[center][b]Writer of the Month #3 Guidelines[/b][/center]

[center]Welcome to WOTM! If this is your first time looking into the contest, or if you want to see a complete list of contest rules, I suggest you read the [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/34260/posts/ooc]WOTM Intro Thread[/url].[/center]

[b]Theme:[/b] Superhero
[b]Explained:[/b] A story about a [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhero]superhero[/url].

[b]Components:[/b]
● The superhero has a sidekick.
● The antagonist of the story does not have super powers.
● The goal of the villain in the story is anything other than “to take over the world”.
● The story does not take place in an urban setting.
● The story is told from the point of view of someone who is not a superhero. 

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[u]Flash Fiction Entry Rules[/u]
● [b]Components:[/b] 1 required, use of more allowed.
● [b]Word Minimum:[/b] 0
● [b]Word Maximum:[/b] 1,500
● [b]The PM Title Must Be:[/b] WOTM #3 Entry: Flash Fiction

[u]Short Story Entry Rules[/u]
● [b]Components:[/b] 2 required, use of more allowed.
● [b]Word Minimum:[/b] 1,000 (100 if poem)
● [b]Word Maximum:[/b] 3,500
● [b]The PM Title Must Be:[/b] WOTM #3 Entry: Short Story

[u]General Rules[/u]
● [b]Submissions Due By:[/b] Sunday, June 15th, 11:59 PM PST
● [b]Send all entries via PM to the WOTM account.[/b]
● [b]All Submission PMs Must Include:[/b] Your entry (provided titles will be used as hider titles) and a list of which components you used.
● No resubmitting entries or sending in multiple entries.
● If you have any questions about the contest or the current theme, feel free to ask in the thread. However, if it pertains to your ideas for an entry which would compromise the anonymity of your entry, please instead direct the question via PM to the WOTM account or one of the managers.
● Your entry must be something made specifically for this contest, not something you've written in the past that happens to fit the components.
● Plagiarism will not be tolerated. If plagiarism is proven, you will be publicly disqualified and banned from all future WOTM contests. Fan fiction is not necessarily plagiarism and is allowed, but you must note in your entry PM that it is fan fiction and what existing piece of fiction it is based on.
● All site-wide rules (no trolling, no flaming, no spamming, etc.) apply to WOTM threads as well, and any transgressors will be reported and dealt with accordingly.

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[i]This contest brought to you by the Writer of the Month Contest Managers:[/i] Brovo, Kaga, and Jorick