CONTEST SUBMISSIONS CLOSED! - Luna & Sombra

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Ice Star #1 · Feb 9th, 2018 · 1 · ·

Oops, I am a day or two late, but here I am now! Better late than never, I suppose. I'm here to announce the closing of the first friggin' Lunbra contest! There a four entries that need to be judged, and a folder that is now locked. (If you have a late/inspired by the contest entry, just toss it in the main folder of the group)

Once again, thank you for all your feedback, entries, interest, prize offers, infant sacrifices, and contest stuff! Even if you didn't get an entry in, my evil ways are always trying to find ways to maximize the amount of Lunbra stories on this site, and a second contest could happen.

But for now, and those of you who have entered a story, (thank you!) your precious wordbabbus shall be turned over to the judges -PonyTheNorris,BeanBean, andＰＥＡＲ　ＥＮＴＩＴＹ- for the slaughter.

For those of you who exist as goldfish do, or something, I have reposted the prizes and rubrics here, so you know exactly what you may possible perhaps win and what methods your wordbabbu will be scrutinized.

For those of you who are new to this, all you have to do is use this prompt in your idea. It can be a theme, title, or something, but it has to be related to your story and the events in it.

They will being judging your story based upon a rubric designed by yours truly. The guidelines and information about that can be found below, so this way you know what your story will be judged on and how it will be scored:

(It is possible to win up to five points in each category, which means that a story with a score of twenty will win. I'm just gonna put this here anyway, but 1 is poor, 2 is eh, 3 is average, 4 is good, and 5 is really fucking great, yo!)

Your story's final score will be the result of all three judges adding their scores together after arguing among themselves, flinging poo, and all sorts of other judge things. The story with the highest score wins. If two stories have the same score, and end up tied, the authors of those stories will have to face one another in gladiatorial combat. Very simple stuff.

Grammar/Mechanics:This is for the technical aspects of your story and why you should have an editor if you need one because your story will be judged on how readable it is. Don't write like Tara Gilesbie. I don't care if you have a fucking medical excuse.

Originality:The overall creativity and heart of the story. Serious or silly, a unique and well-written tale will score high here, especially if you have an unusual idea or other story elements, like worldbuilding and descriptions. Think of this as the score for the 'stage' you've set, if that helps.

Characterization/Romance:The personalities and portrayal of Luna/NMM and Sombra, as well as the dynamic they have and how they interact with each other. Your build up or romantic development for them will also go here too. This would be for the 'players' to the Orginality category's 'stage' if you're new to this kind of thing. And again, serious or silly, as long as you write well, you should have no problem with this part!

Usage of Prompt:That little prompt I provided as a basis for the tale? This category will be for how well you've used it and its relation to your story.

Prizes:

The prizes for the winners will be:

3rd Place:The judges will offer a brief little summary of their thoughts on each of the 3 winners, like a little mini-review. Like something here. While 2nd and 1st place will go on to get the prizes listed below, 3rd place will enjoy a spot here!

2nd Place:A blog series from me that offers an in depth review of any completed SFW story you've written of your choice, provided you haven't written something akin to the length of 'Fallout: Equestria' and I've never read the story before. Free of charge. Will contain sass, sanity slippage on my part, and critique on how you can improve your story/as a writer/human being/whatever, and this will be almost line-by-line too, hence why it'd be a series. If you want a single blog, that's totally possible too.

1st Place:Free art fromMultiversecruise! (Their DA ishere) The choice of one full color shaded image with a background (think something like custom cover art for your story, if you don't have any) or one short comic with dialogue and action of your choosing! (No violent or sexual scenes permitted. Real people and symbols are also not permitted in the artist's work.) Also, a place on the front page of the group.

Honorable Mention:Points for this spot are irrelevant. This is the story that was my personal favorite, who I will display on my page. If my personal favorite was among the other rankings, then I'll select another story I greatly enjoyed - and the results blog will get a mention from me.

Now that you have seen the face of death, continue with your life, and perhaps I will see you next contest!