Wednesday, January 26, 2011

UP Batibot Presents: Scribbles (A Story Writing Contest)


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:

  1. Contestants are required to register an account over at UPBatibot.com. Participants must register a name in this format: name + UPB (i.e., iskosacebuUPB)
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Entries must be between 500-1000 words per submission.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.


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