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:salam: and greetings to all

Welcome to the annual story writing contest on Islamicboard.

This thread will be the main hub for the general discussion about the Story Writing Contest. A separate thread will be created, after the deadline, to house this year's entries.

Here are some suggested rules for the contest, based on the rules we've had previously:

Stories can be about any topic, theme or genre, but must not conflict with forum rules.

Stories must be the entrant's own work and must be in English.

Each entrant may submit only one story.

Stories cannot have been posted already on this forum.

Stories cannot use existing characters e.g. your story cannot be about the adventures of Batman and Robin.

Stories can be any length, but no longer than 5,000 words - this is a limit not a target.

Do not post your story here or anywhere else on the forum (or anything to do with your story), as the contest is supposed to be anonymous. Not the genre, not the title and not even one sentence of it.

The deadline is tentatively 31st December 2016 - this is the last day on which entries shall be accepted. However, there is leeway to change this if necessary.

Stories should be submitted by Private Message to the Host - Scimitar. The host will then create the thread for the entries, and post the entries there, once they've all been submitted and the deadline has passed. The host cannot participate in the contest, and cannot vote (as he/she will know who has written what).

Stories can be edited and formatted etc however the author chooses before submission, but the Host will not alter or reformat the story once it has been submitted

If you have any further suggestions, please share them.

The parameters are really wide. Read through some of the previous entries to see how wide those parameters are. We've had dramas, crime thrillers, horror, action-adventure, cute stories, and stories with morals etc.

To all: be sure to check out this thread (Writing Tips) http://www.islamicboard.com/creative-writing-art/134312977-writing-tips.html and by all means feel free to read previous contests. Also feel free to ask any questions you have regarding the competition on this thread.

Take your time and make your entry the best it can be; really let your creativity loose.

I would like to thank the brothers and sisters who have hosted and organised the contest in previous years, I have just copied that in this post.

Let the writing begin!
 
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Wa alaykum assalam,

The last time I joined a writing contest of any sort was four years ago, I'd forgotten how exciting they were. :)
 
I've been meaning to enter one for ... a long time lol

Scimi
 
:salam:

I think my fantasy is too wild for this. It can get wild that is. I have homework too, so gotta skip.

Allahu alam.
 
:wa:

Thank you for the post! Sounds like a great idea! :)

Im not a very linguistic person although I know few languages but arn't good at them lol...and I am also not good at or was ever into creative writing but I think I can write something on morals or a "cute" story whatever that is?!...is that romance...arn't romantic stories haram?

I suppose I could write something about romance between husband and wife but that still feels like it might be immodest...I personally think love poems and stories should be kept between husband and wife but I do like reading and listening to sweet love poems and stories about others. Does anyone know the Islamic ruling/view about writing/sharing love poems and stories with the world?

JazakAllah khair! :)
 
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:D picard, dropped the mic and ran off wondering how he ended up in an eminem outfit and on stage... 'seems the warp stabilisers had interefered with the space/time continuum after all', thought Picard 'the ferenghi was actually right about something for once.' :D
 
Serinity said:
:salam:

I think my fantasy is too wild for this. It can get wild that is. I have homework too, so gotta skip.

Allahu alam.
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A blank paper is stronger than you think, I'm sure it'll be able to contain your wild ideas.

You have over two months for this. Even I am busy with studying for my first year, inshaAllah you just need to put in 10 minutes a day you'll be done within a week.
 
Remember, the stories will be anonymous. Don´t plan too open what you could or could not write. It´s a part of the fascination of this kind of contests that we might find some surprises when names finally will be revealed.

:giggling:
 
She's pretty crazy :D I'm pretty sane.

You're pretty much in your own world, just like Ed :D

Scimi
 
I doubt you could merge ink with water if it was on a table, all laid out for you in bottles and all, in all honesty :D
 
So all participants, how is your progress so far?

Those who are not participating this year, you still have a chance to get involved by being the host for this contest. All you'd have to do is to collect entries from participants via PM and wait for the deadline. Then create a new thread with all the entries and add a poll to that thread. Members will vote on that thread for the best entry of this year.

We will announce your name here for everyone to submit their entries.

So who's ready to take over the host role?
 
I just completed mine a couple of days ago :D. I'll go over it a couple more times inshaAllah.

Writing contests are fun to be part of for the sake of writing a story and enjoying the story-telling of others. A melting pot of creativity ma'sha'Allah.
 
A'salamu alaykum. Do you have to formally join or you just submit it at the time of submission?
 

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