🕺 Welcome to the Scholar and Scribe Invitational 🕺
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. 🙌
🧐 Rules of Engagement 🧐
- Entries must adhere to the genre AND thematic prompt;
- Entries must be between 500 and 2000 words.
Note: this does not include any intro/footer text. - You must post your entry in Scholar and Scribe and use the #scholarandscribe tag;
- Deadline for submission is Sunday, 29th of December (23.59, GMT + 01);
- All languages are welcome but MUST include an English translation;
- Link your entry in the comment section below; ⏬
🤑 Prizes and Goodies 🤑
The winners will be announced in two weeks. Winners of what? An astute question. The prizes are as follows:
🥇 Gold: 2 HSBI, 300 Ecency points, 50 SCHOLAR, 3 SCRIBE
🥈 Silver: 1 HSBI, 200 Ecency points4, 40 SCHOLAR, 2 SCRIBE
🥉 Bronze: 100 Ecency points, 30 SCHOLAR, 1 SCRIBE
🎖️ Runner(s) Up: Valuable 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. 🙂
🤺 Prompt 🤺
🎥 Genre: Action
🎨 Theme: Christmas
Show us your holiday spirit! In the most violent way possible. Or actioney way possible, same difference. And for those asking, yes, Die Hard is a Christmas movie. This prompt is much more versatile than it initially seems. ;) How you choose to incorporate the Christmas theme is up to you. Extra credit for creativity as always.
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! 🤗
A big thank you to @melinda010100 as well for the seamless communication.
Check out the Ecency front-end and/or mobile app for more information on how to use your points.
