The Helios Writing Competition!

[King Henry V]

The Helios Monthly Writing Competition

Ladies and Gentlemen, as the recently appointed reporter on cultural and historical matters for the Helios, it gives me great pleasure to announce the Helios Writing Competition!
Every month, the Helios shall host a writing contest where members may post their pieces of writing (at the moment it is to be purely fiction, we may decide to hold non-fiction competitions later), after which the best shall be chosen by a panel of judges and a members poll. The winner will get their article featured in the Helios' new section, Essay of the Month, where the Helios' readers have the chance to pump up the winner's ego-I mean reputation ( ). Two volunteers are needed to become judges.

The rules are as follows:


1) The submission must be completely original. Plagiarism is strictly prohibited (Offenders will be taken to the public square and have a P branded on their cheek. :wink: )

2) The maximum number of words is 1000. Judges have the right to exercise this rule at their own discretion.

3)Editing one's text will be allowed, but only if it is done before someone else posts their entry. We do not want any cheating going on.

4)The content and language of the entry must abide by the laws and customs of TWC (i.e forum rules).

5) All patrons are allowed to take part in the contest.

6)One submission per member only.


For the judging: Two volunteers will be selected by me (I don't mean I will conscript people, just choose out of the volunteers the two required judges) to act as judges. They will each select an essay as the best one. A poll shall also be opened to democratically select an essay.
The judges and the poll have one vote each. Should the two judges agree on one essay, their choice shall be declared the winner. However, if the two judges and the poll each differ in their result, the winner of the poll shall be declared winner of the competition.

The contest shall begin once the two judges have been selected and shall remain open for one week. After that time the thread will be closed and the poll shall open, also for one week, after which the winner shall be announced.

The judges: Americ and King Henry V.

The Contestants (so far): GrimSta, Rez, Shyam Popat, Anselm, the Seleucid Empire, Melchior, turtle and Keresztes.

[Libertine]

oooooooh snazzy - I would offer to judge, but i want to write for it

[Saint-Germain]

I'll get this up on the front page tomorrow :wink:

[King Henry V]

Hopefully this will become a monthly contest, so I see no reason why we cannot alternate judges and contestants.

[rez]

So we write a random 1000 words on whatever we want as long as its fiction? I assume relating it to the ancient world is in order?

[removeduser_426582376423734]

Any kind of fiction? Maybe we should have some sort of topics given to us, to make it easier to judge?

[King Henry V]

So we write a random 1000 words on whatever we want as long as its fiction? I assume relating it to the ancient world is in order?

Anything is allowed, so long as it is fiction, by which I mean "creative writing". Historical and science fiction are naturally allowed.

Any kind of fiction? Maybe we should have some sort of topics given to us, to make it easier to judge?

Topics would be a good idea, but they would have to be quite general so as not to impede writers' creativity.

So, do we have any takers for judges or contestants?

[removeduser_426582376423734]

I volunteer as a contestant in this round. Next time, maybe a judge?

[King Henry V]

For this first contest I shall be one of the two judges.

[removeduser_426582376423734]

Thread stuck, this'll probably be the major current competition.

[John Wayne]

I volunteer to be a judge, I'll be a contestent if I'm not picked.

[Libertine]

dont bother Menander - I'll do it just now

[King Henry V]

Thread stuck, this'll probably be the major current competition.

Cool, where can I get your snazzy powers?

I volunteer to be a judge, I'll be a contestent if I'm not picked

OK, you're in.

dont bother Menander - I'll do it just now

Do what?

I would be much obliged to anyone who gives this contest a bit of publicity.

For the contestants, so far we have:
GrimSta
rez?
Menander?
Shyam Popat
Anselm

[removeduser_426582376423734]

Take that ? away from my name, you ghastly devil. I'm in!

[Libertine]

post it on the front page nitwit

[Anselm]

Hello, I'll have a bash at it! Is there a deadline I should keep in mind?

Cheers,
Anselm

[King Henry V]

Hello, I'll have a bash at it! Is there a deadline I should keep in mind?

Cheers,
Anselm

I think I may fix the deadline as 2400 GMT (or whatever time is nearer to me being awake) on Monday 22nd May.However, I shall ask contestants who haven't posted their entry by that time whether or not they still wish to compete, if so, I shall extend the deadline a bit further.

[Libertine]

where should we submit our entry's? by PM or post them up?

[King Henry V]

I shall open a thread once we have at least 5 definite contestants. You may post your entries there and the thread shall remain open for one week.

[Drunken]

I could be a judge, unless you already have 2 (not sure if you are counting yourself ?).