Lost Places Contest 2022

Faraway Stories from Lost Places

Many places have been lost to time. Some have faded from reality, others were obliterated by catastrophe. Yet others, perhaps, may still exist, drifting aimlessly in the great expanse, irreversibly severed of all connections.

We may never be able to return to these lands, but their voices still echo in the stories past told. To participate in this contest, write an article featuring a place that has been lost.

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The contest is over!

Congratulations to Ascriber for first place with a rating of +13 on Wanderer, Weeper, Brother's Keeper, and to Vizlox for second place with a rating of +10 on Collapsing Sprawl. Finally, congratulations to Worm that Walks for third place with a rating of +8 on The Spheres.
This was a really great contest. So many good entries, each of which felt very unique and explored new ground for the site. And lots of people voted on the entries, too. Thank you to everyone who participated!

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Submissions

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Contest Entry	Author
The Spheres	Worm that Walks
Collapsing Sprawl	Vizlox
A Journey to a Past	Egg2
Altered Hospital	jan Jejasa
Valley Of The Choir	Nautilus98
Versunken Zeitlos Krankenhouse	Nautilus98
Crumbling Dungeons	VivamusLudio
Wanderer, Weeper, Brother's Keeper	Ascriber

+ 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 relates to a place that is now lost or destroyed.
   • 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. You are required to get crit like for any other article. Once voting begins, entries 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: August 1
• Voting Starts: September 12
• Voting Ends: September 19 at 11:59 PM EST
• Winners Announced: September 20