So there is a really cool contest going on roght here where Maud Pie is one of the characters you can work with and I really think you should check it out.
The rules in the contest are as follow:
Three winners shall be selected and be given a prize. (Subject to change).

The first prize winner receives a $10 gift certificate to Amazon, while the other two receive $5 gift cards.

Here are the characters you have to work with: Sunset Shimmer, Maud Pie, Zecora, Babs Seed, Sonata Dusk, Seabreeze and Twist. Choose any one (or more) of them.

Here are the Tags you can work with: Slice of Life, Human (any version just not A Human in Equestria), Anthro, Dark, Comedy, Random, and AU.

Rules:

1: No Clop (this time).

1.2: No excessive Gore keep it to "Resident Evil" levels

2: You can use other characters. However the ones I've listed must be the Main Stars.

3: OC's are allowed but none of thisAnon/Anonymous crud.

4: Stories must be 1,000 words minimum as per site rules and 4,900 words max.

5: There can be more than one Chapter just so long as they don't violate rule #4.

6: Judges Decisions are Final and are subject to change anytime.

9: One Entry per Member

10:  Deadline is April 25th, at 11:59 PM. (Subject to Change)

11: When done add to folder labeled "Contest Submissions

More detailed instructions and such is found in the contest thread
Here