Competition » Cozy Glow Short Story Contest! · 10:24pm Jul 23rd, 2021
Here’s another contest about everyone’s favorite filly.
Unless you like Twist or something.
Greetings! Following the success of the 2020 Cozy Glow Short Story Contest, the Cozy Glow group is happy to announce a new contest for 2021. That so many writers and readers take joy in and adore our precocious Pegasus is not a surprise; rather it’s the lack of canon material released in the interim devoted to this precious, fragile life (given, as we know, such short shrift by the professed “Guardians of Harmony”) that is unexpected.
And so, please join us once again as we address this disturbing gap in the storyline by celebrating the ambition, courage, and charismatic leadership of the best of all possible fillies, Cozy Glow!
Guidelines
All stories must:
-Adhere to the site rules
-Be between 2.5k and 15k words in length and be completed by the deadline.
-Contain Cozy Glow as a central character and be classifiable under one of the prompts.
-Not endorse or feature any specific sexual theme beyond the existing categories and tags on Fimfiction
-Be written in English
-Be written between 20 Jul 2021 12:00 PM EDT and 20 Sep 2021 12:00 PM EDT. No exceptions. Post up to three entries in this folder. Stories may be sequels, but must be able to be read without knowledge of prior works.
-Entrants must be willing to reveal their country of residence (which must have an amazon website) if they win a monetary prize. If a monetary prize is not possible, an alternative prize will be offered.
-“Genre” refers to narrative type of story (e.g. adventure, mystery, etc.); “category” refers to tone (e.g. sad, comedy, dark, etc.).
Otherwise, there are no restrictions on content or maturity level. Stories will be assigned points based on the following:
-Narrative flow and cohesiveness – does it all work together as an organic whole?
-Quality of spelling and grammar – typos and copy/paste errors can ruin the most carefully engineered mood.
-Emotional impact – make the reader feel it.
-Relevance to the MLP universe – is there a connection to the characters, lore, and storyline portrayed in the show?
-Originality – take an old premise and add a new spin, or venture into the unknown.
-Style – speak to the reader in your own unique voice.
-X-factor – how sharp are the teeth?
Courtesy of DarkHooves
Prizes
Monetary prize amounts will vary depending on the number of entrants. Winners are guaranteed the following:
1st place: An amazon gift code worth at least $35, posting with link to story on the Cozy Glow group front page, and brief review.
2nd place: an amazon gift code worth at least $25, posting with link to story on the Cozy Glow group front page, and brief review.
3rd place: an amazon gift code worth at least $15, posting with link to story on the Cozy Glow group front page, and brief review.
Runner-up: posting with link to story on the Cozy Glow group front page and brief review.
At 20 entrants, the monetary prizes increase by $15; at 30 entrants, they increase by an additional $15, and so on at each tier of 10 for up to 5 tiers.
Prompts
Any genre, any category
-Twilight Sparkle gathers Cozy’s belongings for disposal. One object surprises her.
-Cozy makes an unusual friend.
-Cozy + Mirror Pool = Maximum Friendship Power.
-Cozy is reformed. How will she gain the trust of the ones she’s hurt?
-Cozy’s got a secret!
Genre and category specific to original story
-Classic MLP fanfic with Cozy swapped with the main character!
Adventure, any category
-As Princess Luna is delivering Cozy to Tartarus, they have an adventure.
-That pack of study buddies is off adventuring again. Time to get some real schoolwork done.
-Cozy succeeded in absorbing not only Discord’s magic, but that of Celestia and Luna as well. There’s just one problem …
Slice of Life, Sad
-In Equestria, no creature mourned Cozy’s death, except one.
-And that was the moment Cozy realized that the only one she could trust was herself.
-The last page mentioning Cozy Glow is written into the history books.
-That weird foal was being so extra specially nice to her. Rejecting the pathetic loser was going to be just the best!
Grimdark/horror
-Sure, they had won, but Cozy had the last laugh all the same.
-Cozy hugged him, and everything was better.
-They showed her how to harvest the skulls, after she’d finished playing.
Judgesthe dobermans
Anonymous Judge #1
…aren’t we all anonymous judges in the end?
Anyowho, best of luck to the entrants!
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I'm not sure what this means exactly. You're not saying porn is off limits but you can't feature a particular fetish? But fetish is a tag. I'm so confused!
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--Sweetie Belle
Okay, sorry if I go into a little rant here, but why anyone would love Cozy Glow is beyond me.
That megalomaniacal psycho should rot in Tartarus, not receive praise. For Faust's sake, she looks like that spoiled rotten, evil Dora Dimple kid from Cat's Don't Dance, with an ego and temper to match. She's a monster, not an innocent child. 
In case that didn't make my decision clear, I'm going to write a story featuring her in the Slice of Life/Sad category. Serve her right,.
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Sir, this is a denny’s
Don't forget Apple Bloom and Scootaloo!
It's a three way tie between them and Cozy if I'm honest.
