Ongoing Creativity Contest

Each of Starborn Alignments many herds and subfactions is unique, with their own lore, culture, myths, stories and environments. All of these things make Hireath a world we all love to play in, but we need your help.

This Creativity Contest is an ongoing event that will help define the world in which you play and in which your characters live, breathe and suffer or thrive. We are continuously working on adding new lore and depth to the game, and often find ourselves feeling like we could use a helping hand. While our lovely mods and fellow admins are always on board to help us, we also know that there is a massive amount of creativity and skill in our lovely community - you guys!

In this ongoing event, we will be looking at specific additions to our lore and wiki; this will make our lovely winners easier to integrate to the lore as a whole. Admins will provide specific prompts/wishes as to what they would like to see. Prompts will cycle out as they are filled; follow the cc-channel on our Discord for updates!

We look forward to seeing your wonderful contributions!

## General Rules

* Entries may be written or drawn, depending on the prompt. Make sure to read the prompt carefully.
* Art/writing must be new and made for the Creativity Contest
* There is a monthly entry limit of 3. You may enter each month.
* All entries should be submitted to this folder and additionally, posted to our #cc-channel. This way, we don't miss your entries.
	+ Discord is needed to participate in this event
* There is no set judging date for entries. An admin will notify you via mention if your contribution is chosen.
* Due to the changed nature of the CC, entries should be mostly herd specific, unless more general contributions are being sought.
* Entries that are for just one herd will be judged and chosen by that herd's admin.
* The availability of prompts will vary. We do not guarantee there will always be prompts for each herd, or that there will always be both literature and drawn prompts available for a given faction.
* If your submission wins, it will belong to SA even in the event that you leave the group. By entering this contest, you are giving the rights of that submission to the group!
	+ Artwork may be posted on our wiki (with credit)
	+ Literature entries may be edited by the admin when/if they are posted on our wiki. Credit will be given for your work.

### Artwork Rules

* Artwork will receive regular AP. Artwork will be eligible for AP even if no equines/creatures are features, as all art is considered “SA Specific” (ie: just backgrounds)
* Artwork should focus on the given prompt/subject (background, vista, creature, NPC design)
* Submissions should not include:
	+ Any PCs or player submitted NPC characters. Official Starborn Alignment NPCs, as well as completely random NPCs (so basically just random horses) are permitted, but should not be the focus
	+ Extreme gore or violence; all our regular submission rules apply
	+ Any uncredited stock use. Note that art is likely to be posted off-DA in our wiki if chosen, so refer to the stock provider’s rules to make sure they're okay with that.

### Literature Rules

* Entries may be of any length unless otherwise specified. However, to receive normal literature AP, they must exceed 250 words.
* All lore should be usable by other members. You may not submit things like lore of individual noble houses or player owned clans as literature entries. The lore doesn’t have to apply to the whole herd, but it can not be limited only to a very specific group of characters/your own character.
* Entries must show a general understanding of lore and the customs of the herd(s) it applies to.
* Submissions should not be told from the POV of a PC or player made NPC, or involve them at all. Please keep any literature entries general!
* 3rd person POV heavily preferred

## Winners & Rewards

Everyone who enters will receive **5CS** for **each submission**, as well as regular AP earnings.  You may enter up to 3 times in a month, and claim the bonus each time, for a total of 15CS each month. Note that the reward is only earned by submissions that fill the above guidelines (our mods will let you know if something is wrong!).

Additionally, the entries that are **chosen** receive an additional **10AP, 10CS** for their contribution. There is no limit to how many times one person can win.

## Current Prompts

### Aodh

* **Illustrations for the following Aodh familiars: Faerie, Phoenix, Pygmy Dragon.**
	+ Both standalone images and scenic images are welcome!
* **Illustrations of Opulence, Harborside, Bloom, Haven, Magmire & Ashlar.**
* **God depictions for Harborside & Haven.**
* **Illustrations for In-Game Events for page decor**
* **Labor Slave songs, traditions and stories**
	+ Entries should be fairly brief as they will be included in the labor slave article. (soft cap of 500 words)
* **Aodhian fables, songs and nursery rhymes**

### Breim

* **Illustrations for Arcane Guardians**
	+ Both standalone images and scenic images are welcome!
* **Local myths about Breimian creatures (Arcane Spirits, Kitsunes, Devil Birds, Nekomata, and Terror Birds)**
	+ Entries should be fairly brief as they will be included on the creature wiki pages! (soft cap of 750 words)

* **Illustrations of Briemian cities and towns, both past and present.**

* **Illustrations and local myths surrounding Sirith's locations** (Skytop Forest, Ruins of Kin, Argus's Ancient Shrine, Battlefield of the Gods, Pool of Reflection, The Floating Islands, The Vortex,The Whispering Range, Temple of the Arcane, and the Isle of Spirits.)
	+ Both standalone images of specific things and scenic images are welcome!
	+ Written entries should be fairly brief as they will be included on the creature wiki pages! (soft cap of 750 words)

* **Breimian fables, songs and nursery rhymes**
* **Fauna and Megafauna native to Sirith**
	+ Non familiars
	+ Submissions should have both written and visual components
* **Flora native to Sirith**
	+ Submissions should have both written and visual components

### Serora

* **Illustrations for Sandhawks**
	+ Both standalone images and scenic images are welcome!
* **Illustrations for Thunderbirds**
	+ Both standalone images and scenic images are welcome!
* **Local myths about Seroran creatures** (Echoes, Jackalopes, Zesla, Thunderbird and Peryton)
	+ Entries should be fairly brief as they will be included on the creature wiki pages! (soft cap of 750 words)
* **Illustrations of Osulas (past or present), Mbira, Cajon and Oasis/Gadis.**
* **Illustrations of Alhaj**

### Talori

* **Illustrations for the Temple of Time**
	+ Please visit some of its chapter plots to get a feel for how the Temple is described.
	+ Both standalone images and scenic images are welcome!
* **Illustrations for Kiephis** (half of which has been brought to the surface of the Ocean)
	+ Both standalone images and scenic images are welcome!
	+ Kiephis is gradually being re-inhabited at this time, but it still has a lot of damage!
* **Illustrations for the new Talorian coast**
	+ Kaia and Cascade both worked together to make the mainland coast a massive defense for the herd. It is characterized by craggy rocks, high cliffs, and maelstroms that make sailing into the coast both difficult and dangerous.
	+ Both standalone images and scenic images are welcome!
* **Local myths about Talorian creatures** (Water Wisps, Hydras, Feathered Serpents, and Qotoki)
	+ Entries should be fairly brief as they will be included on the creature wiki pages! (soft cap of 750 words)
* **Myths about ancient, fantasy figures that can be told as children's/cautionary tales**
	+ Entries should be fairly brief as they will be included on a dedicated wiki page. Characters need not be accurate to history, but they can feature satires of historical figures if you would like!

### Vagabonds

* **Illustrations for the Vagabond Mythical Familiars** (Rocatrice, Gytrash, Homunculus, Ursa Major/Minor, Chimera)
	+ Both standalone images and scenic images are welcome!
* **Illustrations for the following places:**
	+ Allagi (all locations)
	+ Asylon
	+ The Fort
	+ Bunker 2.0
	+ The Aerie
	+ Digend's Towers