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Caligula's Launderette
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 Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject: Some Kind of Ship: Cal's Amidships Contest [JUDGED] |
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Some Kind of Ship: Cal's Table of Doom Amidships Contest
First I want to thank all of you guys for the great shorts. Galerius, TL G-Wooster, and I scored this contest like so: (-) minus for maybe, (0) zero for okay, (+) for yea; each of those got a number, there were some 0+ and ++, the extra plus counts as .5 and such. Also I want you guys to know that this was a very, very close race. First and second place are separated by 1.5 points.
Now for the results!
Second Place goes to Conrad Rice.
First Place goes to BigBadBear.
Judges Choice Awards
I will be contacting the winners asap. Thanks as well to the guest judges who helped me.
For those who are interested.
i. contest points summary, contest points rundown
ii. contest results
If you want to know more about the contest click the spoiler link.
Click here to see the hidden message (It might contain spoilers)
About
I have created another table of doom, in the contest you will pick five of the words from the table to use as prompts. You can write in any format you want: script, poetry, story, etc.
Your story has to be aboard a ship or boat of some sort. The physical plot of each short must be at sea, no matter the time period. Though I am quite fond myself of 18th century British Naval Fiction, and of course Pirates, but, my preference won’t factor into judging really.
I am also hosting another contest, at the same time as this contest, if you commit to this contest, you CANNOT commit to the Sentient City contest.
Here is an example of a short that I wrote. Or you can look around at the entries from my other contests for examples.
Length: These are meant to be short pieces, I don't except five, fully completed stories, so don't stress yourselves out.
Word count: There are no restrictions on word count.
Timeline: ANY TIME, PLACE, OR FIGMENT OF REALITY YOU WANT IT TO BE IN.
Deadline: Sunday, November 2, 2008, 11:59 PM
Rules
> no more/no less than five entries per person
> must be aboard ship or boat
> entries must be proofread or I might send you to that special hell.
> Have Fun!
How to Post
Post your entries in the proper sub-forum on YWS, e.g. Dramatic Poetry or Historical Fiction. You can post them as one entry or multiple entries. Then post the link(s) to your entry here or PM me the link(s). Somewhere in your entry or post here what five word prompts you are using. You can also PM you entries if you don't want anyone but me and my guest judges to look at them.
Prizes
Judging is based on all those good writerly things, as well, including plot, characterization, diction, style, description, imagery, syntax, symbolism, etc.
First -- Three of Cal's Proper Critiques and a fanmix. To see an example of a fanmix click here.
Second -- Two of Cal's Proper Critiques and a fanmix.
Third -- One of Cal's Proper Critiques and a fanmix.
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| There is something new in the prize department this month. You can switch out a fanmix for a NaNoWriMo Playlist and NaNo Art. |
There are also guest judges that are helping me out.
Table of Doom
Sorry, I can't figure how to input the table, so you'll have to open it up in another window or tab. This is actually a mini table; I cut the prompt words to choose from in half.
Mini-Table of Doom
You can also download the table to your computer: click here.
Entries
Good luck,
Cal.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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So me never having done one of your competitions before...Erm... I have a question!
Are all 5 stories meant to be linked together in some way? (i.e. Same world/characters etc.)? |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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I'm sooooooo in... Pirate story, pirate story...
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| Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 4:44 am Post subject: |
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| This looks interesting. I've always wanted to enter one of your contests. I can't promise, but I'll definitely try to come up with something. |
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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YAY!
It makes me squeel with joy like a farm pig covered in mud that people are interested.
| Plus-One wrote: |
So me never having done one of your competitions before...Erm... I have a question!
Are all 5 stories meant to be linked together in some way? (i.e. Same world/characters etc.)? |
No, they do not have to be linked together at all. You can have different worlds, different characters, etc. You can have any number of different types of entries: stories, poems, scripts...
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Danke, Conrad.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:21 am Post subject: |
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| Jared wrote: |
Do the characters have to stay on the ship the entire time?
-Jared |
Erm, no, but sailing or a ship has to play a large part in the psychical plot.
Yay! You wrote, Jared!
*is stoked that two people have finished entries* |
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