2015 Fakku Summer Writing Contest

The FAKKU Summer Writing Contest has finally returned. I bid you ladies and gentlemen to take up your pen and papers, get your flow of creativity going, and get ready to write. May the scorching heat of summer test your mental perseverance, rather than discourage you from creating what you may one day boast to be your greatest masterpiece. If it counts as incentives for you, we have FAKKU Books as prizes this year, so I’d encourage everyone – even those who haven’t tried their hand in writing – to give it a shot.


Rules:

1. The word limit is 1500, please make sure not to cross this limit for your entry, for the extras will be disregarded.

2. The themes for this contest are: Summer, School Trip, or Romance. All stories must contain aspects of at least one of the three themes.

3. Any kind of creative writing will be accepted, thus stories and poetries are welcome.

4. Please be informed that it must be your own original work. If the work is found to be plagiarised, it will not be counted as an entry. We will be examining your work very closely.

5. A link to your entry submission must be posted in this thread for your participation in the contest to be acceptable.

6. While comments are allowed in this topic, please keep the posts here relevant.

7. Please note that we do not support anyone having someone else edit, fix or improve grammatical errors, or anything in their entry. So, don’t do that. Your entry should be your own work.

8. Please include the following tag [Summer Contest Entry 2015] at the front of the thread title of your entry. An example would be “[Summer Contest Entry 2015] My midsummer trip to the beach”.

9. Each contestant is allowed to submit a maximum of ONE entry.

Deadline:

The deadline for entries is 00:00 of the 31st of July 2015 (EST, GMT-5). Entries after this specific time will be disregarded.

Judging:

A panel of three judges – xninebreaker, Waar and myself included – will choose our favorites based on our judging, explain the reasoning behind them, and declare the two winners.

The Prize:

We’re having two winners this time. To put it simply, both winners are basically getting the same reward for the most part: A digital copy of a FAKKU Book of the winner’s choice. The winners will receive a code based on what FAKKU Book they desire, and they will then be able to get said book without having to pay for it.

For the winner who we judges feel did better than the other winner – first prize winner, as they’d say – I will inform Jacob regarding the winners, and he may bestow that user with the FAKKU Writer’s title, or maybe he’ll give it to both of them. Who knows. Either way, I am not going to make any promises regarding the title reward and will only hope for the best.

Additionally, you will earn the respect and praises from the writers of the Writing and Fanfiction sub-forum’s community if you happen to be a winner. You may also be able to judge for the next Summer Writing Contest.

So, get your ideas out and give it a shot. Believe in your own potential and aim for the top. You may just be able to impress us with your writing and creativity.

While you are to keep your posts relevant to the topic here, you are obviously free to post your questions here, if you have any. In the event that you may feel humiliated or overwhelmed by the public presence, then please feel free to send a PM to the any one of the judges.

Also, please try to leave some comments on the entries of the participants. It doesn't matter whether you're a fellow writer, a participant yourself, or someone who rarely writes and just reads; writers enjoys comments and feedbacks from almost anyone.

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F.A.Q.s

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--How do I submit my Entry?

Make a new thread for your entry in the Writing and Fanfiction. Then, copy the link of your entry and post it in this thread.

You MUST post the link of your entry in this thread or else, we will NOT count it.

--Can I submit Multiple Entries?

For every users' entries, there will be a limit of ONE (1) entry. Each judge has to read every entry. In order to avoid potential eye strain, please limit your entries to one piece please.

--Does it absolutely have to be under 1500 words?

Yes. If people could make do with 1000 words in the first writing contest, then why not 1500 words?

--Can I change or edit my entry?

Sure, you may edit your entry up until the deadline – 00:00 of the 31st of July, 2015 (EST, GMT-5).

--Can I take ideas, or have a parody from an already-existing work?

Sure you can. However, you need to let us know that you did, lest you wish your entry to be considered a plagiarised work. Just leave a footnote regarding it (at the bottom) of the post that contains your entry in the thread.

--Do I have to include adult/sexual contents in my entry?

This is purely your choice. We don’t mind if sexual contents are present. We don't encourage or discourage it.

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List of participants:




If your entry is not on this list, then that means one (or more) of the following:

- You did not post a link to your submission as instructed by the rules above.

- Your entry did not follow the rules: under 1500 words and include any of the themes.

- Your entry was not posted before the deadline.

- The list is yet to be updated.

Just so you know, I’m known to be very lazy. Have some patience with me.

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Lastly, special thanks to winter55 for making the banner of this contest.

Wanted to add that anyone who does plagiarize is getting 3 days off from Fakku courtesy of your friendly neighborhood mod. Good luck to all the competitors and may the best Fakuza win.

p.s. I'm a sucker for romance stories.

Wow, from what you said to me earlier, I thought this wasn't going to happen. Glad to be surprised. Also, due date the 31st of July? Time to procrastinate for a month.

Honestly, I am very happy to see this come up and hopefully it will help the section out with a bit of activity. Looking forward to reading the entries.

Also, disclaimer: I am not a writing contest judge. I can't change my title since I changed it with Fakku Gold in the winter time.

I'm glad to be judging again. Time to crunch out some stories people! May the best writer win!

Hmm... this could be interesting. I always procrastinate and never meet the deadline.This could be my chance! Something romantic, huh? I'll make it so lovable everyone will want to kill themselves. If I enter, of course...

If I were to win, unlikely but feel the need to ask, could I buy a physical copy of the digital book I won for cheaper?

Don't worry. You'll always be a judge in our hearts.

Sure, we can make this happen.

I will see if I can throw something up just for the fun of it. I have spent most of the month overseas. Should be able to come up with something pertaining to school trips and the summer and nothing pertaining to romance.

First to enter!

https://www.fakku.net/forums/writing-and-fanfiction/summer-contest-entry-2015-skyhigh#4475402

You're welcome.

1500 words. To a tee.

I actually submitted something! It is 1414 Words. I counted and spellchecked several times.

A Flight of Stairs

Hello judges! Just a short question. If ever we choose romance to be the theme of our story, will unrequited/one-sided love be considered?

Your story ends with an a though.

That is acceptable, yes.

joining yet again

Word count is 789 including the Intentional Inaccuracies portion. Hope you guys enjoy it!

The Tragedy of Venus de Milo

I am sorry I wasn't able to come up with something based on your entry for the previous event.

Here is my entry to make it up.

Word count is 1499 words.

Summer 2015 A Trip Up the Mountains