Competition: World Building With Words

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Hi WBGuild,

I’d like to welcome you to the first competition held by The World Builders Guild. The aim of this competition is to encourage the world builders out there to collaborate with the groups artists and create a description for a new environment/location.

Prizes


The winner will be announced in the WBGuild journal along with a link to their website and a bio about both themselves and any story or world they are creating. Added to that I’m also offering to draw a map of the winner’s world worth £80.

What You Need To Do



We have selected 10 images out of the environments folder. What you need to do is choose one of the images and write a description for that environment. Feel free to set it in your own world or create a new one.

When writing the description you should consider questions such as:

What is this place? Who lives here? What is its purpose? Does it have a history or a special significance for someone or something?

Note: This is not a novel or short story competition. Please see our Writers Corner for examples of acceptable description submissions or the tip's and examples article mentioned below. If you are in doubt then please send me an email or comment below and I will be happy to explain further.

Competition Tips and Examples



To help you with your submission to World Building With Words there is a second article that further explains what we're looking for and provides links to some examples. You can click on the thumbnail below to view this article:

World Building With Words Competition TipsHi WBGuild,
I’d firstly like to thank you for the great support we’ve had for the launch of this competition. Many of our affiliate groups have sent messages out to their members as have a number of the top writing groups on DA. So we’re looking forward to a rather exciting competition.
Now I know this is not your typical writing competition - where you write a story or poem about a number of characters experiencing a set of events - so I’ve written this article to provide examples, tips and help with your submission.  
If you don't know anything about World Building With Words then please see the below article for more information on the rules and how to enter.

It’s not a story competition?
You’re first question may have been “No stories? What do you mean no stories?” well this group



The Images To Choose From



These are the images you need to choose from when selecting the inspiration for your environment. All of the artists have kindly granted us permission to use their images for this competition; however you will need to provide credit to the artist.

A stranger in a strange land by JJcanvas popes cafe shelbyville by soraxtm The Staircase by Epar3D lighthouse concept by TylerEdlinArt Organic by MiroJohannes

Platripod City by Corwin-Cross Sea Castle by Skaya3000 Centaur Rendezvous Point by albino-Z Gallery by TheSphinx Engineering Corridor by TheSphinx

Providing Credit To The Artist

When you upload your submission to our DA profile please include a link in the description back to the image you’ve used for inspiration. This will help us to judge the entries and also give the artists the credit they deserve.

Who Can Enter The Competition?



The competition is free to enter though you need to be a member of The World Builders Guild. This is easy to do - either log into your DeviantART profile or create an account and then visit the WBGuild page and click “Join”. You will then be free to submit artwork to our group.

Where to submit your location.

Once you have finished the location description upload it to your DA profile and then submit the piece to the “Competition 2013” folder in the WBGuild. Submissions should be submitted as a “text” entry.

Judging



The winner will be chosen by the WBGuild moderators. In the event of a tied decision we may create a poll for the members to help choose however the moderators decision is final.

Descriptions will be judged on the following criteria:
  • Writing quality
  • Interpretation of the image
  • Quality of the idea
  • Believability of the environment (i.e. how well do you make us believe this place is real, even if it would never exist in our world)


Deadline


You have until the 30th April 2013. Judging will then take place in the month of May with the winner announced shortly after depending on how many submissions we get.

Submission: Don't forget that in order to qualify for entry your location needs to be submitted to the “Competition 2013” folder in the WBGuild gallery and submissions should be submitted as a “text” entry.

Only articles in the Competition 2013 folder will be judged.


Other Questions



How much should I write?

Feel free to write as much as you'd like about your location though a good benchmark would be around 500 - 2000 words.

Can I submit more than 1 entry?

Entries are limited to a maximum of 3 per person however each entry must use a different image for inspiration taken from the selection of images provided in this article.

Questions Below



If you have any questions or comments about this competition then please leave them in the comments below.
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Can we use more than one picture on one entry?