GR99's Fan Fiction Contest EXTRAVAGANZA!

[Anonymous]

Preamble

At the request of nazzac, I have closed his fan fiction contest and started my own. As someone with four (or five, I don't remember) fan fic competition wins under my belt, he thinks I'll get more people involved. Hopefully he's right, as I've been looking at running my own contest for a while now.

The Rules

Simple. Competitors will be matched up using a complex algorithm (probably dice rolling or something, cause I'm a nerd like that). Those competitors will then each write a story. It must be at least 500 words (that shouldn't be a problem for most people) and there is NO upper limit. I don't care if you write a damned novel, as long as it follows the rules. Each matched competitor will be given a theme. This theme can be pretty much anything, and you can handle the theme however you like.

Other rules:

-No plagiarism. I don't care if you reference something else, but if I find anyone outright copying someone else's work, not only will they be disqualified, they will be banned with my iron fist of writer's justice.
-No exceptions to deadlines without a compelling reason. A compelling reason is "My grandma died" or "I went on vacation". A non-compelling reason is "Dude, I was totally raiding in WoW when I looked at the date and..."
-Do not insult anyone for their writing. Constructive criticism, however, is fine. For example, "You suck, your writing sucks, go kill yourself" is not constructive. "I think that (some part of your story) wasn't very good, here's how I think you can improve it" IS constructive.

I implore anyone who even thinks they might be interested to join up, even if you think you aren't very good. I thought I'd lose for sure the first time I ever joined, and I ended up winning.

Judging

This is where things will be different from previous contests. In previous ones, there have usually been a team of judges, each taking one match. I have always found this to be unfair, as one judge might have a different idea of what makes up a good story than another. As such, each story will be judged by myself, that way each person is judged the same.

How do I join?

Just post in this thread. There is no upper limit to the amount of people who can join. Hopefully we get enough to run this thing.

What do I get if I win?

Internet fame, mostly. That and you're allowed to put "I won GramercyRiff99's Fan Fiction Contest EXTRAVAGANZA!" in your sig.

So get to signing up if you want to be part of this! I shall update this post with current competitors as it goes.

Current Competitors

nazzac
Warriorfan54321
Luther828
The Jewish Juggernaut
Baby Bear
Ajax88

[nazzac]

OK. Nazzac is in. I'm looking forward to this.

[Warriorfan54321]

I'd like to join up take a stab at it

[Luther828]

I'll join. Worth a try and it's a bit o' fun even if you don't win

[The Jewish Juggernaut]

Yeah, I think I need to give Josiah's Army a chance to defenc there honor. right now it seems like the Hellfires are the only Hell's Kitchen Gang making fan fics!

[Luther828]

At least I made you really bad. Like you wanted

[The Jewish Juggernaut]

Yes you did, and very Jewish.

[GramercyRiff99]

So... anyone else? Previous competitions have had at least double the participants of this one. Where are all the previous competitors from the other competitions? Surely some of you wish to snatch up the new champion position.

[GramercyRiff99]

Final call for more entrants

We have four so far, and that's enough to run it (though it'll only be two rounds), but if anyone else wants to get in, I'm probably going to be starting this on Monday after my exam.

[Baby Bear]

i'll join as a writer

[GramercyRiff99]

Well, it just occurred to me that this complicates things somewhat.

One more entrant to even things out, anyone?

[Ajax88]

If there is still room for one more to even it out I'll join up

[GramercyRiff99]

Excellent!

Ladies and gentlemen, signups are now  CLOSED!

Here is how this is going to work:

ROUND 1: Three matchups of two on two. The winners of each go on to round 2.

ROUND 2: All three contestants submit an entry. One person is eliminated.

ROUND 3: The two finalists go head to head in A BATTLE FOR THE AGES.

I'll be putting up round 1 shortly. I just need to think up themes.