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Sing Me A Swan Song ContestMy very first Literature Only contest...
Sing Me A
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Wanna hear about it? :icontrollface:

Okay... calm the fuck down.

For those who don't know, allow me to explain...

What is a Swan Song?

"Swan song" is a metaphorical phrase for a final gesture, effort, or performance given just before death or retirement. The phrase refers to an ancient belief that the Mute Swan is completely silent during its lifetime until the moment just before death, when it sings one beautiful song.

What I'm looking for...

First of all, a Swan Song does not mean that your entry must be strictly related to Swans. Swan Song in itself

Original PlagiaristsWelcome to `OfOneSoul's first issue of...
How To Be
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... and for the Hell of it, the fictional fiction writer himself,
Richard Castle, will be hosting this article's .gifs.
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o·rig·i·nal [uh-rij-uh-nl]
adjective

belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something.

new; fresh; inventive; novel.

arising or proceeding independently of anything else.

capable of thinking or acting in an independent, creative, or individual manner.

created, undertaken, or presented for the first time.
Issue #1
We're gonna be honest here, you guys. As touchy as the subject may be - it needs to be brought up, and [even more], it n

Colors ContestPick a color, any color and write about it. Prose, poetry or stream of consciousness; it doesn't matter.
Guidelines

You must use only one color when writing your piece

Entries must include a link to this journal in the comments section

Prose can be no more than 2000 words and no less than 250 words.

Poetry can be no more than 75 lines including line breaks and no fewer than 3 lines

The piece must clearly define the color you have chosen, but does not have to name it directly

You must name the color you have chosen in the comments section

You do not have to be a member of the group #Daily-Lit-Deviations to enter, but we welcome you if you wish to join us

This contest is open to ever member of deviantART excluding judges.

Please post your entry at #Daily-Lit-Deviations in the Colors Contest folder.

This does n

Feedback For Favorites Contest

Created for `thorns' Complaint Challenge.
Feedback Generated As Of February 1st: 4,085
The Inspiration:
The +Fav and Run Phenomenon.
Have you ever received Favorites on your deviations, but did not receive any comments or critiques? Have you added a user's work to your Favorites, but never left them any comments or feedback on those pieces? Many would agree that while views and favorites are great, that comments and critiques are the most valuable. This contest aims to fill that void, by giving deviants a chance to return to the artwork they collected and provide feedback for it.
The Mission:
To leave Comments, Feedback, and Critiques on Deviations in your Favorites Collection.
Go through your Favorites Gallery, and comment on the deviations you find there that you did not leave a comment on. You may also

Dear Daddy's GirlDear Naive 15,

You're ignorant as Hell.

You dress in baggy blue jeans, wear an oversized hoodie every day, and never let your hair down. Students at school, and even your mom, think you're gay… and you don't even know.

All of your classmates blame you for a burn book that circulated after that Mean Girls movie. Everyone thinks you're a jealous bitch and secretly they mock you. How can you not see that?

Your teachers are all positive that you cut yourself and that you're always on drugs. Even now you have no idea why they ask you to take your jacket off during class. Could it be that you always wear long sleeves?

It's okay, sweetheart.

Writing Opportunities (Publishing)

Last updated 9th May 2013

We would love to hear feedback from people if they are using this! Have you entered something listed here? Have you won something? Are you actively using this? We want to ensure we are giving the community something worthwhile here- and please don't forget to add opportunities you find to the list too- the more people adding things, the better!
Hello all!
As writers, we always talk about “getting that piece published sometime” or “maybe submitting to a few places”, but how many of us actually eat our words and get on with it?
It was suggested that perhaps we could help nudge you guys by sharing with you the opportunities we know of. Personally, I'm not well explored, but what I do know is that the community is! Therefore this journal is a chance to share the opportunities you find.
How this is going to work?

If you find an opportunity, add a com

PROMPT CONTEST: JANUARYEach month #Shelf-of-Friends will hold a selection of prompts for group members to choose from. We hope through this that we can inspire others to write and create beautiful works.
The contest will end February 1st at midnight.

O v e r v i e w
To invoke inspiration, we have selected a format that group members must write in; we do this in hopes of motivating members to try and expand their abilities in other forms of writing. As for the prompt, there are three things members must choose from to use in the submitted piece and to help invoke inspiration:
a first line to be used in the beginning of the work;
a last line to be used at the end of the work;
a word to help invoke uniqueness for the piece.
a theme*only for the month of January, and other selected months.
*We suggest that you use only one, but if you feel the need to use all, that is also acceptable.
This month's format:

Untitled is just a synonym for lazy.Well, the color poem form I introduced to dA was a rousing success, but interest of late seems to have died down. So I'm back with a new form for you all, something exciting and new, something different, something that I will probably make into a contest once I get some points in the bank. You ready?
EDIT
There's a group now - feel free to head over to #TheTitlePage! We're still in set-up mode, so excuse the plainness for now.

