#Competitions

[world-exploration]

FROM : the-charming-sexy

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[ohcheezusitsevie]

Evie's Quacktacular Spectacular Celebration (A Competition for No Reason)

Ducks are beautiful(Tommy: Oh, dear God...). And I wanted to celebrate their existence. January 19th is National Duck Day and January 13th is National Rubber Ducky Day...which is bull shit! Everyday, under Evie, is duck day. Why? Because there is nothing greater than a duck and a slab of cheese...man, I love cheese, too. Cheese goes with everything. And ducks? Man's best friend(Tommy: That is a dog, Evie, a dog). IN EVIE LAND...ducks are a man's best friend......Anyway, let's look at 5 great things about ducks!

Any questions so far?! (Finn: What planet are you from?). Daddy! (Tommy: Finn, we know Evie is...different, but let's just get on with it, eh....). Okay, good...any questions about DUCKS? (John: they go well with a nice fig sauce. Arthur: I do like a nice roasted duck...). We don't eat ducks in Evie land! Anyway, seeing as we don't have a single intelligent thought among us about the slide show...I'm moving on......

To celebrate the beauty of ducks, I will host a competition. It is not a serious one, but just something silly for laughs. Anyone in the Peaky Blinders fandom can contribute, whether or not they follow my story. :) As long as you are 18 and over. None of the sections are overly strenuous or hard, but all three are incredibly silly. Please enjoy and there will be prizes! You can join all three, but you cannot submit more than one submission per a game. :) All entries must be submitted by Friday, January 3rd at 8:00pm EST. All winners will be announced Saturday, January 4th at 8:00pm EST. Some Rules: ---> You can enter all three games, but you can only submit once per a game. You can win a spot in all three, but you can't win #1 in more than one.

---> You don't have to follow Novashelby or ohcheezusitsevie, but all submissions have to be submitted to ohcheezusitsevie. You want to submit it through the ask box and you can't be on anon!

---> For the drawing, it has to be YOUR OWN. For the joke, you can use a previously published one, just tell me where you got it.

In game one, you will submit a little drawing that you did of a duck. You are probably wondering to yourself, I CAN'T DRAW. And guess what? You should still do it because it is funny and for fun. I am not judging on accuracy or artistic skills. I am judging solely on how much I smiled and giggled. :) This drawing doesn't have to take fancy art supplies or a lot of time. Just a pencil is fine! Prizes: -> There are 3 winners spots and so, there are 3 prices. ->1st Place: You will win a 1,000 word one-shot. Nova, my creator, will write anything of your choosing within the Peaky Blinders Fandom. It can be an OTP, smut, fluff, Y/N, and so on and so forth. ->2nd Place: You will win an 800 word one shot that abides by the same rules as above. -> 3rd Place: You will win a 500 word One Shot that abides by the same criteria as above!

This one is really silly! And kind of a lie because...there are no ugly ducks(Finn: Really? I can name one-OW!). Ignore him, he's insignificant. In this game, you will find the "ugliest" duck picture you find and submit it. The one that makes me snort my choccy milk out of my nose the hardest, wins. These pictures should be kind to the ducks...obviously nothing that shows abuse or neglect. We don't like that in Evie land. And no ducks with fig sauce on it, either....(John: ☹️). Prizes:

->There will be three winners, and so there will be three prizes.

-> 1st Place: You will win a Moodboard of your chosen theme, and Nova will surprise you with a 200 word drabble. ->2nd Place: You will win a Moodboard of your chosen theme, and Nova will surprise you with a 100 word drabble. -> 3rd Place: You will win a Moodboard with a 50 word drabble of your choice.

For this game, you can either send in an original joke or the funniest one you find. They have to be duck oriented, but no jokes about abuse or eating ducks. :( Only duck friendly jokes. If you get it from elsewhere, you should tell me where. :) And the joke that makes daddy laugh the most, wins. (Tommy: what?! Evie, you can't just subject people to things...I did not agree to this. Am I being compensated?). And that will be hard, considering Daddy hasn't laughed since 1914.....I'll give him some whiskey before...

Prizes:

-> There will be three winners and three prizes!

->1st Place: 350 word drabble of your chosen themes and characters. -> 2nd Place: 250 word drabble of the same criteria as above. ->3rd Place: 150 word drabble of the same criteria as above!

Well, that's it for now folks! I urge everyone to join whether or not they are familiar with me. :) It is all for silly laughs and fun, and Miss. Nova just wants people to have a good time. There is no need to follow or be following Nova or me. Remember, all submissions should be entered here at this blog, not Novashelby. If you have any questions, remember to ask them at this blog as well. :) Remember, adhere to the deadlines and rules.

Have fun my ducky friends!

[dramioneasks]

Hi there, I’m looking for a fic I’ve forgotten the title of - it’s AU, I think. Draco and others (might have been a Nott but I’m very unsure, could also be other Deatheaters) had to compete in a tournament for Hermione. I believe the fic/a chunk of it was also inspired by King by Florence and the Machine. Hermione would’ve been won by the winner of the competition. I believe Lucius wanted to prevent Draco from winning as well.

