
The end of the year and the start of a new one brings change, it is a landmark in time that many use to set goals to better themselves. In accordance with that, RoyalRoad™ is hosting a short story contest about characters who try to change, whether it’s by breaking a bad habit or by bringing their life around.
You can participate in this contest, by submitting your entry via this Google Form.
The theme of the entry is the concept of your chosen character changing themselves physically, mentally, or even by setting a goal to change.
Rules:
- 10,000-word maximum
- Only one entry per author.
- Use new original content, no fanfiction, or side stories of already established characters.
- Try to keep profanity, gore and sexual content to a bare minimum
Deadline:
- January 31st- 23:59 GMT
- You may edit your submission before the deadline.
Many factors will be taken into consideration when we do the judging. From how true the short story remains to the contest theme, to grammar and spelling as well as overall quality. The winners will get the following awards:
1st place - 3 months of Reader Premium
2nd place - 2 months of Reader Premium
3rd place - 1 month of Reader Premium
But the best reward of all is setting a tone for the new year, to visualize improvement and advancement and to at least get your fictional character to do it.
Happy New Year,
May this one be greater than the last. May you have a strong resolution, and achieve your goals.
Vocaloid on
First
Labith on
second
Inslayer on
Third? By 17 days late.
Inslayer on
On your comment, ik. It still counts tho (in my book)
Un pwasson volant on
Then...
Am I fourth or fifth ?
I really want to steal the fourth place...
WillowWhispers on
Third. Is. The. Best. With. That. Hairy. Chest. Lol. I. Don't. Know. What. I'm. Typing.
The Eldritch Immortal on
Fish
The Void on
What are the benefits of reader premium?
randompeeps on
The benefits of Reader Premium are:
Also, you would be supporting the development of this site.
Kirlic on
If its free they arent supporting
Tovanche44 on
Nothing is free.
Kirlic on
woot im here too
MarytheGorgon on
meh
God_is_Good on
I'm a little concerned about copyright- how do I know that my contest entry won't be published without my knowledge?
Necamijat on
The submissions may be used for promotional purposes by RoyalRoad™ after the contest has been concluded. But as always, the author retains full copyright over their own novel.
FreakofGray on
You own your story on rrl there aren't any weird strings like that.
Linx on
This sounds like it will be very fun! Looking forward to seeing the entries and result, good luck everyone :]
Reya Dawnbringer on
Another contest! :3
I'll see if I can come up with a good storyline.
13lack12ose on
*lurks*
soloflyte on
Excellent idea. Can't participate though. Amazon deadlines for two books.
Vernaculate on
Just submitted my story too.
I think maybe the 10k word limit, which was one of the first top-limit constraints i faced, made me write much less, leading to me undershooting it for just about 4k words.
Even though i know/ i feel like i can elaborate upon it so much more.
I might change it later on tomorrow or something. But for now, i'll submit this since it's fairly good IMO.
Kurosenpai on
First novel post & contest entry for me. :P
concernedcitizen on
But, how is your novel related to new year's resolution?
acederequiza on
I've sent but I don't know if it works or not :).