Skylar's Writing Contests

## Rules and Guidelines

The writing contests will be a way to earn quite a few Buckaroos! Once per every month, I will post a topic on this page. If you want a chance to win some buckaroos you'll compete! In *writing*. Short stories, [kotlc] fanfiction, and oneshots are allowed. But here's how it works:

1. If you wish to compete, comment the form and ping me [Name/Username/Pronouns]
2. Look For Whatever Topic it is For the Month
3. When that month begins (And only when that month begins) I will post the topic. This way, nobody can start writing before the contest actually starts.
	1. You can sign up to be a contestant before the month begins, it really depends.
	2. I (Skylar) will also make a post about it on discussion when one begins.
4. Your Short Story that Correlates with the Topic must be *wiki appropriate!* If it isn't and it has some uncensored swearing, I am fine with it, but make sure you say that before you post it. Trigger warnings are required for anything you think is necessary. If you have a question about trigger warnings please let me know in the comment.
	1. Whenever you comment a story or a question *Please Ping Me or another Employee* (@DonutDolphin)
5. These Stories would be due at the end of the month.
6. These *will* be judged. It's all constructive criticism. Judges will try to be nice, if they come out harsh they don't mean it. This is meant for helping you get to be a better writer, so we can learn in the process. (Ugh learning, Ikr) First place gets 600 buckaroos, Second place gets 400 buckaroos, Third Place gets 200 buckaroos. Contestants who don't get 1st, 2nd, or 3rd, will get 100 buckaroos just for competing and following the guidelines.
7. *I'm hiring*. I need two co-judges per month, if I can get it :). If you want to be a co-judge ping me in the comments and please give me some reasons why you should be hired in this position. It should include these points:
	1. Are you an Experienced-Writer
		1. If so I would love to see a sample (Not Required, I just like reading)
	2. How active are you
	3. I would need your name, pronouns, and username (of course)
	4. What's one genre you really like to judge
8. Judges will get paid. Not as much as contestants, but once a month, after judging has taken place, they'll receive 100 Buckaroos. Don't feel like you get paid unfairly either, I will only recieve 100 as well.
9. You can post your writing on a blog, or on discussion, or in the comments if you want, just make sure you ping me and the other judges.
10. Most importantly, don't forget to have fun! Some of the prompts might be a little more serious, but most of them are meant for a laugh!

## October

**Prompt:**

For the first ever prompt, I'm going to make it fairly simple. As most people know, October is considered *spooky season*. But, as we *should* know, not everybody celebrates Halloween. So this doesn't *have* to be about Halloween if you don't want it to be, really it can be about anything that you celebrate. The theme, is a holiday or birthday, gone wrong. What I mean by that, is a short horror story based around an event that happened to the main character on this Holiday/Birthday. Everything else is entirely up to you. It doesn't matter what Holiday you set it to, what *year* you set it to, what country you set it to (but keep your story in English please), or much else really. But I won't say too much, the creativity should come from you and your writing style.

**Contestants:**

Bubbles/LinhSongIsTheBest/She/They

Bug/DerpNami/They/Zie

Rosie/Lune et Soleil/She/Her

Ariel/arielthefroster/She/They

**Judges:**

Skylar/DonutDolphin/She/Her

## November

**Prompt:** TBD

**Contestants:** TBD

**Judges:**

Skylar/DonutDolphin/She/Her

Rosie/Lune et Soleil/She/Her