Summer Story Contest, 2022
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 4:46 pm
SUMMER STORY CONTEST, 2022
Hey, everyone!
This will be my fourth annual summer contest, and I'm excited to once again switch things up this year. For a fun look at the previous years, here's how things have progressed since I first got started on here:
2019--Just a simple contest; everyone could write whatever they wanted as long as it fell under the umbrella of 'summer.'
2020--The prompts were chosen by yours truly.
2021--The prompts were crowd sourced, voted on, and then the winning prompts were used for the contest itself.
For 2022, I'm taking a bit of inspiration from Humilatron's Summer Slam, and doing this contest in waves. However, I do want to keep the spotlight on the other summer contest for now. There have already been a lot of interesting posts, and I encourage anyone who hasn't participated yet to write your 799 words. You still have over a month to submit the start to a story! Link, for the lazy: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1892
The teasing element of Summer Slam, however, is something that I'm excited to include here as well. Throwing back to my 2019 contest, I'm going to once again simplify things; anything summer related is fair game. The winners will still be voted on, so take that into account when you're considering ages, concepts, etc.
So what waves am I talking about? Glad you asked. We'll have three simple deadlines, all of which should hopefully get people excited for the contest as we break out of winter and get closer to summer.
April 1st: The title of your story.
May 1st: A description of your MC.
June 1st: The first part should be submitted, even if the rest is still unwritten.
Each one should spark a bit of interest and curiosity from the rest of us, and we'll all have to wait until June/July to see what each writer has planned.
For the first wave, please post the title of your future story in THIS THREAD. That'll keep things nice and tidy and the board, and not distract anyone too much from all the new ongoing stories. I know it's still cold outside for many of us, but start thinking about summer! This contest requires a tiny bit of planning ahead. :)
Much love,
Lady Lucia
Hey, everyone!
This will be my fourth annual summer contest, and I'm excited to once again switch things up this year. For a fun look at the previous years, here's how things have progressed since I first got started on here:
2019--Just a simple contest; everyone could write whatever they wanted as long as it fell under the umbrella of 'summer.'
2020--The prompts were chosen by yours truly.
2021--The prompts were crowd sourced, voted on, and then the winning prompts were used for the contest itself.
For 2022, I'm taking a bit of inspiration from Humilatron's Summer Slam, and doing this contest in waves. However, I do want to keep the spotlight on the other summer contest for now. There have already been a lot of interesting posts, and I encourage anyone who hasn't participated yet to write your 799 words. You still have over a month to submit the start to a story! Link, for the lazy: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1892
The teasing element of Summer Slam, however, is something that I'm excited to include here as well. Throwing back to my 2019 contest, I'm going to once again simplify things; anything summer related is fair game. The winners will still be voted on, so take that into account when you're considering ages, concepts, etc.
So what waves am I talking about? Glad you asked. We'll have three simple deadlines, all of which should hopefully get people excited for the contest as we break out of winter and get closer to summer.
April 1st: The title of your story.
May 1st: A description of your MC.
June 1st: The first part should be submitted, even if the rest is still unwritten.
Each one should spark a bit of interest and curiosity from the rest of us, and we'll all have to wait until June/July to see what each writer has planned.
For the first wave, please post the title of your future story in THIS THREAD. That'll keep things nice and tidy and the board, and not distract anyone too much from all the new ongoing stories. I know it's still cold outside for many of us, but start thinking about summer! This contest requires a tiny bit of planning ahead. :)
Much love,
Lady Lucia