
FOR THE NEXT FIVE WEEKS, UP Batibot will be open to a daily short story contest. At the end of the contest, the winner will receive P500 [per category winner] and a spot on UP Batibot!
GUIDELINES:
- Contestants are required to register an account over at UPBatibot.com. Participants must register a name in this format: name + UPB (i.e., iskosacebuUPB)
- Story submissions will be posted daily over at UPBatibot.com during the course of the competition. To be eligible to win, a contestant must be able to send in 1 story per week, over the contest period. Entries need not be sequential.
- There will be two categories: A Short Story Category, wherein entries must be standalone short stories, and an Episodic Story category, where each entry must be an episode of a longer, contest-spanning story.
- Entries must be between 500-1000 words per submission.
- Every week, a certain ‘theme‘ will be given. Each story entry for that week must incorporate the theme as creatively as possible into their story submissions.
- All entries must be submitted to scribbles@upbatibot.com, with the subject in the following format: <Title of Entry> <Category, SSC for Short Story and ESC for Episodic Story> <Entry Number> <Official UPBatibot.com Username> (i.e., “Chaos in A Blue Book” ESC 2 iskosacebuUPB)
CONTEST PERIOD:
Scribbles will officially run from January 23, 2011 to February 27, 2011. A new “theme for the week” will be given every Sunday during the contest period.- Start of Contest – January 23, 2011
- Unveiling of Weekly Theme #1 – January 23, 2011
- Unveiling of Weekly Theme #2 – January 30, 2011
- Unveiling of Weekly Theme #3 – February 6, 2011
- Unveiling of Weekly Theme #4 – February 13, 2011
- Unveiling of Weekly Theme #5 – February 20, 2011
- End of Contest/Deadline for Submission of all entries – February 27, 2011
- Announcing of Winners – February 28, 2011
CRITERIA FOR JUDGING:
- Content – 60%
- Technical Writing Skill (grammar, punctuation, etc.) – 20%
- Community Impact – 20%
FOR INQUIRIES:
Contact 09228325518 or email us at admin@upbatibot.com.From: link to outside page
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