Topic: Short story contests

[Belmontoya]

I approve of this and might join in too. But it has been years since I last wrote fiction. I am rusty. haha.

Topics are to be listed and voted in a poll like what I use to do with the sprite contests.
I've been googling word counts and it seems 1,000 to 7,500 is common for a short story. Or we can just use a general >7,500 words.

As for the awards, which ones should we use? The same ones as the music awards?
Or something new? If so, someone needs to make them or this could be a theme for the next sprite contest.

What do you think Plot Twist? Would you be willing to whip up some award sprites for this? Or should we make a sprite contest out of it or something.

That would be cool if you have time. If not, maybe we could do an express 2 week sprite contest for the awards so we can have the Stoker's Dracula sprite contest be for April?

Since we've been talking about Stoker's Dracula, maybe for our first topic we could have it be about Quincey Morris? We could use it as an opportunity to flesh out his character as an official CV timeline protagonist. What do you guys think? This would make for an interesting exercise in merging ideas from Stoker's novel, and Castlevania-lore into something for fan wikia. 

[Shiroi Koumori]

As I suggested in the sprite contest proposal, I plan to run the awards sprite contest in April alongside this short story contest, but the sprite contest will end earlier.

I am now asking for requests for the theme of this upcoming short story contest. I will make a poll after a few suggestions.

[Lumi Kløvstad]

No idea, but I have an alternate canon fanfic in the works about Reinhardt Schneider named "House Belmont" and would love an excuse to submit it.

I humbly suggest a theme of "Alternate History" because I am... me.

[Shiroi Koumori]

So far the only themes that were posted are and my suggestion:
Quincey Morris
Alternate History
Point of view of a Castlevania lackey

I still need more topic proposals.

Since the awards contest will be for the whole month of April, I will just make the short story contest for May.
However, if the topic has already been decided before May arrives, feel free to start writing so that you guys can have more than enough time for proofreading/editing.

[Belmontoya]

I have another idea.

There are often many years spanned between Castlevania games. The Belmont clan is a very powerful, useful force for good.

Write a strory about a mission that a Belmont might take between fighting the forces Dracula. What other enemy or scenario might be dire enough to warrant getting a Belmont involved?

Or if not fighting a battle, a story of another way a Belmont might pass their time. This opens it up to many possibilities as well.

Any era and any Belmont are fair game.

[Shiroi Koumori]

Themes so far:
Quincey Morris
Alternate History
Point of view of a Castlevania lackey
mission that a Belmont might take between fighting the forces Dracula
if not fighting a battle, a story of another way a Belmont might pass their time

Any more suggestions?

[zangetsu468]

mission that a Belmont might take between fighting the forces Dracula
if not fighting a battle, a story of another way a Belmont might pass their time

I've heard that apple-picking with the VK hones precision.   

[Belmontoya]

I've heard that apple-picking with the VK hones precision.   

That could make for a good children's story!

[TatteredSeraph]

What if it wasn't Julia who rescued Trevor when he was seriously wounded during Curse of Darkness?

What if Soma were forced to accept the throne of the dark lord once more?

How does Alucard adapt to life in the modern era, upon his father's final defeat?

[theplottwist]

What if Dracula weren't evil, but the Belmonts wanted to slay him anyway?

[Dracula9]

The origins, creation, and storage methods of Wallmeat.

Death's view on things written from his own perspective.

Accounts of what Wind did in his downtime as a ghost.

Brauner at an art show.

[Belmontoya]

What if Dracula weren't evil, but the Belmonts wanted to slay him anyway?

I like this idea!

It reminds me of the play I wrote called Nocturne of Nosferatu. Let me sum it up quick!

It's a twist on the story of Dracula. Dracula is in fact a mortal man who suffers from porphyria. He believes drinking young blood can treat his symptoms, but he is never proven of being a murderer. His eccentric behavior, shocking appearance, rumors of drinking human blood and fear of walking in daylight cause Johnathan Harker and his group to become paranoid and superstitious. They seek Van Helsing (who believes his pseudoscience with dangerous conviction). He quickly declares the count a vampire.

Van Helsing leads the group on a downward spiral of paranoia that leads them to hunting and killing the Count. At the end of the play they stand trail against the youthful heir to the Counts estate. He bares a shocking resemblance to the count and only shows up after the count has been killed.

The group is found guilty of killing the count. They meet their fate. The mysterious young heir smiles with his sharpened white teeth.

That pretty much sums it up! It's a full play and I've been trying to get it produced at a theater. The scene where they kill the count is violent though. I think I need to tone that back and pitch it again.

[zangetsu468]

The origins, creation, and storage methods of Wallmeat.

Simple, it's dry aged meat

Death's view on things written from his own perspective.

He sees death plenty of death... He's got a lotta problems..

Accounts of what Wind did in his downtime as a ghost.

Probably chatted up the lady ghost in the bathroom at the Dark Academy.

Brauner at an art show.

Sees something he likes...
"I'll make you my masterpiece!"

It reminds me of the play I wrote called Nocturne of Nosferatu.

Flashbacks of Forgetting Sarah Marshal..
"Dracula musical!!! Wooooh!!"

[Shiroi Koumori]

What if it wasn't Julia who rescued Trevor when he was seriously wounded during Curse of Darkness?
What if Soma were forced to accept the throne of the dark lord once more?

What if Dracula weren't evil, but the Belmonts wanted to slay him anyway?

These would fall under Alternate History

Alrighty, Current topics are:
Quincey Morris
Alternate History
Point of view of a Castlevania lackey/boss (not Dracula)
mission that a Belmont might take between fighting the forces Dracula
if not fighting a battle, a story of another way a Belmont might pass their time
Alucard adapting to the modern era
The origins, creation, and storage methods of Wallmeat
Accounts of what Wind did in his downtime as a ghost
Brauner at an art show

Poll's up time to vote!

Once the final theme is decided, I'll further clarify the rules with everyone before starting the proper contest page.

[sadae]

Sounds like a lot of fun! I might participate <3