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Colonel Mustard
post Feb 13 2013, 12:25 AM
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Greetings, ladies and gentlemen of the Chorrol forums!

This the official thread for the Chorrol 1Q 2013 writing contest (because there might be more later. I don't know). That is right, a contest; a competitive scene pitting you writers against one another in a blood-soaked battle to the death that won't actually have any blood in it and if there is any death it's almost certainly unrelated to the contest itself.

The winner will receive nothing more than bragging rights, but this is an excellent opportunity to push your writing skills above and beyond their usual level and earn yourself some nice, lovely forum kudos. Maybe you'll get a badge or something, I don't know.

How it will work

In order to make the competition as fair as possible, all entries will be posted up anonymously; to enter, you PM your entry to me. Once the deadline is reached, as the official* competition judge I will read and evaluate every story and from there create a shortlist (there will be either five finalists, or ten if the volume exceeds thirty). I shall then post up the shortlisted entries, either on this thread or on a new one, and then will follow a one week voting period where people will PM with their vote on who they think should be winner. In the event of a tie, the tied entries will go to a second round of voting. From there, our victor shall be picked.



*Okay, it's not official, but I've got mALX, Elizabeth Hollow and King of Beast's votes. Do you?


Vitalstatistix

In order to give writers something to work with, a common thread to tie the competition together and to discourage people simply being lazy by dusting off an old work of theirs, the competition is centred around the theme of Absolution.

In order to make reading things managable within a reasonable timeframe, the wordcount for entries is going to be 3000-7000 words

The final deadline for entries is Midnight GMT, Friday 15th March 2013. An entry can be sent to me at any time between now and then.


Rules

1. All entries cannot have appeared on this forum before, and must only be sent to me via PM, with the wordcount included in your entry. Any entries that have been posted on the forum or anywhere else before will be disqualified. Any entries that I find are just an 'Elder-Scrolled-up' version of existing stories will also be disqualified.

2. In order to make the number of entries being read managable, there is a limit of one entry per person. The first entry you make will be the only entry considered, and all others will be disregarded.

3. To make sure that all voters and readers are able to appreciate every entry to the fullest, and to make the competition as fair as possible, entries are to be set in the Elder Scrolls universe only. Works of original fiction, or set in other intellectual properties such as the Fallout or Mass Effect universe will not be considered.

4. Stories that are either above or below the wordcount or sent after the deadline will be disqualified.




Any questions or queries about the contest can be posted up on this thread here, I'll try and answer them as quickly as possible.



Also, while I'm here, I have an offer for you all. As part of my position as not-so-official official judge, I'm going to be making thorough notes and collations of my thoughts on entries in order to help me work out the shortlist. If you want to hear the thought of somebody who's only real qualification for this role is a few book reviews, a job as an advance reader for a publisher and an English A-Level on how good your story is, just add that in to your PM and I'll send you what I've put down. I will be in full-on dickhead book critic mode, mind, so don't start crying about me being mean about your story if I'm harsh towards it. It's nothing personal; I'm going to be like that with every entry unless it's up there with Shakespeare.



Now go! Write, my pretties! WRITE!!

