toomanycurls Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Holiday and Diversity Writing Challenge Happy holidays, HPFT! It's a wonderful time of year, and the prefects and staff have been collaborating on a writing challenge for the month of December! The theme is Holidays and Diversity. You can write about these topics using any holiday and/or any take on any diversity you'd like. You must use one of the five "prompts" listed below as the first line in your story. Here are some other general rules: Your story must be posted on HPFT's archive. Any fandom or OF will be accepted. A new chapter on an existing WIP is okay as long as the chapter fits the parameters of the challenge. You may update your prompt to fit the POV, tense, etc. of your story. Please include "Holiday and Diversity Writing Challenge" to the story summary. Please specify your House in the story metadata. Entries may be between 500 and 8,000 words long Your submissions are due with a link posted in this thread by December 22nd 11:59 PM GMT. December 25th 11:59 PM GMT. You must be 18+ as of December 1st 2017 in order to win (see legal info below). However, you can enter as an under-18, but please specify in your post / to a staff member in a PM that you are under 18. First Line Prompts It's not every day your world ends. What you have to understand is that it sounded like a good idea at the time. I'm pretty sure I'm going to be laughing about today for years to come. Nothing--not even the very sun falling from the sky--would ruin today...nothing. I never realized how much I love the scent of peppermint. Prizes! We are giving away Harry Potter House themed notebooks! As such, we're going to pick a winner from each house to win a notebook/folder combo. All entries will be evaluated by staff and prefects with the winners being announced January 5th. We'll be judging based on the following criteria Overall quality (25%) Integration of first line (20%) Use of theme (30%) Spelling/Grammar (15%) Originality (10%) A little more on the legal end Contest The distribution of the above-listed merchandise to members shall be made according to each participant's performance in a writing contest set by the Prefects, listed here. This contest shall take place over the entirety of the month of December (the "Prefects' Writing Challenge") and all entries shall be judged by at least two (2) of the Prefects. Participants will be required to submit at least one (1) piece of writing conforming to the requirements in the post announcing the Prefects' Writing Challenge on the HPFT Forums (the "Entry"). Winners shall be determined by the quality of writing as judged by the Prefects according to factors including, but not limited to: characterization, creativity, fit to guidelines/prompts, flow, grammar, mechanics, and plot. Eligibility Unfortunately, legal requirements force us to restrict eligibility to individuals who are at least eighteen (18) years old on or before 1 December 2017. There is no restriction on a member's country or state of residence provided the age requirement is met. In order to win, an otherwise eligible member must submit at least one (1) Entry to the Prefects' Writing Challenge. Prizes Prize winners shall be determined from each of Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin (individually, the "House"; collectively, the "Houses"). The top scoring member of each House shall receive one (1) prize package irrespective of overall scoring or placement of any individual Entry. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if no member of a particular House submits an Entry, no prize will be awarded to that House and if no member of any of the Houses submits an Entry, no prizes of any kind will be awarded. Winners must supply a mailing address upon notification of award in order to allow shipping. Said address will not be used by HPFT for any other purpose. Participants who submit at least one (1) Entry will also be eligible for nominal titles ("Honors") irrespective of whether their House performance entitles them to receive a prize under the first paragraph of this section. Such Honors shall be awarded in rank-order based on overall score and irrespective of House. At least two (2) Honors shall be awarded: Champion and Runner-Up. Should the total the number of Entries exceed six (6), Honors for Third Place and/or Honorable Mention may be awarded in the Prefects' discretion, with a limit of one (1) Honorable Mention. In the event that the Third Place Honor is used, the Champion and Runner-Up Honors shall convert to First Place and Second Place respectively. Governing Law This contest shall be governed by the laws of the United States and the State of North Carolina. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batsam Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Are multiple entries allowed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toomanycurls Posted December 1, 2017 Author Share Posted December 1, 2017 20 hours ago, Dojh167 said: Are multiple entries allowed? A few things: Houses earn 5 points per entry!!! You can write multiple entries but only one counts for points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aphoride Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Are we allowed to add clauses to the prompt we use for the first line, or do we have to use the prompt as a single sentence on its own? e.g. 'I never realized how much I love the scent of peppermint: cool, biting....' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toomanycurls Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 On 12/2/2017 at 3:57 AM, Aphoride said: Are we allowed to add clauses to the prompt we use for the first line, or do we have to use the prompt as a single sentence on its own? e.g. 'I never realized how much I love the scent of peppermint: cool, biting....' That's definitely okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
800 words of heaven Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Before I forget, I'll post a link to my entry! (I think I'm supposed to post here?) Chai, Dancing, and a Friend in the Wee Hours of the Morning (T) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manno-malfoy Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Here's the link to my entry. And the World Went On (T) by manno-malfoy Thank you for hosting such an inspiring challenge! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowkat678 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 We can change the tense and POV? If I understand it correctly that's a yes, but just making sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toomanycurls Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share Posted December 18, 2017 Just now, Shadowkat678 said: We can change the tense and POV? If I understand it correctly that's a yes, but just making sure. You can change pov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowkat678 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 And the tense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toomanycurls Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share Posted December 18, 2017 Same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowkat678 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Cool. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AjTheJetPlane Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 So, as a clarification, you can submit a story that is not HP related? Like, for example, can I post a short story between two original characters of mine that are from an original story? (aka, not a fanfic)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhorsen. Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 1 hour ago, AjTheJetPlane said: So, as a clarification, you can submit a story that is not HP related? Like, for example, can I post a short story between two original characters of mine that are from an original story? (aka, not a fanfic)? Yep, original fiction is totally welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AjTheJetPlane Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Just now, abhorsen. said: Yep, original fiction is totally welcome! Awesome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hufflepuffhunny7 Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 My submission. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just.a.willow.tree Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 My entry! red luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toomanycurls Posted December 21, 2017 Author Share Posted December 21, 2017 In order for people to have the weekend to finish up their entries, we're extending the deadline to 12/25 at 11:59 PM GMT. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowkat678 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 1 hour ago, toomanycurls said: In order for people to have the weekend to finish up their entries, we're extending the deadline to 12/25 at 11:59 PM GMT. I could literally kiss you right now... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ajthejetplane Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 1 hour ago, toomanycurls said: In order for people to have the weekend to finish up their entries, we're extending the deadline to 12/25 at 11:59 PM GMT. oh thank chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nykizta Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 I've never done one of these prompt challenges before, and this is definitely on the short side... But here goes! Overhauling Hogwarts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapphicsunrise Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 (edited) whee (M) Edited December 26, 2017 by Veritaserum27 Added mature rating to link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sihaya Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 thank you for such a lovely challenge! war & mint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mydearfoxy Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 My entry: +First Lit, Last Burning (M) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aphoride Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Heeere: in the dawn, we shall enter the splendid cities. (M) (I've put it in Other Fandom with no characters tagged as a placeholder until the tags are up on the archive, but I didn't want to miss the deadline. So if I edit it, it'll be to do that - though if you'd prefer if I waited to shift that stuff around until after judging or whenever, let me know ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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