S&S Invitational: Winter Edition

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. 🙌

• Entries must adhere to the genre AND thematic prompt;
• Entries must be between 500 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 Sunday, 23rd of February (23.59, GMT + 01);
• All languages are welcome but MUST include an English translation;
• Link your entry in the comment section below; ⏬

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

🥇 Gold: 2 HSBI, 300 Ecency points, 50 SCHOLAR, 3 SCRIBE
🥈 Silver: 1 HSBI, 200 Ecency points4, 40 SCHOLAR, 2 SCRIBE
🥉 Bronze: 100 Ecency points, 30 SCHOLAR, 1 SCRIBE
🎖️ 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. 🙂

🎥 Genre: Sci/Fi
🎨 Theme: Winter

✅ WHAT THIS PROMPT IS: Robots, cyborgs, Spaceships, Snowmen, and Santa. Not in that order, or at all. Just rambling off winter and sci-fi themes. 😆

❌ WHAT THIS PROMPT ISN'T: Swords and sorcery on a hot summer's day.

We are starting this season off with an interesting combo. Unique but vast. There are several directions you can take this prompt. As always, there are no hard rules, make sure you tangentially follow the theme/genre. For instance, a story about dwarves finding a treasure map on the beach would not do. But a time travel story centered around saving Christmas? Well, now you're speaking our language. 😁

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.