And Hell Followed Contest! · 11:36pm Apr 13th, 2022
In one month it will be one year since I started publishing And Hell Followed. Kind of crazy, honestly. That month was like a whirlwind and the support I got from it still astounds me. It sprouted from a single contest in the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Discord server about Cheerilee, a character I have never really written, and a small single word prompt: virtue.
So in honor of the event that inspired that story, I’m going to be holding a contest of my own!
That’s right, I’m hosting an And Hell Followed contest! Here are the details.
PRIZES
Let’s get the stuff everyone wants to know out of the way first. What do you get out of this? Well you know how I had that print copy of And Hell Followed made? That was a test run for this.
First Place: 1 signed hardcover print copy of And Hell Followed and fifty US dollars.
Second Place: 1 signed hardcover print copy of And Hell Followed and twenty-five US dollars.
Third Place: 1 signed hardcover print copy of And Hell Followed.
The physical copies are hardcover and come with all of the art in the original story in color. I have a blog with some pictures of them here!
WHEN
The contest will span the same span of time it took me to publish all of And Hell Followed. So you’ll have from May 17th to June 18th to write and publish your stories.
RULES
- Stories must be set in the 36 days that encompass The Event. You can find a timeline here. Find the canon timeline and other information about the universe here!
- Stories can’t be set in And Hell Followed’s plot. e.g. No side stories inside Twilight’s castle or in Ponyville featuring the main characters from And Hell Followed during the events of that story.
- Stories are capped at a Hard T/Soft M rating. Obviously considering the subject matter light gore and death are a given, but don’t go overboard and no porn.
- 20k word limit on stories.
- Stories must be completed and submitted by 12 PM CDT on June 18th, 2022. If you need an extension due to extenuating circumstances like this being your first story, please let me know.
- Stories must be submitted to the Scorched-questria group’s contest folder. Group here!
OTHER STUFF
I’ll also be giving out two copies in a raffle on my Twitter. I’ll be posting the tweet for the raffle the day the contest starts. You can find it here.
Also I have a Discord server for AHF stuff. If you join you can talk about writing in general or your entries or others or just hang out. Join that right here!
I’ll make another post the day the contest starts but I can’t wait to see what y’all write!
So.. how will that work? What if I've already got an idea and just wanna start writing right now? It there a certain starting point I've gotta wait for? (Either way, I'm certainly looking forward to this!)
5650593
Well I would say wait, yeah. This month bumper is for people to get their ideas in order and such. Now I can't stop you from writing in the time before, so I guess do what you will.
5650596
Got it. I've got no idea if I'll wind up actually getting something in or not, but I'm certainly gonna try. That glorious story is certainly one I truly do enjoy, and I'd love to try and write something in that universe. I'll hold off on writing straight down, but I'll be jotting ideas and waiting for that date to arrive.
This is gonna be fun!
5650597
Sounds great! Can't wait to read what you've got!
5650598
Hmm. I've got one final question. When in the MLP timeline does The Event occur? Like, what season do you think it ranged around?
5650601
Season 7. If I had to pinpoint an exact episode, then between episode 22 and 23
5650604
Got it, thanks!
Ooooo that sounds like fun.
What's your opinion on involving non-canon characters? I don't necessarily mean OCs but also something like non-named background ponies with no clear back-story from the show, like say, a random pegasus from Cloudsdale?
5650654
That’s more than fine!
Have a question! Can you sumbit only one story, or more? Also heads up, it will be my first, but I already have ideas flowing, so I will try to get it in during the time, but I may need to contact you incase it gets held up!
5650661
Only one entry will be counted, yes. And of course, just DM me on here or join the discord server and let me or one of the judges know if you do need an extension.
5650598
Hello, I would like to invite you to repost the contest in the Hall of Contests group. This is a group for spreading news about contests and for archiving.
Thank you very much and hope the contest will be successful.
Your story was literally a highlight of my day when it was first coming out, and is what made me try my hand at writing. Already have a few ideas on what to write, definently will be submitting my story.
Gonna have to reread the story to get the juices flowin, super excited to get brainstorming!
Might copies be eventually available through Lulu?
5650805
Probably later this year if there's enough interest, yes.