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8/13/2019 Short Fiction Writing Challenge
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elcome to the second short fiction writing challenge
for The First Expedition; a (roughly!) quarterlyinvitation to write a piece of fiction set within the
31st Millennium. This is intended as a chance foraspiring writers to share their short fiction with theforum for constructive critique and – perhaps more
importantly – appreciation!
In addition, a few Expeditionaries (that's you!)
have requested a more combative approach, sowe're pleased to announce our first competition,
which will run alongside the challenge (see below
for details).
Submission and unveiling
For these reasons, we encourage early finishers tosubmit their challenge work to
TFEmods(at)gmail(dot)com, with the subject line'Writing Challenge 2 [your name]'.
If you wish to enter the competition, submit your
work to the same address, with the subject line'Writing Competition 2 [your name]'.
We will then post the challenge work publicly (not
anonymously, as before) in a dedicated thread, at
the rate of one piece per week, starting from one
month after the opening of the challenge (or after
the first submission, as appropriate). In the instance
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that we have more submissions than remaining
weeks, we will increase the posting frequencyappropriately based upon the dates we receive your
work –
so there is an incentive for being brave andsubmitting your work early, but no disadvantage isoffered to those who prefer to work right up to the
deadline.
We will post the competition work anonymously
in a separate dedicated thread all together, the dayafter the deadline.
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Challenge feedback Once a piece is posted, we encourage all our
members to offer constructive critique about the piece. When submitting your work, please let
Hyperion or Apologist know whether you would prefer Open Critique, or Guided Critique.
Open Critique is asking for freeform critique;
everything from 'nice work!' to an essay. The Moderating
team ask all Members to bear the forum rules in
mind at all times – the intention of Open Critique is
to allow readers and reviewers free reign in how
they respond to the work; not an invitation to
ignore the basic rules of politeness! Open Critique
is recommended for more experienced writers who
want more direct feedback to their work.
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Guided Critique will require all readers andreviewers to follow a question and answer format
in their review. It is intended to encourage newwriters, and provide a slightly more directed – butlimited – way of having your work reviewed.
Responses to submissions that request Guided
Critique will be required to be made their replies in
the following format.
QUOTE (Guided critique)Pace: ?/5
Characterisation: ?/5
Structure: ?/5
Favourite bit: [brief sentence/paragraph]
Weakest bit: [brief sentence/paragraph]
Suggestion for improvement: [briefsentence/paragraph]
Don't change: [brief sentence/paragraph]
The moderating team will clearly mark whether
reponses are to follow Open or Guided critique.
Competition feedback Anything goes!
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The challenge
The submission must be set in the 31st
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Millennium period of the Warhammer 40,000
universe.
Word limit: Up to 2000 words.
Prompt: 'Along came a spider'.
Challenge: Use the prompt as a theme for your
story. You don't need to include the text in your
writing, though you can if you wish. Perhaps thetheme might be someone trying to escape from a
metaphorical web of deceit. Perhaps a character is
hit by an hallucinogen grenade, or is the leader of a
spider cult! Perhaps Malcador the Sigilite or
Maloghurst the Twisted demonstrates his more
manipulative qualities... Please regard the prompt
as an open-ended one. It's a concept rather than adirective.
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The competition[b]
[b]The submission must be set in the 31stMillennium period of the Warhammer 40,000
universe.
Word limit: Up to 500 words.
Prompt: 'Void-vented'.
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Competition: Use the prompt however you like to
write a short, exciting piece of colour text.
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The rewards Aside from the plaudits of the crowd, at the end of
the challenge, we will gather all the entries together
and save them for posterity in a pinned post in the
Remembrancer's Tavern. We hope this willgradually build up into a core of work from our
members and guests to enjoy.
Submission deadline First posting: September 30th 2013
Final deadline: November 29th 2013
Remember, all remaining stories will be posted
simultaneously on November 30th; so you need toget your story in earlier unless you are happy to
have your work posted alongside others.
Best of luck –
we look forward to seeing yourstuff!