After going ahead with this, we are officially starting a new competition!

After much planning, the decided theme for this one is Rivalry.

What Rivalry composes of is to have both characters (in this case, Spike and Dash) be pitted against each other or against others, and form a bond in this way! Stories will be rated based on how closely they correspond to this theme, as well as general writing ability. Judges consist of myself, Biker Dash, and Steadfast Hoof.

For this competition, there will be a money prize!(Offered by Vexy, B_25, and FamousLastWords) The current rewards stand at $100 USD for 1st place, $25 for 2nd, and $15 for third.

Current submission rules go as follows:

- Stories must not exceed 10,000 words.
- Any and all submitted stories must be complete and finished to be judged.
- Deadline is on May 3rd, however if needed, can be extended.
- Follow the general rules of Fimfiction (duh).
- Clop is allowed, but must correspond to the theme!
- Make sure to submit all the entries to the newly created folder!

Good luck to all the contenders, and let the competition commence!

EDIT: Competition over! Thank you all for participating!

4241644 y'all are going down!!

4241646

Those will be your... *puts on sunglasses* Famous Last Words.

But yeah, count me in. Deadlines are always the best motivator for me.

P.S.: I promise that my story will be marginally better than that joke. Shouldn't be hard.

Kick-ass! I can't wait to see some new stories!

The prize pool grows...

4241644

After much planning, the decided theme for this one is Rivalry.

Can I copypasta Spike's Rainbow Dash and have that be my contest entry?

4241646
Nah, you're all going to get wrekt by me and my voluminous experience writing SpikeDash. I mean just look at all the SpikeDash stories I've writing by myself!
*crickets chirp*

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4241644

Just to clear things up, is the contest specifically for Romance stories, or friendshipping as well?
I'm just asking because to me friendshipping seems more natural to come from a rivalry, though I could probably pull off a romance story, too.

4241644

You should update the prizes, since b_25 is helping out too.

4246654 Fixed.

4246385 You can do whichever, however Romance is heavily suggested.

4247347

I see...

4241644 Hey, I want to contribute some cash to the prize pool.

4253445 Oh geez, more?!

How much are you willing to give?

4254768 Well, I wanna draw as much interest as possible, so I'll drop an extra 65 dollars on the first prize, to make it 100 even for the top winner.

This will be interesting.....

4241644 I'll play and I'll do my best. I have like a Power pony idea for this

I'm gonna enjoy readin' some of these, money is always a good motivator!

I ain't gonna participate myself, God forbid I ever finish a fic...

4254768 You should update the prizes. I'll advertise it on my blog later when you do and hopefully get a few more entries.

4241644 Already finished my entry, and I heard about it at midnight last night.

xD

Should be up later.

4241644 Again I say, you should update the prize info.

4267547

Man... a hundred bucks... I don't think I've ever seen a prize that big. Not even for TwiDash, and that ship is by far more popular than this one.

4268761 why am i a judge!

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YourNeighborHoodAlicorn did message you about it, right?

And because you offered to be a judge in a thread I made months ago.

4268962 Yea he did. but do you know how many spikedash things I can commission with that amount?!

4241646 a message to you and Follow Focus if he does join.

4270075 Oh I'm totally in now :D

4241644
Famous got me to join up on this, too.

What's this!?

That prize money is insane!

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Tell me about it.

Hey, I have a personal challenge for you: if you write an entry, you try and spin an idea based off of something you've drawn.

4241644
Thanks to this contest, I've already started on another separate SpikeDash.

Thanks FLW for getting me addicted to this ship.

Question: Can we have them have a preexisting bond but explore it through rivalry?

4276973 Whatever you like. As long as it's got the theme in it.

4277481 Sweet. Hopefully I can pull this off.

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Good suggestion, and I would, but I've not drawn anything showing their rivalry

I've thought about the theme a lot, but no ideas pop up right of the bat. Which is weird, because it is SpikeDash after all. Should be easy to have them fight a little.

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Who says it has to be rivalry between them?

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4278214

What Rivalry composes of is to have both characters (in this case, Spike and Dash) be pitted against each other or against others,

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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand, now I'm going to think about it some more.

Thank you for finding me a way to continue to procrastinate, guys...

>mfw I was convinced to enter, and with such coincidental timing...

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U-uh...

EDIT: Anyways, srs, actual entrées plz.

Like that.

4296833 it starts...

4296833
It is a serious entry.
It's a SpikeDash.
It's rivalry-themed.
It was posted on April 6th.
It was suggested I enter by a competition judge.
edit: also, I'm a vegan. No steaks for me please.

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competition judge

well, I'm a funder, but whatever :P

4296833 Yeah, it was a serious entry. I'm the one who convinced him to enter it.

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4296869

Oh, my mistake then. This competition inspired you to write it? I had read it without the impression of so. Anyways, sorry for the misunderstanding .

You get an A+ in semen.

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In the (let's face it, incredibly unlikely) event I actually place in the top three, I will defer my prize to the entrant who finishes a place below me. How about that?

4296908 Whatever you like. It's your money.

4296915 "its your money"
does that mean he already won?

4298638 All a matter of time.

So, on the very definition of going down to the line, I'm trying to get mine up once I'm off of work tonight.