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Origins: A Kanto One-Shot Contest
Welcome to this year's one-shot contest! With Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee on the horizon, it seemed only appropriate to return to the series' roots with a contest focusing on the region where it all began, Kanto!
For this contest, we're looking for stories set in the Kanto region, focusing on some of the original 151 Pokémon and/or characters from the region. Expand upon the region's canonically sparse lore and mythology, explore some of its settings and locations, or just write any kind of story you like about some of the Pokémon species and characters originating there - the sky's the limit.
The Rules
- As always, all Fan Fiction rules apply.
- Your story must be set in Kanto, and the Pokémon/characters featured should originate in the Kanto region.
- It must be a new story written for this contest - you cannot submit material you've previously posted that simply happens to fit the theme, or a rewrite of an earlier story that fit the theme.
- You may not post your entry publicly until the contest results have been posted; however, you may send your story privately to beta-readers for feedback before submitting it.
- Entries should not exceed 10,000 words. We do account for the varying results given by different word counters and won't disqualify you for exceeding that count slightly, but if you go significantly over we will have to ask you to edit down your entry.
If you have any questions about eligibility, please don't hesitate to ask the judges, either in this thread or by PM.
Once your entry is ready, please PM it to Dragonfree or e-mail it to antialiasis@gmail.com no later than 23:59 UTC on October 14th, 2018. If you make edits to your entry after submitting it, you may resubmit it up until the deadline. I will handle getting your entry to the other judges.
The Judging
The judges for this contest are Dragonfree, Psychic, Negrek, and Rediamond!
The judges will work independently to read all of the entries, write a thoughtful and substantial constructive review of each, and rank the entries according to their individual judgement. When everyone has finished judging, the reviews will be compiled and posted, and their rankings will be combined according to a points system to determine the final ranking.
Unexpected delays are always possible, but the judges will attempt to finish their reviews and rankings before or on December 1st, 2018. When the results are ready, every story will be posted here, from lowest- to highest-scoring, along with its rankings and reviews from each judge. If you would like your story to not be posted with the rankings, please let us know! If an entry is too long to fit within the character limit alongside the judges' reviews, an excerpt will be posted instead.
Tips
- The judges will consider spelling, grammar and punctuation in your score, so be sure to thoroughly proofread your story before submitting it. Again, you are permitted and even encouraged to send your entry privately to one or more beta-readers before submitting, so take advantage of that if spelling and grammar aren't your strong suit!
- Keep your stories focused and self-contained. Entries should be able to stand on their own as short stories - while it's fine to write a story connected to another story you've written, keep in mind the judges have not necessarily read your work, and bogging your story down with detail or headcanons that aren't directly relevant to the story of your entry itself will probably have a negative impact on your score. Your story should be as long as it needs to be but no longer.
- Above all, just write a good story and have fun!
Welcome to this year's one-shot contest! With Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee on the horizon, it seemed only appropriate to return to the series' roots with a contest focusing on the region where it all began, Kanto!
For this contest, we're looking for stories set in the Kanto region, focusing on some of the original 151 Pokémon and/or characters from the region. Expand upon the region's canonically sparse lore and mythology, explore some of its settings and locations, or just write any kind of story you like about some of the Pokémon species and characters originating there - the sky's the limit.
The Rules
- As always, all Fan Fiction rules apply.
- Your story must be set in Kanto, and the Pokémon/characters featured should originate in the Kanto region.
- It must be a new story written for this contest - you cannot submit material you've previously posted that simply happens to fit the theme, or a rewrite of an earlier story that fit the theme.
- You may not post your entry publicly until the contest results have been posted; however, you may send your story privately to beta-readers for feedback before submitting it.
- Entries should not exceed 10,000 words. We do account for the varying results given by different word counters and won't disqualify you for exceeding that count slightly, but if you go significantly over we will have to ask you to edit down your entry.
If you have any questions about eligibility, please don't hesitate to ask the judges, either in this thread or by PM.
Once your entry is ready, please PM it to Dragonfree or e-mail it to antialiasis@gmail.com no later than 23:59 UTC on October 14th, 2018. If you make edits to your entry after submitting it, you may resubmit it up until the deadline. I will handle getting your entry to the other judges.
The Judging
The judges for this contest are Dragonfree, Psychic, Negrek, and Rediamond!
The judges will work independently to read all of the entries, write a thoughtful and substantial constructive review of each, and rank the entries according to their individual judgement. When everyone has finished judging, the reviews will be compiled and posted, and their rankings will be combined according to a points system to determine the final ranking.
Unexpected delays are always possible, but the judges will attempt to finish their reviews and rankings before or on December 1st, 2018. When the results are ready, every story will be posted here, from lowest- to highest-scoring, along with its rankings and reviews from each judge. If you would like your story to not be posted with the rankings, please let us know! If an entry is too long to fit within the character limit alongside the judges' reviews, an excerpt will be posted instead.
Tips
- The judges will consider spelling, grammar and punctuation in your score, so be sure to thoroughly proofread your story before submitting it. Again, you are permitted and even encouraged to send your entry privately to one or more beta-readers before submitting, so take advantage of that if spelling and grammar aren't your strong suit!
- Keep your stories focused and self-contained. Entries should be able to stand on their own as short stories - while it's fine to write a story connected to another story you've written, keep in mind the judges have not necessarily read your work, and bogging your story down with detail or headcanons that aren't directly relevant to the story of your entry itself will probably have a negative impact on your score. Your story should be as long as it needs to be but no longer.
- Above all, just write a good story and have fun!
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