Theme - "Tyranny"
Word Limit: 2000
Submission Deadline: Friday 7th April by 11:59 PM Pacific.
Voting Deadline: Monday 10th April at 11:59 PM Pacific.
Optional Secondary Objective: There are no happy endings
Scrappy underdog rebels waging a cunning, nimble insurgency against a totalitarian regime are out. Heroes ground beneath the boot heel of the unstoppable machine of malfeasant power is in.
Note, since I will inevitably have to clarify: You needn't take either the theme or secondary strictly literally. Tyranny arrives in many guises. Like, for instance, this next part!
Mandatory tertiary objective: Hard deadlines
For too long, some of you have drifted in the sheltered harbor of my patience, grossly abusing the very notion of grace periods to post 6, 12, 18 hours after the stated deadline.
Now comes your reckoning!
Submissions close at the stroke of midnight on Friday the 7th. Votes by midnight the following Monday. Anything that doesn't make the cut gets... cut... That sounded better in my head.
Why, why would I do such a thing?
Because I am tyrannical.
Submission Guidelines:
- One entry per poster.
- All submissions must be written during the time of the challenge.
- Using the topic as the title of your piece is discouraged.
- Keep to the word count!
- Follow these rules when posting your entry for easy collection of entries:
Voting Guidelines:
- Three votes per voter. Please denote in your voting your 1st (3 pts), 2nd (2 pts), and 3rd (1 pt) place votes.
- Please read all submissions before voting.
- You must vote in order to be eligible to win the challenge.
- When voting ends, the winner gets a collective pat on the back, and starts the new challenge.
Important side note: A lot of our regulars like to write out short critiques/comments for the stories, but you can always opt out by simply adding a note like "I'd prefer no critiques" in the post where you submit your story. We're an understanding group and respect that not everyone wants comments on their work. Above all, we just want to read your story.
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