Whilst I was gone, the server I run - Macro Authors' Repository - held a so-called "friendly writing competition". The topic was not a genre per se but rather a phrase - which I really liked because it's more inclusive. A term like "Social Media" (the previous topic) means that a wider scope of authors can participate than say if the chosen theme for the competition was something like "gentle" or "butt" because a story about "Social Media" can include any number of different genres.
Given that it was popular with server members, I have been advised to announce another "friendly competition". Even if you're not a confident writer, I don't see the harm in joining; we're a friendly bunch and would be happy to help you improve (reading and writing are the best ways to improve writing). I do not wish to be in competition with any other similar competitions. There shall be no formal prizes, though I will probably be happy to render the giantess (or two) that is the main character of the winning story.
I'd love for you to join in. Help us decide on what the phrase will be this time. You can join the server using this link:
discord.gg/tysR9mp
For those wondering, this Discord server is jointly run by myself (I created it),
(NoStory) and
(Goddess Julie) too in some regards.
Update:
“Friendly Writing Competition” Guidelines/Rules
1. The suggested story length is fewer than 4,000 words. Anything above 5,000 words will be excluded from the competition. If the word limits are found to be too long they will be revised downwards for future competitions.
2. The closing date for entries shall be April 31st.
3. All entries should be submitted to Jessthemess. She will then redistribute them to the server on May 1st. Jessthemess can be tagged with the “Contest Admin” role. Her Deviantart page:
4. Please do not use existing characters in your story (i.e. characters you created in the past) as they could be used to identify which author wrote the story.
5. No fanfiction please.
Voting:
1. Once you have read all of the stories, you will make a numbered list. This list should contain three or more entries. It doesn’t need to list every entry but it must list at least three. Your vote choices will be submitted to Jess, who can check to see if anybody is voting for themselves.
2. Your most favourite story should be number one in the list. Your second favourite should be number two and so on.
3. All of the first items in people’s lists will be counted. If no entry gets more than 50% of votes in the first round of voting then people’s second choices will be taken into consideration (they will be added on to the totals from the first round of voting) and so on. This will continue until one story gets at least 50% of all votes.
4. The time allowed for the voting period has yet to be decided.
I had a politician local to me win an election win their election with <25% of the vote. I can't allow something like that to happen in this competition. Winner takes all voting is BAD!