The Invitational is our bi-weekly, super-duper, writing contest. It is where we match quills and draw blood all for the sake of the craft. We all know a 'friendly' competition never hurts anyone, much, especially when it can be used as a platform to improve your writing. ๐
๐ฅ Gold: 50 SCHOLAR, 3 SCRIBE, 2 HSBI, 300 Ecency points
He stood and followed the man to the dig site a hundred yards away. A small cluster of local archaeology students stood around waiting for Mike. He was no older than them, but they looked up to him as Professor Jackson's assistant. When he'd graduated from Oxford with honours the previous year, his tutors had said he was the most promising archaeology student they'd taught in many years.
๐ฅ Silver: 40 SCHOLAR, 2 SCRIBE, 1 HSBI, 200 Ecency points
That moon was so different and yet so similar to what I knew. It sounds like a contradiction, but I felt that somehow I had been here before my boots hit the ground, if you can call the gelatinous, blue-colored mass that covers the surface of Triton, the moon of the planet Neptune.
๐ฅ Bronze: 30 SCHOLAR, 1 SCRIBE, 100 Ecency points
In an old cabin in the middle of the Amazon jungle, Laura Smith, a Canadian photographer, 1.73 meters tall, white as a cloud, blonde hair like ripe wheat, and that beautiful pair of intensely blue eyes, who loved to explore animal life in their natural habitat in the mountains, had arrived with a group of tourists but decided to detach from them and stay alone in that old cabin, offered by the tour company that had contacted.
The winners will be announced in two weeks. Winners of what? An astute question. The prizes are as follows:
๐ฅ Gold: 50 SCHOLAR, 3 SCRIBE, 2 HSBI, 300 Ecency points
๐ฅ Silver: 40 SCHOLAR, 2 SCRIBE, 1 HSBI, 200 Ecency points
๐ฅ Bronze: 30 SCHOLAR, 1 SCRIBE, 100 Ecency points
๐๏ธ Runner(s) Up: 15 SCHOLAR, other goodies
IN ADDITION- Each participant will get a modest review of their work from the modding team. With the additional opportunity of getting an in-depth critical review if they so choose. ๐
The story you submit MUST adhere to the following prompts:
๐ฅ Genre: Fantasy
Let us see who can write the most fantastical story. There are many different types of fantasy (from urban to epic) and each is as valuable as the next. Show us your unique take on this classic genre - as long as the fantastical elements are there, we gucci. ๐
May the odds - and your creative energy - be ever in your favor!
We'd like to give out a big shout-out and thank you to Ecency for sponsoring this contest! ๐ค
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