edonil Posted September 4, 2013 Report Share Posted September 4, 2013 (edited) Gencon 2013 has come and gone, and we not only are in a new round of the Iron Quill, but we're in a new year for it! That's right, we have gone past the one year anniversary for this contest, which is awesome. Hoping to see some more stories and some new blood as time goes on, and looking forward to another year of great storytelling in this setting we all love. As always, I tried to find some good music to kick off some ideas for all of you, hope you guys enjoy something a little classical-ish from Trans-Siberian Orchestra!The Rules: 1. The list of participants will be brought together in the starting thread as people sign up. Participants may sign up at any point in time, by posting their interest in this thread, or by posting up a story. The Mystery Ingredient will be announced in the starting thread for each round. When you post up your story, please include the name of the round in the title. 2. The Mystery Ingredient will be two of four things. The Ingredient may be a character, a phrase, an item or a more generic theme. The Mystery Ingredient should be used in each entry, but doesn't necessarily have to be literal. Be creative here! (As an example, the Character: The Black Knight could be an armored knight in black, or a villain with a code of honor. It's up to you as the writer to interpret!) 3. All entries must be set in the universe of Malifaux, or a recognizable Alternate version thereof. 4. Entries should be no more than 1,500 words in total, and should be complete self contained stories. Try to stick to this length as much as possible, a reasonable overage will be allowed at the Judge's discretion, but stories that are too long by the deadline will be disqualified. If your initial draft is too long at first submission but, through author feedback, is brought to the word count, that's fine. 5. Participants will have three weeks to complete their entry and post it on the forums in a new thread using a format that identifies easily that the story is an entry and what round. For example: Iron Quill Round 1: The Dark of the Night (or something).ON EDITING: All stories can be edited as much as people would like. If a story is going to be modified to such an extent that it no longer matches the original story, please start a new thread. WIP will not be necessary in the title, but it is requested that any story that isn't completed have it at the top of the post. When the story is finished, please remove WIP from the post. Edits can be made up until the deadline, but any edits made on the deadline or afterwards will disqualify the entry from the competition. (As an editorial note- please don't make me do this.) 6. The winner(s) of each round will be determined by a blind score from a public and a private poll. The public poll will be a thread created in which anyone who reads the stories can vote. The private poll will be for Judges and Authors who have weighted votes they can hand out. Each Judge/Author can award each of the following to different stories: 3 votes, 2 votes, 1 vote. At the same time, the Judges/Authors are requested to leave criticism and feedback. These polls will be open for one week, at which point the winner of the round will be announced. Any Judge/Author votes that have not been submitted by that point will be spoiled. You cannot vote for yourself.Most Improved Award: Now that we have some competitions in the bag, I want to start a 'Most Improved' award for each round. When you give me your weighted votes (or any readers who want to join in on this one), name the author you think has improved the most this round, either from last round or from the beginning of the competition. 7. When you put up your story, put up a post in here saying so. That way, we have a central location that is being updated as time goes on, which lets people subscribe to the thread and keep track of what's going on. I'll have a central list here as always, but please take the time to do this, it'll make life easier for me and other writers to give you feedback when we know the story is up before the round end.MYSTERY INGREDIENTS: Continuing from the last round, you've got four options to pick from. Pick two or more of these. Because of this, you're going to need to put in your entry, either at the beginning or the end, which Ingredients you used. And with that out of the way, here's what you're all waiting for anyway:THEME: Deal with the Devil CHARACTER: The Twins LINE: "You're out of your depth!" ITEM: Voodoo Doll Starting Date For This Round: September 3rd, 23:59 EST. (today, in other words) Ending Date For This Round: September 24th, at 23:59 EST. Authors: LordZombie Skedarman Tick Mindshred ScrewedUpDice Kitsune Sidhe StormLordXIII Matney X luckyjoemc FourToedStatue madjackdeacon Victoria mephiston Final_Crucible Undead Harvest Edited September 18, 2013 by edonil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordZombie Posted September 4, 2013 Report Share Posted September 4, 2013 Ok, got to focus, I can do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted September 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2013 You so can! And we can harass cheer you on in the OTT this time! *grin* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utterkhaos Posted September 4, 2013 Report Share Posted September 4, 2013 ok did not know this exists. cant wait to read these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skedarman Posted September 4, 2013 Report Share Posted September 4, 2013 I'll give it a go, sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted September 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2013 Welcome to the Quill. *grin* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason Posted September 4, 2013 Report Share Posted September 4, 2013 I'll give this a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScrewedUpDice Posted September 4, 2013 Report Share Posted September 4, 2013 Count me in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitsune Sidhe Posted September 4, 2013 Report Share Posted September 4, 2013 I'm going to try and join in as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted September 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2013 Welcome back, Dice! And welcome to both Kitsune and Mindshred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormLordXIII Posted September 4, 2013 Report Share Posted September 4, 2013 I'm in as usual! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matney X Posted September 4, 2013 Report Share Posted September 4, 2013 I'll give it a shot. By "The Twins," do you mean any character(s) that can be called "The Twins," or someone specific like the Viks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyjoemc Posted September 4, 2013 Report Share Posted September 4, 2013 Drat missed by a day. Good luck All! Can't wait to read the stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowchikawowers Posted September 4, 2013 Report Share Posted September 4, 2013 I don' think so lucky. "The Rules: 1. The list of participants will be brought together in the starting thread as people sign up. Participants may sign up at any point in time, by posting their interest in this thread, or by posting up a story. The Mystery Ingredient will be announced in the starting thread for each round. When you post up your story, please include the name of the round in the title." Looks like you can go ahead and start writing to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyjoemc Posted September 4, 2013 Report Share Posted September 4, 2013 I don' think so lucky. "The Rules: 1. The list of participants will be brought together in the starting thread as people sign up. Participants may sign up at any point in time, by posting their interest in this thread, or by posting up a story. The Mystery Ingredient will be announced in the starting thread for each round. When you post up your story, please include the name of the round in the title." Looks like you can go ahead and start writing to me. You rock like boulders falling down a mountain. Time to start writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowchikawowers Posted September 4, 2013 Report Share Posted September 4, 2013 Haha have fun! I look forward to reading what you come up with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted September 4, 2013 Report Share Posted September 4, 2013 I'll give it a shot. By "The Twins," do you mean any character(s) that can be called "The Twins," or someone specific like the Viks? Anything that could be called the twins, be it a pair of towers, some siblings, two magically linked soulstones, or whatever. You could use the Viks, or Lelu and Lilitu (as a general suggestion I'd recommend avoiding canon characters - getting them right is pretty restrictive and a delicate balancing act, getting them wrong can really jar readers). But you get total free rein to interpret each ingredient however you wish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourToedStatue Posted September 4, 2013 Report Share Posted September 4, 2013 Sign me up for this! Hm...ideas ideas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted September 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 Come on in, and welcome to the Quill! And bow has it right, you could even sign up on the last day if you want to, we've had a few entries like that before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madjackdeacon Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 I'll toss my bowler hat in this ring... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoria Posted September 6, 2013 Report Share Posted September 6, 2013 Hmmmm. I think I'll try this again, it was fun the last time I did it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mephiston Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 Hmmmm, might have an idea brewing... or it's wind.... I'll sign up hoping it's the former. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Final_Crucible Posted September 15, 2013 Report Share Posted September 15, 2013 May I still attempt to join in, this seems fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted September 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 Absolutely you can! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Final_Crucible Posted September 17, 2013 Report Share Posted September 17, 2013 My entry <3 http://www.wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?46853-Iron-Quill-Deal-With-the-Devil-Undead-Harvest&p=621437#post621437 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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