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[Aura]

A word list could be fun!

[IsabellaRose]

Word limits are so hard. I had to do some hard editing my first response to @Somethingsomething in the Challenge Me thread. I had so much more to say...

Edited September 2, 2021 by IsabellaRose

[IsabellaRose]

So, anyone ready for a new challenge?

 

[IsabellaRose]

Sweet, takers already... what kind of challenge should herald their return? Picture challenge? 10 word challenge? Starting/ending phrase? theme?

[Bagels]

A challenge sounds pretty fun. Perhaps a picture challenge? Although I'm curious how you're supposed to tell a story in 10 words hahah

[IsabellaRose]

Ha, that would be a challenge! The 10 Word Challenge is where you get a list of 10 words that you have to use in a short story. I always make a personal secondary challenge to use them in the order they're provided, but that's not part of the real challenge.

Maybe we'll restart the challenges with a picture challenge... 

[Aura]

Picture challenges are basically how I write in general, so I'm down for it! Not to complicate decision making, but I enjoy the starting/ending phrase myself!

[Bagels]

Ahhh, that makes much more sense than only using 10 words hahaha. That would be a lot easier. A picture challenge sounds good though, it's also how I like to plan things sometimes. They're all good ideas though 

[Novaer]

8 hours ago, IsabellaRose said:

Prizes

• 1st Place: 1,000 EcchiCredits
• 2nd Place: 500 EcchiCredits
• 3rd Place: 250 EcchiCredits

I have sent you 1,750 so you can double the prizes this is a personal donation not a staff donation. Congratulations on reaching your 10th Challenge Milestone by the way.

Good luck everyone.  

[IsabellaRose]

5 hours ago, Novaer said:

I have sent you 1,750 so you can double the prizes this is a personal donation not a staff donation. Congratulations on reaching your 10th Challenge Milestone by the way.

Good luck everyone.  

Thanks, Tema!  I'll update the challenge with the new prize amounts!!

[IsabellaRose]

There's still 5 days left to enter something in Challenge #10! Currently there are only 3 eligible¹ entries!

 

 

 

 

1. Mine is the ineligible one. You can't run a contest and win it, too!

[WritesNaughtyStories]

So, how was it that no one replied to Challenge 8. I realize the contest has expired nut I think I have an idea for that. Anyone going to be mad if I go back and take a stab at it?

[IsabellaRose]

10 hours ago, WritesNaughtyStories said:

So, how was it that no one replied to Challenge 8. I realize the contest has expired nut I think I have an idea for that. Anyone going to be mad if I go back and take a stab at it?

Not at all! The challenge is over, but you're always welcome to add an entry if you've been inspired!

[IsabellaRose]

Less than 24 hours to go for writing challenge voting! make your opinion count!

(I think? I'm not sure when midnight on 10/3 is going to be calculated and actually disable the poll... it might not be in my time zone! It could be in only a few short hours!)

[IsabellaRose]

Challenge #11 is posted!

[IsabellaRose]

The poll for Challenge 11 is up! Vote for your favorite entry!

[IsabellaRose]

Well that was disappointing. No one voted for the winners. 

Does anyone else have any ideas for writing challenges? 

[Durendal]

I'm always a sucker for steampunk, perhaps a writing challenge that focuses on that setting? Either that, or sticking with 'punk', a cyberpunk writing challenge could be quite fun,

For something more focused though, hmm... I'm struggling to think of good criteria. Maybe something silly- a challenge to write a story without the use of a certain letter?

[IsabellaRose]

Based on your ideas, how's this for an either/or challenge:

Write a short set in a "-punk" genre like steampunk, cyberpunk, dieselpunk, biopunk, bugpunk, resistorpunk, nanopunk, clockpunk, etc. that is focused on either:
1. the invention that sets your world on the path to being the "-punk" world it is OR
2. an everyday use of the genre-defining technology by someone who simply accepts it as normal.

There will be a word limit, deadline, etc. Is that too open-ended?

[Durendal]

Ooo, I like it! The first option sounds like it would make for some very unique stories, although I might be more tempted to go with the second option. Maybe. In the middle of typing this I've had an idea for the first option, hah.

[Gangsta Moll Deactivated]

Where do I post my story?

[IsabellaRose]

I'll put up a new challenge thread when I get a chance - once the new challenge thread is up, I'll post here and I usually also post a status update on my own homepage. I can tag you in one of those posts, if you like. It might be a couple days.

[Gangsta Moll Deactivated]

Oh, OK - I guess I kind of jumped the gun  Naive newby enthusiasm...

[IsabellaRose]

The new challenge is up!

Challenge 12: Themed Challenge can be found here!

[Gangsta Moll Deactivated]

oops

Edited November 19, 2022 by Gangsta Moll