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A monthly contest for participants in The Bradbury
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Welcome to The Bradbury Contest, run in partnership with "The Bradbury" Open in new Window.!

The purpose of this contest is to provide an opportunity for entries in The Bradbury to compete for additional prizes. If you're particularly proud of one of the stories you wrote during a given month of 2025, submit it to this contest for a chance to win a genre-appropriate merit badge and an awardicon while you're powering ahead with your next Bradbury entry! This contest runs every month of the year, and is exclusively for Bradbury entries written during that same month.



Overview
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*Bullet* Contest rounds begin at 12:00am on the 1st day of every month.

*Bullet* Contest rounds end at 11:59pm on the last day of every month.

*Bullet* Only one entry may be submitted per contest round, and that entry must have also been submitted to "The Bradbury" Open in new Window. the same month.

*Bullet* Entries must be:

         *BoxCheck* Newly written in the month they are submitted for the contest.

         *BoxCheck* No more than 3,000 words (no minimum).

         *BoxCheck* Prose fiction (no nonfiction or poetry) that ...

         *BoxCheck* ... tells a complete story with a beginning, middle, and end.

*Bullet* Short stories can be in any genre and of any rating.

*Bullet* Stories should be created as either Static Items or Book Entries.

*Bullet* Entries should be posted individually in the forum below and include the following:

         *BoxCheck* The applicable month as the heading / subject line of your post (e.g., "January Entry").

         *BoxCheck* A WritingML link to your story, in either {bitem:} format or {entry:} format.

         *BoxCheck* The story's word count.



The Fine Print
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1. Non-Exclusivity. While stories must be newly written for the month in which they are entered for this contest, they do not need to have been written exclusively for this contest. In fact, you're encouraged to find other contests and activities on Writing.com to participate in! If you write an entry for one of the official contests, for example, make sure you submit it here so your writing can count for both! As long as your entry meets the criteria for this activity as well, that's great!

2. Feedback. While the goal is for all entries to receive a review, please keep in mind that - depending on the number of entries - reviews may not happen, or those reviews may or may not be very detailed. Participants should not have an expectation of having their contest entries extensively reviewed.

3. Separate Activity. "The Bradbury" Open in new Window. activity has its own rules and requirements which can be found in that forum. Not every Bradbury entry will necessarily qualify for the Bradbury Contest. For example, the word count limit for the contest is lower than that of the activity.

4. Questions and Concerns. If you have any questions or concerns about the activity at any point, please contact Jeff Author IconMail Icon.



Prizes
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Each month, everyone who enters "The Bradbury Contest" Open in new Window. will receive an exclusive trinket! If you collect all 12 in 2025, you'll be able to claim an extra-special super-secret bonus prize at the end of the year! *Delight*

The exclusive trinket for February 2025 is:



Additionally...


If there are three (3) or more qualifying entries, the following will be awarded:

*Trophyg* FIRST PLACE
                   An Awardicon worth at least 50,000 GPs
                   An appropriate genre merit badge


If there are six (6) or more qualifying entries, the following will also be awarded:

*Trophys* SECOND PLACE
                   An Awardicon worth at least 25,000 GPs
                   An appropriate genre merit badge



If there are nine (9) or more qualifying entries, the following will also be awarded:

*Trophyb* THIRD PLACE
                   An Awardicon worth at least 10,000 GPs
                   An appropriate genre merit badge



Honorable Mentions will be given out at the judges' discretion:

*RibbonG* HONORABLE MENTIONS
                   An Awardicon (value TBD)
                             OR
                   An appropriate genre merit badge




Donations
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Donations are gladly accepted. Any donation of over 50,000 Gift Points will receive a community merit badge of my choosing.

Any individual who donates 100,000+ Gift Points will instead receive the exclusive Bradbury Benefactor Merit Badge!


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January Entrants
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         1. "Into the starlight"  Open in new Window. by New Year's Sox Author Icon

         2. "Next Round's On Me" Open in new Window. by Jeremy Author Icon

         3. "Scarlet"  Open in new Window. by iKïyå§ama Author Icon

         4. "Dawn"  Open in new Window. by Amethyst Agape Angel Author Icon

         5. "The Suit"  Open in new Window. by Ichabod Crane Author Icon

         6. "A Love Beyond Pain"  Open in new Window. by Allan Charles Author Icon

         7. "20 Years Gone (Bradbury week 4)" Open in new Window. by Token-Jester Author Icon

         8. "Thirdite Omen Prophecy"  Open in new Window. by Ms. TerrifyingTuber Author Icon

         9. "Terry and Thunder's Meeting" Open in new Window. by Angelica Weatherby- Freezing0* Author Icon

         10. "Inside the Mountain of Altruism"  Open in new Window. by Dawn Embers Author Icon

         11. "A Man in the Middle Attack at Veil Cafe"  Open in new Window. by ZombeeLuv Author Icon

         12. "The Burning of Kilmore Castle" Open in new Window. by deemac Author Icon

         13. "Unsure Mount Able"  Open in new Window. by Annette Author Icon

         14. "Story 1: paternity test" Open in new Window. by Rhyssa Author Icon

         15. "Once Lost; Now Found "  Open in new Window. by 💙 Carly- Hello 2025 Author Icon

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