Iron Author Contest (This is the Creative Writing Contest)

[Amotis]

Aw okay, I shall bow out now. Not really, I'll be reading the next rounds too. So if you need another back up judge just call me, I'll be reading them anyway.

[Yawielas]

Will the next contest start before or after Christmas?

[Fat Daddy]

Will the next contest start before or after Christmas?

Most likely after Christmas. I plan on doing at least 1 contest per month, two if I can swing it.

[Dispozition]

Ok! This is the last update, although it will be edited often.

Vorpal Tribble vs. King of Griffons

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Vorpal Tribble

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This story is one of the better ones that I’ve read. It has a good plot and isn’t slow. The intro and the ending are the best parts of the story in my opinion, but the middle is also rather interesting. There’s something not quite right about the story, but I can’t tell what it is, sorry.
All up, great story, but lacking a little something.

King of Griffons

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Well, that’s good. The ending was surprising, but profound. The starting was a little confusing, but the rest of it came out loud and clear. The idea of ‘supermen’ are is kind of strange, and I don’t quite understand how they’re so super, if they’re killed as easily and a normal human, but aside form that, nothing really wrong with it.
All in all, awesome story that I enjoyed a lot, great work.

Verdict

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I don't know, this one is really hard to judge. Both stories are as good as each other. I'm not sure if I want to decide which one is better...Although I suppose I have too, so I'll say that King of Griffons wins. I liked his story better than Vorpal Tribble's one.

Unnaposed entries coming in a few days.

[Fat Daddy]

Okay folks. Thank you to Dispozition for completing his judgments. I have PM'd the other two judges and asked for them to submit their judgments as well. If we don't hear from them by Saturday Evening, I will contact the reserve judges and get this round all judged so we can start round 2.
Thanks to everyone involved for helping to get this off the ground.

[DarkLightDragon]

I promise that I'll judge more after I come home from a family Christmas get-together that I'm going to soon!

EDIT: It's very tempting for me to play WoW right now, but I promised I'd judge the remaining stories, so here I go.

EDIT 2: Two more entries up on page 7. Hopefully I'll remember to judge the rest after dinner. Mmmm, pizza!

EDIT 3: Dang, I forgot to judge the two (i think) remaining pairs. Hopefully tomorrow before my younger brother's birthday LAN starts. Which is not likely, because I love to sleep in. But I'll see what I can do.

[Fat Daddy]

DarkandEvil has stated an inability to perform judging duties at this time. I have contacted Death, your friend the Reaper to step in and help us out. If I don't hear back by this evening, I will step in and post my own judgments for those who don't yet have advancement determined.

EDIT: Okay so your friend and mine, The Reaper has agreed to help get this round judged. I apologize to the contestents for the delay in getting the judgments posted. I claim 'newborn baby girl' as my excuse for falling behind. Please bear with me as I adjust to my new (crazy) schedule.
Thanks.

[TheSilverKnight]

WOOT the OotS Gods have smiled apon me and stolen my MONTAGE! Idea 391 Eye of the Tiger, Baby

And congrats on the kid Fat Daddy whats her name?

Edit: I am sure Rich hasn't even read my story but when I saw the comic I was like "Thats all me and you know it!!1!two"

[Death, your friend the Reaper]

Ah, this is where they hide. I shall post after work in 10 or so hours. Sorry for the delay. Which one am I judging by the by (is eating breakfast as we speak)

[TheSilverKnight]

Ah, this is where they hide. I shall post after work in 10 or so hours. Sorry for the delay. Which one am I judging by the by (is eating breakfast as we speak)

Look on page 1 two of the brackets say judgement pending underthem those would be the ones.

I wonder what happens if you vote for the opposite story tho then it would require a 3rd opinion.

[Death, your friend the Reaper]

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Brickwalls

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Well, that one gave the grim reaper shivers....

I was a little lost at the end, but beside that it built up suspense awfully well. The kind of shock factor of killing an innocent baby worries me that that was the type of thing you would put into your story...

All in all a rather horrifying story with good use of the two things you where given.

On Average Joe's

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This was a rather mysterious and intriguing story, are aliens the real reason we are getting more and more wierdo's on the street, but I digress. The utilization of the story and the lyrics where also a good narrative technique. I am unsure what the attackers were done, but very good use of diction all up.

The Verdict

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I got to together three very highly intellectual(validity of this statement not important) individuals and came up with the conclusion (yeah, how lazy), not surprisingly the girl who tried to con me Saw III was about family reunions and puzzles, and great fun voted for Brickwalls, while the other two not as horror inclined voted for the phsycological thriller.

AverageJoes is the first placer.

((Now see one of the other judges write a paragraph in the comment section to show me up))

I had a nightmare trying to just find the entries...

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Vorpal Tribble

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A wonderfully written piece of work, the amount of detail is amazing, and it makes me wonder if you actually had anything else to do, I hear the country side is lovely this time of year...

All in all good use of both articles in a novel like short story.

King of Griffens

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Great story. The morals and the themes are prominent through out, and the reactions sadly believable.

Good sense of direction, didn't fully understand the super, but the story excels in condemning war.

The Verdict

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Very difficult, and my panel of judges wonder if The Vorpal Tribble is actually *insert name of famous writer, who I know I should know, but I forgot his name....* reincarnate.

As such, unless my priest find anything out Vorpal Tribble is the winner.

[TheSilverKnight]

^^
Coolness there is a tie that means there needs to be yet more voting. Gaa now round 2 will take longer to start.

[Brickwall]

Well, it seems I'm out, but I'd like the last judge to do comments anyway. Your compliments on my first ever attempt at quality horror make me feel fuzzy inside.

That said, I will be watching this contest carefully. Good luck to you all!

[Fat Daddy]

A big thanks to everyone's friend, the Reaper for stepping in and filling the judgment gap. I am going to step in and break the tie between Vorpal Tribble and King_of_GRiffons. So here it goes...

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I have already posted comments on both of these excellent stories so I will not repost them here.
Basically, I really liked both of these stories. They incorporated the articles well and were both very engaging to the reader. In the end though, King_of_Griffon's switching between tenses really detracted from the story for me and gave Vorpal Tribble the edge. Vorpal Tribble wins.

I will try and post the new brackets tonight. It may be rather late as I have next to no time with a toddler and a newborn right now. I'm lovin' every minute of it though. Stay tuned.

[Fat Daddy]

Sorry for the double post but everyone fell asleep and I find myself with a small window of time. Due to withdrawals and whatnot, we are going to do round 2 and 3 in brackets of 3 contestants.

ROUND 2
Z-Axis vs. Tanon Sharpe vs. averagejoe
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deadly phenomenon of Pern and a spice

TheSilverKnight vs. ZombieRockStar vs. Ravyn
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a submarine and an Iowa county

Yawielas vs. Elvaris vs. Vorpal Tribble
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a boxer and a Mississippi town
Good luck to everyone. I am putting in a few day extension due to the Christmas holiday. Entries for this round will be due Midnight December 30th (between Saturday and Sunday)
I hope everyone has a very merry Christmas!!

[Amotis]

Good luck all. If you need another judge just let me know. I know a lot of people are out for the holidays.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Yawielas vs. Elvaris vs. Vorpal Tribble
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a boxer and a Mississippi town

I think I speak for all three of us when I say, "Those stink."

[Amotis]

Mmm 548 people...

[TheSilverKnight]

Odd topic but I think this will be easy for me because I just happen to be studying the topic of WWII in WWII class(go figure) it will just have to be a diffrent genera that I am used to writing.

[Bryn]

Ooo... Dragon Riders of Pern. And a random herb . Those, to say the least, are somewhat hard to combine.

Not to mention that its ages since I read the Pern books, so my memories are kind of hazy... if they exist at all. I can't exactly re-read them.

I'll have to see what I can think of.

Finally, good luck to all contestants, and may the best fungus win!

[ZombieRockStar]

Shouldn't be too hard to combine my two. The question is: how to do it in an interesting fashion. (Without confusing the hell out of the judges again )

[Brickwall]

The only thing worse than the album I was stuck with is that boxer. Good luck, VT and others!

[averagejoe]

ROUND 2
Z-Axis vs. Tanon Sharpe vs. averagejoe
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deadly phenomenon of Pern and a spice

Okay, that's just silly. I haven't even heard of those books. And, an HERB!!! I mean, what the heck.

[Brickwall]

Herbs are easy. And if the guy who beat me gets 3rd place, he will have me to answer to!

[averagejoe]

Yessir.

Not saying I can't do it. I'm just grumblin' a bit.

[Tanon Sharpe]

Have fun, Z-Axis and averagejoe. I'm really sorry but a combination of now starting to work full time and then the fact that Christmas and New Year are kinda coming up soon mean that I won't be able to write anything before January, so I'm ducking out.

[DarkLightDragon]

((The first bracket's awesome! I actually have an idea for that! And that's before reading the articles!

Sorry with my laziness on the last lot of entries. I should get all of them judged this time!))

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Heh, Thread and an herb? I'd give my front teeth for those. I have no idea if I'll be able to get done in time. Christmas and rather poor subject material don't mix well

[Yawielas]

Actually, the boxer and the Mississippi town are much better than my previous brackets, with the japanese teachers and french composer:) I'm half finished with my story, so I hope to submit it in time.

[Fat Daddy]

Heh, Thread and an herb? I'd give my front teeth for those. I have no idea if I'll be able to get done in time. Christmas and rather poor subject material don't mix well

Well I did alot a few extra days due to the Christmas Holiday. If you all don't think it is enough, let me know and I will extend it out a few more days. I wasn't sure how much time would be sufficient without drawing it out too long.