Quinticus Report post Posted May 4, 2005 (edited) That’s right guys! Today we’re kicking off the Short Story Contest! Now we are opening up the contest for songs and poems! Within the next few updates, the developers are hoping to put readable books into libraries and various other places in EL. On top of using them for quest material, they would like to put some of your work into these books! So, the winners of the contest will have their work incorporated into the Eternal Lands. We are now opening up the competition for songs and poems. This will run parallel to the short stories. There will be two sets of prizes, so you have two chances of winning!. Here are the specifications SHORT STORIES: IT MUST BE A SHORT STORY (by short we mean don’t write a novel )! You have 3 weeks in which to write your story. It must be 6+ Paragraphs long (paragraph being 5-6+ sentences). Mistakes happen, but please check spelling and gammer ( ) Obviously it must be about EL. Please read the Story page on the EL website so you know what ideas have already been taken. Also there are several stories under way on the storylines board, these are not allowed to be entered. We want everyone to start from scratch! Please post your entry here in storylines section! Poems/songs Specificatons: It must be at least 15 lines long You have 3 weeks to make your entries Once again, it definately must be about EL. No past work can be accepted. Start from scratch! Please post your entries here in the storylines section! After these things it’s pretty much open. I will be asking various developers and others proficient in writing to judge the stories beginning May 25. That’s 3 weeks from today! They will have a week to make their decisions. But wait! Why should judges have the only say? It’s our game too! In an effort to make this more player oriented, we’re going to post a poll on May 25 as well to let the players decide who’s story they like the best. It will be a 50/50 split between the player’s choice and the judge’s choice. Oh yeah…I almost forgot…What’s in it for you? Well first place will have their story placed in every library on Seridia, then in various libraries on the second continent when it comes online. Second through fifth place will have their stories scattered throughout EL so people can read them as they explore the lands. That’s not all, though! We have other great prizes thanks to various players and guilds. Also we’re working on getting more! In the coming months we will be working out what places get which prizes! Hopefully we will have enough prizes for everyone that enters. Prizes Short Stories------------------ Poems/songs Full Plate Armor--------------- Full Plate Armor 1 Titanium Serpant Sword-- 1 Titanium Axe 25 Disengagement Ring-----25 Disengagement Ring 1 Monster Mag. Cape--------1 Monster Mag Cape 1 Body Piercing Cape-------- 2 EFE 1 EFE-------------------------- 2000 Health Essence 8 Titanium Short------------ 8 Titanium Short 8 Titanium Long------------- 8 Titanium Long This just about cleans out my inventory . I have the O.K. from roja to be sponsored with some other great items. I'm still working on those. Thanks to all who have donated thus far. These people are: Shivar, Lord Vermor, Ttlanhil, Ice, and others! If your name has been left off the list please PM me and i will see it fixed. GOOD LUCK! Edited May 6, 2005 by Quinticus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lyanna Report post Posted May 4, 2005 Just want to add my encouragement: Don't be afraid to post! If you don't have any ideas on what to write about, you can try looking at the Random Story Ideas for Beginner Writers thread, which is also Pinned on the Forum right now. Even if you don't win, there are other ways we can use your story, so don't feel disappointed. It's not only the winner that gets published. Any and all good stories stand a chance. Please start a new topic for each story you post. You are allowed to submit more than one story for the contest, but no more than 3. We would rather prefer you to spend time working on making one or two short stories really really good rather than writing a whole bunch of half-done stories. Good luck! -Lyn- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wytter Report post Posted May 5, 2005 (edited) I wouldn't mind if anyone submitted poetry or even songs (lyrics) (that can be adapted to the EL universe, of course). I'm not sure if it'd be accepted in this contest, but if it's good enough we might accept it in the next version of EL Edited May 5, 2005 by Wytter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lyanna Report post Posted May 5, 2005 (edited) What we can do is the following: open up a separate category in the contest for Poetry/Songs, with different prizes. Quinticus, if you would be so kind, please divide the current prizes we have into Prizes for Stories and Prizes for Poetry/Song. Again, each person may only submit up to 3 entries per category (a total of 6 entries maximum). Jokes are not eligible for prizes, but if anyone feels like submitting a collection of them for publication... it can be looked into. -Lyn- Edited May 5, 2005 by Lyanna Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quinticus Report post Posted May 5, 2005 That works for