Announcing the Classic-Castle Story Telling Contest
Announcing the Classic-Castle Story Telling Contest
8-7-07: Updated Winners here
7-5-06: Updated the Contest Deadline to September
Classic Castle Story Telling Contest
Purpose:
The object of this contest is to encourage the creation of castle theme stories.
Subject matter may be anything within the castle theme, including historical and the fantastical. All stories must have a beginning, middle and an end. We do not want chapter one of your magnum opus! There are major points for having an interesting plot and dynamic characters, so be creative!
Categories:
Comic Book
(Similar to Captain Ahnee stories by Dan Jassim)
Comic Book style is a story told primarily with pictures, with narrator boxes and dialogue bubbles to help. Each frame of the comic should be a separate picture. Sub-pictures are allowed for dramatic affect (Admins discretion will be used to figure if there are too many sub-pictures in a comic).
Maximum length: 120 frames
Illustrated Short Story
(Similar to Chronicles of Ikros by Anthony Sava)
Illustrated Short Story style is more literary, allowing for greater exploration of character and plot. We ask that there be around one LEGO picture per full paragraph, or approximately two images per page of text. Short stories can be uploaded
Maximum length: 20 pages (~50 pictures)
You may enter a maximum of two entries per category.
Evaluation:
Entries will be evaluated on their creativity in plot and character, quality of LEGO creations and quality of presentation. The judges will be the Classic-Castle Administrators and a special, Guest Judge who will be announced later.
Prizes:
We know that writing and illustrating a story is not the easiest thing to do, so to get your attention, we’ve got big prizes!
Best Illustrated Short Story: 7019 Viking Fortress vs. Fafnir Dragon
Best Comic Book: 7019 Viking Fortress vs. Fafnir Dragon
Best Overall (Guest Judge’s pick): 8877 Vladek’s Dark Fortress
(Special thanks to Steve Witt and the LEGO Group for generously providing prizes!)
How to Enter
Send an email to me (lenny DOT hoffman AT gmail D0T com) with a link to your entry. The only entries that will be allowed are those that have been emailed to me! Be sure to put "Story-telling Contest" in the title of your email.
The deadline to enter is September 25th and winners will be announced during the first half of October.
Any questions? Ask away and I will answer as soon as I can!
7-5-06: Updated the Contest Deadline to September
Classic Castle Story Telling Contest
Purpose:
The object of this contest is to encourage the creation of castle theme stories.
Subject matter may be anything within the castle theme, including historical and the fantastical. All stories must have a beginning, middle and an end. We do not want chapter one of your magnum opus! There are major points for having an interesting plot and dynamic characters, so be creative!
Categories:
Comic Book
(Similar to Captain Ahnee stories by Dan Jassim)
Comic Book style is a story told primarily with pictures, with narrator boxes and dialogue bubbles to help. Each frame of the comic should be a separate picture. Sub-pictures are allowed for dramatic affect (Admins discretion will be used to figure if there are too many sub-pictures in a comic).
Maximum length: 120 frames
Illustrated Short Story
(Similar to Chronicles of Ikros by Anthony Sava)
Illustrated Short Story style is more literary, allowing for greater exploration of character and plot. We ask that there be around one LEGO picture per full paragraph, or approximately two images per page of text. Short stories can be uploaded
Maximum length: 20 pages (~50 pictures)
You may enter a maximum of two entries per category.
Evaluation:
Entries will be evaluated on their creativity in plot and character, quality of LEGO creations and quality of presentation. The judges will be the Classic-Castle Administrators and a special, Guest Judge who will be announced later.
Prizes:
We know that writing and illustrating a story is not the easiest thing to do, so to get your attention, we’ve got big prizes!
Best Illustrated Short Story: 7019 Viking Fortress vs. Fafnir Dragon
Best Comic Book: 7019 Viking Fortress vs. Fafnir Dragon
Best Overall (Guest Judge’s pick): 8877 Vladek’s Dark Fortress
(Special thanks to Steve Witt and the LEGO Group for generously providing prizes!)
How to Enter
Send an email to me (lenny DOT hoffman AT gmail D0T com) with a link to your entry. The only entries that will be allowed are those that have been emailed to me! Be sure to put "Story-telling Contest" in the title of your email.
The deadline to enter is September 25th and winners will be announced during the first half of October.
