Hello everyone and welcome to the first (as far as I'm aware) Cyberpunk Equestria Story Contest. 

I started this contest with the desire to bring life to the Cyberpunk Equestria group as well as encouraging the creation of more cyberpunk stories here on FiMFiction. 

Now onto the rules.

Rules

• Your story must possess cyberpunk elements. These can include: cybernetics, dystopian cityscapes, hacking, cyberspace, corporations controlling almost everything, robots, hovering vehicles, etc…
• The story can be either a future or alternate universe of either Gen4 or Gen5, but must take place in Equestria. 
• AUs and OCs are allowed, just be aware that the judges might not be aware of any worldbuilding/lore outside of what's in MLP.
• The story must be SFW (Safe for Work). It can have implied sex, but no actual clop. Also NO foalcon and no incestuous pairings. 
• Aside from the Fetish tag, all tags are acceptable.
• Must have at least 2,500 words with the upper limit being 15,000 words.
• It MUST be a new story and can't be one that you've already published.
• When submitting your story, make sure you put it in the 2023 Cyberpunk Equestria Story Contest folder by midnight on June 1st 2023 and the story must be complete at that date.
• You are allowed to post multiple entries, however only one may win a prize.
• Have fun. 

Feel free to ask any questions if you have any. 

The judges are: Calmflame, Moproblems Moharmony, Short-tale.

They will be judging the story on:

• How well the story portrays the cyberpunk setting/elements.
• How good the story is and how well the characters are depicted. 
• How well the story is written.

There prizes are as follows:

• 1st Place: An art piece by Mutter Butter with Full shading, full body and background.
• 2nd Place: A flat, full body art piece by Mutter Butter.
• 3rd Place: A no color, full body art piece by Mutter Butter.

Here’s an example of Mutter Butter’s artwork:

Prompts:
So, I had some ideas buzzing around in my head and I figured I could throw them out there, potentially offering you all some inspiration that you could run with it. Of course, if you don't use these prompts that's totally fine too. 

• Takes place on an island resort or coastal town.
• Takes place during a festival like Hearth's Warming or Nightmare Night.
• Deals with an immortal’s day, how they adjust to the changes. Discord, Alicorns, etc.

And there you have it. Thank you all for reading the information on this contest. I look forward to seeing your entries. 

7824696
just curious, does the timing of this have anything to do with Tale Foundry?

7825118 Tale Foundry?

7825119
You don't know? Nvm then.
Just find it coincidental:

Tale Foundry is an excellent literature channel. Highly recommended.

7825126 Oh, yeah, I'm seen his video, though I wasn't a fan of this one (I feel that this video focused more on whats punk and less on cyberpunk. Very disappointing).

But actually I've been planning on this contest for a few months now.

7824696
Now when you say, 'It MUST be a new story', exactly how 'new' do you wish it to be. I ask this because I've been considering a side-story for another work of mine that has already been published, but yet to be completed. This side-story wouldn't fit in with the main-story as a chapter because it would break the flow, but it might work as a standalone.

7826432 As long as the story you are submitting to the comtest wasn't published prior to the start of this contest, it will be allowed.

The story can be either a future or alternate universe of either Gen4 or Gen5, but must take place in Equestria.

I guess if I put on my science fiction hat, I think one way Equestria could become cyberpunk is as an indirect effect of being in an AU where everypony is human. But do you count that as taking place in Equestria?

I mean, for the contest?

When submitting your story, make sure you put it in the 2023 Cyberpunk Equestria Story Contest folder by midnight on June 1st 2023 and the story must be complete at that date.

But what time zone, I ask now that the contest is close to over?

And does the contest close at the END of June 1st?

Update: we should ask questions HERE, in the group that runs this contest: https://www.fimfiction.net/group/199770/cyberpunk-equestria/thread/515032/2023-cyberpunk-equestria-story-contest

7842120 Yeah, that would be preferable.

I have extended the deadline to June 2nd at Midnight PST.