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[Alexander]

Well, as mentioned, this is the place to discuss anything you want to regarding the competition.


For the record, the complete list of rules and a small FAQ;

This is an extract from; http://competition.chorrol.com

The Rules

1. Any work entered has to be written by yourself.
2. There is a limit of one entry per writer per category.
3. Any entry has to be a completed work.
4. Any entry has to be written in English.
5. You may, if you wish, enter your story anonymously.
6. Any entry sent in, has to comply with the guidelines listed below
7. The maximum word count listed below, is the absolute maximum. A single word over the maximum will place your story in a different category.
8. Any entry has to be written about The Elder Scrolls universe, non ES related stories will not be allowed to enter.
9. By entering your stories into the contest, you're granting participating fansites the license to use the stories in any way they see fit within the confines of this contest.
10. The final deadline for entering a story in this competition, will be April 30th. Midnight April 30th is the last time for submitting a story.


Guidelines for submitting stories

1. All entries are to be sent to the following email address; Competition@chorrol.com
2. Make sure all entries are either in .doc, .txt or .pdf format.
3. Each entry has to be in a separate, but single file. If a story has 30 chapters, please send me all 30 chapters in a single file.
4. Please specify for each entry you're sending; 1. For which category you're entering it and, 2. What name, if any, I should mention wrote it.


The Categories

Short stories; Can be no longer then 2500 words
Medium sized stories; must be longer then 2500 words but no longer then 20000 words
Long stories; any story longer then 20000 words falls under this category, this category has no maximum word count.

The title of the story and the name of the author do not count toward the maximum word limit.


Judges and Judging

1. Each category will be judged by a panel of 3 members of the Elder Scrolls scene. In total there will be nine judges.
2. The panel of judges is pre-selected and will have the final say in everything.
3. All decisions of judges are final and cannot be appealed.
4. In a situation where the above rules do not apply, the ruling of the majority of judges (either in total or for a specific category) will be deciding.
5. Judges are selected before the start of the competition and their names are published on this site.
6. The final results of the competition will be published before June 1st, but if possible, sooner.


The judges;

Alexander -> Chorrol
Apy -> Planet Elder Scrolls
B -> The Imperial Library
BSD-IES -> Chorrol
Dark0ne -> TES Nexus
Gstaff -> Bethesda
Haplo -> Tamriel Rebuilt
Ratwar -> UESP
Reaver -> Elderscrolls.net

[King Of Beasts]

I reread the post. That sounds like a good idea....

So we need some volunteers to be judges. Colonel Mustard seems to be up for the job, but how many judges would we need?

And should there be deadlines for when you have to submit a completed story?

We gotta work these things out if we wanna do this.

Other than that.....

This should be fun

[mALX]

I reread the post. That sounds like a good idea....

So we need some volunteers to be judges. Colonel Mustard seems to be up for the job, but how many judges would we need?

And should there be deadlines for when you have to submit a completed story?

We gotta work these things out if we wanna do this.

Other than that.....

This should be fun

Yes, a deadline and a word limit so Judge Mustard doesn't have to become a blind Moth Priest for volunteering. Also, submissions should be properly edited.

[Elisabeth Hollow]

Yes, a deadline and a word limit so Judge Mustard doesn't have to become a blind Moth Priest for volunteering. Also, submissions should be properly edited.

Bahahahaha!

I wouldn't mind entering. Or helping. Whatever is needed.

[mALX]

There could be a theme decided by either vote or the judge too, guidelines for the content to be written about so we could see what each of us do with the same instruction goals.

[Colonel Mustard]

Yes, a deadline and a word limit so Judge Mustard doesn't have to become a blind Moth Priest for volunteering. Also, submissions should be properly edited.

Please yes to all three of those.

For a short story competition, I'd say that the best word limit, that's typically used, is between 1000 and 7000 words, maybe 8000. Plus that should probably take me half an hour or so at most to read and make a judgement on, so if we get a lot entries (considering forum size and the size of the fanfiction gropu here, I'd predict something in the region of 10 or so entries) I can get that done in a reasonable timeframe.

