Competition: The Midnight Pen - May

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The Midnight Pen - May

A fictional competition instruction the subscriber with a prompt.

Every year on summer solstice, the local village sends a child to the sea cavern with a lantern. This year, the child didn't return. They have hired you to find them.

Please follow on from this prompt, and describe to us what your character does to investigate.

Story can be told using your main or alternate character(s) or even both. Entries need to be at least 500 words to place. Less for participation. Entries will be graded by the fiction rubric 3.0 Please submit entries as .pdf files or textbox entries.

Competition Information
Organized by
Dr. Lexiconus Qor
Running time
2025-05-19 until 2025-06-16 (29 days)
Target Unit
Entire DJB
Competition Type
Fiction
Awards
Second Level Crescents and Clusters of Ice as per VOICE guidelines
Participants
12 subscribers, of which 3 have participated.
Results
1st place
Tarvitz
Member
Tarvitz
Submission
Tarvitz opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement
1st place
2nd place
Duchess Jenni
Member
Duchess Jenni
Submission
Duchess Jenni opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement
2nd place
Member
Governor Bril Teg Erinos
File submission
Tales from Selen I_ Sporesong.pdf
Textual submission

Didn't finish sadly but I'll send you the finished result later if you want to read it.

Placement
3rd place