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Guest Judges

Past Iron Pen Winner: Simaril
Past Iron Pen Challenger: MarilagML

Date: Saturday, April 7

Check-in: 1:30pm PST
Secret Ingredient Given: 2:00pm PST
Time Starts: 2:15pm PST
Time Ends: 2:45pm PST

Voting Ends: April 19
Winner Announced: April 20

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How It Works

You will get thirty minutes and a secret ingredient. The secret ingredient won’t be given until 15 minutes before the start of the thirty minutes.

Within the thirty-minute time frame, you must write a complete One Shot of any genre, pairing, length etc. of Twilight FF.

All authors will be required to write their entry within a Google Document during the Challenge. Each document will be monitored by an EBS beta, who will provide help with grammar and give creative feedback if asked to.

Winners will be determined by a point system with 2 guest judges and a public vote. Entries will be anonymous to everyone except for TwiNet Admin.

How to Play

1. On the day of the challenge, challengers are required to check in at 1:30pm PST via Twitter @Twi_Network.

2. When you check in, TwiNet Admin will share your Google Doc with you, and you will also be assigned an EBS beta.

3. The secret ingredient will be pasted into your Google Doc 15 minutes before the actual start of the challenge.

4. You have fifteen minutes to brainstorm and research before the thirty minutes begin.

5. You do not have to write the entire 30 minutes. However, at the end of the challenge, the EBS beta will lock the Google Document, so that you will not be able to edit it anymore.

6. The entries will then be up for a public vote on TwiNet’s FFn Account.

The Point System

1. You may not name a person, place, or thing, after the Secret Ingredient. If you do, you will not get any points for it.

2. You may use the Secret Ingredient in the narrative or as a dialogue.

3. Every vote you get in the public vote is worth 1 point.

4. The Guest Judges will score your entry (1–5 points) based on how you used the secret ingredient, originality, and overall presentation.

5. There could be bonus points, which will be mentioned in the Secret Ingredient.

The Prize

1. The title: Iron Pen.

2. A banner made by Christag Banners.

3. A feature on the Twi Network blog.

4. Bragging rights!

Requirements

1. You don’t need to be an author of TwiNet, but you do need to be following our Twitter account: @Twi_Network.

2. You must have a Google Account in order to edit the Google Document.

3. There is no word count minimum or maximum.

4. Obviously we aren’t looking for perfectly beta’ed pieces, but there is a thing called Spell Check.

5. If you aren’t 18 years or older, your entry must be PG13 or lower.

6. Collaborations are accepted.

7. Pre-writes are not allowed! When you come to the challenge, you must start off with a blank slate. This will be monitored by the EBS beta.

Tips for Winning

1. Come up with as many plots as possible, as vague as you can get, and make it fit with the story. Don’t wing it. To win you need fully realised ideas, like your pairing and the theme —heartbreak, marriage, friendship, a night out—anything at all, and captivating language. From missrebecca – Iron Pen June 2011 and December 2011

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