Competition: The Word on the Street - Short Fiction

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The Word on the Street - Short Fiction

Empress Rei's death sent the galaxy into a frenzy of gossip and conspiracy theories. To make matters worse, Shadow Palpatine Nighthunter's ascendancy to Scholae's Imperial throne so soon after Empress Rei's death has certainly raised a few eyebrows and gotten several more tongues wagging.

In this "Word on the Street" fiction competition, you are asked to set the scene about one of the many wild theories being talked about in cantinas across the entire galaxy. The more outlandish the gossip, the better! It can be sinister, hilarious or a completely improbable tale!

Rules

Entries must be a minimum of 500 words and a maximum of a 1000 words (+/- 100 words); therefor any entries that are under 400 words or over 1100 words will be marked as Disqualified.

Grading

Grading will be done utilizing the Fiction Rubric, but we will omit using "Realism" as a grading criteria, focusing instead on:

Spelling/Grammar/Mechanics (25%) Creativity (25%) Story (50%)

All entries will be eligible for grading feedback unless explicitly instructed otherwise.

Competition Information
Parent Competition
All Hail the New Empress!
Organized by
Ala'ar Rinn, Blade Mistress Shadow Nighthunter
Running time
2019-09-29 until 2019-10-25 (27 days)
Target Unit
Entire DJB
Competition Type
Fiction
Awards
Second Level Crescents and Clusters of Ice as per VOICE guidelines
Participants
8 subscribers, of which 4 have participated.
Results
1st place
Rivio Rosan
Member
Rivio Rosan
File submission
Word_on_the_Street.txt
Placement
1st place
2nd place
Nikora Rhan
Member
Nikora Rhan
Submission
Nikora Rhan opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement
2nd place
3rd place
Adept Xantros
Member
Adept Xantros
Submission
Adept Xantros opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement
3rd place
4th place
Mauro Wynter
Member
Mauro Wynter
File submission
Empress_Gossip.pdf
Placement
4th place