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Science Fiction Writing Competition


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Do you like anything sci-fi? Do you like giant mech robots destroying some star ship in space? Do you enjoy writing about this sort of thing? Well then this is a contest for you!!

I haven't seen all that many sci-fi related contests here on WC so I decided to create one! The simple theme is well... anything science fiction. From giant robots, to mutant creatures in someone's sink, you name it! The theme is open to anyone and anything, of course following a few rules.
~[Paz]- Your contesty host :)

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Rules:


1. As with every contest the work must be completely done by you. If it is a colaboration effort with one or more other people or members you must state so next to the wiki link. Anything plagiarised will be removed and you will be disqualified.

2. There is no set length but please do not make this story really, really long. As of right now I am the only moderator and I really don't want to read a bunch of novels Oo. However, it must be at least 2,000 words long, anything storter will be removed. I also request that you place the number of words next to your entry if you think that it might be rather short (just so I don't jump to any conclusions).
Current Moderators:
[Paz]
[RiddleRose]
(contact me if you wish to be a moderator)

3. It must follow the theme!! The theme is very, very open at the moment and anything science fiction-y is allowed. Please, do not post a story about a cute little elf in a merry wood with a nice life. That, I am sorry to say, is not Sci-Fi. So please stick with the theme. You can dip into horror though, just try to keep the action :)

4. You can make it as gorey and bloody as you like because I quite frankly do not mind, just please put a warning next to the writing (so younger members know to watch out). 

5. No fanfictions! Fanfiction is against the rules here on WC and all of the rules will be followed on this contest. The same goes with any characters from a given story that is thrown in there. For example, you put Luke Skywalker in your story but make him something other than a Jedi. You are still using Luke Skywalker and that is not allowed. For more information on fanfictions see: What is fanfiction?

6. All WC rules apply here, so please do not post anything against the WritersCo rules because I will report you. So keep your stories original and to the rules :P

7. As always, have fun with this!!! This contest is run by the Contest Team and we're here to make contests for member like you to enjoy!! So have fun ;P

Prizes:
For the Winners!!
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By [Paz]


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Some Possible Themes:
If you are at a loss for some themes, here are some :)
1. Robots (always a favourite)
2. Outer Space, Aliens
3. Mutant Critters (common in sewers)
4. Ghost Phenomenon, Hauntings
5. Gun Battles, Weapon Themes (ex. Terminator)
6. Superhumans

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Deadline: CLOSED!!


Please post your entries here and see the help pages for any assistance on linking your superwiki pages here. Trust me, even I can't do it very well. As always, have fun!!

Entries:
Please number them!!

1. 343.Stolen freedoms [Ravendust] Prologues and chapters 1&2... still in progress. 7,759 words
2. 478.Sci-Fi Contest Entry [Marten] Working on it. :D
3. 548.Asylum Ep1 [Tablet] its a script, just goes over the limit, lol
4. 39.Fiend or Foe.Prologue: Who are they?: 1549, 39.Fiend or Foe.Chapter 1: What is this?: 2453, 39.Fiend or Foe.Chapter 2: Who am I?: 2695; altogether 6697. [Veltzeh]


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2006-03-20 [Veltzeh]: Hmm... I wonder if I'll be the only enterer (provided I get a story whipped up). XD

2006-03-21 [Ravendust]: Well, actually I plan on entering... I've got a story started... but its not made it past two pages :P

2006-03-22 [Kachi]: I'm really tempted to enter. I've not done sci fi in a while, it could be a great challenge.  :o

2006-03-22 [Ravendust]: This is my first sci fi story ever... I'm hoping that it comes out as well as I plan for it too...

2006-03-23 [RiddleRose]: i'm hoping to enter too. obviously i won't judge my own stuff... >.< i shall disregard my own entry (provided it ever appears) completely when judging the rest. :)

2006-03-23 [Ravendust]: This story is coming a little faster now- though I still have a long way to go... (only a little over 1000 words thus far)

2006-03-24 [Paz]: That's great to hear! :D I was starting to fear that there would be no entries! I cannot wait to read ;)

2006-03-24 [Ravendust]: believe me, I want to do this big time. I can't wait until my story is finished...

