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CONTEST!

Welcome to 3AM Perspective’s Summer 2008 Writing Contest the fifth annual contest to be held here. This year, the contest beings on May 27th and ends on August 24th. Please take a moment to fav the news article to help spread the word: [link]

THE GOAL: Write a short story based on the following image.


RULES:

1. Story must somehow clearly tie into the image shown.
2. Story should be no more than 6000 words.
3. No script format, please.
4. Poems will be gladly accepted.
5. The story may be any genre you wish, so long as it complies with Rule 1.
6. While the photo is of me, please do not use my name for the character. Make up one.
7. All entries will receive a written critique. This critique will be posted in my journal along with the winner’s announcement, even if the piece does not place. If you do not wish to be given a critique, say so when you send in your entry. Otherwise, by entering, you automatically agree for me to post a written critique.
8. Please link back to either my front page, the journal, or the contest image in your artist’s comments. Just saying “this is for resuki’s contest” doesn’t work. No one knows who that is. This way people can get a look at what image you were supposed to write about.

JUDGING:
I will personally judge the contest. Here are the rules about the judging:
1. My word is final.
2. … My word is final!
3. Points are awarded for creativity, emotion, and generally how well the story grabs and holds my attention. How much I like the story will be a large part if my decision.
4. Points are awarded for how the story ties into the image
5. Points are awarded for grammar, voice and spelling. Ignoring the basic rules of writing will most definitely affect things, but may or may not destroy your chances.
6. Good endings will get you everywhere.

TO ENTER:
Upload your story to deviantArt in whichever category is appropriate for your genre. Send me a note with the link to the entry. Please title the note as “Contest Entry.”

THE DEADLINE: August 24th, 2009, midnight, Mountain Time.

PRIZES: (please note the ‘OR’s)
1st prize
• A three month subscription to Deviant Art
and one of the following:
• One magnet and a print of your choice from my gallery (Matte print, approx. 8x10, give or take)
OR
• A full color character bust image from me. (Colored in marker.)

2nd prize
• One magnet and print of your choice from my gallery (Matte print, approx. 8x10, give or take)
OR
• An ink and pencil character bust image by me. (Fully shaded.)

3rd prize
• One print of your choice from my gallery (Matte print, approx. 8x10, give or take)
OR
• A pencil sketch character bust image by me. (Line-art, of a cleaned up quality.)

Please note! Winners will have six months after notification date to claim their prizes. After this time, any unclaimed prizes will be forfeited.
To claim print prizes, you MUST set up a deviantArt print wishlist and have it publicly viewable. I will give further instructions to the winners upon request. See below for important info on prizes.


Technicalities and Questions:

How will I know if I win?
I will notify the winners via note when the contest ends.

If I win, can I have a print from someone else’s gallery?
Sorry, no. Just my prints. I’m gonna be completely honest on this one. I get a discount on my own prints and I’m poor.

What is the name of the person in the image? What species is the person? What’s the gender?! (hehe)
All of these questions are things I leave to the writers to decide. As stated above, the characters I do have a name, but you must make up your own. I’m not looking for a fan fiction.

… What the hell were you thinking when you took that photo?
I’ll tell you when the contest is over.


BEST OF LUCK TO ALL!


Disclaimer:
Any story written and submitted into this contest is the property of its respected writer. I lay no claim to any of the submitted stories whatsoever. Likewise, the image this contest is based on is the property of myself and the photographer ( *TheLuckChild ) and is not to be redistributed. Please do not use it as the cover image for your piece of writing. You may only link back to it.
The writer agrees to lay no claim to my image, I lay no claim to their story, and we can both be happy with our art.

ENTRIES! (in order of submission)

"Sammy Mothwright" [link]

"It's Only Beginning" [link]

"Coco-pops and Green Tea Gelato" [link]