer, no shorter.
The story must in some way adhere to the theme or keyword that is provided.
The winner will be decided by a panel of judges, not voting.
Each contestant may only submit one story and stories will only be valid if they are sent before the deadline.
All genres are allowed.
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Rule clarification
The keyword/theme will be provided in each incarnation of this contest.
The deadline will be at the end of April. After April, the judges will read all the submissions and decide the winner.
The only judge on the panel at this point is me. Anyone that wishes to apply as a judge can sent a mail. You can only judge if you are willing to read all the stories.
Stories will not be punished for infrequent grammar mistakes, but stories that are so messy that they can't be read will be trashed.
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Contact information
All story submissions and requests to act as a judge in the contest can apply at:
maartenopdam11@gmail.com
Submissions are only valid until the end of April. Once the contest is over, the judges will begin to read the stories and select the winner.
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The keyword/theme:
Night
Best of luck to everyone that tries their hand at a submission.
Any further questions regarding the contest can be asked in this topic. Any discussions on writing short stories can take place in either this topic or the TL writing topic.
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So lenght and theme word are the only limitations? I might give it a try, but I warn you, I specialize in elaborate mindfucks hidden under innocent nonsense xD
GL HF to everyone!
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Oh wow, ive been thinking about writing a short story for quite some time. This might just be what gets me to actually do it.
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Great idea! What will the stories be judged by?
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On March 27 2012 05:34 AirbladeOrange wrote:
Great idea! What will the stories be judged by?
The OP says you can email him a request to judge.
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I would love to partake. I'd also be very interested in another contest based solely in micro-fiction. Always been one of my favorite genres. Looking forward to it!
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Did TL endorse this, or is this simply a place for you to promote?
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United States33454 Posts
On March 27 2012 07:04 Game wrote:
Did TL endorse this, or is this simply a place for you to promote?
I don't think anyone's really gonna confuse this as "OFFICIAL TEAMLIQUID COMPETITION"
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I might give it a shot.
I do have one question though. Will the winning stories be posted somewhere so we can read them?
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Excellent idea, will definitely try if I have time!
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So ... if it's a contest, what's the prize?
Also - "night"? Really?
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I'll probably give it a shot in a week or so for Easter break.
So it can be anything night related, from StarCraft to me taking a dump?
And yeah, post the winning story and a few good runners-up on here in spoilers so we can see them.
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Night? seriously? BRING THAT SHIT ON, Blasterion is here
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This might just be what motivates me to start writing again.
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Also, what will be the judging criteria? As in, will we be able to compare our numerical ranking to other writer?
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Estonia4644 Posts
On March 27 2012 10:54 Blasterion wrote:
Night? seriously? BRING THAT SHIT ON, Blasterion is here
oh no :<
poor progamers
in the night
+ Show Spoiler +
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On March 27 2012 11:00 Praetorial wrote:
Also, what will be the judging criteria? As in, will we be able to compare our numerical ranking to other writer?
This. Will you be judging on how you/the other judges enjoyed it, or will it be a more technical judging, or will it be a mix?
Or will you throw all the stories into a hat and draw a winner?
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On March 27 2012 11:02 fusefuse wrote:Show nested quote +On March 27 2012 10:54 Blasterion wrote:
Night? seriously? BRING THAT SHIT ON, Blasterion is here oh no :< poor progamers in the night + Show Spoiler +
Well chances are just going to be a Ret X DeMusliM BL extended version
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On March 27 2012 10:54 Blasterion wrote:
Night? seriously? BRING THAT SHIT ON, Blasterion is here
Send me a copy when you're done. Then I'll steal the idea, make it superior, and win the prize that I won't even use.
But 2-10k word short story I could do to kill some time. Night is a good theme to work with.
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On March 27 2012 11:09 KazeHydra wrote:Show nested quote +On March 27 2012 10:54 Blasterion wrote:
Night? seriously? BRING THAT SHIT ON, Blasterion is here Send me a copy when you're done. Then I'll steal the idea, make it superior, and win the prize that I won't even use. But 2-10k word short story I could do to kill some time. Night is a good theme to work with.
the BL poison would kill me by the time I am done, stock on yuri manga for me incase I collapse to the poison.
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Night, such a broad theme, I wub it. Have to start thinking of something...
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So, do we post it on TL here, or send it by e-mal/PM? I think it would be nice if it gave some nice reading material on the site
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On March 27 2012 11:10 Blasterion wrote:Show nested quote +On March 27 2012 11:09 KazeHydra wrote:On March 27 2012 10:54 Blasterion wrote:
Night? seriously? BRING THAT SHIT ON, Blasterion is here Send me a copy when you're done. Then I'll steal the idea, make it superior, and win the prize that I won't even use. But 2-10k word short story I could do to kill some time. Night is a good theme to work with. the BL poison would kill me by the time I am done, stock on yuri manga for me incase I collapse to the poison.
just do yuri, it'll make everyone happier and the people that don't like your work will hate it either way.
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On March 27 2012 11:13 KazeHydra wrote:Show nested quote +On March 27 2012 11:10 Blasterion wrote:On March 27 2012 11:09 KazeHydra wrote:On March 27 2012 10:54 Blasterion wrote:
Night? seriously? BRING THAT SHIT ON, Blasterion is here Send me a copy when you're done. Then I'll steal the idea, make it superior, and win the prize that I won't even use. But 2-10k word short story I could do to kill some time. Night is a good theme to work with. the BL poison would kill me by the time I am done, stock on yuri manga for me incase I collapse to the poison. just do yuri, it'll make everyone happier and the people that don't like your work will hate it either way.
but for some reason, my yuri works are just not very well rated as my BL works. I really want to write yuri too, besides, there's not alot of people to write yuri about.
