More Competitions?

[Kerrin]

Was just having a think about other competitions that we could maybe have a bash at. I enjoy the art comp that Jim runs so much that I thought maybe we could have a couple of others for those of a less artistic bent.

So far I've come up with a couple of ideas and wanted to find out what others thought and whether any had been tried in the past.

1. Quarterly short story competition :- As the title suggests we have a subject or character etc and then decide upon a maximum length of story (fairly short I'm thinking). People submit a piece no longer than the agreed length. Voting as per the art comp, and the winner chooses the next subject. This could of course be a monthly comp like the art one.

2. Caption competition:- A panel is chosen from the 2000ad/Megazine archives and people submit there own interpretation of what the speech bubbles should read. Pretty straightforward.

Any other ideas?

[Bouwel]

I like the idea of #2. It's punchy and easy to see (like the art competition). #1 would probably take a bit too much time to complete or evaluate.

-Bouwel-

[BPP]

bring back the 'win 50 billion pounds' thing the meg did once.

hell bid for the loto franchise next time it comes up. Dredd vs Camelot... its like a sequal to Twister.

[Roger Godpleton]

Beauty contest.

[Roger Godpleton]

We all bake 2thou cakes and take photos.

[Kerrin]

#1 would probably take a bit too much time to complete or evaluate.

I was thinking along the lines of 1000 word stories or there abouts, so the challenge would be writing something with a beginning, middle and end in a concise form that applied to the subject set.

[Bouwel]

Hmm, a very low word limit might not be too bad

-Bouwel-

[Kerrin]

Beauty contest.

That's a terrifying proposal Godders.

We all bake 2thou cakes and take photos.

Genius.

[Kev Levell]

LOVE the caption competition idea... could be a lot of fun that one.

[Roger Godpleton]

Could we retroactively make the porno thread competitive so I can win?

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[satchmo]

There was a 50 word short story comp once that I think Brunty organised, my Bison story was tragically overlooked.

[Buttonman]

Judge Boots. For sale. Some damage.

After Hemmingway. Where's my prize?

[LARF]

The Caption Comp is an old one, we used to do them years ago on the board - great idea though.

[Richmond Clements]

There was a 50 word short story comp once that I think Brunty organised, my Bison story was tragically overlooked.

That was a good one- because I won it.
And it was indirectly responsable for my Small Press 'career'..!

[WoD]

And I thought the competitions were a good thing...