AppleDash Contest #5 - Second Chances! · 7:07pm Jun 30th, 2017
Please, AJ?
Nope.
Gimme a second chance! I can do better!
I trusted you, Dash. And you broke that trust.
That's not somethin' you get back so easy.
I'll do anything, please!
Anything?
...Well, just about anything.
You got yerself a deal. I'll think of somethin'.
Seriously? Sweet!
Don't get too happy too quick. Ya might not enjoy it that much.
I think i'm starting to regret this...
Wait, no. I said I'd do anything, and I'll do it!
Thanks for givin' me a second chance, AJ!
Don't mention it, Sugarcube.
I'm watchin' ya this time, though.
You dang near busted the cider still last time.
I said I was sorry!
Not so sure about this zap apple cider idea o' yours...
The Fifth AppleDash Contest!
Second Chances
It's that time of the year again! The AppleDash contest reappears!
This time, the prompt is simple. What you do with it, however, is entirely up to you.
Second chances.
You can take that any way you want. Face value, or twist its meaning, or whatever at all. A second chance at what? Whose second chance? Why a second chance was needed?
We won't tell you what to do with it.
You're expecting to see a dozen fics with the same 'second chance' idea? Then play with the words. Think twice about what that second chance is.
Surprise us. Or don't, but wow us instead.
Make this your second (or third, or fourth, or...) chance at victory!
The Rules
- Entries must be a minimum of 5000 words long.
- Entries must be complete by the end of the contest—incomplete entries will not be judged.
- Multiple entries are allowed. They will be judged completely separately.
- No Anthro, Crossovers, Grimdark, Gore, Human(s) in Equestria, Ponies on Earth, Species-Swap, Gender-swap.
- Applejack and Rainbow Dash must be a couple by the end of your fic. They can start out however you like.
- Mature fics are allowed, but not required.
- Bear in mind that the contest is still about the story. Mature fics won't score extra points.
- Fics can be part of an extended fic-verse, but need to be able to stand alone.
- The deadline is 11:59PM PST on September 1st, 2017.
Please ask for clarification on any of these rules if you wonder about them.
The Prizes
Three prizes! Each winner will receive an amount of money towards the purchase of sweet pony merchandise. Each winner can pick what they want, from where/who they want, and when they want it. This can be commissions from that artist you've always wanted art from, a plushie, something from shapeways.com, or whatever else you can think of. Anything left in the prize after the purchase of your merch can be sent as an Amazon gift card (if that doesn't work, we can always work out an alternative).
- First place gets $300
- Second place gets $150
- Third place gets $50.
Upon announcing the winners, KrazyTheFox will contact each and arrange for the distribution of the prizes.
We are still working on extra prizes - some EA games, possibly a commissioned fic by a well known fic author! We will cover that more when the time comes and have figured out and finalized things.
The Judges
KrazyTheFox
Skeeter The Lurker
Tchernobog
Timaeus
Journcy
How to Submit Your Entry:
Add your entry to the group's main folder, then PM one of the judges with a link to your story. The judge will move your story to the dedicated contest folder. If your story is complete, but not yet on the site, a Google Docs link (or similar) PM'd to a judge will suffice. Your story will not be judged until it's completed, but it can still be added to the folder and the judges will track it.
Final Words:
We hope you're as excited about this contest as we are! If you have any questions or need any clarifications, feel free to contact any of the judges either in this topic or through PM. Good luck!
I cant write, but I can sure as hell draw! Send me an ask when youve got your entry written for some cover art!
Hmmmm.
4587879
Prepares to squee?
4587913
Silly Tcherno, I can't Applejack to save my life.
I will cheer on from afar o:
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Noooo, please participate! You can Applejack! Just do a 180 degree flip from Rarity!
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Do iiiiit!
4587926
I will consider it.
4587934
That's all I ask!
4587851
I might take you up on that...
I'm not the greatest writer, but I'll give this a shot!
4587934
I so wanna do this.
... I so wonder how I won't screw it all up.
TCHERNO! HELP ME-EEE!
4588347
DO EEEEET
*Rolls up sleeves and cracks knuckles*
I'm on it this time!
I've been terrible about getting anything done lately, but we'll see.
I suppose I do owe you some repayment for the years of will I or won't I write that one fic we can't speak of. Not to mention all the teasing.
We'll see if I can figure something out, I guess.
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OKAY FINE I'LL DO IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE FAITH ON ME!
... I mean "in me", of course.
Well, this is now officially awkward. YAY!
So EQG and Alternate Universe is fine then? Hypothetically speaking, of course.
4589839
EQG is fine. AU is fine but we've gotta understand the setting, so that's more work for you to 'create'/write it. It's welcome, just a bigger challenge selling it to us :)
4589948
Excellent, most excellent...
- MLP: FiM
- Romance
- Drama
Something is wrong with Rainbow Dash and Applejack, and Twilight Sparkle is determined to figure it out. But not even the Princess of Friendship is prepared for the possibility that, sometimes, love alone isn't enough to keep a marriage going strong.It is finished.