Creature Features

1. Pick a prompt to write your prose, short story, or poem.

2. Deadline lands on 11:59 p.m. of the last day of the month. New round will start by the 1st of the month. This applies to the current round only. Deadlines could get extended if no entries.

3. I will accept a prose (500 words or less), short story (600 words to 2,500 words), or a poem (40 lines or less).

4. Please include word count or line count somewhere.

5. Old or new accepted. If it has an awardicon it'll be okay too- items with awardicons are disqualified from winning an awardicon.

6. Use a form of bitem (item) or entry (book) using {bitem:#####} or {entry:#####}. If you lack space you may post in the forum directly. Entries posted in the forum are disqualified from receiving an awardicon.

7. Entry fee of 1,000 GPs per qualified entry.

8. This forum is 13+ only. I will allow 18+ entries if it is a link to the prose/story/poem.

9. Editing allowed up to the deadline. Edits afterward may become disqualified.

1. Halloween
2. Thanksgiving
3. This can fall under nonfiction as well: Fall/Spring
4. This can fall under nonfiction as well: Rainy days

Winners of Round 25:
None, no entries.

Winners of Round 24:
None, one entry.

Winners of Round 23:
None, zero entries.

Winners of Round 22:
"The Leprechaun's Loss" 

Winners of Round 21:
None, one entry.

Winners of Round 20:

The Unexpected Alpha  (18+) Jayd, a peacock omega, is surprised when a stray alpha appears #2312175 by Dawn Embers

Winners of Round 19:

STATIC

A Homeless Holiday  (E) preserved in Hymnal Measure. #2069782 by Dave's trying to catch up

Winners of Round 18:

Then Came the Rain  (13+) Nixa takes a wrong turn along the beach and meets someone new. #2308649 by Dawn Embers

Winners of Round 17:
None

Winners of Round 16:

You Never Know...  (18+) Aliz's first night at her new school #2302643 by Nathan Hilbert

Winners of Round 15:

Father's Day  (ASR) Three kittens find a new family. #2298924 by NaNoKit

Winners of Round 14:
First place:

STATIC

Thunderstorm  (E) A dragon rider returns home to the camp after an ordeal. Poetry form: Terzanelle. #2248079 by PiriPica

Winners of Round 13:
First place:

"My favourite animal (Prompt-3)"  and "Masks in my yard [Writing 4 Kids 8/2021]" 

Second place:

"Spring Is" 

Third place:

STATIC

Robin  (E) A robin signals the arrival of spring. #2246285 by ദƖυҽყҽʐ 🤍

Honorable mention:

"Eastertide"  and "Come, walk free" 

Winners of Round 12:
None (Not enough entries.)

Winners of Round 11:
1st place:

Invalid Item  This item number is not valid. #2291568 by Not Available.

Honorable mention:

STATIC

The Secrets of The Unicorn and Pink Pony  (E) Polly knew a secret about the Unicorn #2290250 by Espero

Winners of Round 10:
1st place:

STATIC

Flame the Baby Dragon   (E) A Baby Dragon's Quest to Find His Mother #2288572 by Espero

Winners of Round 9:
None.

Winners of Round 8:

1st place:

"My Cat and Me" 

Winners of Round 7:

1st place:

STATIC

Sibyl  (E) a sassy black mermaid, 622 wods #2281668 by ridinghhood-p.boutilier

2nd place:

STATIC

GRIN & BEAR IT  (ASR) A "painful" lesson to be learned on the value of planning before action #2131853 by DRSmith

Honorable Mentions:
"In the Company of Sprites" 
"Animals Galore: colonies of..." 

Winners of Round 6:
1st place is "July 25, 2022" 

Honorable mention is

STATIC

Scars  (E) in a Crapsey Cinquain #2103275 by Dave's trying to catch up

Winners of Round 5:
None.

Winners of Round 4:
1st place is

Invalid Item  This item number is not valid. #2258379 by Not Available.

2nd place is

STATIC

Oggie's Birthday Party  (E) What a surprise for Oggie when there's no cake left! #2258515 by Cubby

And honorable mentions are

STATIC

Bogwart's Best Birthday  (13+) Bogwart's dream comes true on his birthday. HM in Creature Features, September 2021. #2200208 by Beholden

Surprise  (E) entry for creature features 9/2021 1107 words, won honorable mention. #2258429 by Pumpkin Spice Sox

Winner of Round 3:
None.

Winner of Round 2:
None.

Winner of Round 1:
None.

Name this contest:
Creature Features by dragonwoman

Runner up:
Realistical or Fantastical Critter Tales by ruwth
Fangs and Fluff Contest by jolanh

Honorable mentions:
Wild and wonderful World of Animals by ~HarvestSilverMoon~
The Tame, the Wild and the Cuddly by Richard ~ Thankful!!

Winner of Round -999:
"Furbaby"  MB sent.

1st place: 15% of the pot. (Dragonfish 2 MB)
2nd place: 10% of the pot. (Dragonfish MB)
3rd place: 5% of the pot. (Awardicon)

Honorable mentions at the discretion of the judge. (Out of the 20% allowance.)

User

Tinker - 25,000 GPs
Pumpkin Spice Sox - 2,020 GPs
Richard ~ Thankful!! - 50,000 GPs
~HarvestSilverMoon~ - 2,000 GPs
Pumpkin Spice Sox - 2,021 GPs
Anonymous- 20,959
Max Griffin 🏳️‍🌈 - 50,000 GPs
Dave's trying to catch up - 49,000 GPs