S&S Invitational: December

🕺 Welcome to the Scholar and Scribe Invitational 🕺

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. 🙌

🥳 Last Invitational Winners 🥳

🥇 Gold: 50 SCHOLAR, 3 SCRIBE, 2 HSBI, 300 Ecency points
@justclickindiva with The Love Language Sacrifice

*The bed sheet stretched smooth at Ranella's tight tugging. The pillow fluffed high at her gentle probing. The warm water gurgled loud at her strong unleashing. Margaret watched with amusement as Ranella removed the breakfast tray. Afterward, she assisted Margaret into the bath chair. Offering a lovely Spanish tune, Ranella urged her to join in. *

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🥈 Silver: 40 SCHOLAR, 2 SCRIBE, 1 HSBI, 200 Ecency points
@atyourservice with Red Faced

Instead, Katie walked in, her own hands turning into fists. Josh smirked that stupid smirk of his and went to push her back. Katie grabbed his hands as he attempted so, and flung him to the ground with one fell motion. Steve, as always, of course, did nothing.

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🥉 Bronze: 30 SCHOLAR, 1 SCRIBE, 100 Ecency points
@grindan with Show Me What You Got!

Ms. Fidget's Academy for Talented Psychopaths was nestled deep in the Kenai Mountains of Alaska. It was close enough to retrieve supplies from the nearby cities, but remote enough to evade detection. Dug 500 feet into the earth, its secrecy was secure.

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🧐 Rules of Engagement 🧐

• Entries must adhere to the genre AND thematic prompt;
• Entries must be between 800 and 1500 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 Wednesday, 20th of December (23.59, GMT + 01);
• All languages are welcome but MUST include an English translation;
• Link your entry in the comment section below; ⏬

🤑 Prizes and Goodies 🤑

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

🥇 Gold: 50 SCHOLAR, 3 SCRIBE, 2 HSBI, 300 Ecency points
🥈 Silver: 40 SCHOLAR, 2 SCRIBE, 1 HSBI, 200 Ecency points
🥉 Bronze: 30 SCHOLAR, 1 SCRIBE, 100 Ecency points
🎖️ Runner(s) Up: 15 SCHOLAR

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. 🙂

🤺 Genre and Theme 🤺

The story you submit MUST adhere to the following prompts:

🎥 Genre: DETECTIVE
🤹 Theme: NOIR

A classic, simple combination I know. But last time we did romance and school and still received only unique tales. Having the mundane, and recognizable as our canvas we can portray with a much deeper narrative texture - i.e. less is more. Also, sometimes, you just want to write something without having to think too much. 😁

Your panel of judges will be @kemmyb and @grocko.

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! 🤗

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.

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