[CONTEST] 2010 Winter Challenge

[Yumeko]

Note: This challenge is an official .moon competition. Members are welcome to create non-competitive open challenges of their own if they wish, but this one will be run as a contest. All members are encouraged to participate.

Winter Challenge

Welcome to the 2010 Winter Challenge. This season's theme, which you have voted on, is Wish. You are free interpret the theme however you like. Entries should be brief stand-alone stories, and can be a fanfic or an original piece.

Rules

1) Entries must be 2000 words or less.
2) Entries must be rated PG13 or lower.
3) Entries must be related to the theme.
4) Your entry must be a new story you have written yourself specifically for this challenge. No old stories or co-authored stories.
5) You may submit only one entry.
6) You may not show your entry to anyone or post it anywhere until the challenge is completed and the winners are announced. That means no beta readers.
7) Try to preserve anonymity. If you must use original characters that may be familiar to some readers, please change their names.

Process

You have from now until January 31th to write and submit your entry. Entries should be submitted to me via PM. On February 1st, a poll thread will be created containing all the submitted entries so the members of .moon can read them and vote on the winners. Entries will remain anonymous until the voting process has finished. This contest will only be fair if it remains anonymous, so entries that are posted anywhere or shared with anyone must be disqualified. Yes, this means no beta-reading. I'm sorry, but it's only fair.  Do not post your entry in this thread. Send it to me in a PM.

Awards

Bragging rights.  Entries that are submitted to the Library after the contest concludes will be listed in a special section, and the contest winners will get a special designation. Your story will look shiny.  

If you have any questions about the theme or contest rules, please reply to this thread. ^_^

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[Yumeko]

Gah, I kinda forgot about this. Sorry! Anyway, you still have until the end of the month to submit entries, so get writing!

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[Serenity Megami]

Glad that you didn't completely forget about it Yumeko. Otherwise, I might not have ever found this thread. ^_^

Anyways, as this is the first time that I've even considered entering a challenge of this sort, I have a couple of questions. First, I know that you want our submissions through PM, but is there any particular format the PM needs to be in? Also, is there additional info that you want included with the submission or is it cool to just put the title and submission in the PM and go from there?

[Yumeko]

Anyways, as this is the first time that I've even considered entering a challenge of this sort, I have a couple of questions. First, I know that you want our submissions through PM, but is there any particular format the PM needs to be in? Also, is there additional info that you want included with the submission or is it cool to just put the title and submission in the PM and go from there?

No, there's no real format needed for the PM. As long as it has the title and the entry itself in it, you're good to go. You can also mention the title of the fandom (or if it's original) if you want, but that's not required. (Usually I can figure out what fandom it is anyway.)

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[Serenity Megami]

Awesome! Thanks for the help. Hopefully, I'll be able to put something reasonable together before the deadline. *Crosses fingers*

[Yumeko]

Just a reminder that you have a little over a week to get your entries in!

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[Yumeko]

Entries are due tomorrow!

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