Due to how my own schedule works, and also because I prefer to have a bit of a grace period for entries, I usually have a soft deadline and a hard deadline. Soft deadline being what's in the OP of each Prompt and Entry thread. The "hard" deadline is typically sometime the day after(usually when I get off work, lel).

Speaking of, I believe the hard deadline for this contest has been reached. Thus, I shall close the Prompt and Entries thread and put together the voting thread!

Oh, and I will admit the rules for my specific contests are more like guidelines. Staying within them would be nice, but if you believe your entry can be made to be truly exceptional by bending them, then by all means, go ahead.

Though of course some rules are non-negotiable, such as the entry having to be in line with the prompt, obviously.

I do apologize to anyone that joins my contests in the future expecting some kind of rule-lawyered bloodsport where the losers' souls are fed to the user with the winning entry to gain their powers or something. Just isn't how I generally run stuff like this.