Contest Lustria Online July-August 2015 Short Story Contest

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  1. Scalenex
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    A bit of a late start this time. This time I, Scalenex, will manage the contest.

    We are going to try to steal the Under-Empire’s idea and do some periodic short story contests. Ideally every three months. There is no tangible prize apart from bragging rights.

    I have volunteered to come with the theme and to collect entries. Once the deadline is past, I will post the stories on a thread with a poll. The stories will be called “Story 1”, “Story 2”, etc on the poll. Your poll number is determined by the order of submission. It is recommended but not required that you include a header with a story title. There will be a month to vote before the poll is closed.

    It would probably be a good idea to PM the entry to yourself to check to make sure all the formatting tags look alright and to see what readers will see.

    The theme for our second contest is Man versus Nature (the protagonist that makes up "man" needn't be human nor male if you want to write about someone else).

    -Must be between 500 and 2500 words, enforced by the honor system, we are not going to word count your stories or toss out anyone's work.
    -Your name must appear nowhere with the story. There is no point in having an anonymous competition based on skill if we know whose entry is whose.
    -You must send your story via private message to Scalenex by August 10th
    -There is a max of 15 entries, there are currently 6/15 entries
    -The story must be new. No dragging up a story you wrote months or years ago.
    -No plagiarism.
    -The story must involve Lizardmen (or Seraphon) to some extant
    -The story must stick roughly within the theme.
    -Up to two entries are allowed per person.

    I am not going to write an entry this cycle. If anyone asks, I can proofread a piece and make suggestions if you send me your piece before August 3rd.
     
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    Scalenex, Jul 8, 2015
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  2. pendrake
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    Cool.
    Already have kind of an outline.
    What I had in mind aligns with the theme.
     
    pendrake, Jul 8, 2015
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  3. spawning of Bob
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    No doubt I will cycle through several ideas, but my first one is rather silly (possibly worse than usual)
     
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  4. ASSASSIN_NR_1
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    Well, there is no point in not trying at the very least
     
    ASSASSIN_NR_1, Jul 8, 2015
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    Trying? There is no "try", only be silly, or be silly not.

    @lordkingcrow, @Kcibrihp-Esurc - Wake up! We demand short story comp entries this time (and don't try and tell me that because you submitted 4 last time, you deserve a break)

    @Madrck - you know what to do.
    :spitoutdummy::spitoutdummy::spitoutdummy::spitoutdummy::spitoutdummy::spitoutdummy::spitoutdummy::spitoutdummy::wtf:ooo
     
    spawning of Bob, Jul 9, 2015
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    Kcibrihp-Esurc, Jul 9, 2015
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    If people need inspiration/are uncertain about the theme this may* be of aid :p
    [​IMG]

    *or, more likely, may not
     
    Slanputin, Jul 9, 2015
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  8. Scalenex
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    a three-headed dog is arguably Man versus the Supernatural rather than Man versus Nature.
     
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    I believe they are both!
     
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  10. spawning of Bob
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    Next comp theme:

    Man vs Mr Fussy!
     
    spawning of Bob, Jul 10, 2015
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    No submissions yet, I hope that just means you are putting extra time in making awesome pieces.
     
    Scalenex, Jul 19, 2015
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  12. spawning of Bob
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    Mine will be extra awesome, I promise.
     
    spawning of Bob, Jul 20, 2015
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    I certainly will participate, unless something goes terribly wrong, like getting hit by a meteor wiping out the Lizard population or something.
    I just need to begin writing my story :writing:

    So that will be minimum 2, and maximum 4 short stories, with spawning of Bob taken into account.
     
    ASSASSIN_NR_1, Jul 20, 2015
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    You spotted the ambiguous "Mine will be extra awesome, I promise." - there might be one of mine, or 10. Mwahahaha!
     
    spawning of Bob, Jul 20, 2015
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    I promiss a totaly unike sstory newer seen before on the sshort sstory contesst

    //Essmir
     
    Essmir, Jul 25, 2015
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    You missed the extra s in seen ;)
     
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  17. ASSASSIN_NR_1
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    Maybe this time, we are going to be short on entries because of holiday.
     
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  18. Scalenex
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    The last Skaven short story contest literally had zero entries. As long as we have two authors entering I will keep this going. I hope to never fall to two, but a few stories are better than zero.
     
    Scalenex, Jul 26, 2015
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    And now we have two entries. Huzzah.

    Now let's see some more.
     
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    Well, this is excellent! I think I'll throw my hat into the ring and dust off my lore-writing skills. Expect my entry within the week.
     
    Oldblood Itzahuan, Jul 28, 2015
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