Any questions? Ask away and I will answer as soon as I can!
Last edited by Glencaer on Tue Aug 07, 2007 6:33 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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Oh man.... This is so cool! I'm gonna go fire up my pen right now....
One question, though, regarding the formatting of a short story. What kind of spacing should entrants use? Double? Single? 1.5?
Oh, and may we post our entries here after we've e-mailed them to you?
One question, though, regarding the formatting of a short story. What kind of spacing should entrants use? Double? Single? 1.5?
Oh, and may we post our entries here after we've e-mailed them to you?
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Ooh, what fun!
Just last week I found some stories I wrote back in '03. With some revision, and some making-it-longer, and of course some MOCing, I'll have a nice entry or two. Wait, is two allowed?
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Great contest, Lenny! I assume that we lowly MODs can enter, like in the CCC? I also was wondering if you can enter more than once, but I don't know why I'm asking, since I will be lucky to finish one entry!
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Double spacing. I'm guestimating there should be roughly 250 words per page, making the total word count roughly 5000 words.eNiGMa wrote:One question, though, regarding the formatting of a short story. What kind of spacing should entrants use? Double? Single? 1.5?
Of course you can!Oh, and may we post our entries here after we've e-mailed them to you?
Yes. I'll update the official post with that fact. Two entries per category.Wait, is two allowed?
Exacta-mundo.I assume that we lowly MODs can enter, like in the CCC?
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Great idea for a contest - I'm really looking forward to the various entries. My own problem is that I'd find Lego too restricting and I'd dig out the pens, pencils, water colors, acrylics, etc., and that would kinda defeat the purpose.
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Re: Announcing the Classic-Castle Story Telling Contest
Crud. My summer will be spent preparing to move, moving, and settling in. My Lego won't be easily available to illustrate anything.Glencaer wrote:Classic Castle Story Telling Contest
Crud.
Alan
PS But this is a great idea. I look forward to the results.
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Hmm, I would love to enter this, but I'm really slow at writing, and it would probably take me two years to write 20 pages, not two months. And I don't have the pieces for illustration anyway (let alone a comic). Ohhh, well. At least it'll be fun to watch.
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Wow, that doesn't really give us much time to work... at least, given my story writiing timelines.The deadline to enter is August 25th and winners will be announced on September 1st, 2006.
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If our pics are a bit fuzzy, but the construction set is great, will we still lose marks? Does it matter what word program we use? Can we directly e-mail the stories to you? Is there a minimum lenght? Sorry about so many questions, I would just like to know, and can we have our own settings, like in our own fantasy lands?
I ow it to wunztwice for directing me here.
Question: does it have to be double-spaced or will the spacing in my prior stories be ok?
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Woot, need answers in grey areas, some "manipulation" might be needed for story line... so
1) Is the old "photoshop creates an army" trick allowed?
2) Are custom parts/flags/capes etc allowed?
3) Are clone brands elements (heresy! ) allowed for story's sake?
4) Are non lego elements ( props, real life objects...) allowed?
5) Any restrictions on the level of violence?
and finally...
6) Date line is a bit tight for such short notice, any chance of further delaying a week or two?
1) Is the old "photoshop creates an army" trick allowed?
2) Are custom parts/flags/capes etc allowed?
3) Are clone brands elements (heresy! ) allowed for story's sake?
4) Are non lego elements ( props, real life objects...) allowed?
5) Any restrictions on the level of violence?
and finally...
6) Date line is a bit tight for such short notice, any chance of further delaying a week or two?
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That's one fantastic idea. Very kind of TLC to provide prizes - that's the least the fans deserve.
One question on my behalf - should the ilustrations be strictly pictures of actual bricks or they can be drawings? I believe TTK mentioned something about pens and pencils.
One question on my behalf - should the ilustrations be strictly pictures of actual bricks or they can be drawings? I believe TTK mentioned something about pens and pencils.
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Re: Announcing the Classic-Castle Story Telling Contest
Does this mean 20 pages of raw text + pictures or 20 pages including pics?Glencaer wrote: Illustrated Short Story
(Similar to Chronicles of Ikros by Anthony Sava)
Illustrated Short Story style is more literary, allowing for greater exploration of character and plot. We ask that there be around one LEGO picture per full paragraph, or approximately two images per page of text. Short stories can be uploaded
Maximum length: 20 pages (~50 pictures)
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