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Title: 1st Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest (EXTENDED til we get 5 participants)
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on April 28, 2016, 02:01:55 AM
Deadline for submissions: when there are 5 participants
Judgement: by tribunal and/or popular vote from ______ at midnight and Winners announced whenever the all judges are done

Volunteer Judges: TatteredSeraph

Theme: Point of view of a Castlevania lackey/boss (not Dracula)
Prizes: Award medals for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FMNlZwva.png&hash=b926427e924687c270e113947cbab71f)(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FOVsLDly.png&hash=712a71b91a7764dfe86abaa6a7be9ff8)(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FyHjpjju.png&hash=70d38212dfa9f02adba46a66c4666e59)

Guidelines for Participants:
Word count: no limit
Language: English
Basic guidelines:
-Post your finished stories here.
-For the formatting, use whatever the forum can provide.
-Remember, the story is more important than grammar, formatting, etc. But please try your best to make things readable and understandable aka proofread them or let someone help you with that.

Entries:
Title: Re: May 2016 Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on April 28, 2016, 11:10:09 PM
If anyone wants to judge this contest, please tell me here.
Title: Re: May 2016 Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest
Post by: TatteredSeraph on April 29, 2016, 04:10:25 AM
Woohoo!  :D

  I've got a few inklings for an idea for a story, but depending on whether I decide to enter it or not, if I don't, I'd be happy to help with judging.
Title: Re: May 2016 Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest
Post by: Dracula9 on April 29, 2016, 09:43:52 AM
This is not to be a serious entry--I have that in the works. ;)

Flight of the Dodo

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Title: Re: May 2016 Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest
Post by: KaZudra on April 30, 2016, 05:56:34 AM
You guys realize that 3500 words is over 6 pages, right?
Title: Re: May 2016 Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest
Post by: theANdROId on April 30, 2016, 08:34:32 AM
This is a neat idea!  I look forward to the stories.  I might have volunteered to judge, though I'm a bit busy at the moment so I don't think I could really devote the time to it...but I'm still curious if there are any sort of criteria or something for judging these stories?  (Maybe I missed it somewhere?)
Title: Re: May 2016 Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on April 30, 2016, 11:11:33 PM
You guys realize that 3500 words is over 6 pages, right?

Yes. Unless there is a great clamor of lesser word counts, the number stays. There are a lot of avid fast readers in here. :)

This is a neat idea!  I look forward to the stories.  I might have volunteered to judge, though I'm a bit busy at the moment so I don't think I could really devote the time to it...but I'm still curious if there are any sort of criteria or something for judging these stories?  (Maybe I missed it somewhere?)

There is no particular guideline or criteria for judging. No one wanted to discuss it before.
If you ask me for guidelines, the feel and plot of the story are important. Those things that make the reader stick with the story til the end and remember it after, I suppose. Of course if you guys can add more judging details, feel free to write them below.
Title: Re: May 2016 Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on May 20, 2016, 02:09:30 AM
Just a friendly reminder, 6 days 'til the deadline!
Title: Re: May 2016 Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest
Post by: TatteredSeraph on May 21, 2016, 08:27:52 AM
Unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to manage to get a story finished by then, so I'm volunterring to step in as a judge.
Title: Re: May 2016 Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on May 22, 2016, 12:44:07 AM
Thanks for volunteering as a judge TatteredSeraph.
If, just in case, that no one ever posted something by the deadline, I will be extending this contest for another month, so don't throw away your work just yet. :)
Title: Re: May 2016 Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest (EXTENDED til June 30)
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on May 26, 2016, 10:08:47 PM
Since no one is done yet, I am extending the deadline for another month.
Please notify me if anyone wants to be a judge.
Title: Re: May 2016 Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest (EXTENDED til July 30)
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on July 01, 2016, 10:52:02 PM
This extension until the July 30 will be the last. If no one wants to submit anything by then, this short story contest will be on indefinite hiatus.
Title: Re: May 2016 Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest (EXTENDED til July 30)
Post by: Dracula9 on July 02, 2016, 04:38:15 AM
I should actually have time to write mine out now that I've passed my certification exams and don't need to devote my time to studying for them.
Title: Re: May 2016 Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest (EXTENDED til July 30)
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on July 02, 2016, 11:31:32 PM
That's good to know. :)
Title: Re: May 2016 Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest (EXTENDED til July 30)
Post by: Intersection on July 17, 2016, 04:47:46 AM
Don't close the contest just yet, since I'm working on something myself.

But I do believe that 3500 words minimum is a bit heavy if you want to guarantee maximum participation.
Title: Re: May 2016 Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest (EXTENDED til July 30)
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on July 18, 2016, 02:49:00 AM
Don't close the contest just yet, since I'm working on something myself.

But I do believe that 3500 words minimum is a bit heavy if you want to guarantee maximum participation.

