🕺 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. 🙌
🥳 Last Invitational Winners 🥳
🥇 Gold: 2 HSBI, 300 Ecency points, 50 SCHOLAR, 3 SCRIBE
@alonicus - Five Falls After Fall
Maggie Jones fussed around her three children, making sure they were properly dressed and ready to head for the village hall. When they arrived, the place was already busy and most of the people of the village were there gathered around long trestle tables.
🥈 ** Silver: 1 HSBI, 200 Ecency points4, 40 SCHOLAR, 2 SCRIBE**
@popurri - Regreso a aquella noche
The people I have talked to always ask me how I feel so far away from home and in this small town where the customs are very different from the country where I come from.
🥉 Bronze: 100 Ecency points, 30 SCHOLAR, 1 SCRIBE
@rinconpoetico7 - Socrates
She was worried because it was Halloween night, and black cats were inexplicably disappearing. Socrates' favorite milk was on the plate. It was getting late, and the black cat was nowhere to be seen. As the minutes passed, the woman became more and more distressed. She kept whistling into the starry night, waiting for an answer.
🧐 Rules of Engagement 🧐
- Entries must adhere to the genre AND thematic prompt;
- Entries must be between 600 and 1500 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, 17th of November (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: Thriller
🎨 Theme: Hunt
✅ WHAT THIS PROMPT IS: A generic, thrilling description of something/someone going after something/someone else.
❌ WHAT THIS PROMPT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE: Elk hunting with the bros.
While at first glance this prompt might seem restrictive, I think you'll find it to be rather broad. It's very directional. And we here at S&S believe in helping you all become the best version of the author you are. This prompt falls into those guidelines perfectly.
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.
Congratulations
To winners of the Halloween Edition of our Invitational—
@alonicus, @popurri and @rinconpoetico7! Well done on your amazing stories.
It's the Thriller/Hunt Edition! We can't wait to read gripping and intense stories that will keep us on the edge of our seats!
@emrysjobber66, @lightpen, @grindan, @stuartcturnbull, @nancybriti1, @popurri, @universoperdido, @darthsauron, @justclickindiva, @marynn, @jhymi, @samsmith1971, @stellageorge, @esther-emmanuel, @killerwot, @atyourservice, @amiegeoffrey, @rukkie, @dwixer, @beeeee, @mckane, @balikis95, @bipolar95, @emreal, @treasuree, @luchyl, @fredaa, @jessicaossom, @wongi, @ngwinndave, @rare-gem, @jhymi, @loveth97, @wrestlingdesires, @bobbyb58, @dreemsteem, @kei2, @emotak, @fragozar01, @brijwhiz, @seki1, @oluchi31, @samiwrites, @tengolotodo, @winanda, @zitalove, @omokhafue, @gracepro, @thinkrdotexe, @penderis, @niranaway, @queenkong, @abenad, @litguru, @restcity, @silher, @susurrodmisterio, @katleya, @phyna, @seki1, @mmykel @rinconpoetico7, @penyaircyber, @deraaa, @agreste, @janaveda, @teknon, @whywhy, @marriot5464, @chm-writes, @b0s, @jazclassic, @owasco, @katleya, @erh.germany, @fieryfootprints, @sabrinah, @leydeatraccionkm, @mellindor, @dwixer, @thelegallounge, @zakludick, @germanbava, @ricardo993, @alonicus, @oblivioncubed, @penderis, @leninbracho50, @loveth97 & @kaelci.
If you have any questions, ask away. Feel free to invite others to participate. Thank you!
Thank you friends for highlighting the story among the winners. I'm so glad you liked it, I had fun writing the cute kitten's story😹
Hugs!
My entry..
https://ecency.com/hive-199275/@stellageorge/ten-stars?referral=stellageorge
Thank you for voting me winner last time !
I had real fun with this prompt, not sure if it still counts as totally on-topic because I turned it around and wrote from the perspective of the hunted.
In this case, the victim is Marv the Magnificent, one of the recurrent characters in my D&D setting (and, I must admit, one I've become quite attached to, he's so much fun to write about 😀)
https://peakd.com/hive-199275/@alonicus/scholar-and-scribe-invitational-marvs-mad-dash
I forgot to mention... I checked the word count, and after a few judicial cuts before hitting the Publish button, I think it comes out at exactly 1500 words excluding intro and fluff....