There is
Jessica x Eve
Aphrodite x MisS
Colagirl x MisS
Flo x someone or someone x Flo,
no alot to write about
the only thing remotely worth writing is Jessica x Eve.
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I just have a few questions regarding the theme word. "night".
For example, can i start my story at night and then just go on about it,
Or should atleast a significant portion of the stoy take place at night?
Either way is fine by me since i already have a few ideas brewing.
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Holy shit, 2000 words is a lot of words....
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On March 27 2012 12:26 Torte de Lini wrote:
Can it be about rape?
I am having time writing a decent 2000 word piece about.... ahem rape.
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On March 27 2012 12:34 Blasterion wrote:I am having time writing a decent 2000 word piece about.... ahem rape.
It's been done before trolololol
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On March 27 2012 12:36 Torte de Lini wrote:Show nested quote +On March 27 2012 12:34 Blasterion wrote:On March 27 2012 12:26 Torte de Lini wrote:
Can it be about rape? I am having time writing a decent 2000 word piece about.... ahem rape. It's been done before trolololol
Damn it, now I don't want to do it about rape, since that topic is probably going to be overdone...
Oh well, dark curse in strange land + spooky night atmosphere it is 
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Awesome, thanks for making this.
Now it's just up to my lazy self to actually write!
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The word count is too broad. And too long for the upper end. That's like, 15-20 Microsoft word pages if formatted properly. Something like 4000 at the top makes more sense.
And what are you doing with the stories submitted? Will you post the best? The best of each type? Will you post all of them? Will you categorize the stories when you post? (ie romance, fantasy, mystery, etc)
On March 27 2012 11:49 Rabbitmaster wrote:
I just have a few questions regarding the theme word. "night".
For example, can i start my story at night and then just go on about it,
Or should atleast a significant portion of the stoy take place at night?
It's the theme, so it should be reasonably important in your story, if not the main point.
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You say "all genres allowed"...
... am I allowed to do things in play format?
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And so it begins.
Time click open that dusty old shortcut. Come at me microsoft word! COME AT ME.
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Australia8532 Posts
Creativity
/10
Writing style
/10
Structure
/10
Plot
/10
ESPORTS
/60
If i get a spot as judge i think this is a fair marking criteria :p
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On March 27 2012 14:33 bkrow wrote:
Creativity
/10
Writing style
/10
Structure
/10
Plot
/10
ESPORTS
/60
If i get a spot as judge i think this is a fair marking criteria :p
I'll just include both Plott brothers for double the points in that category.
On a serious note, this contest looks pretty awesome, I'll probably cook something up.
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On March 27 2012 07:00 AegonC wrote:Show nested quote +On March 27 2012 05:34 AirbladeOrange wrote:
Great idea! What will the stories be judged by? The OP says you can email him a request to judge.
I'm asking what not who. As in how it will be determined who has the best story.
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My most recent short piece centers around the night and fits the length restrictions. I assume the purpose of this contest is to inspire new work?
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On March 27 2012 19:22 Severedevil wrote:
My most recent short piece centers around the night and fits the length restrictions. I assume the purpose of this contest is to inspire new work?
This
also 1500 words please? 2000 words is a bit too long if I want to avoid writing H-Scenes.
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I reserve myself the right to use any of the content directly from or directly related to the Bisu x Stork fanfic I wrote for the 25M movie thread earlier. Or the stuff I wrote for rotinegg girl blogs. Fair to do so?
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I reserve myself the right to use any of the content directly from or directly related to the Ret x Demuslim short I wrote in response to the Ret Demusilim apprentinceship thread earlier as well as any BL or Yuri content that has appeared as fanfiction under my post.
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This seems cool. Something great could really come out of this
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Psh winning this is too easy.
Just make IdrA and TossGirl: Part 2.
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On March 27 2012 23:28 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Psh winning this is too easy.
Just make IdrA and TossGirl: Part 2.
Nah I'd rather sub TossGirl for Incontrol or Huk.
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Requesting secret hayden activities at night story!! MUST. Hayders be hayding!
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Can it be a chapter from a longer story if that chapter is capable of standing on it's own?
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I'm always in for this sort of contests. To bad that means I can't apply as a judge I guess.
I would like it if all stories would be posted (preferably categorized) after the contest is over.
Also for a next contest perhaps a few extra mandatory keywords?
ps. 10k words is indeed a to long I think for this purpose. If you want to see stories up to 10k words it's perhaps better to make a separate category for stories 6-10k or something like that?
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Shame to see this thread bumped to paged 3, I'm really hoping some more interest will be generated in this as we get closer to the deadline.
Has there been any updates on the official list of judges?
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So will this still take place or has everyone lost interest in it already?
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Interesting, Zalz has been temp banned for 90 days. Don't know whether submissions are still worth it. At least writing is fun either way.
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GL HF, challenge accepted :D aspiring writer myself, if this is going to be a monthly thing, it's gonna be fun.
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On April 21 2012 03:11 Iyerbeth wrote:
Interesting, Zalz has been temp banned for 90 days. Don't know whether submissions are still worth it. At least writing is fun either way.
That's a shame, was really looking forward to this. Hopefully someone with a little more dedication can start up something similar.
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I'm still going to submit mine if only because I enjoy the challenge.
NIGHT
Jeez, I can't think of a way to make a story envelop that idea completely.
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I hope this is still on...
Anyway, Zalz will get mail in a few hours.
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I don't understand the keyword/theme? The short stories on "night"? What does that even mean hahaha.
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Just a reminder to anyone sitting on their story, that it's the last day to submit if it's still running.
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