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Contests
Valentine,
Sweet Valentine...
That's right, the annual celebration of making those of us
in relationships feel smug and those of us not feel lonely is almost upon us
- at the time of writing, we're about 3 weeks away from Singles' Awareness
Day. Love is in the air, people - despite our best efforts
to shoot it down. (Evasive little bugger, that cupid.) Since
we're all going to be spending the next couple of weeks feeling either very
loved-up or very lonely, we wanted to give everyone their due opportunity to
flex their creative muscles, and to show us some of our favourite characters
in the true spirit of the 'season'. For this contest, we're
looking for entries where romance is the main feature - feel free to show
some of our best-known characters getting their heart's desire, or show us
just what becomes of the brokenhearted. The choice, as they say, is
yours!
Your entry doesn't
specifically have to be set on Valentine's Day, but it must include a strong
romantic/heartbreak element to it. As with our previous contest, we're opening this up to any
fanwork that's based around a member of the glorious house of Slytherin - be
it the Dark Lord himself, Snape, Malfoy, Slughorn, etc., etc. The
usual TBC Contest rules
apply, and can be found at the bottom of the page as always. Entries should be uploaded to the TBC
Fanwork Archive by 11.59pm
[Board Time/Central US] on the 14th of February. (Wow, I
bet nobody saw that deadline coming...) Judging, as ever, will take place
through an open poll on the forums, so any lurkers may also want to get
themselves signed up there, too.
CONTEST GUIDELINES
Your story or picture must feature a member of Slytherin
House as a main
character, and romance must be a integral feature of the plot - you
can decide for yourselves if love triumphs over all or if heartbreak is more
the
order of the day. AU entries are fine, as are multi-chaptered fics
or artwork series, as usual. If you're not sure what you're thinking of is
alright, then just pop by the forums and ask.
We've created some challenges
again, which can be used if you feel like it, but we always love to see
other people's ideas too... (We'll do something a little more original
for our next contest, promise.) The contest thread on the forums is
always a good place to visit for inspiration too.
Contest
Challenges:
1. Presumably, there was at least a facade of romance
when Lucius met Narcissa - show us one of those early
dates between the two.
2. Can anyone else see Horace Slughorn having much to
do on Singles' Awareness Day? No, nor can we - prove
us wrong.
3. Give us some art/fic based on the next generation
getting their romance on.
4. According to JKR, Tom Riddle never knew
love. That doesn't mean nobody felt the same for him
- portray this unrequited longing on the behalf of some
luckless romantic.
5. On the other hand, if you think that Tom did have
more of a romantic bent to him, show all the delights that
a dark heart can offer - to Bellatrix, Hermione, , any
Tomship of your choice.
6. For all the mistakes he made in his life, Snape
did give his life for the woman he loved, and died staring
into 'her' eyes. Show us their reunion, in the
world-beyond-the-living.
7. Your prompt is - 'Draco and Astoria, sitting in a
tree...'. Make anything you like out of that.
8. Those poor, unloved Valentine's Dwarves haven't
been seen since Chamber of Secrets - somebody stage a
comeback for them!
9. We all know that Bellatrix has only eyes for one
man, and it's not the one she's married to. Give us
a nice, mournful Singles' Awareness Day for Rodolphus
Lestrange.
10. Only a short distance from romance... comes
obsession. Show any Slytherin crossing that line,
and taking romance to that darker place. (NB. This
could enter A18-rated territory.) |
CONTEST RULES
1. The closing date for the contest is
Thursday 14th February, 2008. Entries must be uploaded to the FanWork Archive
before 11.59pm on that day. (Forum Default Time/Central US)
2. Entry is open to anyone, but you will have to register as a
member of the FanWork archive in order to submit your entry.
3. Judging will be decided by an open vote of TBC forum members.
4. You may enter the contest as many times as you like, but
remember we are looking for quality, not quantity.
5. Your entry must adhere to the contest guidelines above, and the
usual TBC Guidelines for Fiction/Art to be accepted.
6. All entries must be entirely your own work.
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