thanks to a generous anonymous donation by someone i personally regard highly, we are able to expand our prize pool quite a bit! here are the new amounts:

• First Place: $80$145
• Second Place: $55$95
• Third Place: $35$65
• Fourth Place: $0$45
• Best Concept Execution: $20$35
• Best Characterization: $20$35
• Judge Prizes: $10$20

good luck to all of you who are still writing! remember that the deadline is still 2022 Jan 06 7PM EST!

I was going to stop at 3 submissions, but the stakes have just risen

Damn, sadly I won't be able to complete a story in 4 days.

Thank you for running the contest and thank you to the anonymous donor! (Note: The 'site post announcement' thread doesn't have a comment mentioning this increase yet).

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as long as you know you can only win a prize for one of them!
7624710
i am saddened by this as well
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it's a bit of a pain to get site posts updated after the fact, and this close to the deadline it feels more like something to encourage people who were already interested (and thus joined the group for updates) rather than drawing new interest. and yes, thank you to the awesome anonymous donor!

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Of course. But I won't pretend that I'm not hedging my bets.