me. What I'll do then, is open up a new category for songs/poems. Then, if i understand Roja correctly, we can still use the ones that won in the bardic competition in the game. We will allow only new material, just like with short stories. I will work on digging up some more prizes for both categories then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ogle Report post Posted May 6, 2005 (edited) What happened to my story [EDIT]: O, didn't see that, i found it Edited May 6, 2005 by Ogle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quinticus Report post Posted May 13, 2005 (edited) Just making a thread to keep a list of all contest entries. Zoki: Dream Come Truth The Attack at Tarsengaard Ttlanhil: Reporting in Pineapplebob A Rabbits Life - poem Enchanted jewelry Discussion at the Meditation Pool - Poem The Buzzin Bee - Song Sirrobin: The Bunny Who Could - Poem What of the Foxes - Poem Cho_Yun: The Curse of the Castle Eternal Lands Poem - Poem Rivan Warriors Poem - Poem He is Just a Noob - Song Ogle: A poem, A poem - Poem Razia: Gemlight Still -poem The Ballad of the new player - poem Jezzabelle: Eternal Lands - poem Greeknight Whitestone City's Clash Wildcard: Shivar's Poem - Song/Poem Changeyourname: The Path of a Warrior Damned Angel: Night of the Shadowcaster Foncemerlin: I Have Your Bag At Beam My Friend - Poem These Eternal Lands - Poem Derin: An Exerpt From the Truescrolls Lodge of Land Spruit: The Creature Who Wanders Around Whitestone - Poem Mother Nature - Poem Alderan: The War of the Valley CrusadingKnight: A Look at the Gods and the Overdiety Furzwei: Word of the King - Poem Kalhan: For love and honor......ode of the warrior maiden - Poem Monkeyki: Kalenthro the Troll Slayer Thank you participants for your entries thus far. Please remember that you can have up to 3 entries for storylines and poems/songs each. Edited May 25, 2005 by Quinticus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ttlanhil Report post Posted May 13, 2005 (edited) <edit> I'm just too busy with university stuff, haven't had time to write up my other ideas. I have 3 for each category anyway, so that'll do for me. Oh, and depending on number of entries vs number of prizes, I'll offer some more stuff </edit> Poems/Songs: A Rabbit's life The Buzzin Bumble Bee Reflections at the meditation pool Stories: Reporting in PineAppleBob, the Grue hunter Enchanted Jewellery A Third Hand Account Of Life Essence Note: This one is one I'd have left out anyway, and Master Historian Saii's Notes mean that it's not in line with official writings any more. So this one is excluded. (I may update it, but it's not for the contest) Edited May 24, 2005 by ttlanhil Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quinticus Report post Posted May 13, 2005 I know this is another pinned topic, but it'll be short lived! I promise. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foncEmerlin Report post Posted May 15, 2005 I Have Your Bag At The Beam My Friend Poem by foncEmerlin aKa Darkhawk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aerowind Report post Posted May 15, 2005 Errr.... Can I enter with my rhyming kind of really short story? It's called Hisotry of Channel 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quinticus Report post Posted May 16, 2005 go ahead and submit it and i'll see what i can do . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crusadingknight Report post Posted May 20, 2005 Uh, I guess the Letter from Epimetheus / A look at the overdeity [ .. ] will serve as an entry from me, just to add even more variety to the material. (That is, if it's long enough now ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quinticus Report post Posted May 20, 2005 Ok i'll take a gander at it and enter it! Thanks CK Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lachesis Report post Posted May 23, 2005 Sorry, but why do you require 15 lines for a poem? Sounds quite a bit restrictive to me. A sonnet has 14 lines, and is a widely used and one of the most reputable poem forms ... I am convinced that a reasonable portion of the world's best poems is shorter than 15 lines. The majority of my own poems is shorter than 15 lines (about 60%), but that may be because I'm a follower of expressionistic terseness Anyway, I'm just curious, unfortunately I can write poems in German only. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quinticus Report post Posted May 23, 2005 I'm not all that knowledgeable about poems and songs, to tell the truth. I only write short stories myself. I can kick it back to a 14 line requirement, though its a little late for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sirrobin Report post Posted May 24, 2005 I made my fox poem 14 lines now so can you put it on the list?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lachesis Report post Posted May 24, 2005 Poor Quinticus, what have I done Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quinticus Report post Posted May 27, 2005 Just bringing this to the top of the list so i can keep track now that its unpinned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alderan Report post Posted May 27, 2005 you havent added my other story and my song to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
