This is an all human short story contest. As the name of the competition states; this will be judged on the location. Let’s use our favorite characters and mix it up a bit. I want to see new states or countries. The world is you limit. Totally immerse us in the sights, sounds and visual aspects of your location (example: S grew up same, E grew up different country, and maybe meet at college. Or- S goes over seas to college and meets transplant from birth country E. Be creative give them different accents the sky is the limit). I want everyone to feel as they are transported there. Use the slang (explanations if need at the end of chapters) to help capture the feel. Make the reader feel like they are on a vacation to your chosen area for the characters.

Rules/Regulations:

ALL HUMAN/ all characters are human

Sorry but no collaborations will be allowed

Entries must be a minimum of 4 chapters and 10,000 words with no limit as to the maximum words but limit it to no more than 10 chapters please. This excludes author’s notes and headers. There is not wiggle room on the minimum so please NO PM’s about exceptions.

There is no limit to the entries per person. If this gets your creative juices flowing go for it.

All entries MUST stand on their own in completion. However, we totally encourage you to continue with your story after the contest is over.

Submitting your entry:

Once you have posted your story to FanFiction (dot) net, please PM this account and notify us with a link. Include the name of you entry in your message please.

Also, please send us an email @ (locationcontest@gmail.com) and enclose a complete copy of your entry. Sending attachments are fine. Since the judges will be anonymous, this will strip the stores of all personal information and make it easier for judging.

Once we have received your entry, it will be checked for validation. Grammar and punctuation, rules compliance, and overall quality and story flow. I strongly suggest you use a beta for this contest and make sure the story has a beginning, body, and end. After validation is complete and accepted only then will it be added to the contest community.

Authors will be notified once their story has been validated and added to the community. If an entry is disqualified for any reason the author will be notified with the reason/reasons and given one chance to re-enter said work. All re-submissions must be received by the contest deadline.

Please include the following header in your entries:

Entry for IT’S ALL IN THE LOCATION CONTEST

Title:

Characters:

Word count:

Pen name:

Disclaimer:

This information should be in the email before the story. The subject line should simply read ENTRY LOCATION CONTEST.

Voting:

There will be 2 rounds of voting.

The first round will include the individual judge’s picks. Each judge will pick their top three favorite stories. The picks will be posted on the community shortly after the contest closes.

The second round of voting will be done by group with the addition of a vote. This round will be done with a more critical eye of your grammar/punctuation and overall quality and flow of story. The additional vote will come from the readers.

We are hoping to have the announcement of the winner posted sometime in October.

Important dates:

We will begin accepting entries on February 1, 2012 and will accept them all the way to August 1, 2012. This gives you six whole months to come up with some amazing stories.

Prizes:

At this point all prizes are bragging rights. If anyone would like to donate or volunteer a prize for each winner we are open and accepting. Thus prizes may change by the end of the competition and will be updated to reflect such changes.

Winner:

First Place:

Second Place:

Fan Favorite:

The fan favorite winner will be open to all entries.

Judges:

We’ve managed to round up and amazing group of judges for this contest. They’ve all been around a while playing with these dolls, and are not stranger to the writing process.

Questions?

We are here to help. If you have any questions feel free to PM the account or email us at: (locationcontest@gmail.com). We promise to get back to you as soon as possible. DO NOT contact any of the judges with questions you may have.

We can’t wait to see what you come up with.

http://www.fanfiction.net/community/ITS_ALL_IN_THE_LOCATION_CONTEST/97656/