Welcome to the Summer Writing Competition!
Happy Birthday, Australia!
by Elrond
A sagacious Slowpoke stirred his iced tea with his peppermint. With great insight, he looked far into the future, into a time when summer and winter shall become one. The polarized seasons shall heat up simultaneously and inspire those of both periods. With this thought, the excited Slowpoke donned his little red hat and began writing! He wrote for the competition that promised him eternal fame, glory, and the respect of all his fellow Slowpoke fam! He reveled in the idea of a Legendary Pokemon to call his own and avidly wrote, wrote, wrote! He started a few centuries ago and sent in his lovely story today. Do YOU have the courage to face off against this lovely creature for the title of the Summer Writing Competition winner?! You're certainly never too cool for this and never too hot, either - the temperature's just right to feel VICTORY! Welcome to the Summer Writing Competition!
- You may submit a story from June 1st to June 30th at 11:59 P.M. PST; any story posted before or after this time frame will be deemed ineligible for this competition.
- You may write as many stories as you wish! However, you may only submit one story into the SWC. Please put SWC somewhere in your thread title for grader convenience.
- Your entry can be no longer than 150,000 characters.
- You must be a member of the URPG to participate in the SWC. If you're not a URPGer yet, go sign up! We'd love for you to participate!
Voting
Once the submission window closes, I'll be dividing the stories into a number of rounds. There's a 3k prize just for voting in one round! Here's a bit more about voting:
- You must be a member of the URPG to vote. Sign up here to become a URPGer!
- When voting, vote for your favorite story within the round, not necessarily your favorite person. Winners of this competition should be selected by the depth of creativity and talent featured in the story, not by personality popularity ratings.
- If your story is featured in a round, you can still vote! In fact, you'll get an extra three points for voting in the round your story is featured in! What's not allowed is voting for yourself. That'd be too awkward.
- Voters will receive 3k for voting, claimable at the end of that round. There's something special for those who vote in every single round!
- Voting time frame and total rounds will be announced once the submission window closes. There will be preliminary rounds, and then a final round!
- When voting, send me a private message with the stories you liked the best in that round, with 1 being your favorite story and 3 being your least favorite story in that round. The story that has the highest combined tally in that round will win that round!
- Include a two-sentence summary of the story in your private message. For those who like seeing examples, here's a cute example!
Originally Posted by
PM from a handsome and winsome young man
1. Threat Level: Midnight! : This action-filled story narrated the tale of how URPG ranger Michael Scott must retaliate when he accidentally revives a Tyrantrum that wreaks havoc on the URPG! Unfortunately, he didn't actually pass his ranger test, so the story doesn't end well for him... Still, a touching rendition of a classic story! + 3 points
2. X-Magnemita: In this creepy AI thriller, a Magnemite ate too many Gummis and then took over its trainer's body because it became smarter than the trainer person. It's like Cyborg from Teen Titans but Cyborg was cooler +2 points
3. Lovely Vibes: This story wasn't a traditional story at all - in fact, I couldn't read it at first! It was all written out in musical notes and bars, and when I pulled out my PokeFlute, the most inspiring story of love and memory came through the notes. Lacked a proper conclusion though + 1 point
Prizes
1st Place: a Complex-ranked Pokemon of your choosing + $10,000!
2nd Place: a Hard-ranked Pokemon of your choosing + $8,000!
3rd Place: a Medium-ranked Pokemon of your choosing + $5,000!
Past Victors
1. Jag
2. Marth
3. Shroomish
4. Jack of Clovers
5. Fair
6. Neo Pikachu
7. DaRkUmBrEoN
8. Pokemon Trainer Sarah
9. Seawolf
10. DaRkUmBrEoN
11. Seawolf
12. Tyranitar_Trainer
13. Fever
14. Phantom Kat
15. Bryce
16. Sequentio
17. Kai-Mei
18.
Natorei
19. Kai-Mei
20.
MagikChicken
21.
EmBreon
22.
Alaskapigeon
23.
ChainReaction01
24.
Smiles
25.
WinterVines
26.
HKim
27. Delibird Services?!
Entries
No matter where you are in the world, come join together here and write a story with us! Best of luck to you, and please feel free to ask any questions! HAVE FUN!
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