Competition: [LOREFEST] October 2021

Sitrep

LOREFEST is a monthly Voice-sponsored fiction competition that awards bonus Clusters of Ice and First Level Crescents.

The topic for the month of October is Waking Terrors.

Sleep has become a shadow of a memory, the elusive state you've gone so long without. It was irksome at first, tossing and turning to no avail, but as the days kept coming, while rest did not, it grew into something more. Irritability grew into rage. Rage grew into desperation. Desperation grew into a transformation of the sense. Now without sleep for so many days, the terrors of your dreams now haunt your every moment.

Attempt to find the cause for your sleeplessness as you attempt to ward off the nightmares before they claim as one of their own.

Rules

• Participants must submit entries in .pdf, .doc, or .docx format, or use the submission text field (markdown capable).
  • Any entries written in a GoogleDoc must be exported as a PDF for submission.
  • It is highly recommended to submit in a PDF format.
• Entries must be a minimum of 500 words. Any entries that are under 500 words will be disqualified and ineligible for participation or placement.
• There is no maximum word cap.
• Your story must be centered on one of your dossier-linked characters, be it your Main, Alt, or other slotted NPCs. Additional NPCs, including ones listed on the wiki or created/invented to tell your story in this fiction, are allowed and strongly encouraged.
• A snapshot of the primary character’s loadout must be selected and submitted with your entry via the checkbox submission field on the competition page.
• This competition will award up to 4 bonus Clusters of Ice at a rate of 1 per 500 words.

Grading

Grading will be done utilizing the official Fiction Rubric.