Winter by now is in full swing. Now that the lanscape is
We here at Age of Kings Heaven have manufactured a solution to your boredom. This Christmas day, Age of Kings Heaven is hosting a Writing Competition for all you creative writers out there. What better way to spend your day(s) off than to let your imagination run free!
Whether you prefer prose or poetry, realism or fantasy, modern or historical, dramatic or humorous, we accept them all. So, this is the perfect opportunity for all of you budding storytellers to flex your writing muscles and exercise your creative side, for there is a prize involved. Interested? Read below:
The winner will receive the grand prize of a
What's a competition without rules? Despite your groaning, feast your eyes over these rules below, because you don't want to write a 175 page novel and realize it won't be accepted.
- Your entry must not exceed 6,000 words – if you get up to 6002, you can probably find a sentence to rephrase.
- This is a competition for all sorts of fiction; short stories, prose, poetry or screenplays, anything fictional will be accepted. However, articles, essays and so forth will not be accepted.
- All entries must be sent by email to Leif Ericson,
email can be found here - Once you have sent your entry, you will have no chance to edit it further – make sure you’re happy with it before you send it in.
- Your entry must be your own work and yours entirely – no team entries, no cooperation between two writers, etc. etc. However, you can use pre-existing backgrounds for your story, as long as the story itself is original (for example the realm of Middle Earth, but don’t go copying and pasting the story of Lord of the Rings)
- Your entry must be sent in before
11:59 PM February 16th.
The competition has two judges who will give a maximum of 50 points to each story; up to 25 for Technical Proficiency, and up to 25 for Literary Content. The judges are forummers
For
Now that you know what to do and what to expect, it's time to let the creative juices flow! Good luck and have fun writing!
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[This message has been edited by Leif Ericson (edited 02-11-2012 @ 05:53 PM).]