Dapper Gentleman
Huzzah, it begins! Part of me wants to offer to judge this, but then again, I really want to enter this time...
"And every life is a special story of its own." —The Stargazer, Mass Effect 3
I am participating!
I may? It depends on if I can think of a good idea or not.
(And if there's a list of participants, please don't put me on it yet.)
I'll bite.
Put me as a judge, please. I should be on summer vacation by that time.
edited 17th Apr '13 9:04:22 PM by chihuahua0
Owner of Dead End
Like last time, put me as submission handler, if you're fine with it.
"And you must be Jonathan Joestar!" - Sue
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Are you competing, too?
Owner of Dead End
Nah, I never seem to be able to put anything from my head onto paper/word processor anyways.
"And you must be Jonathan Joestar!" - Sue
Wait...
No, I don't know. The stuff I'm writing is inappropriate.
I would like to participate
So...yeah.
I will be participating.
Complicated - because simple is simply too simple.
Uh, I think you copied the closing sentence incorrectly. It's ungrammatical now.
Dapper Gentleman
I thought I remembered it as being "...the one place where I was never meant to be." Either is grammatically accurate, but the meaning is different. I could be wrong, though.
That said, I shall hereby officially declare my intent to enter this contest. In the event that nobody volunteers to be a third judge, I could be talked into doing that instead so that the contest might go forward, but I'd prefer to write this time around.
edited 18th Apr '13 7:46:52 AM by BrotherMycroft
"And every life is a special story of its own." —The Stargazer, Mass Effect 3
...
Are there any qualifications required for being a judge?
"..."
Many consider starting a sentence with an 'and' (or any other conjunction) to be ungrammatical - personally I would play things safe and avoid using such constructions in a formal letter, but for fiction it's perfectly acceptable.
edited 18th Apr '13 8:05:19 AM by imadinosaur
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
I'll double-check that.
The ability to read, the ability to fairly evaluate the stories even if they're not in your preferred genre/style, the time to read through and provide judgements on all the entries (we generally get 8-15, I think), and a willingness to provide a thoughtful critique of or comments on each story (although it doesn't have to be a long critique). As long as you think you can do all those, you're qualified. You can check towards the end of the past threads to see what judges generally do.
EDIT: I double-checked the final sentence against the concepts thread, and what is there is what was proposed in that thread. If most of the contestants would prefer to add the "was", though, I don't see any reason why we couldn't do so (provided it wouldn't mess up anyone who'd already started work).
edited 18th Apr '13 8:16:28 AM by Nocturna
Wait, no.
It's not ungrammatical. The two sentences have entirely different meanings.
I'm interested in signing up, but not sure that I'll manage to both get around to sitting down and writing something for this, come up with something based on the lines (although I'm reasonably confident in that) and manage to finish in time, so... if I sign up, is it acceptable for me to drop out? I don't want to hold anything up if I end up running late, or if I decide that it's eating up time that I want to assign elsewhere, etc... :/
My Games & Writing
Anyone who doesn't get their work in by the deadline (which often gets extended) is automatically dropped out. And you can drop out at an earlier time, too, if you want. Registration is more to get an idea of the number of contestants so the judges know about how many entries to expect and so that we can socialize as the contest goes on.
What happens if you're finished early? Like, really early? Like... Before May even comes?
Fair enough, and thank you for the clarification, and for adding me to the roster above. ^_^
Then you've avoided the #1 problem in writing contests: putting off your entry until the very last minute. 
Giant alien spiders are no joke.
Does the premise in the story have to be original? Can I write fanfiction as long as the story itself is written by me?
What if I wanted to upload the story after the contest in some semi-obscure writing site? As long as I don't pimp my work, would that be aloud?
I'm considering joining this contest. Sounds really interesting.
"Life is eternal; and love is immortal; and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight." - R. W. Raymond
Hello writers! Want to give yourself a challenge? Interested in seeing what others think of your writing? Want to have fun? Then consider participating in the eighth TV Tropes Writing Contest!
Rules
Theme
It's the execution that counts. Everyone uses the same first sentence and the same last sentence in their story. The challenge is to come up with a story that flows well with those sentences.
Submissions
When your story is complete, upload it to Free Text HostThe submission handler compiles an anonymous list of the entry links and PMs that list to the judges when the submission deadline passes.
Judging
Judging is anonymous. Each story will be scored by each judge on a 25 point scale, elaborated below. Judges generally also include brief comments on/critiques of each story.Ready to write? Then go sign up!
Participants
Submission Handler: danna 45
Judges
Note that we need at least three judges to be able to hold the contest. Judges generally have two weeks following the submission deadline to return their results.
edited 27th May '13 9:41:17 PM by Nocturna