Author of the Week #40
Posted by violet on the 26th of November 2024
A huge thank YOU to user milk for our amazing GFX!
Welcome to Author of the Week with hosts
violet & childish
This is a weekly article where you can showcase your word game skills by taking part in a number of fun literacy games based around a theme to win diamonds and badges! You can join us bi-weekly to show off your best creative writing for everyone to read and enjoy. There will be different prompt options for storytelling and poetry, which will be explained each time in the theme section of the article.
For those of you who are new to AOTW, here are some basic guidelines:
-
Your submission must follow the theme.
-
Only the user who submitted will receive the prize.
-
You must submit your answers as explained in the games submission form.
-
Keep your submission Suitable For Work (SFW) at all times. All NSFW entries will be denied as an entry.
-
Only your first entry to any part of the article will be accepted.
-
You must submit your writing piece by using ONLY Google Docs link
-
No copying work from other sources from anything online or actual books.
-
All short stories need to be approximately 100 to 1000 words.
-
Using ChatGPT or any other AI will be denied as an entry.
-
If more than one person answers correctly within the games and follows the correct format on the submission form, the winner will be selected via a random generator.
Do note more rules could be added in the future!
We want to thank everyone who submitted their stories and poems! We enjoyed reading them all! We encourage you to submit again, even if you didn’t win this time. The theme last time was: Setting the Scene!
Click the user above to view their submission!
Congratulations to the winners! Diamonds, credits, and duckets are automatically given. Contact violet or childish for your badge!
1st Place: 1000 Diamonds, 30,000 Credits, Gold Badge
2nd Place: 800 Diamonds, 25,000 Credits, 20,000 Duckets, Silver Badge
3rd Place: 600 diamonds, 20,000 Credits, 10,000 Duckets, Bronze Badge
The theme for this week is…
Picture Prompt Challenge!
This week, we challenge you to write a short story or poem based on the above fantasy themed picture. We are looking for good punctuation, creativity based around the wintery theme, utilising creative aspects from the above picture and captivating articulacy to keep us wanting to read more!
Please click here to see the image in a larger format!
Let's play dictionary! All you have to do is guess 8 words relating to the definition given! The words will begin with the letter next to the definition.
C- an animal, as distinct from a human being
F- moving or able to move through the air with wings
M- a large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature
M- possessing great and impressive power or strength, especially because of size
F- displaying or engaging in violence, combat, or aggression
S- a weapon with a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard, used for thrusting or striking and now typically worn as part of ceremonial dress
A- the metal coverings formerly worn to protect the body in battle
D- a short knife with a pointed and edged blade, used as a weapon
100 diamonds and an exclusive badge are automatically given!
Word search time! We will provide you with 10 words that you need to find on the grid provided. Please only use YELLOW highlighter for your submissions - basic, right?! You may click HERE to view a larger image.
100 diamonds and an exclusive badge are automatically given!
We would like to thank everyone for their submissions of the three games for last week! As there were multiple correct entries, a random generator was used to pick our winners!
The winners for this week are… *drumrolls*
Dictionary | Poppy
Wordsearch | Floradelis
Crossword | aw
Congratulations to the winners! Diamonds and your badges are automatically given!
Game entries must be submitted by:
Sunday 1st December 2024 8PM GMT
Writing entries must be submitted by:
Sunday 8th December 2024 8PM GMT
For other questions/concerns, please do not hesitate to approach us in-game or via Discord!
All’s fair in love and poetry,
violet & childish violet / lillula. childish / _amesx
congrats!!!