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[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | This is a great contest idea. Props to all involved, particularly those putting up money.
As tempting as "Purple Wombat Merchants" is, I can't for the life of me think of a story to go with. "The Hovercar that Learned of the Crevasse" has great potential, however.
Hrm. I shall think on it. With an ongoing novel revi... | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,400 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I just HAD to find this at 5Am didn't I? Kept me up all night writing. :( | 5 | 0 | 320 | 10,401 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I'm gonna try for two different entries. Gonna need to make a fresh pot of coffee first. | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,402 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I was going to start working on an urban-fantasy thriller sort of novelette anyway, so I'm in, provided I finish in time. | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,403 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | New to this subreddit but this competition seems like a lot of fun. Plus I have a Sci-Fi idea that's been bouncing around my head for a few weeks, so...I'm in! | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,404 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I'm in! but what if there is a tie on the number of votes? | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,405 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I'll do this too then :) Longest I've written thus far is 6000 or so words, but I was busy at the time then and it was quite rushed. 7500+ should be no issue! | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,406 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I'm officially staking claim to "The Hydraulic Skies of Callisto".
Go generate your own cool title, man.
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[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I want second prize more than first prize... >.> | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,408 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Am I allowed to use a partial story that I've only written on paper to start? | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,409 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | You won't believe how giddy this made me :D well, there's nothing to lose, I guess :) | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,410 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | The generator gave me "Stalked In The Forest of the Scientists," which practically writes itself, so naturally I have to participate.
I assume that gaslight fantasy/steampunk is acceptable as a genre? | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,411 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | As someone living in Australia this contest could not have come at a worst time; I'm in the last week of an eight week break from school! I think i'll try and write a story anyway, even if I don't finish it in time for the competition i'll feel good about having wrote it at all. | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,412 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | You've encouraged me to start writing again. Thanks! | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,413 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I'm in. | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,414 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Totally up for this. I'm not a good writer by any stretch of the imagination, but it will give me something to concentrate on outside of work. Also, I got an awesome title - The Star Prince. | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,415 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Because I like stupid questions (and I haven't seen anything about this on the thread), how NSFW can the novelette be? I have a scene planned that involves two characters being naked together and I state that they have sex, but I'm not planning on being graphic or gratuitous. The important thing is that they have sex... | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,416 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | That 'if I Google lines and find them, they'll be disqualified' line has really made me regret posting snippets of potential dialogue in Voice acting threads, especially since it was anonymously. So many neat monologues I can't use now...
Oh well, I'll figure something out. Assuming I stop procrastinating and actually... | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,417 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I've been lurking for too long, this seems too fun to pass up. Thanks for the contest! Feels good to get back into writing. | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,418 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Never attempted anything this long but I will have a go! | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,419 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Night Prey: The Lost Slayer Chronicles
:D | 6 | 0 | 320 | 10,420 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Totally in. Half-Light Heaven...interesting. | 5 | 0 | 320 | 10,421 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Oh my, which do I choose? So many choices, so many writing opportunities.
The Immortal Stream
Hour of the Priestess of the Stars
The Whirling Airship of the Comets
Swyney's Primordial Gate
The Amazing Monolith
The Silver Jewel of Earth
Destroyed in the Bridge of War
The Fortunate River of Sirius
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[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Been subscribed for a while, never contributed anything...seems like the perfect time to start...'Profane Cartographer of the Cosmos' here we go! | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,423 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | "Corpse King"
Hmm, I'll see what I can do. | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,424 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I'm thinking I will enter. Never been to this sub before, and I'm actually quite impressed. I've never written Sci-Fi, but I have a story idea I've been working on that I think I can throw a few laser rifles and plasma discharges into. Sound good? Cause I'm ready to pound out this story. | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,425 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | *Shackles of the Virtual Towers*
Oh yes oh yes oh yes | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,426 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | In. Doesn't look like I'm going to be very social for the next few weeks.
*Words will be my friends now* | 6 | 0 | 320 | 10,427 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I just got "Invisible Duke" on the Kitt title generator. I can't say no to that. Count me in. | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,428 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Question. The title that gave me an idea was Final Warrior. I know you said I can just use a part of it (which doesn't really help), but can I add to that. I want the the title to be Pacifism: The Final Warrior, but I don't know if that's kosher. If not surely The Final Warrior would be allowed. | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,429 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 320 | 10,430 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I'm almost a thousand words in on a concept I've been dying to put into words. I'm happy this spurred me on. | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,431 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I came up with a concept and characters before clicking the title button. Thankfully "The Eden Stream" will work. | 5 | 0 | 320 | 10,432 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | *Molten Squad*
"Lava is like ice to them."
EDIT: Big thanks to RyanKinder for the creed. One less thing to worry about.
