Goonhub
09-30-2021, 08:21 PM
...be the last you shall ever hear.
But maybe try not to die, 'cause this month, as September's, I mean, April's contest is wrapping up, we're doing things differently for October. Instead of one big contest, we're having four mini-contests, one for, roughly, each week in Spooktober. Because of that, deadlines and entry requirements are going to be a little different from previous formats, so read carefully!
To rouse ourselves up for Spooktober, for this mini-contest, we'll be writing three-sentence, Goonstation-themed horror stories. They're exactly what they say on the tin: they're stories, they belong in the horror genre, they're told in three sentences or less, and they're themed after Goonstation. Here are a few examples that don't fit the Goonstation part but hopefully should give you an idea of what we want.
Story Guidelines
Besides the basic requirements of being in horror genre, three sentences or less, and Goonstation-themed, there are also a few other simple things to keep in mind.
Deadline & Entry Submission Process
As for the process of actually submitting your entry, it's very simple. Entries should be submitted to this thread as a forum post/reply. Don't need to attach files or make PRs. Multiple submissions are allowed, but only one may be entered as your official entry. Make it clear which one it is.
Entries will be accepted until May OCTOBER 8th, 2021. That's right, you've a week to get yours in. After that, another mini-contest starts, and we'll have a week of voting for this contest by the community going on at the same time.
Prizes
For this contest, the winners are the, let's say, top six with the most votes. All participants will get a cool medal, and the contest winners will get an even cooler one with
related content. I know past contests have awarded stickers, but I'm waiting for an update from Gannets regarding stickers (so please don't bother him about it). Also maybe there'll be a surprise?????
But maybe try not to die, 'cause this month, as September's, I mean, April's contest is wrapping up, we're doing things differently for October. Instead of one big contest, we're having four mini-contests, one for, roughly, each week in Spooktober. Because of that, deadlines and entry requirements are going to be a little different from previous formats, so read carefully!
To rouse ourselves up for Spooktober, for this mini-contest, we'll be writing three-sentence, Goonstation-themed horror stories. They're exactly what they say on the tin: they're stories, they belong in the horror genre, they're told in three sentences or less, and they're themed after Goonstation. Here are a few examples that don't fit the Goonstation part but hopefully should give you an idea of what we want.
Quote:"I woke up with a picture of myself sleeping on my phone. I live alone."
Quote:"I have a body of a supermodel. It's in the fridge."
Quote:"I heard my friend Therese screaming for help from the bathroom upstairs, so I was about to run up as fast as I could, but then I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned around, astonished to see that she was next to me this whole time."
Story Guidelines
Besides the basic requirements of being in horror genre, three sentences or less, and Goonstation-themed, there are also a few other simple things to keep in mind.
- We don't have a minimum or maximum word count, but do use common sense. If your submission is more like six sentences clumped into three long ones, it's fine. If it reads like the opening of A Tale of Two Cities, that's kinda pushing it. If you give us the Bee Movie script but every period has been replaced with a semi-colon so it's technically one sentence...the door is that way.
- Follow the server rules. You know, don't do/say something bigoted, don't reference sexual stuff, don't metagrudge, etc. I get it, you think the meme's really scary, but we really don't need to read a story about a magic user with the ability to transmogrify male genitalia into oscillating cylinders of semolina-based cuisine.
- Yes, it can be inspired by a recent round you had.
- Entries should be about the Goonstation branch of SS13. You know, clowns, spacebees, farts--if you're here, you know what that is, right? More importantly, that means you shouldn't be fictionalizing a spooky Colonial Marines round or making a story about an antag that's not on our servers (like, I don't know, blood cultists)
Deadline & Entry Submission Process
As for the process of actually submitting your entry, it's very simple. Entries should be submitted to this thread as a forum post/reply. Don't need to attach files or make PRs. Multiple submissions are allowed, but only one may be entered as your official entry. Make it clear which one it is.
Entries will be accepted until May OCTOBER 8th, 2021. That's right, you've a week to get yours in. After that, another mini-contest starts, and we'll have a week of voting for this contest by the community going on at the same time.
Prizes
For this contest, the winners are the, let's say, top six with the most votes. All participants will get a cool medal, and the contest winners will get an even cooler one with