Found Poetry Project - Titles as Art

One of my favorite things about the creative process is coming up with a good title. The title can make or break a piece; it can give context not provided in the piece itself, set a tone or mood, or just give that little extra something you can't put a name on.
You know I'm right. How many times have you stumbled into an ordinary piece with a beautifully creative title? And it's not something

2013 AND A TIME MACHINE- Contest EXTENDED
CONTEST CLOSED!!!
FOURTEEN ENTRIES IN SO FAR!!! YOU HAVE TILL THE 21ST OF JANUARY TO SUBMIT YOUR ENTRIES!! HURRY GUYSS!! DO NOT LET THESE PRIZES GO TO WASTE!!

MOAAAAAAR PRIZES!!
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO SIGN UP BELOW THIS JOURNAL ENTRY, I still don't know how many of you will be participating, or if anyone will at all, you see.

EDIT: PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO

THIS JOURNAL ENTRY AS WELL, THANK YOU

2013 AND A TIME MACHINE
A New Year's Contest
The Mayan calendar finishes one of its great cycles in December 2012, which has fueled countless theories about the end of the world on December 21, 2012 at 11:11(UTC).
End of days? Will the world keep spinning after the Mayan Calendar ends? Most likely.
Another year has come and gone carrying along with it the bludgeoning weight of not only our regrets, failures and disappointments, but also our wishes, achievement

Critmas is here! (Last Day!)

Today is the LAST DAY for you to get your 12 critiques in! Make sure you leave a comment in this journal linking all your pieces. There's plenty of prizes up for grabs

Remember you have until 11:59 PM pst TODAY to complete your critiques!
On the first day of Critmas, a deviant gave to me.
Back by popular demand, I bring you...
The 12 days of CRITMAS challenge!
"CRITMAS IS COMING, THE PROSE IS GETTING FAT. OUT COMES THE RED PEN TO GET RID OF THAT!" (`Memnalar)
Now most of you are relaxing and chilling out on your Christmas vacations; some of you have time off work/school and will be staying at home in the warm over the next week or so. So why don't we make use of that hermit time and do something productive? Get your onesie on, warm up a mince pie, pour yourself a Baileys and let’s get comfortable around our computers!
The Challenge

[CLOSED] The Alternate Universe Contestthis contest is now closed.
do NOT note me!
I will have to tell you it's not valid, and that'll make me sad.

With a tip of the hat to all the people who came up with alternate universes as a way to explore awesome, impossible ideas...I bring you the alternate universe contest for original literature!
This contest is open from January 18-February 18 (PST, aka dA time). No extensions.
The process is simple.
Start with one of your own stories. It doesn't have to be super-fleshed out, but it does need to be written down in some form, even if it's as simple as a series of character sketches and the world they live in.Change something important. There's a lot of options. Ask yourself 'what if X had happened differently' and go from there. Aside from changing key plot points, you may want to significantly alter a character (yes, genderbending is acceptable).
Write it down! Not completely willy-nilly; there will be guidelines, of course. Oh my stars and gart

Project Comment's Contest ~ Lots of prizes to win!UPDATE: The contest ends in a couple of days so if you would like to participate, get your entries in!

#ProjectComment is a Group of many projects centred around comments, but, more importantly, constructive comments. We offer Members of deviantART a lot of opportunities to get comments, give comments, participate in comment projects, win points, get featured and much, much more!
It has been a long time since we have had a contest, but we have some awesome prizes to be won, so please support this contest and

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Contest Ends:
March 31st, 10pm GMT
Contest Theme:
We would like to see just how constructive and in-depth you can be in your comments! Thus, we are looking for the most helpful comments given during this contest. We encourage you to really engage the artists, a

Magic of Memories Comp - CLOSED** This competition has now CLOSED.
Lit Competition #14 - "The Magic of Memories"
I just read through my past journals and it seems this is my 14th lit competition here on DA, and my 17th competition overall, which is jolly! I have obviously been gone a long time so I wanted to meet people from the lit community and get involved again so this seemed like a good idea, plus obviously its almost Christmas so why the hell not!
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This year I asked my 7 closest friends to write their favourite memory from 2012 on a piece of paper about each of the other 7 (including me). They will all go into envelopes and on New Years Eve each person will get an envelope with these letters from the other 7 people about them. This is a great way to remind you of how far you have come in the past year, remember the best days and nights of that year, to feel loved, and it provides a permanent reminder that you can go back to in twenty years and remember this year. I'm hoping that it'll go

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Wow! The response for this has been HUGE!!! Thank you so much all of you who have participated! Don't forget to add #CRLiterature to your watch as well as replying to all these wonderful comments!

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Wanna provide some feedback on...

The Unexpected Contest?

Then DO IT, damn you!

... go answer my recent poll:
The Unexpected Contest is launched & waiting!

_{What follows is the official The Unexpected Contest journal copy & pasted from #Authors-Club's Journal Announcement.}

Join us in a figurative Middle Earth where we'll be hosting...

The

_{In light of Peter Jackson's newest addition to the Lord of the Rings movie series (The Unexpected Journey) - here at #Authors-Club we will be hosting...}

An Unexpected Contest

_{In our literature contest we ask you to perform one, simple task:}

Write your own tale of Middle Earth, whether it's a fan-fiction, a tale of your own original character based in Tolkien's universe, or a poetic, chant of the Elves and their prophecies.