2006-03-24 [Kachi]: I have a start~! *blissfully happy* ...Although now, I need a plot, which is the one bit that's the problem. :/

2006-03-24 [Ravendust]: XD As soon as I saw the contest I had a plot which *never* happens at all... but I know pretty much where I want the story to go... *glares at the pitiful 4 pages* *sigh* I wish it would hurry up and get longer... but I suppose for it to do that I would need to write more, now wouldn't I? :P

2006-03-24 [Kachi]: Aah, you want to be careful, thinking all you have to do is write. When you do that, the characters end up taking over and it takes gods know how much editing to get it back on track. x.x;

2006-03-24 [Ravendust]: Hn, yeah, I know. I'm not just thinking that I have to write though...

2006-03-24 [Kachi]: Still... I envy you for having a plot you could immediately write!

2006-03-24 [Ravendust]: meh... I'm surprised I even have a plot... my writing is usually spontanious...

2006-03-24 [Kachi]: Nothing wrong with spontaneous writing either, I'm thinking it's one of the best kinds. ^_^

2006-03-24 [RiddleRose]: yay! plot bunnies like some people and dislike others... me... well, i think they're afraid of me. XD plots avoid me like the plague.

2006-03-24 [Ravendust]: lol, You know, I've only completed one novel... I don't think that it is really worth publishing though... *sighs*

2006-03-24 [RiddleRose]: heh... at least you finished it! the only things i ever finish are short stories, so i've decided to stick to them. ^_^

2006-03-24 [Ravendust]: Meh, I've finished a few short stories... ^^ I posted 1 story and poem so far on this site- one of the stories is for a contest...

2006-03-24 [RiddleRose]: i've got a couple up at this point... more poems than stories. but paz will shout at us if we chat randomly here. i well know how ze paz hates spam! XD

2006-03-24 [Ravendust]: heh, okay. *Shuts up and writes*

2006-03-25 [Paz]: I do hate spam but it's okay to spam here ;P I just get a little ticked when it's on a wiki meant for questions that need answering...

2006-03-26 [RiddleRose]: ah. well then: spamspamspamspamspam!!!! i'm not gonna lose a perfectly good opportunity to spam! XP

2006-03-26 [Paz]: Yesh >3

2006-03-27 [Nell]: 20,000 words min? Seriously? Cool. I'll see if I have time.

2006-03-27 [Veltzeh]: Oh, I just noticed a typo... in the first rule it should be plagiarised (or with z if you want to do American English). ;)

2006-03-27 [Kachi]: Eeeeg... I need a plot so badly. ;_;

2006-03-28 [RiddleRose]: heh... those do help occasionally... paz, i think i'm not gonna enter this one after all... sorry. XP i'm feeling a little overwhelmed with writing at the moment. maybe maybe if i have time later. ^_^

2006-03-29 [Paz]: That's okay by me :P Trust me I know the feeling... I fixed the typo XP I am not the world's greatest typer (I type with two fingers)

2006-03-29 [RiddleRose]: yay!! i used to do that... although i am faster now, i still cannot for the life of me touch type. XD

2006-04-01 [Ravendust]: I've reached two thousand words!!! *Dances for joy* Ugh... about 38,000 to go :P Anyway, I had somebody critique what I had written, and they said that it was good so far and that if I happened to get it published and sold- they would buy a copy...^^

2006-04-01 [Paz]: Good :D Maybe I'll buy a copy too if it's very well done ;P

2006-04-01 [Ravendust]: ^^ How sweet of you... I'm really trying to get it going... *just got over a little slump*

2006-04-01 [Veltzeh]: Ahhh. I think I know what story I'll enter here. If I get it further than the start, that is.

2006-04-01 [Kachi]: Wah, my friends inspired a great story at a non-NaNo meet we had (we're weird like that..) and I went and forgot it! *idiot* But... I fleshed out another by talking to 'em. O.o;

2006-04-02 [Veltzeh]: I'm stuck at the title of the story XD

2006-04-02 [Ravendust]: ^ Oh jeez... don't remind me that I still need one >_>

2006-04-02 [Paz]: Hahaha XD I love this angst!

