“The mind needs books, like a sword needs a whetstone”
~Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones
Welcome to the Second Annual Nacho Story Competition.
This is a test of writing creativity, and general talent in the story making business. As you know, there is a story page on this site [ https://nachoarmy.wordpress.com/nacho-story-book/] the page offers a wide range of Nacho Stories, and now YOU have the chance to have your story placed on that page, as well as some other cool stuff.
Here are the rules/specification [read these to avoid disqualification!]:
- You may write about anything, but it MUST be Nachos related [You can make it real life, you don’t have to make it all Club Penguin, as long as it involves the Nachos]
- You MUST have good SPAG[Spelling, punctiation, and grammar] . Any stories with insanely bad SPAG will be DQ’ed. I’m not here to translate nonsense.
- You must NOT be called Talex831.
- You must include ANYTHING My Little Pony related. (Shiver Edit: DAMMIT) You WILL be instantly DQ’ed.
- You should try to keep language clean. Any cuss words MUST be censored [Due to WP’s Terms and Conditions] For example; F@!#.
- YOUR STORY MUST BE AT LEAST 350 WORDS. THE BEST STORIES WILL BE AT LEAST 600!!!!!
This year, you will have four story themes to choose from:
- Nacho School.
- Specialist Nacho Task Force [A bit unoriginal these days, but I enjoy the different ways this is played out]
- A medieval Nacho Story
- A Nacho War [VERY unoriginal]
This year the stories will be marked out of 60, by me and a couple of other people:
20 marks: Available for creativity
20 marks: Available for structure, and language.
10 marks: For entertainment.
5 marks: For using the correct tenses, and maintaining a single viewpoint throughout (For example, don’t switch from 3rd person to 1st person mid story) Tip: DO NOT USE A FIRST PERSON STRUCTURE!
5 marks: For SPAG Score 0 on this, and you will be DQ’ed.
How to submit your stories?
Your stories SHOULD be submitted to Chrisiblule@gmail.com [You can do this by a. Writing the story in an email, and sending it to me, or by writing it in Microsoft Word, and sending it to me. YOU MUST NOT SEND IT ANY OTHER FORMAT OR I WILL NOT OPEN IT!]
In your story you MUST:
- Provide your name
- A title
- And your theme
If you can not send it in an email to me, then you should make it in a comment >>>here<<<. You MUST notify me on chat if you submit it there.
I strongly advise sending it to me in an email however.
YOU HAVE UNTIL THE 5TH OF DECEMBER 2012 TO SUBMIT YOUR STORY.
Prizes:
1st Place. A chat promotion for 3 weeks, possibly xats (not many, I don’t have loads) and your story in the Nacho Story Book. And a place forever in the Hall of Winners.
2nd Place: A chat promotion for 2 weeks, and your story in the Nacho Story Book.
3rd Place: A chat promotion for 1 week, and your story in the Nacho Story Book.
Any other worth candidate: 2 day chat promotion, and your story in the Nacho Story Book.
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Please have fun when writing your stories!
“May the odds ever be in your favour” [The Hunger Games.]
~Chrisi Blule
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