[CONTEST] Writing Contest: A Day in the life of EMC Staff!

Discussion in 'Empire Events' started by MoreMoople, Jul 20, 2023.

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  1. What are those crazy staff members doing!? Write a short story about a day in the life of an EMC staff member and submit it for a chance to win prizes!
    Deadline: August 19th, 2023 at 11:59 PM

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    Guidelines:
    • Write a fictional short story about a day in the life of an EMC staff member (past or present).
    • Your story should be written on EMC in a Minecraft book & quill and signed when done.
    • You may use up to 3 book & quills for your story. If using more than one, clearly indicate the order they should be read in. (Ex: "Part 1" and "Part 2")
    • Must be written in English.
    • Follow all EMC rules.
    • No plagiarism. If it's not your original work, don't send it in. Please refrain from AI usage in your submission.
    Prizes:
    • 1st place: Empire Author's Manuscript (Staff Life Edition) and 250,000 rupees
    • 2nd place: 100,000 rupees
    • 3rd place: 50,000 rupees
    Judging:
    All entries will be judged by MoreMoople and at least two other members of the staff team. External judges will be brought in as needed.

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    Submit your project by dropping it in the hopper at /town on /smp1
    OR
    Mail it to CommunityBlog with the command /mail send communityblog Staff Life Writing Contest
    MoreMoople, Jul 20, 2023
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    Nickblockmaster, khixan, AncientTower and 8 others like this.
  2. New stories, new books, what can I say except I Love These!!

    Looking forward to reading them all.
    Raaynn, Jul 26, 2023
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    crystaldragon13, AncientTower, FadedMartian and 3 others like this.
  3. hopefully copies of them are distributed to the community for peeps like me and Raaynn who have book collections :D
    FadedMartian, Jul 26, 2023
    #3
    ZanDarkin, tamraaa, Raaynn and 4 others like this.
  4. i foulunteer as external juge
    daanhu, Aug 4, 2023
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    Raaynn, crystaldragon13 and FadedMartian like this.
  5. Hey all! Just a reminder that there are about 15 days remaining to submit entries for this contest! I'm excited to read what you all write. :D
    MoreMoople, Aug 4, 2023
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    Raaynn, crystaldragon13 and UltiPig like this.
  6. Just made a submission, good luck all 0/
    Raaynn, Aug 7, 2023
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    crystaldragon13, Spyrovsgnorg, We3_MPO and 2 others like this.
  7. The contest ends this Saturday, so remember to get your submissions in! ;)
    MoreMoople, Aug 13, 2023
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    Raaynn, crystaldragon13, XxartboyxX and 1 other person like this.
  8. Thanks for hosting this cool event where people bring out there inner writer. I've summited mine i hope you like it :)
    XxartboyxX, Aug 16, 2023
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    Raaynn, FadedMartian, crystaldragon13 and 3 others like this.
  9. I submitted mine close to the beginning of this contest and I am excited to see the results! I am curious what you all came up with and I hope to... gain some imaginary knowledge on our super-awesome staff :p
    KingJarre, Aug 18, 2023
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    Raaynn, UltiPig, We3_MPO and 2 others like this.
  10. Just submitted mine :) at a little over 4,500 words I hope its a fun little story for everyone. Will we be getting our copies back however? I didn't make a copy prior to submitting.
    Spyrovsgnorg, Aug 19, 2023
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    We3_MPO, Raaynn, FadedMartian and 1 other person like this.
  11. Moopl
    Moople eating them when after
    XxartboyxX, Aug 19, 2023
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    Raaynn, FadedMartian and MoreMoople like this.
  12. Huge thank you to everyone who joined this writing contest! There was a total of 6 entries, which will be reviewed over the course of the next week. :D
    MoreMoople, Aug 25, 2023
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    Raaynn, KingJarre, Spyrovsgnorg and 3 others like this.
  13. I wish your brain cell's well when reading spyro's
    XxartboyxX, Aug 26, 2023
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    MoreMoople, Raaynn, Spyrovsgnorg and 2 others like this.
  14. Hmmm, sounds like someone had a sneaky preview.....


    Di the story make your brain spyrol in circles?
    Raaynn, Aug 26, 2023
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    MissBonnieParker, FadedMartian, UltiPig and 2 others like this.
  15. I never spoiled only released the word count lol >_>
    Spyrovsgnorg, Aug 26, 2023
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    FadedMartian, MoreMoople, ultiPig and 1 other person like this.
  16. Good luck reading everything. Make it a try not to laugh challenge that'll make it even more fun. PS: I like trains
    KingJarre, Aug 26, 2023
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    MoreMoople likes this.
  17. I would love to read all of the entries.
    SteamingFire, Sep 7, 2023
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  18. It was so much fun reading the creative entries! Without further ado, the winners are:


    Congratulations to Spyrovsgnorg, author of "A Dragon Quest"!



    Congratulations to Trwe, author of "The Egg"!



    Congratulations to Raaynn, author of "A Toade Story"!


    All of the entries can be viewed at /utopia /v moremoople-2 library. Prizes will be sent out soon! :D Thank you all for your excellent stories. ;)
    MoreMoople, Oct 18, 2023
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    XxartboyxX, MissBonnieParker, Trwe and 4 others like this.
  19. Congrats! I’ll set a reminder to read each story when I’m online again. :)
    ultipig, Oct 18, 2023
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    We3_MPO and MoreMoople like this.
  20. congrats yall

    aww no making them available for all for collection via /promo?! :(
    FadedMartian, Oct 18, 2023
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    Raaynn, Trwe, Spyrovsgnorg and 2 others like this.
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