March News

The First Comment Challenge

Was a great success! We hope everyone will continue to comment on the great stories posted here! Look forward to a new comment challenge in the future!

The March Challenge

The March Challenge will have the theme "Mad as a March Hare". Stories should include a character who seems "mad" or is acting strangely or out-of-character-- for a reason! Your element will be a type of weather, which you will include in the story. The March challenge stories will be due the weekend of Friday, March 12, and will be revealed on Monday, March 15. Please tag your story "mad as a march hare". Please remember to use the header template on the community profile page, and to put the name of your story and your name in the subject line. To request your elements, please leave a comment to this post. If you have not participated before, please leave an email address so that I can send you your elements. Or you can email the mods at aelfwina@gmail.com or virginia_lee_redcat@yahoo.com.

I hope we'll have lots of participants for our March challenge!

From The Silmarillion Writers Guild Back to Middle-earth Month 2010: The Final Battle

Imagine yourself far in the future from your favorite age of Arda. The Elves have long passed into the West. The Age of Men began millennia ago. Only in legend, largely forgotten, do the people of Middle-earth recall the Ring War, the ascension of King Aragorn, the last ship to depart from the Grey Havens. The world has again begun to change. The waves break on new lands, and a new threat passes its dark hand across the tired face of the Sun. Perhaps in the deepest and long-forgotten lore the people of Arda can find the secrets to overcome this new threat?In this year's B2MeM challenge, you will write or draw your way to triumph for the people of Arda! The event incorporates a writing/art challenge with a quest game. You may play on your own or with a team, and all Tolkien-based writing and artwork is accepted! You do not need to be an SWG member to participate. For more information, please see the B2MeM 2010 website.

From WendWriter at Archives of Excellence

The Golden Quill Awards has opened for business. Nominations can be made today by replying to the relevant posts on the site blog. There's one for each genre. Nominations are open till the end of May.

Genres

Action/adventure
Angst
Drama
Family
Horror
Hurt/comfort
Parody/comedy
Poetry
Romance
Science Fiction
Spiritual/supernatural
Thriller

Rules

• Fanfiction stories from every fandom are eligible to participate, but they should be nominated according to genre.
• Stories that are not of the genre nominated for will be disqualified.
• The same story cannot be nominated in subsequent years.
• Only complete stories are eligible.
• Authors cannot be nominated more than twice in the same category.
• Categories will be subdivided by story length: Drabble; 100 - 5000 words; 5000 - 20,000 words; 20,000 +.
• Nominees should be informed that they are being nominated, and invited to participate.
• Nominees need to email us on admin@archives-of-excellence.9f.com to have their stories added to the poll. Nominees who do not acknowledge their nominations will not have their stories added to the poll.
• Writers are welcome to nominate their own stories.
• There is a limit of twenty nominations for this year's Awards per person. This may change next year.
• Stories of a rating of NC17 or higher are not acceptable for these awards.
• Polls will be used to determine the winner. Polls close on 31st August 2010.

What I do is contact the nominee and say, "I'd like to nominate your story, 'X,' for the Golden Quill Awards. If you're happy with this, please let me know, then email admin@archives-of-excellence.9f.com to accept your nomination. To find out more, please go to golden-quills.9f.com. All the details are there." Nominations for any fandom are welcome.

From Juno and Aranel at There and Back Again

Because it fits the occasion, today "There and Back Again" presents the Romantic Dinner Challenge.

If you choose to accept this challenge,

• you will write a story of a format of your choice (drabble, drabble series, ficlet, or short story)
• about a character or characters of your choice cooking, possibly failing at cooking, and at last eating and maybe even enjoying, a romantic dinner
• and – this is the special twist of the challenge – you must include all the ingredients, the complete recipe, and the preparation of a real dish in your story!

For information on how to participate, see the There and Back profile page.

Posted by: Dreamflower on 01/31/10 - 01:03 pm(0 Comments)