Writing Tournament 2014 ~ Round I

Come one and come all, raise your pen take part in this grand literary battle! There are subscriptions, points, art, features, and more to be won! You all have until February 12th to enter.

The time is nigh for the Fourth Annual Writers--club Literature Tournament!

This is a tournament for all writers welcoming prose and poetry! It will be a grand competition spanning three rounds of literary challenge! First of all, you must be willing to write for each of the rounds over the coming months.

There will be judging at the end of each round and those who progress to the next round will have to write a new piece for the next round's theme. A new participants list with the surviving writers will be released upon the announcement of the new round.

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To sign up, join the group as a member and add this blog entry to your favorites. From there, feel free to submit your entry to the Tournament Round 1 Folder.

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Round I Theme:  Bird Cage

Interpret at will.

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Deadline:  February 12th

We will accept participants and submissions for the first round until that date.

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Media

Poetry or prose

There is no minimum length requirement for prose or poetry, but prose submissions should not exceed 7,000 words.

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  Prizes!  

:thumb139460745: First Place :thumb139460745:
Three Month dA Subscription from RollingTomorrow
150 Points from RollingTomorrow
50 Points from setmyworldintomotion
5 Points from recklezz84
Poetry commission from RoseScarlet
Black and white art commission from Phoenix-FireMage
Drawing from willwriteforhearts
Art request from mruki
Digital or traditional drawing with background from MostlyCosplays
Prompt based literature request from Bluebellwriter7
Cover art of any arbitrary story the winner has written from KaizenKitty
Drawing from Turkeyhead987
Literature commission from Christianonfire7
Five critiques/comment form critiques from Annuski
Two critiques/comment form critiques from wispofcloud
Critique from DailyBreadCafe
Feature from PennedinWhite
One month feature from Annuski
Feature from RoseScarlet
Feature from DailyBreadCafe
Feature from Foxy-Poptart
Feature from Christianonfire7
Feature at Writers--club
Feature at xWritersUtopiax
Feature at Poets-and-Warriors
Llama from RoseScarlet
Llama from willwriteforhearts
Llama from MostlyCosplays
Llama from SafyreSky
Llama from DailyBreadCafe
Llama from Foxy-Poptart
Llama from recklezz84


:thumb139460926: Second Place :thumb139460926:
100 Points from RollingTomorrow
Poetry commission from RoseScarlet
Black and white art commission from Phoenix-FireMage
Prompt based literature request from Bluebellwriter7
Literature commission from Christianonfire7
Four critiques/comment form critiques from Annuski
Two critiques/comment form critiques from wispofcloud
Critique from DailyBreadCafe
One month feature from Annuski
Feature from PennedinWhite
Feature from RoseScarlet
Feature from DailyBreadCafe
Feature from Foxy-Poptart
Feature from Christianonfire7
Feature at Writers--club
Feature at xWritersUtopiax
Feature at Poets-and-Warriors
Llama from RoseScarlet
Llama from willwriteforhearts
Llama from SafyreSky
Llama from DailyBreadCafe
Llama from Foxy-Poptart


:thumb139461049: Third Place :thumb139461049:
75 Points from RollingTomorrow
Poetry commission from RoseScarlet
Black and white art commission from Phoenix-FireMage
Prompt based literature request from Bluebellwriter7
Three critiques/comment form critiques from Annuski
Two critiques/comment form critiques from wispofcloud
Critique from DailyBreadCafe
One month feature from Annuski
Feature from PennedinWhite
Feature from RoseScarlet
Feature from DailyBreadCafe
Feature from Foxy-Poptart
Feature from Christianonfire7
Feature at Writers--club
Feature at xWritersUtopiax
Feature at Poets-and-Warriors
Llama from RoseScarlet
Llama from willwriteforhearts
Llama from SafyreSky
Llama from DailyBreadCafe
Llama from Foxy-Poptart


:thumb174214341: Honorable Mentions :thumb174214341:
One month feature from Annuski
Feature from PennedinWhite
Feature from RoseScarlet
Feature from Foxy-Poptart
Feature from Christianonfire7
Feature at Writers--club
Feature at xWritersUtopiax
Feature at Poets-and-Warriors
Llama from RoseScarlet
Llama from willwriteforhearts
Llama from Foxy-Poptart

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Tournament Rules

The tournament will have three rounds, each with a separate prompt.
You must participate in the first round to take place in the future rounds.
Your submissions can be prose or poetry and you can make one submission per round.
 Please include the icon in your description. You just have to paste the following: :iconwriters--club:
You must submit your entry as a literature deviation, not a journal entry.
There is no minimum word length, even six word stories are acceptable. Prose entries should be kept under 7,000 words.   Your pieces can be related to one another but they do not have to be.
Your entry must be a new deviation.
Mature content will be accepted. However, you must label it as mature content.

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If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

We extend many thanks to everyone who has contributed and helped to make this contest possible.

Good luck to everyone! Be prepared for a grand writing tournament!