Our 37th short story contest marks the start of the nineth consecutive year of Short Story Contests on Lustria-Online. The co-winners of the 36th contest @Imrahil and @Llinyn Tathrenlir collectively agreed the next contest theme should be "Divine Intervention" There was talk of the theme being "Devine Intervention", but I'm not sure how many people wanted to write about grapes. The Rules -We would like you to try to keep your story between 500 and 2000 words. I am requiring that entries do not exceed 2400 words. This is counting title, poems, quotes, any add-ons. If I get a submission that exceeds 2400 words, I will trim it till it meets the limit, and you may not like what words I choose to cut. Even prepositions are not safe... -Your name must appear nowhere with the story. There is no point in having an anonymous competition based on skill if we know whose entry is whose. -You must send your story via private message to Scalenex before midnight O' one (12:01 AM, US Central time) on February 12th 2023 -The story must be new. No dragging up a story you wrote months or years ago. -No plagiarism. This means no stealing a story verbatim. You are free to use characters or settings from other works including other writer's fluff pieces and past short story contest entries. -The story must involve Lizardmen (or Seraphon or Salamanders or Saurian Ancients or Rangos), at least a little. -The story must stick roughly within the theme, at least a little. -No comics or illustrations. This is a short story contest. Visuals are limited to fonts and text colors. -Only one entry allowed per person. Once again, the winner of this contest has the honor of choosing the next contest theme if they so choose. If you want to talk about the theme or your eagerness to write or read something. Please do so below!
I'm into it as quick as i can, but with interferences from real life i fear i won't be able to complete the story in time. Can we extend the deadline? probably the next weekend will suffice.
I extended the contest deadline a couple days to 12:01 AM Monday the 12th Wednesday the 14th. I'm going to be busy this Wednesday, so even if I wanted to, I would not be able to promptly put the contest up Wednesday night/Thursday morning per usual. If the extra days let a few more people get an entry in, so much the better. If not, the few entries I do have are pretty good, so you'll all have something nice to read. Either way, I'm not extending the deadline, and this time I mean it.
@Scalenex : Are you planning on setting up the reading and voting thread anywhere soon? Grrr, !mrahil
My bad, I actually was going to wait till midnight tonight but I didn't communicate that clearly. I wrote "Wednesday the 12th" but I meant Wednesday the 14th. If anyone wants a little more time, let me know because I miscommunicated.
Wait, it's February 14th and you have a free evening? How is that possible for L-O handsomest non-panda member? Don't you have other plans?
You are thinking March 14th, the day I like to eat pie. Small batch of stories this cycle, but they're good.