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[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Question: It it ok to include illustrations in the document? Could said illustrations be vital to the story (i.e. without the pictures you wouldn't get the plot)? What if the illustrations merely enhance the experience? | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,434 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I am not very confident writing in English, but I will try to participate anyway. Gotta start somewhere! | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,435 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I made an account just to participate in this competition after a little prompting from family and my randomly generated title is...
"Song of the Ancient Vacuum Tube"
...erm well that sucks! ;) | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,436 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I'm new here, but I'll give it a shot.
Trying to decide between "The Stolen City", "The Year's Prince" or making my own prompt. | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,437 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Just wanted to say you are awesome and this is a great motivation.
I wrote [a few hundred](/r/AntonScheller) 1000-2500 word horror short stories so far but never dared to attempt a longer piece and rarely have I written things that are not horror. It's surprisingly hard for me to get the plot twirling and to get it in... | 5 | 0 | 320 | 10,438 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Just joined 5 minutes ago just so I could be apart of this. Is that okay? | 5 | 0 | 320 | 10,439 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I'm gonna try this... although I admit to hitting the refresh button many, many times. Finally got the boring title that hit the spot. | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,440 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I'll give this a shot. Thanks for putting this on, guys! | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,441 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | [deleted] | 5 | 0 | 320 | 10,442 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I'd love to join this contest, but as much as I love Science Fiction and Fantasy novels/ Novellas/ short stories, I can't write a good one myself. I'm more of a non-fiction fiction writer myself (real world problems = pretty much my stories). I can't wait to read these though. | 4 | 0 | 320 | 10,443 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | *The Song of the World* - Let's see where this takes us ... | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,444 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Holy Moley! *Spacemen of the Abominable Pyramid*? Golly gee, I'm in! | 4 | 0 | 320 | 10,445 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I've never submitted anything here before, but I think I will do this... ^I ^^think... | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,446 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I just started writing as a hobby and I feel up to the challenge. Also I don't know if it's this whole subreddit or just this post, but it is so welcoming to newcomers. It's not about winning, It's about completing a story. I'm not too keen on science so it's going to be a Space Western set far far into the future. Nev... | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,447 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Question: Any formatting requirements? e.g. line spacing, font size, font type?
Can I use default settings in Scrivener and then just export to .rtf format?
Is there a recommended scrivener template for a Novelette?
Random on-topic comment: Pretty excited over this since my nano failed in November. Starting on the 1... | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,448 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I want in but may I just ask...as a first timer...what does 7,500 to 17,500 words feel like? I'm not sure if I worded that correctly.
Can it be one part of a series? | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,449 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I generated "The Fog of the Gaseous Pirate" but I couldn't even get through the first sentence with a straight face. | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,450 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | [deleted] | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,451 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I'm going to make a go of it. Might not make it to the word count on time but I'll see what happens!
Title generator suggestions I'm thinking of using are:
Molten Duke or
Cradle of the Giant | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,452 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I haven't written anything for /r/WritingPrompts in a while... maybe I'll give it a go! | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,453 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | ~10,000 words... how much would that be in pages? | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,454 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | [This is a good resource.](http://donjon.bin.sh/scifi/name/#space) Sci-fi name generator for planets, people, stars, etc. Hope it's alright to use this, naming people is the hardest part about writing IMO. Since this will get buried, if you see this RyanKinder, would you mind throwing it in there?
Also, using The Poli... | 4 | 0 | 320 | 10,455 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Sounds like fun. Although I'm not an experienced writer, you gotta start somewhere, right? I'm gonna do this! | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,456 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Wow, this is awesome. I'm already 1400 words in on "Displaced Spaceship". I've never done Sci-Fi before but why not, as long as I am writing.
Even if I don't win, if I get some good feedback that would be awesome. | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,457 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I understand that SciFi is basically realistically writing about the future, but how does the concept of time travel fit in? I have an absolutely perfect idea but it requires trace amounts of time travel. | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,458 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Are PDFs allowable? | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,459 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Dibs on "The Radio Collectors!"
(Or Not dibs! If that's a faux pas!) | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,460 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Last Days of the Future. Who could turn down a title like that?! Finally made an account so I could participate. No more lurking. Thanks for the push! | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,461 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Oh I can't wait. I just stumbled upon this subreddit looking for a writing outlet. What perfect timing. | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,462 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Bit late to this but 4 weeks to do it sounds doable to me. Can't resist writing "Invasion of the Beautiful Plant Men" | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,463 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Vampire Sky. I am going to have fun with this.
Don't worry! It's not about vampires!
