*UPDATE* SYOT NOW CLOSED

Greetings fellow Hunger Games fans! National Novel Writing Month is almost upon us and I plan on participating this year. I have never written a novel before (or finished anyway), but this year, I'm feeling good about it! That being said, I'm regrettably lazy and I could use as much motivation as possible and I think having a bunch of people poking and prodding me for updates is just the thing.

Therefore…drumroll please… I have decided to start an SYOT! I know, very unoriginal thought, but I think it will be fun for everyone involved. I have a few character ideas already, but I have limited creativity and anyway, it's more fun if others are involved. There's a character form on my profile page (should be copy and pasteable- let me know if it's not). Fill out as much as you want- even if it's only the name- but the more characteristics you add, the more likely I am to use your character. Interesting tributes will get priority. Plus, the less I have to add in the details, the more personalized your character will be. Also, feel free to give your characters flaws, such as gimpy leg or asthmatic- most of em are gonna die anyway. O_O

I would rather you PM me the tribute form so I can keep the characters somewhat of a secret until they are unveiled in whatever way I choose over the course of the story. I'll update this page every day until then so you can see which tributes are taken and which are free. (Names only, I don't want to give anything away that I don't have to beforehand.) I already have an arena chosen and mapped out and I think everyone will like it. I'm not going to release an example introduction or anything like that (no peeking!), but I have a couple of stories already submitted to Fanfiction if you want to check out my writing style before you decide to submit.

I will accept submissions up until October 29, at which point I will need a few days to collect my notes, meditate, and worry my butt off about whether or not I can keep my promise to you guys. But I'll start releasing stories on Nov 1 and, if all goes well, will update every day throughout the month. (Though I may have to skip a day or two if something real-world comes up- life is unpredictable like that)

*UPDATE*

Thank you all for submitting tributes! I'll do my best to represent them as well as I can given the limitations that stories like this have. I have a general story outline going, and I'm finding that the tributes are writing their own stories within it, which is an interesting phenomenon. As for the story itself, after some deliberation and experimentation, I have decided that I am going to make it an omnipotent third-person so I don't show favor to any one tribute (or give hints about who will survive and who will not)

Again, thanks to everyone who submitted a tribute and updates will start on November 1! I'll see you then!


D1 - Luxury Items

Male - Flash Adams

Female - Chayonna Davis


D2 - Masonry

Male - Konstance Lowe

Female - Amagi Blade


D3 - Electronics

Male - Mikey Donovan

Female - Lisa Stillwater


D4 - Fishing

Male - Tomas Waters

Female - Cassida Callero


D5 - Power & Electricity

Male - Berton Wells

Female - Joule Tribble


D6 - Transportation

Male - Kennedy Orloft

Female - Stella Pullman


D7 - Lumber

Male - Napoleon Vandergaard

Female - Violet Aster


D8 - Textiles

Male - Jonah Abagnale

Female - Emma Frisia


D9 - Grain

Male - Percy Chametz

Female - Winnie Wright


D10 - Livestock

Male - Angus Buckingham

Female - Lindsey Young


D11 - Agriculture

Male - Jerome Acres

Female - Samantha Rice


D12 - Mining

Male - Winston Fellows

Female - Courtney McCarthy