IslamicBoard Writing Contest

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In the past we have held the writing and poetry competitions separately... if there are enough participants perhaps it would be better to hold a separate poetry competition. This way, the judging of the entries can be fairer :ia:.
 
Wa alaykum assalam,

Separating them may be a good idea if there is enough entries.

And besides, if we held them separately then those who participated in the short story competition could also take a part in the poetry competitions. I know a lot more people are into writing poetry as well as short stories.
 
Progress update:
Who has two thumbs and procrastinated?
*points at self*
This guy

Alhamdulilah I have made significant progress - but why did December have to be such a busy month!?!
Oh well, I've got 3 days. I've been in worse situations. And like my favourite namekian once said "Yes, I can do this!"

Also, just bumping this thread as the deadline is approaching with great speed!
 
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If there are more participants still working on their entries, we can consider extending the deadline by a few days. We don't want to miss their works.
 
Wouldn't mind having until the 31st of this month now that you mention it.

It's been one of those years...
 
I think maybe a small extension will be beneficial, as brother Aamirsaab says, it's been one hectic month this December.

Scimi
 
I was operating under the assumption that the deadline is 31 December 2016. However, an extension beyond that would be most welcome.
 
I just managed to squeeze in the time to finish. It's been just so chaotic this December and it wouldn't be a bad idea to extend the deadline by maybe a week or so. InshaAllah everyone would be able to enter then.

Altho I'm not going to have respite any time soon - straight into studying for exams once the new year comes.
 
Two weeks? I don´t need it for myself but as many as possible entries are always better than only few (like at the last time).
 
:salam:

On popular demand, we can extend the deadline for one week, until 7 January 2017. Keep sending your entries, folks.
 
Finished, alhamdulilah.

Scimi, please remember to make the voters visible (iirc you can't change it once it has been made!) and good luck to everyone else who entered.

I can't wait to read what everyone else has written!
 
JazakAllahu khair bro Amirsaab for the headsup.

Final day to enter the competition.

This Is It.

For the record, I have not read the participants entries, and am saving them for when I post the thread up tomorrow, and I too am excited to read what you guys and ladies have written.

:)

Scimi
 
I have entered.

Character limits forced me to send multiple PM's, but these can be combined into one post on the entry thread.

Looking forward to finding out what everyone has cooked up this year!
 
i would easily win but i didn't enter because you could not think to update entering date in the first post this already shows that this contest doesn't even carries a weigh because if i would i would easily win but i would be won a contest who didn't even update entering date on the first post.
 
Akeyi said:
i would easily win but i didn't enter because you could not think to update entering date in the first post this already shows that this contest doesn't even carries a weigh because if i would i would easily win but i would be won a contest who didn't even update entering date on the first post.
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Well, the good thing is, you can always enter next year!

In the meantime, feel free to read through previous contest entries and other creative endevours here:
https://www.islamicboard.com/creative-writing-art/134275808-li-library-creative-media.html - post 5 has links to all the previous contests.

And come tomorrow inshallah, you can read this year's entries, mine included! That way, you'll know what you're up against :)

And if you don't want to/can't wait a whole year, you can always show off any completed work of yours in its own thread right here in the creative writing sub section!
 
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OK lovely peoples, time us up.

All entries are in.

Tomorrow I shall make a new thread with all entries posted separately, and anonymously, with poll options in sha Allah.

I would like to express a massive thank you to all participants, the brief glimpses I had into your works have left me feeling kinda high. Like, between you all, there is a little Islamic golden age waiting to happen. So much talent mashaAllah. I will read all the entries carefully tomorrow once the thread is posted, and I'm eager to do so.

Once again, well done to all who entered this writing competition. :)

Scimi
 
I can't wait inshaAllah.

There is definitely so much talent, I'm really looking forward to reading everyone else's suggestions.

And thank you to everyone who worked to give such a lovely platform for writing. It doesn't even feel like a competition (well, almost! :D).
 

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