"Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord" - Summer 2k18 Competition · 11:55pm Aug 1st, 2018

It's time, my friends.

After the massive success of my last contest, I knew I wanted to come back for round two before the year was over. Now that Bronycon is over and summer is starting to wind down, what better time to start?!

That being said, I wanted to do something that was as equally challenging as the last one but just as open to interpretation. A theme that would stretch the creative minds of the participants and give the site a wealth of fun stories to read. A prompt that was simple, yet complex. A competition that would let everyone have a good time.

Well, ladies and gentleman, I do believe I found just what we're looking for.

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DEAR LOVE: A BEAUTIFUL DISCORD

The idea of star-crossed lovers is one that's been done to pieces in every form of media imaginable but rarely is it executed well. Two characters that don't seem to have a chance of being together are given the opportunity through random circumstance and sunshine and rainbows and all that nonsense. Let's shake it up a bit, shall we?

I've read many stories that feature Heroes and Villains. I've read quite a few that feature heroes and villains falling in love, usually before or after the said villain is evil. I've seen a few where the heroes and villains are together in the midst of their fighting, but usually in an alternate universe setting of some kind. So, given that fact, we're going to toss all of that out the window and narrow this down.

PROMPT
Ship any of the princesses with any of the villains in the show. However, the villain cannot be reformed in your story's time and setting, and you cannot make use of the AU tag.

That's right. I want to see some Princess/Villain shipping that follows the show's canon and where the villain is actually evil at the time of the romance happening. Pretty simple, right? Yes, no, maybe? Here are a couple examples of what you can write about and what you can't.

Acceptable: Tirek escapes his imprisonment and returns to destroy Equestria. Upon doing so, he runs into Cadance and romance stuff happens.
Unacceptable: Cadance was never married and is actually a bounty hunter on the hunt for Tirek, whom she ends up falling in love with.

Those aren't perfect, I get it, but you get the picture.

Here are the rules:

RULES
All entries must be between 2k and 15k words long.
There will be no M rated stories allowed.
One entry per author.
The villains and princesses must be within the series' canon, so no OC's.
All entries must be new. As in they must have been posted to the site on August 1st or later.

Now, I know that this is going to be challenging. So, just like last time, I have a hefty amount of prizes involved. Let's take a look behind curtain number one, shall we!

1st Place
$150 via Paypal
2nd Place
$50 via Paypal
3rd Place
$15 via Paypal
Note: I'm also working on altering these prizes to include some art commissions, but this will be the stable reward range of which you can expect.

There you have it! In addition to those lovely prizes, every entry will get a review from one of the judges and the top three will be blogged and advertised by the judging staff, of course.

Speaking of which, including myself, here are the judges for the contest this time around: Curify, Tidal, Roselucky Seven, and Carapace.

We all know our way around a romance story, but we each have a different viewpoint and bring different skill sets to the table. I feel this will bring a wide variety of outlooks and opinions to the judging table.

Alright, now let's talk about the deadline. This competition will run until my birthday this year, October 6th. So, once the calendar officially changes to October 7th, it'll be too late. Let me put it in bold:

THE DEADLINE IS 10/6/2018

Well, now that all that's out of the way, there's only one thing left to say:

Have fun and write away! I'll be posting blogs and creating an official group for the contest post-haste, so keep tuned in for any updates.

Peace!

-Famous

Note: To avoid confusion about what qualifies as a villain or princess, here is a rule of thumb: if a character was ever an antagonist, they're a villain. (Discord, Trixie, Gilda...) and if they're a canon princess, they're a princess (Twilight, Cadance, Skystar...).

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