As for a theme, I'm not sure if that's necessary, to be honest; so long as we have it fit the general bracket of being set in the TES-verse, then that's all we need.

[Kiln]

Maybe contact Stargelman about it and let him know that people are interested in doing another one? He was on just two days ago and is one of the site admins.

Unfortunately it seems as if almost all of the old mods and admins have gone inactive aside from him.

[mALX]

Maybe contact Stargelman about it and let him know that people are interested in doing another one? He was on just two days ago and is one of the site admins.

Unfortunately it seems as if almost all of the old mods and admins have gone inactive aside from him.

I saw Rane on here the other day too.

[King Of Beasts]

I'll contact Stargelman. If he doesn't reply, we should follow through with mALX's suggestion. But before I send him a PM, do to guys want a big fanfic competition, or a short story competition?

[Elisabeth Hollow]

I vote short story.

[mALX]

Short story. Mustard doesn't have unlimited free time, lol.

And I don't know if I would bother Starge with this, it doesn't need an Administrator supervising it. Starge already gives this site for our use free of charge out of his own pocket, and without advertising on this site he makes nothing off of it. We can certainly handle a small short story contest on here without putting more on his shoulders than the running of the site. It is done over at the Bethesda Official forums all the time without any Bethesda Official running it.





This post has been edited by mALX: Feb 10 2013, 09:55 AM

[Colonel Mustard]

To be honest, it would probably be pretty easy to sort out with just one thread; I make the announcement thread, get people to PM the entries, pick a shortlist (five? Does five sound good?) and then post them up. I either stick a poll on the thread to vote for the stories with a deadline, or have people PM me votes, and then announce the winner on the thread.

Also, it does have me throwing around ideas for a Chorrol-based Read In a Rush competition, a monthly contest where people post up stories between 900-1100 words in length, based around a chosen theme such as as hunger, vengeance, redemption, night and that sort of thing. Maybe we can discuss that after we've got this first competition idea sorted out, but it might be worth doing.

Edit: Also, while I'm here, I'd vote for a story length between 1000-7000 words. It gives the writers plenty of room to play with but still means I should be able to judge all the entries within a reasonable timeframe (provided I don't get completely inundated by them).


This post has been edited by Colonel Mustard: Feb 10 2013, 09:48 PM

[King Of Beasts]

Ok, how many judges should there be? Should Colonel be the only one?

[Elisabeth Hollow]

Is this going to be awkward? Because we ARE reading each others' stories here, lol

[King Of Beasts]

Is this going to be awkward? Because we ARE reading each others' stories here, lol

People are reading your fanfic, aren't they? Is that awkward for you?

[Elisabeth Hollow]

No, I mean that we can see who the poster is simply by looking at how they write.

[mALX]

No, I mean that we can see who the poster is simply by looking at how they write.

I entered a story in the Feyfolken at the Official Bethesda Forums and not even Acadian knew it was mine. All my friends voted for another story.

[Elisabeth Hollow]

Ah, gotcha. Maybe I just need to change my writing style then, lol

Not have my character grin and shrug so much XD

[King Of Beasts]

How will we manage to keep the story anonymous though?

[mALX]

How will we manage to keep the story anonymous though?

You send them to Judge Mustard and he posts them all under his name.


@ Elisabeth - Exactly - since the story won't be about our regular characters, it won't have the same mannerisms. Example: If we see one about vampires or werewolves, we will suspect it is DE or KOB immediately. Someone else could slip one in and fool us, or they might write about something else and fool us.

For the Feyfolken, I wrote a very dark piece - no one knew it was me at all. Acadian has been reading me since forever and didn't know I'd written it. He hated the story, lol. (it won the contest though).

[Elisabeth Hollow]

-giggles- Now I'm excited! Squee! Having writer friends is AWESOME!!!!