The FlutterDash group is running a contest at the moment with an actual cash prize of $60, provided courtesy of Sage_Element. Interested in writing a shipfic? Have an idea for a FlutterDash story you've been procrastinating on writing? Just want the chance of winning $60 to write about ponies kissing? This is your chance!

*perks up*
I'm listening.

Go on.

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The contest thread is on the FlutterDash forum, but for the sake of it:

The Prompt
The prompt for this contest, as suggested by Sage_Element, shall be "Change." What this means in relation to the story is up to you. Whether it being a physical change between them, a relationship change like if they break up, or an emotional change of some degree. It's all up to you, so get creative as possible.

The Rules
0) Submitted entries are to feature the Fluttershy x Rainbow Dash pairing in either a romantic or a platonic relationship. This can be in any form you wish so Anthro, Humanized, Equestria girls, Alternate Universe, etc. are all fine so long as it features the paring.

1) Submitted entries are to be greater than 1,750 words in length, but can be as long as you want.

2) Submitted entries are to have no greater than a T rating.

2a) That means no explicit descriptions of anything more “heated” than passionate kissing.

3) No content that would require the entry to be tagged “gore” will be permitted.

4) Multi-Chapter stories must be marked complete before the contest deadline.

5) Each contestant may only have one entry.

6) Entries must have been written for the contest, within the contest period. No stories made before September 9th can be added.

7) None of the contest judges may have been involved in the writing, editing or pre-reading of your entry. Asking for help from others though is encouraged.

Submitting
A subfolder for Contest 3 has been created within the main folder "Writing Contests" called "Writing Contest 3: Change" and has been made public for anyone to submit stories into. If you submit your entry anywhere else it will not be judged for the contest, so be sure to submit it to that folder. After the deadline though it shall be locked off and no other entries shall be accepted. The story shall then be reviewed and judged accordingly so long as it fits within the rules as stated above.

The Deadline
The final deadline to submit a story is Monday, October 3rd at 11:59 P.M. Central Time. As soon as it hits 12:00 A.M. Central Time and it is Tuesday, October 4th the contest folder will be locked off and you won't be able to submit your story. So be sure to submit your entry before then. An extension to the deadline can be made if the judges deem necessary and we shall notify you if it does happen and how long the extension will be.

Judging
The judging period will happen after the specified deadline and the winner shall be announced Saturday, October 24th at an unspecified time.

The Judges selected as of now are as follows: Sage_Element, Titanium Dragon, and Dalek Saxon.

They will review the stories and be looking for overall plot quality, writing ability, prose, and handling of the characters, They will then give each story a rating based on a five point rating scale and whichever one has the highest overall rating based on an average from the three ratings will be the winner.

A public vote later may be held after the official judging is over and will be done by a straw poll. We'll go into this later after the contestl

Prizes
- $60 dollar reward from Sage_Element. (Need clarification from him if it's going to be through paypal, giftcard, or some other means.)

- Reviews posted on Titanium Dragon's blog if so desired.

- Front page posting as the contest winner for an unspecified amount of time.