With nine writing contests behind us, I am pleased to announce the Tenth MLK Writing Contest! For the next two weeks, you can write on one of these following topics:
Scar survives Simba's take-over
Timon and Pumbaa split up / never met
Why Kopa is not in Simba's Pride
Ed isn't actually a total idiot
Timon and Pumbaa split up / never met
Why Kopa is not in Simba's Pride
Ed isn't actually a total idiot
You guys have until Sunday, September 2nd to write your stories and PM them to me. When you have your submission finished, PM it to me. I accept both text files (I prefer OpenOffice .odt format, but MS Word .doc also works, with formatting issues) and stories embedded into the PM inside a spoiler box. The most fail-safe from of submitting is the spoiler-box in a PM, as stories will be already formatted properly.
Word length: Please limit the word length to around 2000 words. You may go a bit over, but remember that people will read your story, as well all the others, so it will only be respectful to keep the length tasteful. Shorter stories are also welcome. The usual writing rules apply: keep the stories PG-13, no plagiarizing, and don't submit something you already wrote previously. Don't vote for yourself, and don't ask others to vote for your story either. I had to disqualify a story in the previous contest because of this. The stories are anonymous for a reason: so that people vote for the story, not the author.
Only vote after you read all the stories, no matter how many or how long they are.
You may resubmit a story, but only if it's done before the deadline. If you resubmit, please PM me with it as though it were a first submission, but tell me that you are resubmitting, and give the file-name some sort of marker to show that it's not a first submission. (Example: storyV2.txt) You may post questions or comments in this topic.
The winner will get a special banner made by me, and will be able to create a prompt for others to write on in the next writing contest.
Have fun writing the stories, and welcome to the second digit of writing contests! Good luck everyone!
(or not), just remember that if you are starting school or already started it: you have less time now, so plan accordingly.