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Colonel Mustard   The Chorrol Community Contest 2013   Feb 13 2013, 12:25 AM
Burnt Sierra   Ok, KOB? Let's do this the easy way. What time...   Mar 30 2013, 12:55 PM
mALX   Good luck Kobby, and everyone else that is hurryin...   Mar 30 2013, 01:06 PM
McBadgere   Ah, this reminds me of the scramble to do all the ...   Mar 30 2013, 03:03 PM
mALX   Ah, this reminds me of the scramble to do all the...   Mar 30 2013, 04:34 PM
King Coin   This thread is absolutely hilarious.   Mar 30 2013, 04:34 PM
Grits   :rofl: This is where we find out how many times we...   Mar 30 2013, 04:35 PM
Elisabeth Hollow   :rofl: This is where we find out how many times w...   Mar 30 2013, 04:39 PM
mALX   :rofl: This is where we find out how many times w...   Mar 30 2013, 04:41 PM
Grits   If I attempt to look at mine again I'll be in ...   Mar 30 2013, 04:43 PM
treydog   Not sure which has been more fun- the contest, or ...   Mar 30 2013, 04:57 PM
mALX   Not sure which has been more fun- the contest, or...   Mar 30 2013, 05:01 PM
treydog   Not sure which has been more fun- the contest, o...   Mar 30 2013, 06:44 PM
mALX   [quote name='mALX' post='160516' date='Mar 30 201...   Mar 30 2013, 06:52 PM
Burnt Sierra   Okay guys and gals... THIS IS YOUR 6 HOUR WARNING...   Mar 30 2013, 07:01 PM
mALX   Okay guys and gals... [i][size=1]This message is ...   Mar 30 2013, 07:03 PM
treydog   Okay guys and gals... [b][size=5]THIS IS YOUR 6 ...   Mar 30 2013, 07:06 PM
Grits   This is probably not the time to bring up Daylight...   Mar 30 2013, 07:21 PM
Elisabeth Hollow   This is probably not the time to bring up Dayligh...   Mar 30 2013, 07:28 PM
treydog   This is probably not the time to bring up Dayligh...   Mar 30 2013, 07:29 PM
McBadgere   We just did our clocks...It's now 21.00 hours ...   Mar 30 2013, 09:01 PM
Burnt Sierra   We just did our clocks...It's now 21.00 hours...   Mar 30 2013, 09:06 PM
mALX   This is an excellent help Burnt! Thank you ...   Mar 30 2013, 09:10 PM
Elisabeth Hollow   Too bad I'm at work for the Easter rush.   Mar 30 2013, 09:16 PM
King Of Beasts   IM NOT IN GOOD SHAPE! :panic:   Mar 30 2013, 09:27 PM
Burnt Sierra   2 HOURS LEFT! How you getting on KOB? You get...   Mar 30 2013, 11:02 PM
King Of Beasts   [b][size=5]2 HOURS LEFT! How you getting on ...   Mar 30 2013, 11:16 PM
Grits   Then use your writer's hammer! Go Kobby Go...   Mar 30 2013, 11:55 PM
King Of Beasts   Then use your writer's hammer! Go Kobby G...   Mar 30 2013, 11:57 PM
Burnt Sierra   I'm not sure I can get this done. How much ti...   Mar 31 2013, 12:37 AM
King Of Beasts   I'm not sure I can get this done. How much t...   Mar 31 2013, 12:38 AM
Darkness Eternal   A damn. I failed. Miserably. I tried cramming stu...   Mar 31 2013, 12:39 AM
King Of Beasts   A damn. I failed. Miserably. I tried cramming st...   Mar 31 2013, 12:40 AM
Burnt Sierra   Same. I can't do this :-/ How much have yo...   Mar 31 2013, 12:43 AM
King Of Beasts   Same. I can't do this :-/ How much have y...   Mar 31 2013, 12:45 AM
treydog   Up to you all, of course, but maybe you could fini...   Mar 31 2013, 12:51 AM
Uleni Athram   SUBMITTED MINE 1 MINUTE BEFORE THE DEADLINE! H...   Mar 31 2013, 01:01 AM
mALX   SUBMITTED MINE 1 MINUTE BEFORE THE DEADLINE! ...   Mar 31 2013, 01:08 AM
Uleni Athram   SUBMITTED MINE 1 MINUTE BEFORE THE DEADLINE...   Mar 31 2013, 01:23 AM
treydog   SUBMITTED MINE 1 MINUTE BEFORE THE DEADLINE! ...   Mar 31 2013, 01:23 AM
mALX   SUBMITTED MINE 1 MINUTE BEFORE THE DEADLINE! ...   Mar 31 2013, 01:46 AM
Elisabeth Hollow   SUBMITTED MINE 1 MINUTE BEFORE THE DEADLINE! ...   Mar 31 2013, 05:32 AM
Uleni Athram   You sure you guys don't want the heavy stuff? ...   Mar 31 2013, 01:48 AM
mALX   You sure you guys don't want the heavy stuff?...   Mar 31 2013, 01:52 AM
King Of Beasts   I couldn't get mine done in time :sad: I...   Mar 31 2013, 05:39 AM