2006-04-03 [RiddleRose]: paz you sadistic freak! heh... just kidding, sunny loves her paz... XD

2006-04-03 [Veltzeh]: Make up a title for me! XD

2006-04-03 [Paz]: Hmm... what's it about first? XD (So the title relatively matches :P)

2006-04-03 [Veltzeh]: An alien cyborg and its mentally messed up sibling as well as their human friend (mostly there for relating purposes), and their fleeing. ;)

2006-04-04 [Ravendust]: Title help for me too?: The last of a dwindling race is forced into galactic slavery and must go through many trials and tribulations to free her people...

2006-04-05 [RiddleRose]: "flight" for veltzeh... "struggle" for ravendust... i know, not very creative. XD don't eat me! i'm tired... and i like short titles... XP

2006-04-05 [Ravendust]: lol

2006-04-05 [Paz]: Like "Five Little Peppers and How they Grew" >P That's a rather long title actually, same with the Little House series. Hmm... titles... For V: "Escape to (a name of a place XD)" and Raven: umm... "The Last of her Kind". I think that, that might actually be an already used title but if it isn't then... well, they lack creativity XD

2006-04-05 [Veltzeh]: They don't actually escape anywhere ;)

2006-04-05 [Paz]: Alright XD "The Great Escape"? (I'm not at all someone who comes up with fitting titles :P) Unless, that's already a used title >.>

2006-04-19 [Ravendust]: WoOt for inspiration! My story went into a slump for a while, but I've finally got inspiration to continue it. ^o^

2006-04-20 [Paz]: Yay!

2006-04-20 [Ravendust]: wrote a few hundred words :P

2006-04-20 [Paz]: Good! I was hoping someone enter very, very soon XD I was starting to think this was a dying idea. I'll have to make some badges as well! I can't wait to see your work though ;)

2006-04-20 [Ravendust]: I'm working very diligently on my idea. ^_^ I hope that I'm not the only one who is going to manage and put a story up very soon... it happened in that Once Upon a Birthday contest XDDD I've passed the 3000 word mark! WoOt

2006-04-20 [Paz]: There's the first badge :P I'll make one for the participants later. I'll badger [RiddleRose] to post her entry so you won't be the only one XD This one also has no deadline so hopefully people will come! 

2006-04-20 [Ravendust]: yeah *just hit the 7 page mark... XDDD I'm on a roll and not planning to stop just yet.

2006-04-20 [RiddleRose]: ack! i'm trying! have pity on my poor homeworkified state!

2006-04-20 [RiddleRose]: heh... cheater... ;) i still say that elftron thingy should have won... but it does make an excellent badge!

2006-04-20 [Ravendust]: jeez... I really have to work hard to get this done before June... otherwise it'll never get done... *busy summer*

2006-04-20 [Ravendust]: gah! oh noez! another bout of writer's block... T_T I got to the eighth page too...

2006-04-21 [Paz]: XD! I would've loved to have my entry win but Oh well >.> Sunny, I'm currently procrastinating on everything :3 although work is difficult./// Yay! Seven pages :D Nice work, I hope you break the writers block soon Ravendust ;)

2006-04-22 [Ravendust]: :3 I got over my inability to continue a scene, and even now I'm in the process of writing. :P hopefully this idea continues for a while. ^^;;

2006-04-23 [Kachi]: I finally bought a shiny new laptop with 100% working keys (my last one took two hours to warm up enough to type on... and the shift key hated me...) so I'll hopefully be getting harder to work now. Once I stop playing with Daz Studio... x.x;

2006-04-24 [Paz]: XD!! 

2006-04-25 [Ravendust]: if you want I can give you a sneak peek ;-) (*Cough* or at least the first paragraph, since that won't really give it away

2006-04-26 [Paz]: Go on ahead :) You can always add on to this later. No one should feel that they have to complete it before first entering XD However, it should be finished by judging period

2006-04-26 [Ravendust]: Alright, I've put up the first chapter, I'll be adding onto it as I complete each chapter.