Blow us away with your interpretation of one of the world's greatest book & film series!

Contest Rules

_{All rules must be abided by. If they are not, your entry will not be counted.}

Your entry must be created specifically for this contest & after January 3rd, 2013.

You must be a member and/or contributor of the group #Authors-Club.

4,000 word limit for prose & poetry entries.

You must mention in your Artist's Comments that your entry was created for #Authors-Club's contest.

Please include in your Artist's Comments how your entry relates to our theme.

Submit your entries to the appropriate #Authors-Club folder, The Unexpected Contest.

Only Literature entries are accepted.

Limit of 2 entries per person.

All entries must be submitted by 11:59 P.M. Thursday, February 14, 2013
_{(GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)}

Deadline

11:59 P.M. Thursday, February 14, 2013
_{(GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)}

Judges

_{If you're a Contributor at #Authors-Club and would like to judge this contest, either the group, `OfOneSoul, or =amour-raven.}

, &

_{View & submit entries to the gallery folder below.}

Contest Prizes

_{This list will be updated as prizes are donated. To donate a prize, `OfOneSoul with the subject line Prize Donation.}

First Place

6 Month Premium Membership - `OfOneSoul
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55 - ~Storyteller21
50 - *DamonWakes
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Animated Icon Commission by ^ValaSedai - `OfOneSoul
2 Digital/Traditional Sketch Commissions - ~Hanachi-Shitsukki
Journal Feature - `OfOneSoul
Feature - $namenotrequired
Feature - =amour-raven
1 Detailed Critique - `OfOneSoul
1 Detailed Critique - =amour-raven
1 Critique - *KathraW
1 Feedback Comment - ~Storyteller21
1 Llama - `OfOneSoul
1 Llama - *KathraW
1 Llama - ~Storyteller21
1 Llama - =amour-raven

Second Place

3 Month Premium Membership - `OfOneSoul
_{- or equivalent.}
50 - ~EnenraEnn
Animated Stamp Commission by ^ClefairyKid - `OfOneSoul
1 Digital/Traditional Sketch Commission - ~Hanachi-Shitsukki
Journal Feature - `OfOneSoul
Feature - $namenotrequired
Feature - =amour-raven
1 Detailed Critique - `OfOneSoul
1 Critique - *KathraW
1 Feedback Comment - ~Storyteller21
1 Llama - `OfOneSoul
1 Llama - *KathraW
1 Llama - ~Storyteller21
1 Llama - =amour-raven

Third Place

1 Month Premium Membership - `OfOneSoul
_{- or equivalent.}
50 - *DamonWakes
_{(from `OfOneSoul's Donation Pool.)}
Journal Feature - `OfOneSoul
Feature - $namenotrequired
Feature - =amour-raven
1 Detailed Critique - `OfOneSoul
1 Feedback Comment - ~Storyteller21
1 Llama - `OfOneSoul
1 Llama - *KathraW
1 Llama - ~Storyteller21
1 Llama - =amour-raven

3 Honorable Mentions

Will receive 10 each from `OfOneSoul. Features from `OfOneSoul, $namenotrequired, & =amour-raven. And Llamas from `OfOneSoul, *KathraW, =amour-raven, & ~Storyteller21.

Thank you to all of our generous prize donators!

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_{All commission prizes will be paid for by `OfOneSoul and are limited to the price offered. When working with the commissioner you cannot go over the base commission price.}

So, what do you think? Are you ready to...

- go on an adventure!?

`OfOneSoul & =amour-raven

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`OfOneSoul Jan 13, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

Thank you so much, sweetheart! Although - *MeganLawler94 had already sent me this same notification through #Authors-Club's announcement of the contest.

~PastelLights Jan 14, 2013

_{Oh , I didn't see that. Thank you for telling me}

`OfOneSoul Jan 14, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

~Blindstar97 Jan 6, 2013 Student Writer

Hello, this Blindstar97 from Poetry-Prose-Pizza (again). You have just recently submitted this journal into the Prose Folder section of our gallery. I will have to ask you to please remove this from our group, since journal entries are not prose and that we do not accept journal entries (since they aren't consider prose, novels, or poetry). If you would like a specific journal to be featured in our group, please note one of the admins. Thank you for understanding, and keep on writing!

`OfOneSoul Jan 6, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

Oh, my dear! I thought I had already withdrawn that.

It was a mistake on my part and as soon as I realized I did it I was pretty sure I had withdrawn it.

I'll gladly remove it - but in the future, I'd appreciate a private

alerting me to this issue rather than a comment on the actual deviation.

I had actually planned to

the group - I just hadn't gotten around to it.

~Blindstar97 Jan 6, 2013 Student Writer

That's all right! I'll be happy to mention this in the next journal!

`OfOneSoul Jan 8, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

Thank you very much, my dear!

~Blindstar97 Jan 8, 2013 Student Writer

No prob!

*Great-Lord-Dread Jan 6, 2013 Professional Writer

I don't write fan-fic, ever, but I'm in.

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