EXOplosion Writing Contest
Description
— welcome
Welcome to Round Three of EXOplosion, a short story writing contest for the EXO fandom, with atleast one of the EXO members as the main character. We have gone through some staff changes, and would like to welcome our new judge, NeverlastingEverland! She has been a participant for the past two rounds, and will be participating as a judge this round.
For this special holiday edition, be sure to read the new rules that are specific for this round! We have a variety of cool prizes for you to win so please read the rules, get inspired, submit some entries, and love EXO!
— rules
—Holiday Edition Rules
01. The story must include one of the following holidays: Christmas, New Years, Lunar/Chinese New Years, Valentine’s Day (and White Day, Black Day).
02. It is ultimately up to you to decide how much importance you want the holiday to occupy in your story.
03. The prompts included are optional, but highly recommended
—General Rules
01. Subscribe to the thread so we know who is interested and you can keep up with any news/information in case there is a change in turn in dates, prizes, and so on.
02. An EXO member must be the main character (this includes Kris, Lu Han, and Tao); the fic, otherwise, can contain all the other fandoms and so on and so forth.
03. Your entry must be written for THIS round of THIS contest. You can’t resubmit a fan fic from another round or a fan fic written for another contest.
04. Multiple entries per participant is allowed. There is no limit to however many entries you want to submit.
05. Betas are allowed. (And highly recommended.)
06. Your entry must be original work. You may set your story in a universe based off a book, manga, anime, TV show, etc, but you should not be copying plotlines and/or scenes. For example, you may set your story as harrypotter!au, or delirium!au, but your plot should not contain any of the plot/scene in the book.
07. The story must be a oneshot with a minimum of 2,000 words. There is no maximum word count.
08. Mention the contest in the description/foreword of your fan fic.
09. There is no limit to genre. All genres are welcomed. There is only one limit to pairings and that is there is no EXOxSNSD ships allowed (None of the judges like to read that ship...)
10. Submit completed stories only, and be sure to be on time. If you have any issues, message annie1017 and we will see if we can make an extension, if we give you any at all.
11. If you have any further questions, please comment below or message one of the judges.
12. Read all rules and FAQs before submitting your story.
— prizes
Prizes will change
based on how many
users participate, especially the karma points, so check the prizes every once in a while whenever you can.
The more entries, the better the prizes!
— first place
— second place
— honorable
mentions
-300 Karma points
— third place
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