2006-04-27 [RiddleRose]: whee!

2006-04-27 [Ravendust]: I picked 'Stolen Freedoms' for the title because the people were living quite freely before they were enslaved by the pirates of Fivald... and because most of the story is probably going to be based on their lost freedom.

2006-04-27 [RiddleRose]: shmee shmee! i'm going to be evil here and quote a fanfiction... "we've never had minions before... think of the possibilities!!"

2006-04-27 [Ravendust]: XDDD nice... I write fanfics on ff.net... XD my username there is quite lengthy: isisoftheunderground... and a lot of my stories are crap XDD

2006-04-27 [RiddleRose]: heehee! this is a hp slash fanfic... ever heard of the shoebox project? it's on livejournal... one of the single most amazing fanfics i've ever read.

2006-04-27 [Ravendust]: Never been there actually...

2006-04-27 [RiddleRose]: aha! well, tis amazing. me loves.

2006-04-28 [Paz]: Yay! The first entry XD I'll read it over this weekend

2006-04-28 [Ravendust]: ^_^;; chapter 2 is being difficult... I'm trying to think of where to start... perhaps where I left off... or several days later... (there's a bit of irony in the end XDD)

2006-04-29 [Paz]: I've downloaded it to my computer :P So soon it shall be read// I always find it coolish to start a little while later a say, recall past events that happened during the un-accounted while ^^' Or just start off from a few days later and continue on from there letting the reader descide

2006-04-29 [Ravendust]: I actually did start from a few days later... Got inspired last night and wrote... a whole two lines ^_^;;

2006-04-29 [Ravendust]: Oh! Sudden inspiration and chapter two is on page two XDD and I'm still writing... will wonders never cease?

2006-05-02 [Ravendust]: ^o^ I wrote a poem for the story... O.o I've never done that before... I may put it up if anybody cares to read it... *cough* the poem is actually going to go into the story as a short song...

2006-05-21 [Ravendust]: Chapter 2 is done, and it is with chapter 1... the poem is in chapter 2...

2006-05-23 [Marten]: Alright, well, I am working on an entry as well. 20,000 words is a lot, but I hope I don't run out of words to finish the story!

2006-05-23 [Ravendust]: mine just keeps getting more complex... I'm working on a sort of 'prologuish thing... telling about how Searienne's race came to be...

2006-05-23 [Paz]: Yay! I can't wait to read all of these after my exams! :D They'll help relieve my stress

2006-06-09 [Athilea]: How long is this contest open for?

2006-06-10 [RiddleRose]: i think until we have enough entries to judge... but ask paz

2006-06-12 [Paz]: It will be open until we get a fair amount of finished entries to generate a deadline ;) So as of yet the deadline is awhile, but hurry because seeing as there can only be one winner the deadline might be set anyways, fairly soon

2006-06-13 [Athilea]: I'll see about getting something written.

2006-07-09 [Tablet]: I'm confused, does it have to be at least 20,000 words long?

2006-07-14 [Paz]: Yes :) It shouldn't be too hard

2006-07-16 [blak_Roses]: what does 20,000 words look like such as how many paragraphs??

2006-07-16 [Ravendust]: it's probably around 60 pages or so... that's how I figure it anyway- I've got a fanfiction going that's about 20,000 words- 12 chapters, about 6 pages each, and with around 2,000 words each... I could be a little off, but that's my estimate.

2006-07-17 [Paz]: No, 20,000 words shouldn't be 60 pages :P But I'll change it

2006-07-17 [Paz]: It has been changed to 2,00o words :P (I think that was originally what I meant to put)

2006-07-17 [Ravendust]: that works XD my story is longer than that so far...

2006-07-17 [Veltzeh]: Oooh, in that case I'll just put the first chapter of the story I was going to enter. X) Provided I get even that done...

2006-07-20 [Paz]: hahaha XD Sorry, I forgot that the number of words was astronomical! You ought to get it in soon Veltzeh :P

2006-07-20 [Veltzeh]: Why, is there a deadline coming? :o

2006-07-22 [Paz]: Yes :P This contest has to end before I entre school. At least another month though

2006-07-23 [Veltzeh]: Damn, now I'm 500 words short with the first chapter. XD

2006-07-24 [Veltzeh]: Aaaand 50. I bet the next time it'll be 5.

