Horror Contest 2022

The liminal world can be seen in many ways, but to most people it's unnerving… often disturbing. Explorers of liminality find themselves peering into the distorted simulacra of our homely comforts. They find what can only be described as upsetting.

To enter this contest, write any type of article that describes the horror, the creepiness or the eerieness of liminality. Consider… what do you find disturbing?

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The contest is over!

Congratulations to Almarduk for first place with a rating of +7 on Lost Iumalsk. Congraduations to knafflad and for second place with a rating of +6 on Bloodpool Catwalks. Finally, congradualations to Nautilus98 for third place with a rating of +4 on Voices Of The Dead.
This contest was a bit hectic, with Wikidot getting shut down halfway through the voting period, but by all means the contest was a great success. No longer do we have a shortage of horror themes in our site.

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Submissions

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Contest Entry	Author
Tree Line	Bloof
Mushroom Hole	Bloof
Bloodpool Catwalks	knafflad
Plastic Park	Nautilus98
The Deeper Blue	Nautilus98
Casa	Arzeer and redgi110
The Rural Backroads	ieatcrepes
Lost Iumalsk	Almarduk
Voices of the Dead	Nautilus98

+ Archived Contest Info

RULES

1. Site rules still apply to entries submitting to this contest.
2. Any type of article may be entered so long as it involves horror, creepiness or earieness.
   • Already uploaded articles cannot be entered but works-in-progress from before the contest may be entered.
   • Collabs are also accepted.
3. Votes by authors on their own entries will not be counted toward final scoring.
4. Unlike in previous contests, you are required to get crit like for any other article. Entries will be submitted using the module like in previous contests, but once voting begins, they will be moved to the default category and treated like regular articles.
5. Each author may submit up to three entries to the contest. Collaborations between multiple authors count as an entry for each author.

INFO

1. There will be a six week writing and uploading period followed by a one week voting period.
   • Voting will be disabled during the six week period and resumed during the voting period.
2. The contest winner will get the "contest-winner" tag on their article, the "Contest Winner" role on our Discord server and 5000 ActivityRank XP.
   • Second place and third place will get 2500 and 1000 experience respectively.
3. For determining winners, each author's highest rated entry will be considered and the rest will not.
   • If an author manages to write two or three articles that wind up in the top three rated entries, the author will be awarded a custom role on the Discord called "Contest Legend" and a bonus 1000 XP for each entry.

• If desired, authors may enter their articles anonymously. The benefit of uploading anonymously is that readers will not be biased for or against you when voting on the entry.
  • This will be done through a staff dummy account, and all anonymous entries will be uploaded simultaneously on the day voting is opened. In order to have your article uploaded anonymously, contact Vizlox.
  • Note that users who enter anonymously will still be required to get feedback on their entries, so if you wish to remain completely anonymous, you will be responsible for acquiring critique in private and getting crit from users who are willing to maintain your anonymity during the contest. Vizlox will ask for proof that you received at least the minimum required crit to enter. Information about anonymous entrants will be kept a secret unless it becomes necessary to bring to staff's attention, at which point it will be discussed between the admins.

DATES

• Writing Starts: March 30
• Voting Starts: May 13
• Voting Ends: May 31 at 11:59 PM EST
• Winners Announced: June 1

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Create a submission by entering the page's name which will appear in the url. For example, a level would be entered as "level-XX". If you are entering a tale or other article that doesn't have a common naming scheme, you can just enter the title. If you are unsure what to enter, feel free to ask a staff member for assistance.

Note: this module creates the entry under the contest category so that voting is disabled, but once the voting period begins on the 13th, all entries will be moved out of the contest category, which will change the URLs slightly.

(If this module doesn't work for you, create the page manually and add the tag "horror-contest-2022". You may ask a staff member for help.)