A huge thank YOU to user milk for our amazing GFX!

Welcome to Author of the Week with hosts 

lil & cotton!

This is a bi-weekly article where you can showcase your best writing for everyone to read and enjoy. There will be options from all different stories of storytelling and poetry, which will be explained each week in the theme section of the article. 

Let your creative juices show and let your stories do the talking!

The rules for writing can be quite obvious, but to those of you who are new to the writing world, here are some basic guidelines:

1. No copying work from other sources from anything from online to actual books.

2. Your submission needs to follow the theme. 

3. All short stories need to be approximately 100 to 1000 words. 

4. Only the user who submitted will receive the prize.

5. You must submit your piece by using ONLY Google Docs link. Other websites will not be counted as an entry (e.g. PasteBin). Make sure to set the file name as [Author of the Week #_: Title by your username]

6. Using ChatGPT or any other AI will be denied as an entry.

7. Keep your submission Suitable For Work (SFW) at all times. All NSFW entries will be denied as an entry.

Do note more rules could be added in the future!

Please keep reading to the end to enter our literacy game to win 100 diamonds!

1st Place: 30,000 Credits, Gold Badge, 1000 Diamonds

2nd Place: 25,000 Credits, 20,000 Duckets, Silver Badge, 800 Diamonds

3rd Place: 20,000 Credits, 10,000 Duckets, Bronze Badge, 600 diamonds

A huge thank you to bulb for our new amazing badges!

PLEASE NOTE: If you place in the top 3 this week, you will not be able to place in the next article!

We want to thank everyone who submitted their stories and poems! We enjoyed reading them all! We encourage you to submit again even if you didn’t win this time. Last week’s theme was: Eid!

The winner this week is *drumrolls*

Click the user above to view their submission! 

Please be reminded that we do check for chatGPT/AI. If this is found your submission will be disqualified.

Congratulations to the winners! Contact lil or cotton for prizes!

The theme for this week is . . .

“The Tortured Poets Department”

This week is for all of our swifties out there as we are OBSESSED with the new album. Get your typewriter’s out (or just your laptop because who uses typewriters anyway) and prepare a story or poem that relates to you. Here are a couple of prompts to get you started:

Broken hearts

Love of my life

Short romances

Hatred

A meaningful story

Your favorite holiday destination (maybe London or Florida?)

Freestyle (write anything from the heart!)

These are only prompts—be as creative as you like!

Submit by 

Friday 10th May 2024 at 23:00 BST. 

Timestamps are noted, so get them in before then!

Click the submit picture above to turn in your work!

If you have any questions, concerns, or ideas, be sure to let us know! We will also be happy to provide you with any feedback on your writing by request.

BRAND NEW! We’re so excited to bring you an all-new segment for Author of the Week which is Word Search! We only have 1 basic rule for you to follow, only use YELLOW highlighter to grab the words. Once done, make sure to upload it via IMGUR and submit! Basic, right?

Winner for last week’s Word Search is…*drum rolls*

Allergies!

To view it in a larger image, click here!

Words to find this week are:

Fortnight

Daddy

Aimee

Down Bad

London

Florida

Peter

Albatross

Poets

Tortured

100 diamonds and exclusive badge are automatically given!

Click the button above to submit your answers. The winner will receive 100 diamonds. If multiple people score correctly then we will use a randomised generator to pick a winner.

You have till Friday 10th May 2024 23:00 BST. Good luck!

We have brought a popular game to Author of the Week! All you have to do is find 6 words relating to the definition given. The word will begin with the letter next to the definition. 

NEW! Please answer in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS

Winner for last week’s Dictionary is… *drum rolls*

hiwah!

S- an offense against religious or moral law

P-  having the quality or power of producing especially in abundance

T- inflict severe pain or suffering on

F- unit of time equal to 14 days (two weeks)

G- culpable of or responsible for a specified wrongdoing

A- feeling fear or anxiety; frightened

A- a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing 

P- A prediction of what will happen in the future

Diamonds and exclusive badge are automatically given!

Click the button above to submit your answers. The winner will receive 250 diamonds. If multiple people score correctly then we will use a randomised generator to pick a winner.

You have till Friday 10th May 2024 23:00 BST. Good luck!

For other concerns, do not hesitate to approach us in-game or via Discord!

All’s fair in love and poetry,

lil & cotton

lil / lillula. | cotton / dotpeppa