Linx
December 16th, 2004, 12:32 PM
See bottom of this post for Contest Image!
Linx’s End of the Year Contest
Please read carefully…
I used to run contests and games for prizes all the time on another forum I hosted. I have been missing some of that fun lately. However, I am putting an end to that. This will be my first actual contest here on MW. I hope it to be the first of many. This is just a thread to sign up and ask questions. I am under the impression from Mol, that it is ok for me to post this in Just Talk for the Traffic. Please leave it here. :)
Now on to the contest!
This is going to be a writing contest of sorts. A creation story if you will. The idea is to write a story based on an image I present to you. The image will be one of my paintings. I am not going to tell you anything about the painting except for the title. You will then, from your own imagination create a story of how the painting came to be. I want to know details, and information leading up to the scene you will see. You can be as creative as you want. You just focus on the painting. You will give the person/thing a name, you will tell the history. What luck or harm befell them to bring them to the scene in the painting. And finally what is happening to them in the painting. How does the story end? Think of the painting as an image in the end of a storybook. The only limit on the story is that it must be 2500 words or less. :)
---Edited to add on 12-17-04: When writing your stories please follow these guidelines from the MPA (motion picture association) website. This is a PG13 forum, and the stories must fit within them.
A PG-13 film is one which, in the view of the Rating Board, leaps beyond the boundaries of the PG rating in theme, violence, nudity, sensuality, language, or other contents, but does not quite fit within the restricted R category. Any drug use content will initially require at least a PG-13 rating. In effect, the PG-13 cautions parents with more stringency than usual to give special attention to this film before they allow their 12-year olds and younger to attend.
If nudity is sexually oriented, the film will generally not be found in the PG-13 category. If violence is too rough or persistent, the film goes into the R (restricted) rating. A film's single use of one of the harsher sexually-derived words, though only as an expletive, shall initially require the Rating Board to issue that film at least a PG-13 rating. More than one such expletive must lead the Rating Board to issue a film an R rating, as must even one of these words used in a sexual context. These films can be rated less severely, however, if by a special vote, the Rating Board feels that a lesser rating would more responsibly reflect the opinion of American parents.
PG-13 places larger responsibilities on parents for their children's moviegoing. The voluntary rating system is not a surrogate parent, nor should it be. It cannot, and should not, insert itself in family decisions that only parents can, and should, make. Its purpose is to give prescreening advance informational warnings, so that parents can form their own judgments. PG-13 is designed to make these parental decisions easier for films between PG and R.
You do not get to see the painting/scene until sign ups close. You will not be allowed to post your own story to the board. I will ask that all stories be PM’d to me here at MW. This is so that no one gets any sneak peeks of anyone’s story. After the deadline I will then create a poll thread, and post all stories along with the scene/painting in the thread. I will not post the author’s names of the stories until the poll has closed. No one will know who wrote which story, until the poll has closed. Your fellow members here at MW will select the winner. The story with the most votes will win. :)
So, I mentioned a prize…
Yes I did… The prize for this game will be a one of a kind blank wooden book of shadows made by your’s truly! These books are of exceptional quality and will last forever. You will get to select from any design on my site, or select to have something scrolled onto it in text. You will also get to select the type of finish that you want (also off my site). The book will come with 200 unlined pages. The value of this book depending on what you select to have placed on it, could be as much as $75.00. If you are the winner, it will be all yours for FREE. :)
So… Who’s willing to take a chance and have the opportunity to win a wonderful prize? Sign up here! Deadline to sign up is Friday, Dec 24th at midnight. ---Edited to add on 12-17-04: You may not sign up after the deadline, and you may not participate if you are not on the sign up list. The reason for this is simple. Everyone is going into this contest *blind*. No one will know what they are going to be writing about before the others. You may not wait until the image is posted, and think *Hey, I can write about that.* and then enter. You must sign up blind as everyone else. :)
---Edited to add on 12-25-04: Sign-ups are officially closed. If your not on the list, you may not participate.
**This post will be edited to reflect the names of those who have signed up. It will also be edited with the scene/painting image when the contest begins. Guidelines or additional information may be added as well. Please Check this post often. :)
Those who have signed up:
Dashifen
Avalon
Amethyst Rose
Lady Jade
Unorthodox
Pilot
Brielle LaLune
Lady Trinity
HDS
Goddess Rhiannon
Rua
Black RiverWolf
Feyfaerie
Darakash
Myzttycal
Isil Darkmoon
BrigidMoon
Sincerebliss
halfwaynowhere
Aurin
Danuka
Luminessence
Marishae
Lilith79
Moonfire Shadowfox
Infinite Grey
Smile
Shaman Feather
Pagan Taoist
Bran Iolair
-Sky-
~*FloraCove*~
bshore
Viviene
Kadynas
Verthandi
Windigo
KimberSly
LadyWillowHawk
Nevermore 2008
aynjelah
Milliscent
elfmage
Miss Edith
TWILIGHTSKY
Samalander
Wulf Stormhand
Moria636
LunaLena162
chaotic tranquility
PeleRising
lilromantyc
asamananara
Branwyn
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is the image on which you will base your story. The title is *Ascension*.
You have until January 10th at 12 noon EST to submit your stories to me VIA PM. That is 2 Weeks & 1 days time. Have fun & good luck!
