Hello beautiful readers,

It's been a long time since I have written anything about the Hunger Games; but I decided that I would write a SYOT… I've always loved the concept and thought I may as well have a go. I have a lot of plans for where this story will go, but they are subject to change depending on the tributes you all submit.

It was decreed 57 years ago that the districts must pay for their sins, the sin of fighting for their freedom. The sin of wanting to escape the oppressive tyranny of the Capitol; this price isn't with money. It is paid with blood: The blood of their children. Children are made to atone for the sins of their forefather's, something they never had control over.

In what brutal manner are these children made to pay the cost of their ancestors 'treason'? Each year 23 children are mercilessly lined up to be slaughtered; the white satin of their innocence is spoiled by the corrupt Capitol. Their suffering seen as nothing but prime time entertainment, called a pageant when it is nothing more than a plague upon the Districts of Panem. This twisted pageant is called the 'Hunger Games'.

A political weapon utilized to devastate families and prevent history from repeating itself, an insurance policy for what has been christened 'The Dark Days'. The anniversary of the people's plight for freedom, fueled by hope: The one thing the Hunger Games were engineered to crush while fertilizing the seeds of grief, pain and sorrow that grow throughout the Districts.

The Treaty of Treason decrees: ' Each District must offer two tributes, one male and one female between the ages of 12 and 18 to compete in an arena; in a battle to the death. The last tribute standing shall be named the Victor'

And so, this year marks the 57th Annual Hunger Games. An orchestrated monstrosity where another 23 children will perish; another 23 will join the 1,288 innocents who have lost out on the opportunity to love, laugh and most of all live. While another person will join the 'elite' group of Victors, who survived the glorified bloodbath: To live a haunted life, constantly remembering the atrocities they've been forced to endure. All in the name of entertainment, of course.

Now let the 57th Annual Hunger Games begin, a communal killing celebrated as a festivity. 23 shall feel the cold embrace of death; the very embrace that some would welcome. A chance to leave behind a world where they may have never known kindness or joy, to live without the constant threat that their close ones could be taken away at any moment for nothing more than to appease the Capitol's seemingly endless blood thirst.

Suppression has been maintained for millennia in order to govern the world's population, it always has been. But in this day and age, where the human race is deemed 'civilized'; something as abhorrent as the Hunger Games should be seen as too extreme but alas, this year the Gamemakers are definitely pushing the boundaries as to what 'civilized' beings would describe as being 'too extreme'.

Without further ado, welcome to the 57th Annual Hunger Games. But lest not forget, the odds will never be in your favour.

Thanks for reading and let me know what you think via review :) Then I can send you my tribute form.

And if you want to submit, or have any ideas or things you'd like to see lemme know, drop me a review or a PM.

Here's the up to date tribute list: The guest reviewer was right :) I should've put this up straight away... Correct as of 06/06/2019

District One

Male: Ryder Jones, 18- Team Shadow

Female: Candida Lux, 18- That one ace popsicle stick

District Two

Male: Finn Whisson, 18- Panecca

Female: Terra Verne, 17- AlphaZero21

District Three

Male: Jeremy Gibberts, 15- DerryGirl02

Female: Angel Lorenzo, 18- Merpmeow

District Four

Male: James Marine, 18 - Indyracer715

Female: Shelia Sanderson, 17- Safiyax

District Five

Male: Paulie Turret, 18- jdawg6739

Female: Elysia Raiden, 14- Foxfaceisthebest

District Six:

Male: Chevvy Carnegie, 17- kgeesy

Female: Piston Copperton, 14- kgeesy

District Seven

Male:

Female: Jesse Blaze, 15- Merpmeow

District Eight

Male:

Female: Niamh Connington, 16- DerryGirl02

District Nine

Male: Artan Bruckner, 13- TakeTheCrown

Female: Poppy Clifton, 17- glittergirl20

District Ten

Male: Blue Bay, 12- DefoNotAFangirl

Female: Annelise Harper, 15 - Primrue394

District Eleven

Male:

Female: Scarlett Warren, 15 - Team Shadow

District Twelve

Male:

Female: Lissa Rivers, 13- DefoNotAFangirl

If you're interested in submitting a tribute to one of the available slots, please PM me so I can send you the form :)