Hearth's Warming Care Package · 1:44pm Oct 5th, 2012
Maybe you've already seen the post on Equestria Daily, but I thought I'd tell everyone about it here as well.
The Hearth's Warming Care Package is a project by PonIver to help out Kiki Havivy, a seven-year-old pegasister who's been fighting against a brain tumor. I actually first heard about her from Tara Strong at Canterlot Gardens. The community has already raised thousands of dollars to help her, but this project is a bit more personal.
We're holding a fanfiction contest to write a Hearth's Warming Eve story for Kiki. The winning story will be published, illustrated, and sent to Kiki along with some art and custom toys from artists in the fandom. We want to show her just how many people out there have been helping her.
The press release by PonIver gives a lot more detail, including submission rules. The deadline is November 10, so you've got a little over a month.
Click here for official information and rules
As a judge, I can tell you a little bit about what we want to see. Obviously your stories need to be appropriate for children. We're looking for stories about canon characters, preferably the mane six, rather than background ponies or OCs. And keep the writing style short and simple - it will be a picture book, after all.
And, of course, give whatever you can to Kiki's charity fund.
I hope Kiki gets better.
Congrats on being a judge, I really wish I had easier classes this semester so I could focus more on writing but enough moping. Hope you read some good stuff!
I can't give money (i'm 15 with no job), but I will definately write for this. I've had a show-accurate and appropriate story in mind for a while now, and I figure it would be best used for this.
Man, I really want to do this. It would be awesome to make this girl's Christmas with a story, but I'm more of a grimdark writer...
I guess I could try but...
PS: congrats on being a judge. Really proves your skills are respected in the community.
Somewhat appropriate Lyra emoticon: //dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/misc_Lyra_cry.png
I really wish I could help, but I've got no money, and can't write
She's in my prayers
It's not exactly relevant yet, but I've searched all the rules and blog posts and I can't find anywhere the limit on how long the story can be, or how many chapters it must have, if more than one.
Slightly difficult to begin brainstorming a nice story without that info, so does anybody know yet? Or will it be released at a certain time?
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The average picture book is about 1000-2000 words. I wouldn't break it into chapters.