For clarification, is this is a original story written by oneself? Or any fan fiction in general?
So it can endorse rape, but not contain spanking or detailed descriptions of hooves?
It doesn't really matter to me as the idea of writing sex!Cozy stories is not something I had considered before reading this, but I feel like your rule might need some clarification for other authors because I have no idea what you're trying to say.
Apple Bloom? Scootaloo? Sweetie Belle? Dinky? Diamond Tiara? Silver Spoon? Which one is it this time? Gonna have to be a bit more specific.
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Pretty sure that the existence of the "Fetish" tag makes that no restriction at all if taken literally, but the actual intent is probably along the lines of "don't do that thing someone tried to do back in Pride and Positivity"
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I never liked her either. Her evil smile gives me the creeps. O_O'
Do I have to choose from the prompts, or can I make my own?
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They should probably say what they mean in that case. I'm not sure why they're allowing porn stories about Cozy Glow in the first place, but if they want her to be non-canonically aged up in those stories then that should be in the requirements to avoid confusion.
It's not my problem, fortunately—I just wanted to point out how confusing it is.
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I'm pretty sure the intent is just: "For the love of god, let's have a normal family contest for once." The kind of exasperated dad at Thanksgiving vibe that just saw a nephew attempt to zipline off the roof and end up breaking their leg because the line was made of twine.
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I wasn't talking about foalcon in and of itself, so much as everything else wrong with that situation. In particular, trying to pretend that open sexual themes can coexist with an "E" rating. A one-off throwaway joke is one thing, but they were the entire purpose of the story here.
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Y'all are totally guessing. If they actually meant "family friendly", they would have said "rated E or T, with no sex or sexual themes". They intentionally used language that appears to have been worded to specifically allow M stories and [Porn] into the competition.
I don't have a clue what they mean by that rule.
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but they misspelled her name as Cozy Glow everywhere. Weird.
It's obviously
5559537
As I said, the point isn't so much "don't have an M-story" as "don't have an M-story and then assign it an E rating in the system". Because the latter has happened with an "entry" that was a thinly-veiled excuse for the author to justify killing themselves afterwards.
Yas!! Imma enter!! But I do not have an amazon.in account or anything of that sorts. Just entering for fun!
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Hello, and thanks for your interest. I was instructed to include this guideline during last year's contest. For our purposes, let's say it means that if the content of your story can't be classified under one of the existing tags, it's not allowed.
If you're not sure and want to check with me before investing the work, shoot me a PM.
5559161
Can't wait to read your entry!
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By "classic", we mean one of the iconic stories of the fandom.
For example, re-write Cupcakes but with Cozy as one of the main characters instead of Pinkie and RD
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Stories must fall under one of the prompts, but some poetic license is allowed.
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So what's the criteria then? Is it a certain level of upvotes?
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Well, one approach is to go up to Browse and select Top- All Time. The first 10-15 stories are decently representative of the type that's intended here. One can narrow the list by considering that many of the top stories are epic sagas spanning multiple chapters, and thus don't lend themselves to one-shot rewrites.
That being said, don't feel obligated to do an exact rewrite.
Now I interrupt this short story contest to bring you a special message from the Princess of Friendship's voice actress herself!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzqmvInMsVU
I'm sorry, but what does that mean?
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The "X-factor" typically refers to that extra something a story has that makes it affect you. For example, I can't explain to you why Cupcakes was so moving and influential (it wasn't grammatical perfection, plot or structure, to be sure).
Another way to describe X-factor is salience.
i would like to join, except, you guys live in America, or US, and i live in the Philippines, so that means if i win, You can't give me the prize from Your place to my country, so yeah, not participating :(
A story of an aventure of the trio that Cozy Glow makes with Tirek and Chrysalis counts?
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Yup!
5563730 I don't know if this tag exists but here
#stopcozyglowabuse
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I guess this is as close as we'll get to hearing Twilight's candid thoughts regarding Cozy. One can only imagine what Celestia and Luna would say.
Just a few more days, folks! We're only 6 entries away from unlocking the next tier of cash prize amounts.
Courtesy reminder: 12:00 PM is noon
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Whoops!!
... well don't I feel silly.
Status update:
-Story evaluation is nearing completion
-Although we had 19 entries (one shy of the prize tier upgrade), considering these are rough times and we're pretty darn close, the prize tiers will be upgraded anyway!
It's what Cozy would do.
After much thought and deliberation, Anonymous Judge #1 and I are happy to announce the results of this year's contest:
Runner Up: Blended by FacePinata
3rd Place: Surrogate by Minty Sundae
2nd Place: Only a Filly by Apple Bottoms
1st Place: Rainbow Factory: Checkmate by Shaslan
We'd like to give a heartfelt thank you to all of the entrants. By taking the time to write for the contest, you've helped to keep Cozy alive, which is especially important now considering the emergence of G5. Without all of you, she's locked in stone forever.
Please join us in congratulating the winners, and take a moment (or several) to read all of the entries!