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The Grand Erinshaw Tale Weaving Tournament #2
(This is for the ErinshawRespite, for all of you who will be seeing this in your inbox and have no idea what I'm talking about!)
We've cooked up a contest for you all to participate in. Short stories!! Because who doesn't love filling their day with awesome tales?
Thank you everyone who participated! It was such a joy to read all the entries, I hope you'll all participate again in our next tournament!
Third place is Vargvast-Creations with his entry:
Second place is our own mod Skriff with his entry:
Our first place winner is THE BEST TALE WEAVER: Quippers-United with his entry:
The Chicken's Head
Okay, so a brief update in science: if you hire the world’s foremost expert in transplant surgery, you can graft an animal’s head to a human’s body. I happen to know this because I’ve met him: Dr. Small. Tell us, Dr. Small, what did you manage to do this year?
“Attention, class. I know some rumors have been going on that this lecture would be led by a very interesting guest. I see that word spreads quickly because our class seems to have tripled in size overnight. For those who don’t know, my name is Dr. Richard Small, I’ve been leading this lecture on grafting surgery for thirty years now.”
The audience shifted impatiently in their seats, and the sound of squeaking chairs only highlighted the silence in the room. “Now animating dead bodies has been researched for a long time, but still remains a relic of old horror stories. What I have sought to do is far more difficult. I have matched apples to oranges, and attached a chicken
Wonderful work, all of you, and another thank you to all our participants! Your prizes should be granted to you within the next week or so - if they don't show up please give pinkythepink a note to let her know, we'll get it sorted out!
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Original Post:
Your contest is:
- THEME: "Tis the year of the chicken. Therefore. It must involve a chicken or chickens in some form."
- Write a short story of a minimum of 750 words (with a maximum of 6,000 words).
- Original work only! (No fanfiction, please and thanks.)
- "FanFiction" | Noun, Informal. Fiction written by fans of a TV series, movie, etc., using existing characters and situations to develop new plots.
- All genres are welcome, from nonfiction personal stories to scifi extraordinaires.
Start date is January 1st!
End date is February 2nd!
Judging results should be in by Feb 15th!
(Please note all dates are UTC-07:00, Arizona, United States.)
Your judges are:
- You've gotta be a member of the chat! That means you're out of the itchy burlap guest chair and into a proper class.
- You need to be a member of the group because
- You have to submit your story to the contest folder. [click here]
- The artist comments for your entry should both mention that you wrote it for this contest and link back to this journal.
- English, please! Ask other members in the chat for help if you need it.
- You aren't limited on the amount of submissions, but only one of your stories can win.
- In other words, you can't win every prize.
- Your entry should be new, posted on or after January 1st.
- And if we don't get at least five entries, there's no contest.
- Mature Tagged deviations are allowed by deviantART rules, but please do not use the '18+ only' tag.
- 'Cause everyone should be able to read your story!
- Familiarize yourself with the Mature Content rules [here].
The prizes are pretty worth it:
- First Place
- 6 Month Core Membership (or 2,400 points)
- Special "Clancian" Class in the #ErinshawRespite
- Featured in the chat's title as Best Tale Weaver until March 1st.
- Second Place
- 3 Month Core Membership (or 1,200 points)
- Special "Clancian" Class in the #ErinshawRespite
- Third Place
- 1 Month Core Membership (or 400 points)
- Special "Clancian" Class in the #ErinshawRespite
Basic guidelines:
- The story is more important than format, grammar, and so on.
- But please do your best to make it neat and tidy.
- We are encouraging understandable stories with great imagery.
- Likewise, we are discouraging the standard high school essay format of "Intro, Item, Support, Conclusion".
- We used the American SAT grading scale for writing as a base for our own scoring system.
- Give it a google and a look over if you feel lost.
Please note, these instructions are for the desktop version of the site. I am unable to give you guidance for the mobile app at this time.
- At the top of the screen, left-center, hover over the green SUBMIT button.
- Click "Submit Art"!
- Below the blue Choose a file to upload button, click "Enter text".
- Place your story here!
- For purposes of the contest, be sure to add that it's for the contest and link back to this journal in the Artist Comments.
- Under Select Category click "Literature" and then categorize your submission properly.
- For this contest, you'll want to select "Prose", then "Fiction" or "Non-Fiction", and then your genre.
We are all looking forward to reading your tales!
~ Erinshaw Staff & Co. ~
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! ONWARD TO 2017
Ayyyeee it's another one of these! As always, just wanted to make this post for members of the ErinshawRespite. RANDOM SHOUTOUTS FOR THE NEW YEAR CAUSE LEL WHY NOT! If you want to shoutout a message just comment below and it will be added to the journal post! Or if you're a mod you can just edit this post and add your own shoutout~
Lets start things off shall we?
~Astrovique (https://www.deviantart.com/astrovique):iconsaysplz: HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM AUSTRALIASIA! :iconbrohugplz:
:iconcupcakeformykitten::iconsaysplz: We've gone through a lot this year, and frankly I'm happy it's over. You're all amazing and I hope you have an awesome year in 2017!
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Erinshaw Respite Mod Application:
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6a. Have you had prior chatroom moderating experience?
6b. If yes, please link where.
7. Why should you be a mod? OR Why do y
Secret December Non-Holiday-Specific Art Trade
Sign up time has ended, thank you! Notes have been sent!
:ahoy: Ahoy Respite,
In the spirit of the almighty Astrovique (https://www.deviantart.com/astrovique)'s Secret Jack-O-Lanterns, I have taken up the frozen flames to do one for December.
:bulletblue: Sign up in the comments if you wish to participate and come December 6th I will be handing you your SECRET trade partner names. You will receive your SECRET trade partner name via the Notes System in the upper right (if you're on the comp) or lower right (if you're on mobile). You won't be able to sign up after December 6th as that will ruin the random secret surprise nature.
:bulletblue: If you wish to put your name into the h
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