Okay.
Well, you guys agreed before that 3500 words is ok.... /sad face
Title: Re: May 2016 Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest (EXTENDED til July 30)
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on July 28, 2016, 02:42:56 AM
The deadline is fast approaching. Should I just stop this contest?
Title: Re: May 2016 Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest (EXTENDED til July 30)
Post by: Gunlord on July 28, 2016, 10:23:43 PM
If Intersection is still working on his, I'd wait for him :o
Title: Re: May 2016 Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest (EXTENDED til July 30)
Post by: Dracula9 on July 29, 2016, 01:39:29 AM
I have to be frank--I've gotten a good portion of my entry written, but it's not nearly at 3500 words just yet.

What's more, as I'm going along writing it, it wants to expand itself in ways I never initially thought of.

So, I'm unfortunately going to withdraw it as an entry here and post it as its own project in another thread or something.

I doubt I'd be able to condense it down into the wordcount limits and also manage to get its point across effectively in the short window of time I have left, and it's not looking like another extension would do much good since there are no true entries and only a couple known to be in the works.

Sorry about this, but I don't want to restrict the story I'm out to write, and forcing it into a smaller size within a matter of hours remaining will just hurt the piece.
Title: Re: May 2016 Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest (EXTENDED til July 30)
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on July 29, 2016, 03:11:10 AM
@Gunlord: Should this be extended for yet another month if Intersection wasn't able to post something on time?
@D9: It's fine. I'll read your story when I have the time.

I am thinking of making another literary contest that is way easier and can be done in a few minutes. hahahaha. So if this contest  closes, I'll just create a new one with the easiest thing that I have in mind.
Title: Re: May 2016 Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest (EXTENDED til July 30)
Post by: Intersection on July 30, 2016, 03:23:20 AM
I wouldn't mind another extension, personally, since i learned about this contest relatively late (a few weeks ago, really). I've gotten a good amount of it written as well, but it isn't nearly as finished or as polished as I'd like. I can even send a proof of concept if ever you need it.

I really don't like the idea of being the only one competing, though. Why don't we just get rid of the word limits, since they seem to be so problematic? I mean, if D9 has something to contribute, we should just let him do so regardless of restrictions. And if time is still a problem, we might as well suspend the deadline indefinitely until we have enough completed entries for the judging process to begin.
Title: Re: May 2016 Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest (EXTENDED til August 30)
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on July 31, 2016, 12:41:33 AM
Alright, I'll just keep extending the deadline until we get enough people. (at least 5?)
I've already turned the word count to no limits.
D9, would you want to repost your work here?
Title: Re: May 2016 Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest (EXTENDED til August 30)
Post by: Dracula9 on July 31, 2016, 04:39:15 AM
I don't see any reason not to with these developments.
Title: Re: 1st Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest (EXTENDED til August 30)
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on August 01, 2016, 01:23:48 AM
D9: Alright. :)

I've also changed the name of this topic to 1st since May was a long time ago. hahaha.
Title: Re: 1st Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest (EXTENDED til August 30)
Post by: theANdROId on August 02, 2016, 01:58:54 PM
I'm beginning to think there needs to be an award using the Chronomage sprite, and it needs to be given to Shiroi, "The Time Master who controls (and lately has to frequently postpone) the time allotted for contests"

Maybe everyone else on the forum needs an award using the stopwatch sprite, because we're "Frequently late for contests on the Dungeon Forum", or the Rare Ghost sprite because we "Rarely enter on time for contests on the Dungeon Forum."

 :rollseyes: ;) :D
Title: Re: 1st Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest (EXTENDED til August 30)
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on August 03, 2016, 02:19:10 AM
Hahaha. Thanks theANdROId. But that suggestion would be better received if posted here (http://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/index.php/topic,3573.0.html). :)

I want that bunny.  ;D
Title: Re: 1st Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest (EXTENDED til we get 5 participants)
Post by: TatteredSeraph on September 05, 2016, 09:24:58 AM
Apologies for having sort of vanished from the boards for the most part this Summer.  Stuff kinda got in the way.  I'm interested in judging, if enties do end up getting submitted. :)
Title: Re: 1st Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest (EXTENDED til we get 5 participants)
Post by: Claimh Solais on September 05, 2016, 05:13:20 PM
So is this still a thing? I didn't even know about this because I've hardly been in the Fan Stuff forum as of the last year or so. If it is, I'd be willing to write something out. I've been wanting to get back into the swing of it, anyway.
Title: Re: 1st Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest (EXTENDED til we get 5 participants)
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on September 07, 2016, 01:21:18 AM
@Tattered: I'll just write your name on the judge list whether or not people post stuff. :)

@Claimh: Yes. This is still a thing. I'm still waiting for more participants other than D9.
Title: Re: 1st Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest (EXTENDED til we get 5 participants)
Post by: AlexCalvo on April 24, 2017, 09:39:59 AM
Is this still a thing? I am definitely interested in participating if it is.
Title: Re: 1st Castlevania Dungeon Short Story Contest (EXTENDED til we get 5 participants)
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on April 25, 2017, 01:04:33 AM
This is still a thing.

I'm just listing willing participants now:
D9
Claimh Solais
AlexCalvo

If you want to back out or join, please let me know.
I still need at least 2 more writers.