A huge thank you to Paige for the title and milk for our GFX!

Welcome to the spooky edition of Author of the Week with hosts

lil & childish!

This is a weekly article where you can showcase your word game skills by taking part in a number of fun literacy games based around a theme to win diamonds and badges! You can join us bi-weekly to show off your best creative writing for everyone to read and enjoy. There will be different prompt options for storytelling and poetry, which will be explained each time in the theme section of the article. 

For those of you who are new to AOTW, here are some basic guidelines:

1. Your submission must follow the theme. 

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

3. You must submit your answers as explained in the games submission form.

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

5. Only your first entry to any part of the article will be accepted. 

6. You must submit your writing piece by using ONLY Google Docs link

7. No copying work from other sources from anything online or actual books.

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

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

10. If more than one person answers correctly within the games and follows the correct format on the submission form, the winner will be selected via a random generator.

Do note more rules could be added in the future!

This week is a little bit spooky, so get your key-BOO-ards at the ready! Your task is to create a poem or short story using the picture prompt below…

Some ideas that may help you a skele-TON…

• Walking through a forest alone

• A mystery shadow following your footsteps

• A group of friends go for an adventure

• Lost in the woods

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

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

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

You will also receive a special edition Halloween badge for participating in any segment in the article!

We would like to thank everyone for their submissions of the three games for last week! As there were multiple correct entries, a random generator was used to pick our winners!

The winners for this week are… *drumrolls*

Wordsearch | .reese.

Dictionary | Allergies

Unscramble | lady

Congratulations to the winners! Diamonds and your badges are automatically given!

Let’s do a crossword!

There are ten words you need to find in order to complete the crossword, based on their spine-chilling definitions!

Please click HERE to see the crossword image, and only use imgur links to upload!

100 diamonds and an exclusive badge are automatically given!

Word search time!

We will provide you with twelve words that you need to find on the grid provided - no tricks here!

Please only use YELLOW highlighter for your submissions - basic, right?!

You may click HERE to view a larger image.

100 diamonds and an exclusive badge are automatically given!

Welcome to Unscramble!

Players need to attempt to unscramble the letters to form the correct word.

There will be 8 words in total to solve!

eklnoste

wtcih
troemsn hasm
eknitrennfsa

oospyk

kbrcmstioo

sfgan

ecklac

100 diamonds and an exclusive badge are automatically given!

 Game entries must be submitted by:

Monday 21st October 2024 08:00 AM BST

Writing entries must be submitted by:

Friday 25th October 2024 08:00 AM BST

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

All’s fair in love and poetry,

lil & childish

lillula. / _amesx