Short Tales Contest 2018

What do you think SCP-ES-021 dreams about, if it dreams at all? What were the last thoughts of a Class-D when trapped by the tentacles of SCP-ES-027-2? What happened to SCP-ES-018's parents, did they hesitate or not when they abandoned her? What did the archaeologist who discovered SCP-ES-041 think? What was the inspiration for the artist who created SCP-ES-056?

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Because we're here to answer questions like those. Or maybe just explore to SCP-ES's. Do SCP-ES's relate to each other? Is there something else hidden behind them? Here are contestants who have proposed the answer to questions like those, or perhaps continued the legacy of an SCP-ES:

Participants

• Eagerness to Work by ElInventor
• Cogito by Jakuwoski
• The Judgment of the Heretics by Doctor Von Braun
• The (No) Silence Zone by Aporia
• Beyond the Carcass by LazyLasagne
• Just a Hen by Profesor Sonrisas
• Frequency Sounds by Wild Angle

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How the Winner is Chosen

The winner will be chosen by votes, and based on the criteria of several Staff members who have not participated in the contest. In line with this, the voting rules are:

• Anyone participating in the contest CANNOT vote any of the tales in the contest.
• Everyone must vote a single tale, the one they consider to be the best.
• Besides their normal votes, the Staff will give bonus votes based on different criteria, namely: originality, wow effect, writing, execution, and integration of the SCP used for the plot.

+ Archived Rules

Contest Theme

Words from Dr Von Braun (summarized):

That's right, the idea is to write stories that focus on, or are related to, an SCP from the ES list. It is not about simply naming an SCP-ES incidentally, the SCP-ES must be important for the plot, although it does not necessarily have to have a leading role.

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You can use any SCP-ES, your own or someone else's, but it is recommended to ask permission to the original author if you are going to use one not created by you - unless the original author has left the Foundation/has not been active for a long time. Since "there is no canon," you can do whatever you want in your story, as long as the essence of the SCP-ES is preserved, you can destroy it or you can make it destroy the world, although in these cases you must ask permission from the original creator.

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Limitations

Tales for the contest must be under 1200 words, and the SCPs included in the contest must be at least one week old and have a positive rating.

All articles related to this contest will be tagged as stc2018.

Dates

• Inscriptions will be open from November 25th to December 10th.
• The period for posting tales is from December 10th to January 10th.
• Tales will be posted on January 11th. Each tale will be voted and the winners will be announced by January 25th.

Article Submission

Once you have your article ready, you can send a private message to Minutemen does not match any existing user name, who will be in charge of receiving the articles for the contest. Once he has them, he will make some reviews on general aspects of the tale, mainly on the way it is written and not on the content itself. That is, spelling, grammar, syntax, etc.

The deadline for this is January 10th, and the tales will be posted the following day.