The results are in! Who are the winners if the 2024 Journey Into Journey: Illustrated Edition Writing Contest?
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Several people have opted in for this new Writing Contest and so I will now reveal to them their assigned story titles based on a Journey song and their AI-generated image which they must use as inspiration for their story. The images are shown below, but will also be emailed to each participant. See detailed Submission Guidelines at the bottom.
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Assigned Images:
Sweet and Simple
Where Were You
Dead or Alive
Keep On Runnin'
Lay It Down
Open Arms
Faithfully
Precious Time
Opened the Door
Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
Daydream
I'm Cryin'
2024 JOURNEY INTO JOURNEY: ILLUSTRATED EDITION WRITING CONTEST SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
CONTEST TIMELINE:
You will be assigned a story title and AI-generated image based upon a song title from the band Journey. This will be the basis and inspiration for your story. You will receive this assignment via email, and on a podcast episode on August 9th.
You must submit your new original story by 12:00:00 AM Mountain Time on December 1, 2024
Winners will be announced on the show and by email before January 1, 2025
The 1st place story will be produced for audio publication on the podcast in 2025.
WORD COUNT: No word limit, but judges may tire while reading an overlong story.
STORY REQUIREMENTS AND PREFERENCES:
The story must be titled as assigned and be based on the AI-generated image you are given.
Please write an original story based on inspiration from the assigned title and image. There is no way for me to enforce this, but the spirit of this contest is to provide a prompt for a new story.
Preference for speculative fiction, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, and various combinations and sub-genre.
Remember the 1st place winning story (possibly more) will be produced for the podcast, so we will be looking for stories that "work well in audio."
CONTEST RESTRICTIONS: Please no splatter horror, grimdark, or explicit sexual content. Also please avoid coarse profanity.
WHO WILL DECIDE THE WINNERS: A panel of volunteer judges.
PRIZES: 1st Prize: $20, 2nd Prize: $15, 3rd Prize: $5. 1st place story will be produced as a full cast audio production for the podcast.
WHERE TO SEND SUBMISSIONS: Email submissions to journeyintopodcast@gmail.com
SUBMISSION FORMAT: The subject line must contain the prefix of "2024 CONTEST:" followed by the title of your story. The body of the email should be the text of your story.
Let me know if you would like to enter the Journey Into Journey: Illustrated Edition Writing Contest, where you will be assigned a Journey song title to use as your story title, AND an AI-generated image upon which to base your story on. There will be small cash prizes for the top three winners. Also the 1st place winner will be guaranteed to have their story produced for the show. More details below...
CONTEST TIMELINE:
STORY REQUIREMENTS AND PREFERENCES:
CONTEST RESTRICTIONS: Please no splatter horror, grimdark, or explicit sexual content. Also please avoid coarse profanity.
WHO WILL DECIDE THE WINNERS: A panel of volunteer judges.
PRIZES: 1st Prize: $20, 2nd Prize: $15, 3rd Prize: $5. 1st place story will be produced as a full cast audio production for the podcast.
WHERE TO SEND SUBMISSIONS: Email submissions to journeyintopodcast@gmail.com
SUBMISSION FORMAT: The subject line must contain the prefix of "2024 CONTEST:" followed by the title of your story. The body of the email should be the text of your story.
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The results are in! Who are the winners if the Journey Into 2023 Quordle Quell Writing Contest?
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Assigning the four words to the early bird entrants to the contest and laying out the guidelines.
2023 “QUORDLE QUELL” WRITING CONTEST SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
CONTEST TIMELINE:
STORY REQUIREMENTS AND PREFERENCES:
CONTEST RESTRICTIONS: Please no splatter horror, grimdark, or explicit sexual content. Also please avoid coarse profanity (including Schlonz).
WHO WILL DECIDE THE WINNERS: A panel of volunteer judges.
PRIZES: 1st Prize: $20, 2nd Prize: $15, 3rd Prize: $5. All winning stories will be produced as a full cast audio production for the podcast.
WHERE TO SEND SUBMISSIONS: Email submissions to journeyintopodcast@gmail.com
SUBMISSION FORMAT: The subject line must contain the prefix of "2023 CONTEST:" followed by the title of your story. The body of the email should be the text of your story.
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Let me know by January 15th that you would like to enter the Quordle Quell, where you will be given four words from a Quordle game that you must use within your story in a significant way for the contest. There will be small cash prizes for the top three winners as well as having the story produced for the show. More details to follow in January when I assign out the words. Let your intentions be known
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