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True Blood on Twitter Holiday Writing Contest

The True Blood on Twitter is holding their second writing contest. See your entry acted out live on Twitter! (Performance disclaimer: Characters other than the three mentioned in our setup can be used but are subject to availability for actual Twitter performance). Two of the three winners from the last contest were from our Fangreaders group. Let’s hope to see more from our fandom join in this exciting contest. More info , please check out The Blood Bites Blog

Set the scene…

The holidays are approaching and provide the perfect setting for your story to take place. Here is some background to help get you started:

King Bill has decided to hold a charity holiday party to foster goodwill between Humans and Vampires. In keeping with Bill and Eric working as a team, the King has asked Eric to co-host the party with him and has also pulled Sookie in to be the hostess to provide the Human touch, thereby continuing the “triangle” that was present all through Season 4

Our premise will be Eric’s recent memory loss has stirred up his real life memories coupled with Sookie’s rejection causing him to want to go “home” in solitude for the holidays. Sookie is going to come up with incorporating the Norse theme of Jul (Yule) into the party in order to keep Eric there to help them.

For information about the Norse Jul celebration: http://www.wizardrealm.com/norse/holidays.html

Create your True Blood holiday story using the background setup we have provided and the theme of Jul. It can take place just before the party starts, during the event or immediately after. This is a celebration of new beginnings and endings, what might that mean in the world of True Blood? Could something happen that increases tension between Sookie, Bill and Eric? Does something or someone go wrong at the party? Is our Vampire/Faerie triangle mysteriously transported to days of old and a real Viking Jul celebration? Does everyone live happily ever after? Wait, this is Bon Temps we are talking about, that would never happen. Only you know what you want to unfold and this is your chance to tell us all.

(Performance disclaimer: Characters other than the three mentioned in our setup can be used but are subject to availability for actual Twitter performance).

Our panel of judges will choose first, second and third place winners from the submissions and True Blood on Twitter group members will act out the winning story, live on Twitter, as a special holiday event.

First place prize is a signed Alexander Skarsgard print by Kristin Bauer van Straten. Runner up prizes will also be awarded for second and third place winners.

Contest Rules

The contest will open on Oct 23, 2011 and runs through Dec 1, 2011
All entries must be received by December 1, 2011 11:59 pm CST
All entries must be a minimum of 2500 words a maximum of 8,000
All entries must be in a Microsoft Word compatible document (Gdocs would be preferable)
No more than 2 entries per writer EXCLUDING collaborations.
Collaborations are allowed and encouraged, no more than 2 per author
All entries must be NEW stories
All entries must include a disclaimer for True Blood and HBO
Members of the True Blood on Twitter Group are excluded from participation
All entrants must be at least 18 years of age
All entries must be beta’d.* For those of you who need a beta see the info below.
Submitted stories must incorporate the holiday party theme and can take place immediately before, during or after the party.

Entries will be judged on the following (click below for more info):

Originality and development of the plot
Storyline flow (clear,organized)
Character (voice and development)
Grammar (word usage, structure, development)
Tone-Style (did it flow)

All contest submissions or any questions you may have should be sent to: TBonTContest@gmail.com

All entries must include the Header below:

True Blood on Twitter Holiday Writing Contest
Title:
Penname:
Beta:
Characters:
Disclaimer:

*Beta -Proofreader who is an experienced writer.
If you need to request one, tweet @musingsbychar with your request.

You can find out who the judges are and any other important information here!

Good luck to all who enter!

As some of you might have seen, I’m in the process of updating my blogs and adding new ones.

Of course Fairyblood’s Fantasies will always be THE most special to me since it was my very first blog. It will always be the place to go to get the skinny on SVM/TB fanfic that I feel deserves some attention. However, as a lover of paranormal romance~ I am going to be adding my favourite paranormal romance reads as well. Eric Northman will continue to be my favourite character, but I do have to give the poor vampire a break sometimes. He may be immortal, but my Fantasies are voracious.

New Blogs:

April’s Imagination ~ An personal blog that is still in development. Look out for promotions of indie authors (especially our fanfic authors that are publishing their own works) and artists that I feel need recognition. Currently working with local artists to get their work online.

The Magic Classroom ~ A new blog that will chronicle the journey of home education here in Essex. Keep posted as I create a local support network and soon a charity to help Home Educators here in the UK.

Current Blogs:

Fairybloods Pleasure Chamber ~ Your place to go to find those lemony SVM/TB scenes from our favourite fanfic writers. Coming soon: Be on the look out for “The Corridor” an excerpt from The Viking’s Pet by FanOTheFang

FangReaders ~ Join our Southern Vampire Mysteries/ True Blood fanfic reading group. Meet in our Chatzy Chat Room for daily chats of favourite fanfics, SVM/TB games, meet fanfic authors and meet fellow Fanfic fans.

Fangreaders Hall of Fame ~ The place to go to find award winning fanfic authors. Coming Soon: Be on the look out for our new Award Ceremony recognising excellence in writing.

Fangreaders Library ~ Looking for some fanfic to read? Check out the stories written by some of our Fanfic authors in the Fangreader’s Group. More being added~ so stay tuned.

The Fairy's Blood ~ One of my newest hobbies has been RPing on Twitter. Aev is my character. She is a full blooded Fae descended from royalty but ran away from her family’s kingdom a couple of centuries ago. Making the most of her freedom away from the Fae Courts, she has met the most amazing people and has incredible adventures. Aev has worked for and later became close friends with @SheriffArea_9. My dearest friend and halfling @Ari_RP has become his bonded. They are a remarkable and passionate couple. Unfortunate circumstances led @Kitten_lvs_Kink away from her home, but I am very glad that it led her to live with me as my dear friend. She has become mated to @Deathomen who is a cursed guard from my past and still sees fit to try and still protect me. Unfortunately we are trapped in a dimension of goblins and a very large spider. Watch as our Story Line will resume soon.

Laughs as I look at the above list~ Julie, I think I really need to go to Blogger’s Anonymous!!

As always I welcome your comments and suggestions~ Let me know if you have any reading recommendations.

This week on Fairyblood’s Fantasies

Be on the look out for True Blood info and opinions, Contests and Awards Ceremony, the new Charlaine Harris Book and The Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning