The Contest Details~

1) What: The Revolution Forum's Post-Valentine's Contest

Where: The Revolution Forum, Gakuen Alice Fanfiction Community

Who: All Gakuen Alice Fanfiction writers

How: Well, it's pretty long so you better check out the details below...

2) Organizer: Neo (who's gonna need a lot of help from anyone who could give it :))

The Challenge:

Write a Gakuen Alice romance fanfic with the following quote by Neil Gaiman in mind:

"Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love."

1. Interpret the quote in your own way. It could have any subgenre (comedy, fluff, angst, horror, whatever you want!) as long as it's still a romance fanfic. The story could be in an Alternate Universe (AU) or canon. Do NOT cite the quote in your story in any way, be it in dialogues or narrations.

2. It should be a one-shot. Word count will be a minimum of 1500 words.

3. Any character pairing is allowed. Yaoi and slash pairings are also welcome. M rated fics are allowed, as long as it follows FFN's guidelines (meaning, no explicit mature content).

4. The story should include one character's obsession for a favorite food or drink (or whatever treat).

5. The story should involve a character ending up in an embarrassing situation due to clumsiness.

6. Participants are expected to write responsibly. (Correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. are expected of them). Please proofread and edit your stories before submitting them.

Criteria:

- Originality (25%)
- Writing Style (25%)
- Relevance to the quote inspiration (and good integration of the elements of the challenge) (25%)
- Grammar, etc. (25%)

How to submit:

Contest submissions may be turned in till July 30, 2012 the forum's time.

Contest participants just need to publish their work on the GA fandom, putting "For the TR Contest" at the end of their summary.

Entries to be considered for judging should have their link posted on a thread (The Library) in the The Revolution forum. Please place "For the TR Post-Valentines Contest" after the link. You are free to leave any message if you wish in your post. Post here: https://login.fanfiction.net/forum/reply.php?sub=1&userid=3266440&forumid=98297&topicid=49753868&threadid=54211143&ppage=1

The Reward:

Bragging rights. (well, that's a given)

A place in the "Revolutionizers" thread in the forum. (This is a very huge honor, mind you. :))

And... *drumroll*

Three fanarts of the winning story, to be made by some members of the forum. (I will be creating one, rendered in watercolor) The scene and concept will be of the writer's choice.

Thorough constructive criticism (writing style, grammar, plot organization, etc. ) from the board of judges.

Important Note: All authors who will submit entries for the contest must agree that their writing will undergo concritting/beta-reading. They should agree that after the results of the contests are announced and the beta-reading of their works given to them, they should edit the document of their published fanfic accordingly. Submitting an entry means that you have agreed to this condition. :)