(German translation here / deutsche Übersetzung hier)
Hi, everyone! We know how creative you all are, so here is another opportunity to let your imaginations run wild. This time we’re asking for a fictional story, no more than two pages. We will supply the topic, as well as five random elements which, in some way, however you choose, must all be worked into the story.
The story topic is: A strange spell has lately infected Memorial Pond, causing all of the inhabitants in the area to……
The five elements are:
1) A cave brute suffering from acute bog frog-a-phobia
2) A loom
3) A troupe of oddly dancing Fire Wizards
4) Jupty Pies
5) An overworked auctioneer from AH vacationing in the countryside, OR an existing in-game NPC
This contest is designed simply to be fun, so please do not worry about trying to craft beautiful Shakespearean prose, or using perfect MLA writing format standards, etc. You are being judged purely on originality. The form your story takes is entirely up to you – so whether it’s written in third person, first person, stream of consciousness, whatever, it’s completely your choice how you wish to convey the material.
It can be anywhere from one paragraph to two pages in length, but just please make sure to give your story a title. (Feel free, also, to write about your guild if you wish, or any inventive back stories or bounty runs you and your mates might have gone on. In other words, the sky’s the limit here.)
Submissions will be anonymous! We ask that you send us your story privately, and then we will post it without your name onto the V&H forums, as well as onto the Steam page. The Mad Otter developers will select their top five favorite stories, at which point all of you players will vote on Steam for the top three winning stories, but will have no idea who wrote them. Once the winners have been determined, the names of all the writers will then be re-attached to their respective stories. However, if you would prefer to remain anonymous throughout, please just let us know that when submitting your entry.
This contest is open to players in every country, so please participate in which every language you are most comfortable writing in. We would ask, though, that you also include a Google Translation or equivalent with your submission, but you will not be judged upon the mechanics of that version, simply upon content and creativity. (And both versions will be posted.)
Please send your submissions to: [email protected]
Deadline is May 2nd, 2014
Contest winners will receive:
1st Place Winner = A signed 8.5” x 11” picture of in game scenery, a special in game hat, and 250 crowns.
2nd Place Winner = A special in game hat, and 250 crowns.
3rd Place Winner = 250 crowns
4th Place Winner = 100 crowns
5th Place Winner = 100 crowns
Submit your story to here [email protected]
Good luck and have fun!