Posted on behalf of Knight of Cerebus
https://www.fimfiction.net/group/65/twilestia-is-bestia/thread/498912/the-thirteenth-bimonthly-twilestia-contest

Now with more bad luck! With our revival having ended up a swimming success and the prizes successfully handed out, it's time for us to host the next contest. As always, these contests are open to anyone and everyone, so if you'd like to write a story or become a judge, feel free to join in whenever you like.

Like before, the stories will be focused around a single prompt fitting a theme for our cherished couple. After two months of writing time, the submissions will be gathered up and judged by a panel of three volunteers and then awarded prizes based on their ranking. Without further ado, here's our latest prompt:

The Premise: In keeping with this being the thirteenth Twilestia contest, and the vexing bad luck that has been (somewhat arbitrarily) assigned to this number, the prompt for this contest will be 'Nuisance'. Every relationship has its little irritating flaws or tiny strains, and sometimes a good moment is killed by a third wheel or an annoying turn of events. Sometimes this can be more serious, sometimes more amusing, but I thought after the heavy subject matter inherent in the last contest something potentially more lighthearted could be fun to write around.

Limitations: Any and all content in the fic is legal unless the group rules say otherwise. Please check over the rules thread if you have any worries about content. If it's within the rules, it's fine. As for word count, our lower limit is 1000 so that your story can actually be, y'know, a story, while we will not have an upper limit for word count for these stories. Lastly, the story you write for this contest must be original. This means that you have to have never posted it before. Stories that have been written up but not posted are allowed. Reworks of stories written and posted two months ago are not.

Entering a story: In order to enter the contest, simply add your story in a comment in the thread of the contest. This is important. We once had an author that wanted to apply for the contest missed his chance because he forgot to do this step. If the judges don't know where to find this story, it can't be judged.

Judging: The judges for these contests are chosen on a first-come, first-serve basis, and there are three available judging slots. We do not currently host judging criteria, as in the past doing so has been complicated and invited drama, but we do encourage judges to give feedback explaining their reasoning in either a PM to the author or a comment in the thread. Please comment below if you're interested.

The Judge slots are empty as of now, but will be:

1. Anonymous Changeling
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Winnings: As always, runner-ups for third and second place will receive an advert in the form of a group comment post on them. Second place will also receive a group post about its placing, with an optional interview from a willing group member. First place will receive a position in our lovely contest box, but because it's also getting a little crowded up there will more importantly be featured on the front of the group page beneath the description for two months time. In addition, offers of fanart will go to first place, then second, then third as they arrive.

Deadline: Entries will be due by September 15th, giving you plenty of time to write and a nice round date for us to end this contest and start the next one on.

Best of luck to all entrants, and enjoy the show, everyone!

Apology for the lateness. I couldn't keep track of every contest by myself.

There're still 15 days left for those who wish to enter.

https://www.fimfiction.net/group/65/twilestia-is-bestia/thread/498912/the-thirteenth-bimonthly-twilestia-contest#comment/7739917

Alright. Thank you both for being such good sports (and writers)! We will be extending the contest deadline to September 30th with that in mind. If anyone wants to judge or submit, let us know in this thread.