StoryMash - Creative Writing Contest #5 - Round #5

Description

Every 10 days, a new chapter will win the author $100 for continuing the story where the previous winner left off. See http://StoryMash.com/contest/ for more details. As always, there are no entry fees, and over 50% of all revenue is shared with every author.

Deadlines and Fees

Awards

$1000 total among 10 different authors.

Formats

Interactive Media ,Screenplay - Feature ,Screenplay - Short ,Sitcom ,Stage Play ,TV Episodic

Genres

Action, Adventure, Crime, Detective, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Myth, Romance, Thriller

Rules

StoryMash "Mash-for-Cash" Contest #5 Rules

This is a 10 round contest. There is one winning author per round. Each round lasts a total of ten days.

There are no designated subjects, topics or genres.

Winning authors will be paid $100 USD within 8 weeks of the end of the contest.

There will be a panel of designated judges, initially selected by StoryMash.

All registered StoryMash users are encouraged to rate and comment on
competing chapters.

All registered StoryMash users are eligible to win, except for
designated judges and StoryMash staff.

The contest start date is June 21, 2008, and ends on September 29, 2008.

Only chapters which start a new story, and are published between June 21, 2008 and June 28, 2008 are eligible for round #1.

Except for round #1, eligible chapters must continue immediately after the winning chapter of the previous round.

The publish deadlines are seven days after the beginning of each round. This gives writers seven full days to publish their entries. Each winning chapter will be announced three days after the submission deadline for that round. The next round starts as soon as the winning chapter is announced.

Winning authors are automatically added to the panel of judges. Any winning author of this contest may publish new chapters; however, their entries will not be eligible to win more than once during this contest.

Judges will have a full three days to read, rate and comment on at least the top 10 ranked competing chapters of each round. This means that not all chapters may be read by the panel of judges. Judges are strongly encouraged to review at least the top 10 ranked chapters, and judges may review many more. Only the top 10 ranked chapters, plus any
chapters rated by the entire panel of judges will be in the final running to win the round. Judges may also read, rate and comment on chapters anytime before the judging period.

Judges must have a registered StoryMash account and will use this account to comment on and rate chapters. StoryMash will use the ratings of each judge to calculate the winning chapter.

Judges will review each chapter in the relevant chapter discussion area. The goal is to have a forum available after the first few rounds of this contest. Until the forum is completed, the “chapter discussion area” refers to a designated blog post that I (Katrina) will write to announce/congratulate each round’s winner. The ratings and reviews written by judges may be reposted by StoryMash.

Judges are encouraged to base their rankings on the entertainment quality of the each chapter and how well it fits in with its previous chapters. Judges should try not to focus on any spelling and grammar issues. The competing chapters of the 10th and last round of this contest will also be judged on how well they end the storyline created by the previous 9 winning chapters. Each winning chapter will be lightly edited to take care of any grammar or spelling issues that may be present.

The StoryMash team may disqualify judges at anytime and for any reason. This is so that StoryMash can weed out the scoring of judges who fail to review enough of the top ranked chapters. The StoryMash team may also invite additional judges at anytime.

In the case of a tie, StoryMash will choose the winning chapter based on the chapter ranking at the time of the deadline.

In the case of any unfortunate errors, all announced winning chapters are final.

These rules are flexible and may change at anytime.

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