Hope you can help, I didn’t get to finish it! Lots of thanks <3

Hi, anon from one of the last questions here (tournament fic)! I just remembered: Hermione grows up with the Notts, and it’s Theo’s older brother competing for her alongside Draco, but he’s super controlling and Hermione finds she’d rather be “won” by Draco. Maybe this helps!

Anyone?

Edit: Thanks!!

mairio: house pet! https://archiveofourown.org/works/38484064/chapters/96182521 if-moana-hates-the-sea: Is this not House Pet? breccaco: House Pet by NinaBinaBallerina!!

[awesomecooperlove]

WILIAM COOPER - THE ROMAN CIRCUS

🧅🧅🧅

[the-lark-not-the-dove]

I have four potential pieces to enter into the fair. The two pieces with the most votes are the ones I will enter. (I would enter them all but I don't have the materials to protective seal all 4 of them) (I have to print them off)

[nicothesleepy]

HOLY FUCK I HAVE COMPS FOR COLORGUARD NEXT WEEK. SOMEONE GOVE ME HCS TO COPE IM SO SCARED.

[downthetubes]

Puffin Books has announced their Graphic Novel Competition, an initiative that aims to seek out, nurture, and publish new graphic novel creators from communities under-represented on the nation’s bookshelves

[dracothedeatheatingcupcake-ao3]

Wearing Your (not) Boyfriend’s Clothes Part 2 (Ishimondo Week 2024, Day Four)

And despite not knowing if I'd be able to finish or not, here's day four's entry! It's a continuations of yesterday's fic, since the premise worked for both "role swap" and "competition." This just finishes up the competition I introduced in the first chapter. Both of them. ;-)

I don't have too much more to say, other than I will be posting my next (and prolly last) fic for Ishimondo week tomorrow! This one is in Taka's POV and is also sweet. Just dumb fluff and angst in the form of Taka's anxiety. :-) I still need to finish the ending, but I should hopefully be able to do that before the morning. :-)

You can find the chapter here

Chapter 1

Summary:

“Am I… am I having a stroke…? I’m having a stroke, aren’t I?” Leon asks, eyes wide as he looks at the rest of their classmates at their usual table, who are looking as confused and freaked out as he is. Mondo lets his eyes wander the room then, feeling both giddy and nervous when he sees that they’re currently the center of attention of the whole room. …  “I wouldn’t think so, Kuwata-san. It seems that the esteemed Ishimaru-san and Owada-san have simply decided to merge their beings together to create the ultimate symbol of hope. How wonderful,” the weirdo Nagito suddenly chimes in, cheery voice as grating as always. Mondo turns his glare to the weirdo, but doesn’t say anything, like he usually would. Sadly, while Mondo usually never hesitates to curse the fucker out whenever he’s being his creepy, weirdo self, Taka tends to ignore him, unless he’s breaking the rules. Which he usually isn’t, unfortunately. Being weird isn’t against the rules, Taka always claims.  But then— “Fuck off, Nagito,” Taka suddenly states boldly, a scowl on his face that is such a good imitation of Mondo’s usual scowl that he honestly can’t look away even if he wanted to. 

[sarahreadsdccomics]

shame blog #9

i fucked up on my science presentation bad. i lost a nice earring my mom bought me. didn't bake anything for valentines day like i usually do. honestly never getting around to doing science fair, science studying, or history studying. really far behind on my art project. my hw is rotting in a corner while i rot in bed.

start a shame blog so u too can shame urself on the internet to get ur shit together

[enormous-moose]

Anyone who says American cooking shows are the worst obviously wasn't around for the baked Alaska debacle of the great British bake off.

[world-exploration]

canoesfera

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[manonamora-if]

Another late weekly devlog... but this time I didn't forget, YAY! Also taking this space to announce I will be more or less offline for the next two weeks at least. I may pop up here and there, maybe dropping some stuff unannounced...

Anyway, let's recap what's been done this past week(s):

This is super recent - aka just now - and completely done last minute, but I've added another template to the Template Assets page! The Title Page Template, with 7 different ways of making a simple title/menu/landing page for SugarCube Projects (both with the BaseUI and Custom). Download it here!

Also complete, published and downloadable, is the SugarCube Guide! Loads of words, loads of code, updated explanations and fixed examples. And now you can use it offline! Get it there!

Also, I should have access to a Mac laptop in a few days (for a week), so I'll try to see how to make the Tweego Folder useable for Mac computers!

Also, also, I'll be adding all these to GitHub soon (promise) so to track issues report in the repos...

Anyways, if you've tried any of those assets, consider leaving a little comment or a rating :) Or send me the link to your project!

MelS completed all edits for Chapter 5 and sent it back to me. I'm doing one last sweep at the document for missed comments and grammar before I'll start coding.

In the meantime, he's back writing for Chapter 6.

It's been busy town here lately, so not much more progress on anything else. I've mainly been playing games in my down time (see @manonamora-if-reviews, I'm trying to finish the Comp 2 months late!) or trying to hack at projects, or organising secret stuff.

