The Lodestar Contest

"RESULTS"  


You know those stories that have some element you wish you'd written? Some element that, when a peer is having trouble with it, you point to a certain story for them to read, to see how it's done? That's the kind of thing you need to write for this round. I'll give you a list of story elements to choose from; you choose one and write a story that is a great example of how to write that element.


The contest closed at 11:59 PM (WdC time) on the 15th of July, 2018. The contest will be back next year, with a completely new mission and set of guidelines for contestants who want to earn the exclusive Lodestar Merit Badge!

The stories had to be between 1,500 and 5,500 words long.

Short stories only.

Proofread, edit, and revise.

All ratings and genres were allowed. Entries' titles, however, had to be at a 13+ or E rating so that linking them here did not compromise this forum's 13+ rating.

There were no restrictions on editing.

One entry per contestant.

Previously written items were fine, but they had to be freshened up for this contest. They could not be items that placed in another contest and had an awardicon to prove it. (Honorable mentions were okay [awardicon or not], as were items that placed in another contest, but did not earn an awardicon.)

Entry posts had to include:
         —The entry's approximate word count, rounded to the nearest one-hundred.
         —A genre link to the item, likey so: {g-item:#######}*

* Linking ▼










Prizes are non-negotiable. If there are fewer than nine entries, the Grand Prize and Runner-Up prizes will not be awarded. In that case, each entry will qualify as an Honorable Mention, meaning each will receive a 10K Awardicon.