REMINDER: Short story contest with $25, $10 and $5 prizes closes November 17

Vyrin and I are running a short story contest that may be of interest to budding writers.
Besides the obvious incentive of unparalleled fame, we have in addition provided some modest prizes.

Theme: You discover a book that someone has dropped in a side street of Ardoris. Entrants are to submit a collection of words (short story, poem, etc.) that describes what follows.

Length: The entry should not exceed 500 words, one entry per member of the Round Table.

Deadline: Entries must be posted in the contest thread in the First Story Contest category by midnight UTC/GMT on November 17.

First Prize: $25 store credit + a special gift!**

Second Prize: $10 store credit.

Third Prize: $5 store credit.

Resources: You can find some pictures of Ardoris that may prove helpful here, and a map of Ardoris here (do not, however, include illustrations in your entry).

Language: Entries must be in English.

Judging criteria: Originality, creativity and depth of character development, successful use of words or phrases to create images or invoke emotional response, ability to capture and hold the reader's interest, plus other less glamorous but important stuff (grammar, spelling, conformance with established lore).

Judging process: Every member of the Round Table gets one vote. Voting will be done by adding a "+1" comment to the story on the forum, once the deadline has passed. We will post a notice in the SotA Library when voting can begin.

Restrictions: All submissions must be the original work of the person submitting the entry.

NOTE: Membership of the round table simply means that you have registered to use the web site so that you can submit entries and vote. Nothing more.

 

Time is running out! So far we have two entries and three prizes to hand out. Please don't make us work in fractions, it gives us headaches!

 

Thanks for the reminder. I wrote something before the original deadline, but I've been working on a nanowrimo novel and forgot about the contest.

 

Damn, won't have time this round.