Flock Hobo Contest Official Rules
Overview:
Oh, no! A member of the Flock is homeless and living on the streets! How did this happen? Has he or she always been a bum? You decide in the Flock Hobo contest! Write a one-shot or multi-chapter story telling us about a Flock member's life on the streets!
There are three categories: Best Comedy, Best Pathetic Sob Story, and Best Happy Ending. Also, there is a bonus category: Best Super Special Story. More details can be viewed below under "Special Phrases."
Rules & Guidelines:
You may pick any member of the Flock.
You must explain how that person became a hobo.
The Flock hobo must be 2% bird at some point, even if it's in the past.
Story must have more than 500 words, author's notes do not count in word count.
The rest of the Flock must be mentioned in the story.
Your Flock member must eat something revolting to all normal humans. Examples: his or her own toe cheese, uncooked rats, a green piece of mystery meat found in the dumpster, etc.
No mature content (cannot be rated M) and no lemons.
Story must be completed by deadline.
You may submit previously published stories as long as they follow the rules.
You may submit up to three entries.
Please try your best on grammar and punctuation. You won't be disqualified for missing a comma or misspelling a word here and there, but if the work is sloppy, you will receive a warning. Please submit your work in the best quality you can manage.
Deadline, Results Process, and Submission Information:
Deadline for contest is undetermined. I will decide when there are enough entries, announce so in a note, and close the contest a week later, moving on to voting. If you are still in the middle of a story during the week waiting period, PM me and I'll give you a little more time.
The winners of the contest will be decide by voting taking on my profile. Date TBA.
To submit a story, post it and either leave a review or PM telling me the name of your story, your pen name, and the category you wish to submit your story for.
Your submission must include the following:
A summary (can be the one displayed before you view the story)
A disclaimer (doesn't have to be anything fancy, a simple "I don't own Maximum Ride" will do)
The contest and category you are entering your story in
And, of course, your story.
Special Phrases:
To be entered in the Best Super Special Story category, you must include at least three of the following phrases in your story:
'carrot juice', 'Pillsbury Doughboy', 'Daniel Radcliffe', 'Heads will roll', and 'My Little Pony'.
Notes About Disqualification:
If you do not follow the rules, you won't be immediately disqualified. You will receive a PM telling you to change it. If you don't change your story to follow the rules after one week of receiving the warning or by the contest deadline, you will be disqualified.
If you see any work that does not follow the rules, please either leave a review to this or PM me. Thank you.
That's it for the rules. Now for a recap:
You are writing a story about a flock member as a hobo in more than 500 words. The member of your choosing must be 2% bird at some point in the story, and the rest of the Flock must be mentioned. The mutant must eat something nasty. Three of the phrases 'carrot juice', 'Pillsbury Doughboy', 'Daniel Radcliffe', 'nopish', 'Heads will roll', and 'My Little Pony' must be included in the story to be entered in the Super Special Story category. No mature content can be included. You may submit up to three different entries for the contest, and can be a one-shot or multi-chapter story.
All done with the boring old rules. Here comes the fun part: Writing!
If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
I'm looking forward to reading your submissions!