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The War of the Words!
Hello everyone and welcome to *dramatic music* the War of the Words!
*gasps*
Let me explain.
The War of the Worlds is a creative writing/poetry competition split into different rounds. Each round has a unique, creative theme.
ROUND ONE: Write a short story excluding one vowel (harder than it sounds).
ROUND TWO: Create as many sentences as possible using the amount of letters in each word as digits in Pi. (3.1415926 might be "May I have a whole container of coffee?")
ROUND THREE: Create an acrostic poem with each letter of the alphabet.
ROUND FOUR: Free writing (under 750 words)
QUARTER FINAL: Free poetry
SEMI FINAL: Free writing (under 750 words)
GRAND FINAL: YET TO BE REVEALED
In each of the first three rounds, only the top five contestants will receive points depending on the position they came. This is not essential in your survival in the competition, though it will be added to your total score if you make it into the Grand Final.
Anyway, in round four, the top 8 contestants move through to the Quarter Final. Please note that people who do not make it in will not have there scores announced because, lets face it, no-one wants to come last. If we have few entries, we may skip the quarter finals all together.
The top four entries will then go through the the Semi finals, and so on.
I will be the judge in this competition, though please note that this is just a bit of fun and should not start any arguments or conflicts.
Okay, we will begin on the 15th and I'll cover the rounds in more detail later on. Please sign up below and enjoy!
~Coraline
submitted by Coroline
(December 4, 2018 - 12:56 am)
(December 4, 2018 - 12:56 am)
This is a great idea! I'll join in!
(December 5, 2018 - 4:39 pm)
Ok, thanks for joining everyone! We'll start when we get to 20 people.
(December 5, 2018 - 11:32 pm)
(December 6, 2018 - 3:26 pm)
I'm in!
(December 6, 2018 - 11:44 pm)
(December 8, 2018 - 12:16 am)
(December 8, 2018 - 5:10 pm)
(December 9, 2018 - 3:27 pm)
when you say Free Writing (under 750 words) does it matter if there is a few words over the limit or will you be disqualified? It's just short stories are pretty hard
(December 9, 2018 - 11:55 pm)
No, that's just a rough guide. I won't be counting or anything but if it's hundreds of words over, then its a bit of a stretch. As I said, I'll get into more detail later on.
(December 10, 2018 - 3:21 pm)
Argh I'm so excited to start!
(December 11, 2018 - 10:39 am)
I have a question about Round 2 as well--does each sentence have to have 8 words, or can you just use as many digits of Pi as you can to make words, and make a sentence? Could you use 24 digits of Pi, or 3, or however many you wanted? I guess that was the only part that confused me a little.
(December 11, 2018 - 10:56 am)
@Micearanice, me too! We'll stick with starting on the 15th.
@Leafpool, the sentences can be as long as you want. You may do more than one sentence, but they have to be connected and relevant. It's pretty hard to maintain a theme for more than, say, 25 words.
(December 11, 2018 - 4:18 pm)
Let ROUND ONE commence!
As you can see, round one is writing a short story excluding one vowel. I think this is pretty self explanatory, but if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.
Just as confirmation, this is the list of participants.
Neko
Secret
Darkking
Gracia
Cassandra The First
Micearenice
Moonlight
Soren Infinity
Leafpool
Annabeth C
Quill
Arrietty
Please note that if you miss the due date for the first three rounds, it's no big deal, but in round four and the finals you will be eliminated if you don't post at all.
Also I know that everyone might be a bit busy around the holidays, so the due date is extended to the 12th of January. However if more than 7 of the 12 people who signed up submit their entries before then, I can judge earlier.
Have fun!
(December 15, 2018 - 4:06 pm)
(December 15, 2018 - 8:47 pm)
Yay! I've already started mine on a Google Doc because I'm super busy- thanks, brain! *Smacks forehead appreciatively*
(December 16, 2018 - 7:36 pm)