Loads of stuff happening in the close future:

The ShuffleComp entries will start trickling in in the next few weeks. Voting will start just after the New Year!

The SeedComp Round 2 has started! If you are looking for an idea to make a game, almost 100 seeds were submitted this season. Deadline to create a game based on those seeds is end of February!

Made a short game this year (>30min play)? Want people to talk about it? Check out the IF Short Game Showcase! They accept up to 3 entries!

Also recently started, the annual Partim 500. It's like the @neo-twiny-jam but in French and with a theme!

The Second Round of the XYZZY Awards will be happening very soon.

Other fun stuff happening soon:

The Queer Vampire Game Jam starting in January

The Zack Jam starting in January

The Text Adventure Literacy Jam 2024 (parser IF) starting in March

The SpringThing also in March (you need to submit an intent before March!)

Other jams happening with the @neointeractives (TBA)!!

I think that's about it for now :)

I'm going back to pressing business :/

[dramioneasks]

Hello friends 🌸 im looking for suggestions for a No Voldemort fic where Hogwarts students are in a “witches VS wizards” competition? Kind of like the beginning of This Witch’s Place by 66grf99. (If not a battle of the sexes, then something rife with House competitions). Thank you in advance 🥰

The Final Competition by EmmaJeanKaBean - E, 5 chapters - On the eve of her graduation from Hogwarts, Hermione Granger embarks on one last competition to prove who is the best. A sex competition to be exact, with Draco Malfoy no less. May the best lover win!

Admit It by galnkay - E, one-shot - Hermione and Draco have always been competitive.

It was a Pickles Kind of Day by Mermaidflete - E, one-shot - As 8th year begins, the Slytherins decide to have some fun. Gryffindors are ready to fight back What could possibly go wrong?

-Lisa

[fieriframes]

[I'm the only one that makes the rub And everything changes you, and you change everything. I've used this in competitions.]

[tiikerikani]

Because my motivations for and my way of painting is very vibes-based and experimental rather than about skill, given my experience last year with the ridiculously technically well-executed but often kinda boring work (even in the Novice category) I was very hesitant to enter stuff in the Ropecon miniature painting contest this year.

However, the organizers decided to take a page from various international contests and switched to an open competition format, which means that instead of awarding first, second, and third in each category, they can give out as many gold, silver, and bronze awards in each category as they feel deserve it. Think of it like committing to have multiway ties. (Each standard category, i.e. those by figure type, still has a single "best of category" award.) This works well for large contests with a lot of participants (top-tier international events have thousands upon thousands of entries) and I guess this is getting kinda big, and maybe the same handful of people won't sweep all the prizes.

There's also the benefit that a competitor can enter multiple different works in the same category (and you can be awarded either for individual pieces from your entries, or your whole lot). The idea being that you can show off more of your stuff as well.

So, I figured I'd throw a bunch of stuff at the Beginner (still think Novice is a better translation) category and see if anything sticks. Honestly not very optimistic that being able to give more prizes would mean the bar to getting one would lower by much.

But hey, get this

(You haven't seen a couple of these yet, since registering them in the contest made me finish them.)

I think I spent the longest on that figure.[1] I couldn't tell you what exactly they liked about it—you can get feedback from the judges if you want but I have a policy against asking for general feedback (regardless whether complimentary or critical).[2] I'd say my favorite parts of it are everything except the human figure itself—the base, the cloak, the weapons. I eventually did put some proper snow texture paste on it too, and this may or may not have been a mistake...

Anyhoo, when you get the commendation card it means you're in the running for a trophy!

They are ridiculously cute.

I guess I'll have to paint the category and year onto the nameplate area on the bronze trophy myself. (which is fine, I can do tiny lettering.)

They'd set up a photobooth with a proper camera and all to take the photos of the winners for the awards show but they were kind of terrible? I can take better pictures with my phone:

And I really am not aiming for the same level of technical perfection as folks who do this so-called "display painting"[3], so I don't feel particularly eager to "graduate" to the standard categories. (Also yes, you could still say the same handful of people swept the gold (and a lot of the silver) trophies, but more people got to take home at least a bronze.) But maybe the competition isn't quite big enough yet to split off professional painters into their own categories.

So I think I'd still prefer to show my work in a non-competitive way. Especially if it means I can provide some interpretive context since so many of my pieces are quite personal. I dunno, I feel that making art, or at least what I make, shouldn't be a contest. If they could have a non-competitive display area it might let people show more experimental or joke/gimmick pieces that aren't necessarily high on the technical scale. Might even encourage beginners to share what they're doing instead of being scared off by the sheer quality of work overall.

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[1] The turquoise cape and black skirt on the other one also took a substantial amount of time but I don't remember how much

[2] I was somewhere else and wouldn't have had time to ask anyway.

[3] I don't play games with my figures, so any piece I am happy to share on social media is a "display" piece to me.

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Bonus picture: somebody's really tiny bust. The pieces are from the same wizards kit that I used for my band tribute figures.