Darkness Eternal   Bloody Mary.   Mar 31 2013, 05:41 AM
Elisabeth Hollow   Bloody Mary. Typical.   Mar 31 2013, 06:03 AM
Colonel Mustard   Okay, deadline is close as you've all already ...   Mar 31 2013, 12:05 PM
Burnt Sierra   Okay, deadline is close as you've all already...   Mar 31 2013, 12:09 PM
Colonel Mustard   Okay, deadline is close as you've all alread...   Mar 31 2013, 12:11 PM
King Coin   ...and then the voting will start. I read that as...   Mar 31 2013, 04:09 PM
Burnt Sierra   Ok, if anyone saw the posts that were here, I apol...   Mar 31 2013, 09:16 PM
mALX   Ok, if anyone saw the posts that were here, I apo...   Mar 31 2013, 09:24 PM
Burnt Sierra   I missed them, can you have him repost them? Lol...   Mar 31 2013, 09:38 PM
mALX   I missed them, can you have him repost them? Lo...   Mar 31 2013, 09:45 PM
treydog   [quote name='mALX' post='160792' date='Mar 31 201...   Mar 31 2013, 10:31 PM
McBadgere   Ooooh, the Peacock King?... :D ... He was like, s...   Mar 31 2013, 10:10 PM
Elisabeth Hollow   Ooooh, the Peacock King?... :D ... He was like, ...   Mar 31 2013, 10:13 PM
Burnt Sierra   Ooooh, the Peacock King?... :D ... He was like, ...   Mar 31 2013, 10:18 PM
Elisabeth Hollow   [quote name='McBadgere' post='160820' date='Mar 3...   Mar 31 2013, 10:23 PM
mALX   [quote name='McBadgere' post='160820' date='Mar 3...   Mar 31 2013, 10:36 PM
treydog   Anyone with the good taste to scarper with an xBox...   Mar 31 2013, 10:41 PM
mALX   Anyone with the good taste to scarper with an xBo...   Mar 31 2013, 11:03 PM
Grits   At the very least you should start calling her The...   Mar 31 2013, 11:12 PM
Elisabeth Hollow   GUYS I AM SO EXCITED FOR THE ENTRIES!!...   Mar 31 2013, 11:17 PM
mALX   GUYS I AM SO EXCITED FOR THE ENTRIES!!...   Mar 31 2013, 11:37 PM
treydog   Thirded (on both counts)   Mar 31 2013, 11:50 PM
Burnt Sierra   Eek! Any chance we can make them all the same ...   Apr 4 2013, 08:13 PM
King Of Beasts   Eek! Any chance we can make them all the same...   Apr 4 2013, 08:20 PM
Elisabeth Hollow   Damnit, I have work in ten! Will read when I g...   Apr 4 2013, 08:22 PM
Burnt Sierra   And, of course, seeing as I don't think I...   Apr 4 2013, 08:26 PM
King Of Beasts   Yeah, thanks colonel :P   Apr 4 2013, 08:27 PM
Elisabeth Hollow   Yes, thank you!!   Apr 4 2013, 09:13 PM
mALX   Yes, thanks Mustard !!! Doesn...   Apr 4 2013, 09:13 PM
treydog   Woo HOOOO! Many thanks Colonel! Off to r...   Apr 4 2013, 09:21 PM
Colonel Mustard   You're welcome, everyone. :) mALX: I thought ...   Apr 4 2013, 09:24 PM
Colonel Mustard   The first vote's in! Excitiiiiiiing!   Apr 4 2013, 09:26 PM
McBadgere   Nice job everyone, your entries were all excellent...   Apr 4 2013, 09:39 PM
Elisabeth Hollow   There's already a vote?! I haven't eve...   Apr 4 2013, 09:40 PM
Burnt Sierra   There's already a vote?! I haven't ev...   Apr 4 2013, 09:42 PM
Uleni Athram   WOOOHOOOO!!!! Hell yeah, Mustard...   Apr 4 2013, 10:06 PM
mALX   I read five, giving my eyes a break before reading...   Apr 4 2013, 10:24 PM
mALX   Has anyone been trying to guess the identities of ...   Apr 4 2013, 10:27 PM
Elisabeth Hollow   Has anyone been trying to guess the identities of...   Apr 4 2013, 10:30 PM
Burnt Sierra   Has anyone been trying to guess the identities of...   Apr 4 2013, 10:33 PM
Uleni Athram   Has anyone been trying to guess the identities of...   Apr 4 2013, 10:38 PM
mALX   Has anyone been trying to guess the identities o...   Apr 4 2013, 10:42 PM
Uleni Athram   [quote name='Uleni Athram' post='161556' date='Ap...   Apr 4 2013, 10:45 PM
Elisabeth Hollow   I'll take that compliment, thank YOU!   Apr 4 2013, 10:41 PM
Uleni Athram   I'll take that compliment, thank YOU! W...   Apr 4 2013, 10:42 PM
Elisabeth Hollow   I'll take that compliment, thank YOU! ...   Apr 4 2013, 10:55 PM
Burnt Sierra   Oh, crapola... Read them all. Ended up having to ...   Apr 4 2013, 10:58 PM
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