The contest is anonymous and will occur in two parts:
1) Choose your prompt pair (1 picture and 1 word prompt) by 02/14 (Valentine’s Day) and submit the entry form with your choices and other entry information. Prompts are posted on the DCM blog (linked below and on entry form), or you can choose your own “wild card” prompts. Remember to provide us with that information though.
You can find the prompts here Spring Squeezing Contest
You can find the signup from here Spring Squeezing Sign Up Form
2) Submit your entry by 03/13, so that gives you a month to be inspired by those prompts and write whatever your heart desires!
Important Contest Dates
02/14 – Deadline for choosing prompts and submitting the entry form. Remember, prompts can either be chosen from those listed on the DCM blog or those chosen by you as a “wild card” entry.
03/01 to 03/13 – Submit your story. Stories must be submitted in their final form (beta’d with appropriate heading) by 03/13, 11:59 pm EST.
03/16 to 03/19 – Popular Voting and Judges' Voting will take place.
03/20 - Winners revealed (First day of Spring!) on the DCM blog and twitter.
Winning Categories
- 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place public vote
- 1st, 2nd, and 3rd judges vote
- Category wins for Most Romantic, Steamiest, Best HEA, and Most Creative voted by judges
Note: Winner categories are subject to possible change or addition at the discretion of the judges and contest hosts.
Note: One story may win more than one award.
Contest Prizes
- All winners will be announced on Dirty Cheeky Monkeys’ (DCM) blog.
- Winners will have the option to have their stories posted as a part of the Squeeze My Lemon series hosted by DCM (details on entry form).
- 1st place public and judges’ vote receive a personalized banner for a story of their choice, a first place contest winner banner, an author profile on the DCM blog, and a gift package.
- 2nd place public and judges’ vote receive a personalized banner for a story of their choice, a 2nd place contest winner banner, and an author profile on the DCM blog.
- 3rd place public and judges’ vote receive a 3rd place contest winner banner and an author profile on the DCM blog.
- All special category winners will receive a contest banner for that specific category.
Meet Our Judges!
- Saritadreaming: Author of fanfic stories Speak Now and I Want It Painted Black, as well as her own original fiction. Beta and active member of Twi Girls Next Door and Free Writers and Readers.
- Iamthealleycat: Author of fanfic stories When The Twilight Never Comes and To Love My Enemy. Beta and pre-reader for Sparkly Red Pen.
- Germanakice/Mary-Alice-Brandon-Cullen: Author of fanfic stories Against All Odds and The Other Side of Tomorrow. Beta and pre-reader.
- KeyeCullen: Pre-reader and Administrator for Free Writers and Readers.
Rules (Please read!):
Important! Please Read: This contest is ANONYMOUS
- Do NOT disclose the name/title of your entry or your prompts (picture and word).
- Do NOT post your entry or your prompts on any of your twilight fanfiction profiles (FFn, Twilighted, FWAR, TWCS, etc.) until AFTER the winners have been announced.
- Do NOT pimp any individual entries. This includes: twitter, author notes in other stories, forums, etc.
- Please do not “hint” or create an unfair advantage in any way. Do not hint at your prompts, pairing, plot scenario or location, etc. Refrain from doing ANYTHING that would provide readers a way to link author to the entry.
- Please pimp the contest as a whole as much as you can!
- Word count limits (not including A/N and header): A minimum of 2,000 words for drabble-type entries and 3,000 words for traditional O/S entries. A maximum of 20,000 words for both drabbles and O/S entries.
- Collaborations are acceptable. One entry per collaboration team/pairing is allowed.
- Each individual participating author may submit as many entries as they like.
- Submissions may not be previously published works, continuations of previously published works, or outtakes from current stories.
Please Read: Normal content restrictions apply: No pedophilia, bestiality (unless AU wolves), necrophilia (unless AU vamps), rape for titillation, etc. Entries deemed inappropriate will not be accepted.
Other:
- All Twilight characters are eligible.
- All pairings are eligible
- AH, AU, Canon are all acceptable and encouraged!
Submission Instructions
- Submissions will be accepted between March 01, 2012 and March 13, 2012 (closes at 11:59 EST).
- Submissions should be sent as doc, doc.x, or in body of email to springsqueezingcontest@gmail.com, with subject line: Contest Entry. Also include Prompt numbers (Pic and word), or links/copies of your pic and word prompts if you chose the “wild card” option.
- Submissions must be beta'd. Any submissions that are received with an abundance of spelling or grammar errors will be sent back for review, and if received right at the deadline, they may not be published. Beta services can be found using Sparkly Red Pen, Project Team Beta, and Emergency Beta Service. If you are unable to find a beta, please contact us in advance of the deadline (at least two weeks) with a note that you need it beta'd, and we will try to set you up with someone. Once we set you up, it is your responsibility to communicate with that person.
- Questions should be directed to the above email address, via PM through this fanfiction account, or via DM through the Twitter account (@SpringSqueezing). Submissions will be posted to THIS profile once reviewed.
Repeat: Do NOT post your one-shot to your profile until AFTER the contest is over. This is an anonymous contest. Please respect your fellow authors and keep it that way.
Please include the following header with your submission:
Contest: Spring Squeezing Fanfiction Contest
FFN profile web address(es):
Twitter address(es) (if applicable):
Title:
Prompt Numbers (Write “wild card” if you submitted your own):
Link to prompts:
Rating:
Word Count (minus A/N, header):
Summary (250 characters or less, including spaces and punctuation):
Character and/or Pairing (will be added to one-shot unless advised otherwise by author):
Warnings and Disclaimer(if applicable):
Now go have a look at our prompts, submit those entry forms, and get to writing!
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