Rules

Contest Rules:


All entries must feature Eric Northman as the main character, but all others additions are up to you.


All entries must be a new one-shot (which can be extended or added to after the contest), between 3,500 and 12,000 words.


Entries must be BETA’d, if you need help finding one check out the thread in the Sookieverse forum, or search beta reader profiles by fandom. Don’t be shy, they won’t bite.

M rated stories may only be authored by those over 18 yrs of age.


All genres and styles will be included (AH/AU/Canon).


You may submit more than one story, but are limited to two entries, this includes 1 entry as a single author and 1 as a collaboration.

Collaborations are allowed.


If working within a historical time frame please research for the best accuracy, we are giving you plenty of time, so we mean business.

All entries must be submitted by the contest deadline of Sept 27- 12:00am mountain time.


This contest is anonymous and therefore you may NOT post the completed work to your own profile or any other site until the contest has ended. This is a blind voting process.


A story will be disqualified if the author does not remain anonymous and shares their identity, hints which is theirs. etc. Want to keep this as fair as possible.


Be creative, but careful with subject matter: any story that glamorizes rape, incest, adultery, unnecessary violence pedophilia, etc. will be considered inappropriate and will not be included for consideration. If your story requires a warning to readers please include one in the headings.


All entries must contain a disclaimer, (Charlaine Harris and any other author must be given credit for the ownership of all SVM characters).


Though this is not an exclusive contest for first time authors we do encourage you to get your fangs wet on this one.


Should the number of entries in each category of writers allow for it two categories will be considered for judging and votes, one for virgin and near virgin writers and one for those who have been pillaged by the Viking: the top from each will be awarded. One will be decided by judges’ choice and the other by public vote.

Headers must include:

First Blood Contest

Title:

Writer status: 1st time offender (virgin authors),

Parolee (near virgin authors),

or Serial (authors of more than two stories):

Beta:

Characters:

Disclaimer:

 

Any story that does not comply will not be admitted to the contest profile.
Submitting your entry:
Once your story is written and beta’d please contact the contest hosts at firstbloodcontest @ gmail (dot) com with your story attached. Include your pen name and a link to your ff.net profile in the body of the email. All documents must be sent in either Microsoft Word or OpenOffice formats. (Open office is available for free download at openoffice.org or download.com) Once reviewed your submission will be posted to the contest profile and on the blog. . Make sure your document is the way you’d like it to appear when posted, as we will not be making any edits for you. What you send is what we post.