Author of the Week #42
Posted by childish on the 10th of December 2024
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Welcome to Author of the Week with hosts
violet & 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:
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Your submission must follow the theme.
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Only the user who submitted will receive the prize.
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You must submit your answers as explained in the games submission form.
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Keep your submission Suitable For Work (SFW) at all times. All NSFW entries will be denied as an entry.
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Only your first entry to any part of the article will be accepted.
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You must submit your writing piece by using ONLY Google Docs link
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No copying work from other sources from anything online or actual books.
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All short stories need to be approximately 100 to 1000 words.
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Using ChatGPT or any other AI will be denied as an entry.
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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!
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. The theme last time was: Fantasy Picture Prompt Challenge!
Click the user above to view their submission!
Congratulations to the winners! Diamonds, credits, and duckets are automatically given. Contact violet or childish for your badge!
1st Place: 1000 Diamonds, 800 snowflakes, Pink Tie, 30,000 Credits, Gold Badge
2nd Place: 800 Diamonds, 600 snowflakes, 25,000 Credits, 20,000 Duckets, Silver Badge
3rd Place: 600 diamonds, 400 snowflakes, 20,000 Credits, 10,000 Duckets, Bronze Badge
The theme for this week is…
The build up to Christmas!
We challenge you to write a short story or poem with a festive theme! Here are a few prompts to help you, but feel free to be as creative as you like!
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Decorating the house
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Christmas shopping
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Christmas Eve
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Christmas traditions
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Christmas songs
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Your christmas childhood memories
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Spending time with family/friends
In this week's edition, the winner who places 1st will win the new Sleepy Dust Christmas wearable!
Let's play dictionary! All you have to do is guess 8 words relating to the definition given! The words will begin with the letter next to the definition. This week you will need to guess the 2 words from the 2 letters given that follow the 2 letter word definition. E.G SW- Santa’s Workshop.
C T- an evergreen or artificial tree decorated with lights, tinsel, and other ornaments at Christmas
B D- a public holiday celebrated on the first day (strictly, the first weekday) after Christmas Day
C C- a cylindrical stick of striped sweet rock with a curved end, resembling a walking stick
M C- used to wish someone an enjoyable Christmas holiday
S C- a plump, white-bearded, red-suited, and jolly old man in modern folklore who delivers presents to children at Christmas time
S B- a tinkling bell attached to the harness of a sleigh horse
S A- a shape made in snow by lying on your back and moving your arms and legs out and in, that looks like an angel
S S- a person who gives a Christmas present to another anonymously as part of a gift exchange arrangement within a group.
100 diamonds, 100 snowflakes and an exclusive badge are automatically given!
Welcome to our new game - trivia! This week, you need to answer the 8 trivia questions related to Christmas. Please see the questions below, and answer them using the google doc on the ‘submit’ icon.
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What is the gift for the 4th day of Christmas?
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What is eggnog also known as?
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Which one of Santa's reindeer has the same name as another holiday mascot?
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Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree?
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What was the first song broadcast from space?
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Which actor portrayed Scott Calvin in The Santa Clause?
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Which country traditionally eats KFC on Christmas?
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In Finland, what animal is believed to bring presents, similar to Santa?
100 diamonds, 100 snowflakes and an exclusive badge are automatically given!
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 | vx
Unscramble | fairies
Congratulations to the winners! Diamonds and your badges are automatically given!
Game entries must be submitted by:
Sunday 15th December 2024 8PM GMT
Writing entries must be submitted by:
Sunday 22nd December 2024 8PM GMT
Please NOTE: Everyone who participates in Author of the Week throughout the Christmas period will receive a limited edition badge!
For other questions/concerns, please do not hesitate to approach us in-game or via Discord!
All’s fair in love and poetry,
violet & childish
violet / lillula. childish / _amesx
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