2006-07-24 [Veltzeh]: 2128 words, yay. :) I just hope I get the second chapter done too...

2006-07-24 [Tablet]: debated whether to put my script up but thought hey what the heck

2006-07-26 [Paz]: Haha XD The deadline will be posted in a couple days. (Once I decide what it is >.>)

2006-07-28 [RiddleRose]: back! but briefly... so many new entries...! @_@

2006-07-28 [Veltzeh]: Right, so now I have the three first chapters and I think they make up a nice totality. Can I link those chapters under one entry?

2006-07-28 [RiddleRose]: sure! just mention that there are three chapters there or something like that... :)

2006-07-28 [Veltzeh]: Well, there would be three links... X)

2006-07-28 [RiddleRose]: ah. i misunderstood. most certainly you may!

2006-07-28 [Veltzeh]: Righty!

2006-07-28 [RiddleRose]: hmm... could you put the word count for each chapter? thank you

2006-07-28 [Veltzeh]: Surely. Of course, they aren't yet quite finished so they might change, but I'll change it then.

2006-07-28 [Kachi]: Yay! I finished work today! Hopefully now I can try to write something without someone interrupting me and asking me to do actual WORK. >.>; How dare they?! >.>;;;

2006-07-29 [RiddleRose]: the nerve... ;) thanks!

2006-08-12 [Moonlit Serenade]: Is there going to be a set deadline for this really soon? Or do I still have a tiny bit of time?

2006-08-14 [RiddleRose]: as far as i know, there is no deadline, and no deadline anywhere in sight... you've got time! :)

2006-08-24 [Paz]: Deadline set :) I want to finish this before school starts

2006-08-24 [Ravendust]: Do our stories have to be complete, or would you be satisfied if they're not really done?

2006-08-24 [Veltzeh]: All of a sudden I'm the one whose stuff is finished (in its own way). XD

2006-08-28 [Paz]: Finished would be nice :) But we're willing to judge a half-finished piece but I highly encourage you to try your best to finish anyways

2006-08-28 [Ravendust]: I'm working on mine, trying to get it done... I'll have to update the changes real quick- because I added a sort of prologue... so there're pretty much three chapters...

2006-09-06 [RiddleRose]: i forgot your school hasn't started yet. lucky bean. i'm going to have limited time from now on, so just let me know when you need my awesome mod-ly serviced... ;)

2006-09-06 [Ravendust]: bah.... >_< This definately won't be done by thursday... *sighs* I'm trying my best to at least get chapter 4 up...

2006-09-06 [Paz]: Sorry :P Just keep working as best as you can!

2006-09-06 [Veltzeh]: I added a total word count X)

2006-09-07 [Paz]: Good! :D I've closed the contest after pondering whether I should extend the deadline but I don't have a free weekend at all these next two months xP So the judging will begin as soon as possible and I'll get around to making badges for the participants.

2006-09-10 [RiddleRose]: i'm not very available around now pazzle paz... sorry. if you need me just yell or something

2006-09-14 [Paz]: Neither am I it seems :/ It might take awhile guys, sorry but I'm going through a rough time in school....

2006-09-14 [Veltzeh]: (a while!)

2006-09-14 [Ravendust]: that's okay, I'm sure that none of us really minds waiting, I'm in school right now too, it's why I really couldn't get any more of my story done... ><

2006-10-27 [Tablet]: Any updates on how the judging is going?

2006-11-24 [Tablet]: hello?

2006-11-24 [RiddleRose]: no idea. paz seems to have gone poof. i think she may have finals? maybe? PAZZLE!!! WAKE UP!!! JUDGE THE GODDAMN CONTEST!!! perhaps that'll do it, neh? happy thanksgiving!

2007-01-14 [Tablet]: YEAH judge! the suspense is killing me....well it would

2007-06-01 [Ravendust]: I forgot to ever put up my word count ^_^;;

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