Never posted in this subreddit before. Looking forward to the challenge. | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,464 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I am so in holy shit. First writing contest, so I don't expect to win, but it WILL indeed be nice to have a large piece in my portfolio! | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,465 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Is it okay to take an existing short work of our own and expand it into a novelette length? | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,466 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Found this subreddit just then, because I figured I should break out more with my writing- look forward to hopefully entering something. Got a nice title that I hope to use "Engineer of the Gods" (: | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,467 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | [deleted] | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,468 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I'm just finding out about this, and while I don't often write in the genre fiction category, I've always kind of wanted to come up with something literary that speaks to the fantastic. How many submissions have you received/ do you expect? Who does the judging, and what is the intended purpose and use for the works su... | 4 | 0 | 320 | 10,469 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Commenting to save | 2 | 0 | 320 | 10,470 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | This is going to be my first contest entry, I'm nervous but excited | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,471 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Wow, "The Society of Nemesis" sounds pretty badass. I guess if I can't join a so-named society, I have to write about it. | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,472 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 320 | 10,473 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I got "The Unknowable Poet".
Then I got an idea that had nothing to do with poetry or being unknowable at first glance, but I know exactly how to incorporate it into the story. Should be decent. | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,474 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Doing it! :D | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,475 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Just re-discovered this subreddit this past week. I've been working on some projects for a while and need a refresher, thought I'd give this a shot! Well into the first chapter and having a blast! | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,476 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Just saw this. came up with my synopsis | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,477 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I just found this. I've got 20 days, and I'd love to give it a try. I'm in!
Let's see if I can coax a story out of "Bright One." | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,478 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Late to the party, but I'm in! | 3 | 0 | 320 | 10,479 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I've only just discovered this subreddit and other writing subs, and this has been a fantastic find! Obviously I don't have much time now, but considering I never usually write sci-fi, I am terrible for writers' block and procrastination, and I thought I'd be useless - This competition has just made me sit down and imm... | 2 | 0 | 320 | 10,480 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Neat | 2 | 0 | 320 | 10,481 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | [deleted] | 2 | 0 | 320 | 10,482 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Discovered the subreddit while submitting to /r/shortstories - now I've subscribed and am totally in. I finished NaNoWriMo last year in the first 10 days, I think I can manage to do this before the 28'th. | 2 | 0 | 320 | 10,483 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Wow. I wish I knew about this earlier.
Late to the party, but I'm still gonna give this a shot! | 2 | 0 | 320 | 10,484 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I know that you said the work cannot be existing, but I was wondering if I would be allowed to take a short story I posted on writing prompts (only about a 1500 words) and greatly edit/develop/expand it for this contest. Not sure if that breaks the rules or not! | 2 | 0 | 320 | 10,485 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Never written anything long before, but this looks like a good way to try it out. Got the perfect title and wrote an outline. Excited. Now I gotta plan this out... | 2 | 0 | 320 | 10,486 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Is there an experienced writer willing to proof what I have so far? I am super stuck even though I have planned everything out :( | 2 | 0 | 320 | 10,487 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | The name generator gave me: "The Space Ship of the Gaseous Pirate." How can I not do this? | 2 | 0 | 320 | 10,488 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Oh man, I just discovered this. I don't have one question: How NSFW can it be? | 2 | 0 | 320 | 10,489 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Just found this today, and I've never really written anything before but why the hell not. | 2 | 0 | 320 | 10,490 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I'm in. | 2 | 0 | 320 | 10,491 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | well i have 8 days...I'm in | 2 | 0 | 320 | 10,492 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | [deleted] | 1 | 0 | 320 | 10,493 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I just finished my entry two days ago and I'm already seeing other submissions flood in all over the place.
Fingers crossed! xS | 2 | 0 | 320 | 10,494 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | Absolute Disaster. My PSU is fried and I am waiting on a replacement. My story is saved onto it so I am hoping I get it before the submission date.
Very sad :( | 1 | 0 | 320 | 10,495 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | I'm sorry if this sounds like a question I should've known just from reading the rules, but what if I've already written a novelette and just want to submit it? | 2 | 0 | 320 | 10,496 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | So, the "official" voting has already started? Or the votes that already exist will be cleared and the two week period following February 28th will be the only votes that are counted?
I guess I read that only those that submit will be able to vote, and since there are already way more votes than submissions, I guess t... | 2 | 0 | 320 | 10,497 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | woah just found this, can I write a novellete in 1 day? time to find out | 1 | 0 | 320 | 10,498 |
[MODPOST] The 50,000+ Subscriber Contest ($100 1st place prize) | And I'm finally done. Thank god. Read it [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Efz2LcZUKX4eZeTj9JGzXv_jshR8j2q6gMNo1W9JMM4/edit?usp=sharing) | 1 | 0 | 320 | 10,499 |
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