Linx’s End of the Year Contest
Please read carefully…
I used to run contests and games for prizes all the time on another forum I hosted. I have been missing some of that fun lately. However, I am putting an end to that. This will be my first actual contest here on MW. I hope it to be the first of many. This is just a thread to sign up and ask questions. I am under the impression from Mol, that it is ok for me to post this in Just Talk for the Traffic. Please leave it here. :)
Now on to the contest!
This is going to be a writing contest of sorts. A creation story if you will. The idea is to write a story based on an image I present to you. The image will be one of my paintings. I am not going to tell you anything about the painting except for the title. You will then, from your own imagination create a story of how the painting came to be. I want to know details, and information leading up to the scene you will see. You can be as creative as you want. You just focus on the painting. You will give the person/thing a name, you will tell the history. What luck or harm befell them to bring them to the scene in the painting. And finally what is happening to them in the painting. How does the story end? Think of the painting as an image in the end of a storybook. The only limit on the story is that it must be 2500 words or less. :)
---Edited to add on 12-17-04: When writing your stories please follow these guidelines from the MPA (motion picture association) website. This is a PG13 forum, and the stories must fit within them.
A PG-13 film is one which, in the view of the Rating Board, leaps beyond the boundaries of the PG rating in theme, violence, nudity, sensuality, language, or other contents, but does not quite fit within the restricted R category. Any drug use content will initially require at least a PG-13 rating. In effect, the PG-13 cautions parents with more stringency than usual to give special attention to this film before they allow their 12-year olds and younger to attend.
If nudity is sexually oriented, the film will generally not be found in the PG-13 category. If violence is too rough or persistent, the film goes into the R (restricted) rating. A film's single use of one of the harsher sexually-derived words, though only as an expletive, shall initially require the Rating Board to issue that film at least a PG-13 rating. More than one such expletive must lead the Rating Board to issue a film an R rating, as must even one of these words used in a sexual context. These films can be rated less severely, however, if by a special vote, the Rating Board feels that a lesser rating would more responsibly reflect the opinion of American parents.
PG-13 places larger responsibilities on parents for their children's moviegoing. The voluntary rating system is not a surrogate parent, nor should it be. It cannot, and should not, insert itself in family decisions that only parents can, and should, make. Its purpose is to give prescreening advance informational warnings, so that parents can form their own judgments. PG-13 is designed to make these parental decisions easier for films between PG and R.
You do not get to see the painting/scene until sign ups close. You will not be allowed to post your own story to the board. I will ask that all stories be PM’d to me here at MW. This is so that no one gets any sneak peeks of anyone’s story. After the deadline I will then create a poll thread, and post all stories along with the scene/painting in the thread. I will not post the author’s names of the stories until the poll has closed. No one will know who wrote which story, until the poll has closed. Your fellow members here at MW will select the winner. The story with the most votes will win. :)
So, I mentioned a prize…
Yes I did… The prize for this game will be a one of a kind blank wooden book of shadows made by your’s truly! These books are of exceptional quality and will last forever. You will get to select from any design on my site, or select to have something scrolled onto it in text. You will also get to select the type of finish that you want (also off my site). The book will come with 200 unlined pages. The value of this book depending on what you select to have placed on it, could be as much as $75.00. If you are the winner, it will be all yours for FREE. :)
So… Who’s willing to take a chance and have the opportunity to win a wonderful prize? Sign up here! Deadline to sign up is Friday, Dec 24th at midnight. ---Edited to add on 12-17-04: You may not sign up after the deadline, and you may not participate if you are not on the sign up list. The reason for this is simple. Everyone is going into this contest *blind*. No one will know what they are going to be writing about before the others. You may not wait until the image is posted, and think *Hey, I can write about that.* and then enter. You must sign up blind as everyone else. :)
---Edited to add on 12-25-04: Sign-ups are officially closed. If your not on the list, you may not participate.
**This post will be edited to reflect the names of those who have signed up. It will also be edited with the scene/painting image when the contest begins. Guidelines or additional information may be added as well. Please Check this post often. :)
Those who have signed up:
Dashifen
Avalon
Amethyst Rose
Lady Jade
Unorthodox
Pilot
Brielle LaLune
Lady Trinity
HDS
Goddess Rhiannon
Rua
Black RiverWolf
Feyfaerie
Darakash
Myzttycal
Isil Darkmoon
BrigidMoon
Sincerebliss
halfwaynowhere
Aurin
Danuka
Luminessence
Marishae
Lilith79
Moonfire Shadowfox
Infinite Grey
Smile
Shaman Feather
Pagan Taoist
Bran Iolair
-Sky-
~*FloraCove*~
bshore
Viviene
Kadynas
Verthandi
Windigo
KimberSly
LadyWillowHawk
Nevermore 2008
aynjelah
Milliscent
elfmage
Miss Edith
TWILIGHTSKY
Samalander
Wulf Stormhand
Moria636
LunaLena162
chaotic tranquility
PeleRising
lilromantyc
asamananara
Branwyn
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is the image on which you will base your story. The title is *Ascension*.
You have until January 10th at 12 noon EST to submit your stories to me VIA PM. That is 2 Weeks & 1 days time. Have fun & good luck!