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Author Topic: Happy Hour Halloween Writing Contest (NOW CLOSED)  (Read 6896 times)

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Happy Hour Halloween Writing Contest (NOW CLOSED)
« on: October 02, 2015, 06:24:41 PM »
     




Presenting the first Happy Hour Halloween Writing Contest!!! So it's nearing Halloween and we figured we'd get into the spirit of things with this little contest. And what kind of contest would it be, if the winner didn't get a prize!? Well for our lucky winner we have a special Prize up for grabs!!! :dance:

THE CONTEST
              All Raiders are welcome to participate. All you need to do is submit a MR themed Halloween short story. Your story needs to be between 500-1000 words and be a self contained tale (Not part of a larger work). It needs to follow standard forum rules, even being Halloween/horror themed try to keep it relatively PG-13. Submissions will be accepted from the 5th October to the 26th October, so you've got 3 weeks. After the Entry window closes the winner will be announced on the following Happy Hour show after the 26th. The judges so far are me, no1sey and lego (but wouldn't mind a 4th or 5th member on the judging panel ;)).
 
THE PRIZE: The winner will receive a choice of Horror themed Anime DVD's! (The Winner will be given the list)

HOW TO ENTER: If you wish to enter, simply complete your story and PM it to me between the 5th and 26th. Obviously judges will be exempt from the running, but can still submit a story for fun if they wish. After the competition closes and the winner has been chosen, all stories will be posted onto this thread, in time for  Halloween! It will be helpful to post on this topic if you wish to take part too. That way I know who's entering and can chase up any entries if necessary.

Anywho, have fun guys!!! Here's something to get you in the mood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxBO6KX9qTA


« Last Edit: October 30, 2015, 11:01:45 PM by Vacanstein »

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Re: Happy Hour Halloween Writing Contest
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2015, 06:27:23 PM »



For judging, that is. I definitely don't have the time to write a submission, but I can certainly put some reading time in.

Will review stories upon request. My latest arc: http://goo.gl/KYgsfF

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Re: Happy Hour Halloween Writing Contest
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2015, 06:32:02 PM »
Awesome. I was actually about to message you and ask :P

Thats a panel of 4, a pretty decent number of judges so all good there!

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Re: Happy Hour Halloween Writing Contest
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2015, 06:33:09 PM »
Now we just need participants...

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Re: Happy Hour Halloween Writing Contest
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2015, 12:33:19 AM »
Yeah, okay. I'll give it a go. There's enough judges to go around, so they should probably have SOMETHING to judge.

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Re: Happy Hour Halloween Writing Contest
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2015, 10:36:09 AM »
Hmm..?
its interesting..il think about it.
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Re: Happy Hour Halloween Writing Contest
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2015, 12:20:03 PM »
C'mon people we are offering prizes here!

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Re: Happy Hour Halloween Writing Contest
« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2015, 12:25:09 PM »
Yeah, seriously, there are legitimate prizes! *plug *plug *plug

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Re: Happy Hour Halloween Writing Contest
« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2015, 03:13:37 PM »
If I have time, I'll probably enter.

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Re: Happy Hour Halloween Writing Contest
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2015, 12:12:07 PM »
Just a reminder and a bump to people: This thing is going on ye know? Send in your submissions or lose your souls to Cthulu!

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Re: Happy Hour Halloween Writing Contest
« Reply #10 on: October 15, 2015, 04:31:14 PM »
Hell yeah. If it's not an Anime DVD you want, we are more than happy to look at an alternative? Even if it's like a $50 Amazon voucher or something?

But most importantly.......please join in.......because its fun! :D Plus it helps to sharpen your writing skills ;)

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Re: Happy Hour Halloween Writing Contest
« Reply #11 on: October 15, 2015, 04:36:01 PM »
I don't really care about the prize, although a $50 Amazon voucher would be nice. I just don't have a lot of time.

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Re: Happy Hour Halloween Writing Contest
« Reply #12 on: October 15, 2015, 04:52:03 PM »
Well, we're not looking for super edited masterpieces exactly. So long as it reads, it's fun and celebrates the spooky spirit of halloween it's good to go.


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Re: Happy Hour Halloween Writing Contest
« Reply #13 on: October 15, 2015, 05:10:53 PM »
I'm writing one for fun :P Struggling to get it under 1000 words though :P Might turn into an MR story just on the side then.

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Re: Happy Hour Halloween Writing Contest
« Reply #14 on: October 15, 2015, 05:30:13 PM »
*picks a daisy* To join or not to join...

I'm interested in writing something, but I'm not sure whether I'll have time for it. Just a heads ' up that I may or may not be submitting an entry.
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