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

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

  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
    #2
    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
    tamraaa, Raaynn, crystaldragon13 and 3 others like this.
  4. i foulunteer as external juge
    daanhu, Aug 4, 2023
    #4
    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
    #5
    Raaynn, crystaldragon13 and UltiPig like this.
  6. Just made a submission, good luck all 0/
    Raaynn, Aug 7, 2023
    #6
    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
    #7
    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
    #8
    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
    #10
    We3_MPO, Raaynn, FadedMartian and 1 other person like this.
  11. Moopl
    Moople eating them when after
    XxartboyxX, Aug 19, 2023
    #11
    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
    #13
    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
    #14
    MissBonnieParker, FadedMartian, UltiPig and 2 others like this.
  15. I never spoiled only released the word count lol >_>
    Spyrovsgnorg, Aug 26, 2023
    #15
    MoreMoople, UltiPig and Raaynn 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
    #16
    MoreMoople likes this.
  17. I would love to read all of the entries.
    SteamingFire, Sep 7, 2023
    #17