Short Story Writing Contest: Allies to Rivals, Enemies to Lovers

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Antitheocra
03.07.2022 17:02:11
Aveda

An armed conflict has risen and tensions are at an all-time high as the country prepares for Fashion War. The national draft has taken many to the battlefields to defend the honor of Bimboland. Whether in action or on the home front, everyone is feeling the oppressive presence of the Enemy, the dreaded Flatlands. Sometimes, however, it isn’t quite so easy to tell who the enemies are and who the comrades – especially when one’s interpersonal relationships get in the way.

Whether it is a bloodthirsty rivalry with a troop member or a blossoming “friendship” with an enemy general, additional conflict is brewing in the heart.  But can such bonds keep intact in the face of the trouble? Can necessity force one to bury the hatchet? Will this be the new Romeo and Juliet?

 

Welcome to a slightly different kind of contest on the forum! In this competition, rather than outfits, you get to showcase your writing skills and storytelling tactics to the rest of Bimboland by penning a short story of your own creation. Although hosted by Antitheocra’s Melpomene and Aveda, the contest is open to everyone who wants to partake in it.

If you want to include images of your bimbo to illustrate one (or two) of the characters in your story, you are more than welcome to do so. Alternatively, you can use the entries of our up-coming sister competition "The Fashion War of the Bimbo Republic"  as inspiration for your setting or characters.

So, come on! There are prizes and banners to be won!

 

Prizes:

1st place 555 diamonds

2nd place 444 diamonds

3rd place 333 diamonds

 

Language: English (NOTE: Perfection in spelling/grammar is not required as many users are not native speakers. Creativity and other aspects are valued more than flowery language – although it is a plus.)

Length: About 5000-30 000 marks + a title for your work

Deadline: Midnight of July 31st

Rating: The short stories will be judged based by Melpomene based on creativity, entertainment value, originality, cohesiveness, and penmanship.

Rules:

-         All states welcome

-         Any genres and tones welcome

-         One attempt per player

-         Revising allowed until deadline (no duplicates)

-         General forum rules apply

-         Remember to title your work if you want the name to appear in the banner

-         Have fun!



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06.07.2022 08:22:52
space_pirate666

such a lovely idea! would loooove to participate! could you elaborate more on length of the text? 3000+ words?
also - would fictional language (then translated into english in footnotes) count as amount of symbols/words for this contest?

06.07.2022 08:22:52
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Antitheocra
06.07.2022 09:06:26
Melpomene

Would love for you to participate!

The length isn't set in stone, so don't worry if you somewhat exceed the suggested 30 000 symbols!
That is merely the maximum length of one forum post on Bimboland - but you could always continue the story on another post if needed. Still, according to various websites 30 000 symbols is somewhere between 5000 and 7500 words, so up to around 12ish pages in Word in Times New Roman font 12 (not counting spaces as symbols) so that should be something at least
The contest is a bit experimental in any case, so I'm not sure what the requirements should actually be. If the limits feel too strict, they could still be changed at this point ~

Also, the fictional language would count but the translations/footnotes would not

06.07.2022 09:06:26

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Freethinkerland
06.07.2022 10:09:36
qveenhadassah

this is soooo up my alley!!! would we just submit our stories in the forum? (also if so, do I just make another reply?)

06.07.2022 10:09:36
 
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Antitheocra
06.07.2022 11:50:14
Melpomene

That is the idea, yes
If you have any other questions, feel free to ask!

06.07.2022 11:50:14

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Freethinkerland
06.07.2022 20:36:50
bimbellastallion

ok

06.07.2022 20:36:50
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Atheista
10.07.2022 01:33:17
xent

are spaces included in the character count?

10.07.2022 01:33:17

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Antitheocra
10.07.2022 02:00:57
Melpomene

They are not ~


10.07.2022 02:00:57

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Freethinkerland
11.07.2022 13:08:49
toxic_angelX

Very exciting! I shall see what I can come up with 

11.07.2022 13:08:49

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Atheista

this prompt is so incredibly outside my comfort zone but im so thrilled to see a writing contest on here im gonna try to bang out an entry regardless. writing contests are such a great idea thank you for hosting one!

14.07.2022 08:24:19
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