Hey everyone, welcome to Monthly SimLits - a short story competition! One which involves, coincidentally, writing short stories to the theme that is announced each month. This has been running since August 2015 and has always been hosted by the lovely
@Carewren123 , but sadly, she had to give up due to RL. So she passed on the hosting to
@Pegasus143 and
@SilentWolf101 .
To see the August 2015 - October 2016 submissions and read the entries from those months, go to Carewren's
original thread or click
here.General Guidelines:
- New "theme" is announced on the 1st of every month.
- Submissions must be in the form of a "short story".
- You have the whole month to write and submit your short story.
- Entries can be anywhere from 500-1500 words and contain anywhere from 1- 12 Sims-game screenshots. You can use a mix of Sims pictures and non-sims pictures, but you must use at least one picture you take in one of the Sims games. (Check the 2nd post - The post with the current theme - For any special rules/exceptions each month)
- You can write your submission on your blog or on a forum thread.
- To enter just post a message with a link to your submission for that month.
- You can use any Sims from any and all Sims games for these challenges even if you already use them in another story.
- At the end of the month we will all vote to pick a winner for that month. Voting will be open for 4-5 days after the end of each month. (The link to vote will be posted each time.)
- You may write more than one story each month, but you must select only one for submission into the challenge. If you do write more than one, then the one(s) you don't pick for the competition can be entered into the Just For Fun section.
- Please do not solicit votes.
If you participate in a challenge, feel free to display the banner below in your forum signature, blog, or wherever you want!
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There will also be banners for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place specific for each month. This way you can display a collection of them if you eventually win more than one challenge
Stories: Looking For Mum's Murderer | The Bachelorette | Fifteen
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Yes, I'm still working on my stories. But I am restarting them (again). Links will come when they're up.
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Each link will take you to a list of all stories submitted that month, as well as details of the theme.
This Year:
- January 2018: Misunderstandings
- February 2018: Seasons of...
- March 2018: True Colors
- April 2018: A Whole New World
- May 2018: April Showers Bring May Flowers
- June 2018: Is This A Fantasy Or Reality?
- July 2018: Weather or not?
- August 2018: Characters
- September 2018: The Next Pixar Short
- October 2018: Out of the Ordinary
- November 2018: Family Matters
- December 2018: Once Upon a December
2017:- January 2017: Anew I Submissions
- February 2017: A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words
- March 2017: A Tall Tale
- April 2017: Expect the Unexpected
- May 2017: "I'm sorry."
- June 2017: A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words
- July 2017: The Face Of
- August 2017: The Villain All Along
- September 2017: Vacation
- October 2017: Nightmare
- November 2017: Fear Will Be Thy Enemy
- December 2017: Reminiscence
2016:- January 2016: The Countdown
- February 2016: A Different Kind of Love
- March 2016: "I knew I had to find it before..."
- April 2016: Choose your screenshot
- May 2016: Growth
- June 2016: Balderdash
- July 2016: I Open With the Close
- August 2016: Summer Love
- September 2016: Late
- October 2016: So Spooky
- November 2016: 100 I Submissions
- December 2016: Gifted I Submissions
2015:I am confused .. I through it went thru the the 6th
LisabeeSims
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@lisabee2 @Carewren123 's vote is open for October, but ours is closed because we haven't officially started the new thread yet. Our first vote will be for November.
@chealsycat Thank you
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November's Theme: 100
This year is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Somme. In the spirit of the anniversary, what's something "100" in your sims game?
Special Rules:
None this month. The usual 1-12 screenshots, and 500-1500 word limit are still in effect.
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Submissions:
@rednenemon with Huiliang of the Hundred Days
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"For Fun" Entries: (Any stories listed here are inspired by the monthly theme, but don't follow all the rules of the challenge and aren't in the monthly poll. Sometimes writers can't put limits on their creativity, and that's all good. Enjoy!)
Yes, I'm still working on my stories. But I am restarting them (again). Links will come when they're up.
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The reason the link is under spoilers: The title has a name of a character is spoilery for anyone who's read Chronicles.
Part One(Complete 9/24/16) /Part Two(on hold)/Short Stories(on hold)/Twinbrook 1996(on hold)/Ten Crystal Hearts (on hold)
I own the TS3 Store as of 12/11/16 (sort of. It's complicated)
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Woohoo! I can't wait to see it! ^-^
Yes, I'm still working on my stories. But I am restarting them (again). Links will come when they're up.
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Woohoo! It makes me so happy to know that people are coming from the old thread over here and using this thread.
Yes, I'm still working on my stories. But I am restarting them (again). Links will come when they're up.
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So, the answer that we came up with was that it was more of a general concept. So, for example, the 100th day of something.
Yes, I'm still working on my stories. But I am restarting them (again). Links will come when they're up.
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Ohk. I just wanted clarification. That makes it easier. Thank you.
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November 2016: “Autograph”
outrun / blog / tunglr
Let's Procrastinate
Here's the entry! The No. 100 Bus
Do you also play The Elder Scrolls Online? You can find me there as CathyTea, too!
Can't wait to read it @CathyTea
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@mastressalita That's not fun I would love to read what your mind has cooked up. It's always brilliant!