S&S Invitational: Christmas Edition

๐Ÿ•บ Welcome to the Scholar and Scribe Invitational ๐Ÿ•บ

The Invitational is our bi-weekly, super-duper, writing contest. It is where we match quills and draw blood all for the sake of the craft. We all know a 'friendly' competition never hurts anyone, much, especially when it can be used as a platform to improve your writing. ๐Ÿ™Œ


๐Ÿงน HOUSEKEEPING ๐Ÿงน

Starting next week, we begin the Scholar & Scribe Awards! Our annual celebration of our community and our wonderful members. We have been inactive preparing for these awards but decided to have one last Invitational to round up the year. All of next month will be dedicated to you. As always, thank you for making this community, and this purpose, a reality.


๐Ÿง Rules of Engagement ๐Ÿง

  • Entries must adhere to the genre AND thematic prompt;
  • Entries must be between 500 and 2000 words.
    Note: this does not include any intro/footer text.
  • You must post your entry in Scholar and Scribe and use the #scholarandscribe tag;
  • Deadline for submission is Sunday, 29th of December (23.59, GMT + 01);
  • All languages are welcome but MUST include an English translation;
  • Link your entry in the comment section below; โฌ

๐Ÿค‘ Prizes and Goodies ๐Ÿค‘

The winners will be announced in two weeks. Winners of what? An astute question. The prizes are as follows:

๐Ÿฅ‡ Gold: 2 HSBI, 300 Ecency points, 50 SCHOLAR, 3 SCRIBE
๐Ÿฅˆ Silver: 1 HSBI, 200 Ecency points4, 40 SCHOLAR, 2 SCRIBE
๐Ÿฅ‰ Bronze: 100 Ecency points, 30 SCHOLAR, 1 SCRIBE
๐ŸŽ–๏ธ Runner(s) Up: Valuable goodies!

IN ADDITION- Each participant will get a modest review of their work from the modding team. With the additional opportunity of getting an in-depth critical review if they so choose. ๐Ÿ™‚

๐Ÿคบ Prompt ๐Ÿคบ

THE PROMPT IS JUST A GUIDELINE. A DIRECTION. DON'T FEEL INTIMIDATED BY IT! YOU GOT THIS!

๐ŸŽฅ Genre: Action
๐ŸŽจ Theme: Christmas

Show us your holiday spirit! In the most violent way possible. Or actioney way possible, same difference. And for those asking, yes, Die Hard is a Christmas movie. This prompt is much more versatile than it initially seems. ;) How you choose to incorporate the Christmas theme is up to you. Extra credit for creativity as always.

May the odds - and your creative energy - be ever in your favor!

We'd like to give out a big shout-out and thank you to Ecency for sponsoring this contest! ๐Ÿค—

A big thank you to @melinda010100 as well for the seamless communication.

Check out the Ecency front-end and/or mobile app for more information on how to use your points.

Check out our 2023 Scribe of the Year

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About the Scholar and Scribe Community

Scholar and Scribe is a creative writing community founded in the forges of Hive's passionate Pizza Guild. It sets itself apart from some of the other writing groups on Hive with its unique dual-token system.

The Scholar and Scribe banner icons were designed by trashyomen. The cover image was designed by @jfuji.

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