Ludens
03-15-2007, 15:56
HERESY! The Org's Spring Writing Contest
The Challenge Write a story, fiction, max 1.500 words.
The Theme Heresy (definition: any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position)
This can be the usual conception of radicals defying the Muslim or Catholic faiths. But there are a lot of other settings where it fits -- A sci-fi future where a woman without multiple eyebrow rings is shunned as deeply offensive. A Ceilt druid who wants to incorporate the cross into a midwinter rite and nearly pays with his life. An Athenian general who overcomes a move to ostracise him because he ignored the Delphic oracle.
The Prize As the winner, you will receive a highly-sought-after Org literary badge under your avatar to remind everyone of your victory for years to come!
The Rules
1) One submission per person. All submissions must be original work, published or unpublished.
2) The story must be fiction, and must be 1.500 words or less. Use word-counting software or web site if you need help with this.
3) The standard Org rules regarding language (and not the more lenient Mead-Hall ones) apply for the contest.
4) The submission period will run from a minute past midnight GMT on Monday, 19 March to the same time on Monday, 9 April. To submit your entry, PM your story to Tamur (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/private.php?do=newpm&u=7228). The story will be posted in a separate submission thread.
5) Everyone may write and enter, from Junior Members to Org staff.
The Judging
The winner will be decided by two simultaneous votes:
a poll open to all but Junior Members of the Org, and
a PM-only vote from the contestants themselves. Contestants should PM their vote to Tamur by the vote closure date.
Both voting halves will be weighted equally in the final tally. In the case of a tie, both parties will receive the winner's badge.
The voting period will be opened shortly after the submission period has closed, and will run until 23:59 GMT on Friday, 13 April.
Good luck!
The Challenge Write a story, fiction, max 1.500 words.
The Theme Heresy (definition: any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position)
This can be the usual conception of radicals defying the Muslim or Catholic faiths. But there are a lot of other settings where it fits -- A sci-fi future where a woman without multiple eyebrow rings is shunned as deeply offensive. A Ceilt druid who wants to incorporate the cross into a midwinter rite and nearly pays with his life. An Athenian general who overcomes a move to ostracise him because he ignored the Delphic oracle.
The Prize As the winner, you will receive a highly-sought-after Org literary badge under your avatar to remind everyone of your victory for years to come!
The Rules
1) One submission per person. All submissions must be original work, published or unpublished.
2) The story must be fiction, and must be 1.500 words or less. Use word-counting software or web site if you need help with this.
3) The standard Org rules regarding language (and not the more lenient Mead-Hall ones) apply for the contest.
4) The submission period will run from a minute past midnight GMT on Monday, 19 March to the same time on Monday, 9 April. To submit your entry, PM your story to Tamur (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/private.php?do=newpm&u=7228). The story will be posted in a separate submission thread.
5) Everyone may write and enter, from Junior Members to Org staff.
The Judging
The winner will be decided by two simultaneous votes:
a poll open to all but Junior Members of the Org, and
a PM-only vote from the contestants themselves. Contestants should PM their vote to Tamur by the vote closure date.
Both voting halves will be weighted equally in the final tally. In the case of a tie, both parties will receive the winner's badge.
The voting period will be opened shortly after the submission period has closed, and will run until 23:59 GMT on Friday, 13 April.
Good luck!