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Welcome to Author of the Week with your host

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!

A huge thanks to everyone for their submissions of the 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*

Dictionary | Good

Trivia | Xelashii

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

This week is games week! The theme is…

Wrapping it up!

There will be three word games to complete this week - good luck gamers!

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!

rpesstne

niorbb

rafnrgcae

olhaolc

igtf repwdpa
ohpsigpn

rgpnwipa pepra

iitgngf

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.

1. “Miracle on 34th Street” centers on what real-life department store?

2.  The celebrated “Christmas Truce” temporarily halted fighting during what war?

3.  What is the name of the Grinch’s dog?

4.  In the song, The Twelve Days Of Christmas, what gift is given on the 9th day?

5.   How many Scrabble points for the word ‘Christmas’?

6.   In which city does the film “Love Actually” predominantly take place?

7.   What’s the name of the alcoholic drink made from champagne and orange juice popular at Christmas?

8.  What plant is known for its bright red and green leaves and is associated with Christmas?

100 diamonds, 100 snowflakes and an exclusive badge are automatically given!

Word search time! We will provide you with 10 words which are Christmas carols or songs that you need to find on the grid provided! Please only use YELLOW highlighter for your submissions - basic, right?! You may click HERE to view a larger image.

100 diamonds, 100 snowflakes and an exclusive badge are automatically given!

Game entries and writing entries must be submitted by:

Sunday 22nd December 2024 8PM GMT.

There is still time to take part in last week's creative writing theme here.

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 in-game or via Discord!

All’s fair in love and poetry,

childish
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