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For those of you who don’t normally read the newsletter (shame, shame, shame) or at least not right away, I wanted to mention a couple of little competitions that are going on. All of the following represent a relatively small time commitment. If you’ve been looking for a way to participate in the community but just don’t have the time to write a game then this is perfect for you. The more the merrier, so get those pens and keyboards warmed up and start writing. Short Story Comp 1 Theme: Halloween Due Date: Monday, October 27, 2008 Description: We are going to keep these things as wide open as possible so the only criteria here is that it has to have something to do with Halloween in some way. You could go the real monster route and write a story about a haunted house, a pack of zombies, or Mrs. Dracula getting down and dirty and sucking some -- er -- blood, yeah that’s it. Or maybe you want to write about something that happened at the office costume party, it’s all up to you. I’m going to try to get the newsletter out by the 29th so that you all have a couple of days before Halloween to read them. Short Story Comp 2 Theme: Christmas Due Date: Thursday, November 27, 2008 Description: Different theme but the same basic idea. Write about Santa and elves or about a group of carolers being invited in for something more than just milk and cookies, whatever you want. Just make sure the Christmas theme is in there somewhere. Poetry Comp Theme: Christmas Due Date: Thursday, November 27, 2008 Description: Yeah, I know. I don’t expect we’ll get the same number of entries for this one as the other two but I still thought it would be a cool thing to try. Even if you think you’re no good at writing poetry why don’t you go ahead and give it a try? What do you have to loose? Who knows, you might even like it. As above, pick any Christmas type theme that you want. Feel free to enter any or all of the above. All entries should be sent to me at purpledragon.aif AT gmail DOT com by the due date listed. I will set up a poll for voting on the AIF Archive when the newsletter is released. You may have noticed that I didn’t say anything about a length limit, because there isn’t one. However, please keep in mind that this is a newsletter and not a book so try to keep it within the bounds of reality. If you have any questions you can post them here or e-mail me and I’ll respond as quickly as possible. Also, don’t forget BBBen’s threesome comp. That one is obviously going to take a heap more time, but it’s not due until the end of January so you have four whole months to get-r-dun. |
