Competition: One Sentence Fiction Challenge

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One Sentence Fiction Challenge

The longest grammatically sentence ever written in the English language was 13,955 words. For this competition, you'll have to channel a small piece of that writer's energy.

For this fiction, there is no minimum or maximum word count. Instead, your job is to write the longest story you can in a single sentence that is at least loosely grammatically correct.

The prompt is what I call: A Day In The Life. You will be writing about anything your character might consider part of a normal day, no matter how others would view it. The prompt is meant to be open ended to allow maximum freedom when trying to write a single sentence.

Rules: - Participants must submit entries in .pdf, .doc, or .docx format, or use the submission text field (markdown capable). - Entries have no minimum or maximum word requirements. - Your story must be centered on one of your dossier-linked characters, be it your Main, Alt, or other slotted NPCs. Additional NPCs, including ones listed on the wiki or created/invented to tell your story in this fiction, are allowed and strongly encouraged. - Due to the length of fictions, Clusters of Ice will not be awarded.

Grading will be done primarily on word count while staying loosely grammatically correct, and with the length of stories being weighted heavily. Creativity of the story will be taken into consideration as well, and will be the primary method of breaking ties for similar length stories.

Competition Information
Organized by
Jade Hext
Running time
2024-06-04 until 2024-06-11 (8 days)
Target Unit
Entire DJB
Competition Type
Fiction
Awards
Second Level Crescents
Participants
24 subscribers, of which 13 have participated.
Results
Member
Duke Alex Draconis
File submission
Single Sentence Fiction.pdf
Placement
1st place
2nd place
Zyrethi Armis
Member
Zyrethi Armis
File submission
Zyrethi's Story.docx
Placement
2nd place
3rd place
Cymbre Kall
Member
Cymbre Kall
Submission
Cymbre Kall opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement
3rd place
Member
Combat Master "Aequitas" Anderson
Submission
Combat Master "Aequitas" Anderson opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement
4th place
Member
Battlelord Katrila
Textual submission

Katrila, a skilled Sith and lithe Togorian, started her day before dawn with a series of aerobic exercises that honed her sleek, feline form, followed by a covert rendezvous in the shadowy Lower City of Taris with a potential client and an afternoon spent negotiating a high-value deal with high-level executives of a corporate arms dealer in one of their upper level conference rooms before a brief meditation session in the evening to center herself amidst the stress and chaos of her chosen profession and a late-night debrief with her loyal pilot and bodyguard, Jax Calderon.

Placement
5th place
6th place
Benn Nevis
Member
Benn Nevis
Textual submission

Benn walked into Discussions to start his day as the premiere chef at the Jedi Praxium by lighting the fires, heating the oil, defrosting the Bantha steaks, chilling the blue milk for the frappé drinks, and turning on the lights.

Placement
6th place
Member
Dr. Bril Teg Arga
Textual submission

Bril and Minnow made dinner together, but Bril used to many spices -- so many spices, in fact, that it made Minnie cry, and he paid for it for the rest of the night.

Placement
7th place
Member
General Socorra Tenebrosa Nhar’qual Erinos
Submission
General Socorra Tenebrosa Nhar’qual Erinos opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement
8th place
Member
Proconsul Diyrian "Diy" Grivna
Textual submission

It was a motherkriffing hot day on Selen, so Diyrian decided to go to the boba tea vender -- except they were all out of boba tea.

Placement
9th place
Member
Blade Master Nero Ashraven
Textual submission

Ryuu swung *Jirotachi* in a downwards motion for the twentieth time in a row.

Placement
10th place
Member
Master Seraine "Erinyes" Taldrya Ténama
Textual submission

Devastation.

Placement
Participation only
Member
Hand of the Emperor Korvyn
Textual submission

Why tho?

Placement
Participation only
Member
Warlord Vincent Brujah
Submission
Warlord Vincent Brujah opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement
Participation only