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RPGC Rules, Principles, General, Contacts,

Universal Rules of RPGC: • Plagiarism, as well as cheating of any kind, will not be tolerated. • The entry that receives the most votes will win the popular vote award of Best Entry for this month. • Read all entries before voting. • Cast your vote by stated in the thread which entry you're voting for. • Vote for whichever entry you like the best, using whatever criteria you want, and please state why you've chosen that entry above the rest. • Watch for special guidelines in each contest thread. principles • Although it's not mandatory, please consider giving reviews or critiques for some or all of the entries. Most people who submit a piece are looking for feedback, and even just a few words helps. • The RPGC staff exists to keep things running smoothly. We will help resolve issues when we can. Anyone can join our staff, BUT ONLY IF you feel like it. • We don't want to limit things like word-counts, grammar, or how you interpret the contest theme. In principle at least, we'll leave it up to you and to the voters. • Your entry should be something you wrote specifically for the contest at hand. • Critiques should not be harmful, spiteful, or mean. Negative criticism is inevitable, and probably much more helpful than positive reviews -- but be a human being about it, please. We're all on the same team here. • Votes can be cast along any criteria you choose. Along with style, quality, and technical accuracy, we suggest that you consider how well it conforms to (or creatively twists) the contest's themes. • The most important thing is to be cool to one another. General Notes All standard Guild rules apply. Click here for information about working on RPGC For more information about RPGC, try the Introduction to RPGC thread Previous contests, winners, creators, and other relevant info can be found in the RPGC archives Do you have questions about RPGC? You shouldn't! That's my mistake! Visit the feedback thread and ask away -- it's probably something I need to clarify in these assorted threads. Contacts In addition to our rotating staff of contributors that make the contests, RPGC's various logistical nightmares are overseen by a small permanent cabal of administrative volunteers. If you run into problems that can't be solved by other channels -- for example, problems with any member of the RPGC staff, foul play, or any complaints not suited for the feedback thread -- you can contact one of us. Currently (in the very short term) that means just mdk. If we (ahem, I) can't handle it ourselves, we'll make sure that it gets handled appropriately. Of course, if you have a problem with one of US (ahem, me), you can contact the forum staff as appropriate.

Introduction to RPGC

What is RPGC? Roleplayer Guild Contest is a community-focused writing project, put together and run by regular members. Our goal is to bring the writers of the guild together with a fun, competitive environment and a platform to grow. You can expect writing prompts, prizes, and reviews, with an interactive and open flavor. What makes RPGC different? Each new contest is built from scratch -- that means lots of variety in how we deliver prompts. There are some basic rules and principles that will apply across the board -- but besides that, we're changing the game every single month. New ideas, like dozens of ten-word stories, or chapters from novels, new worlds, traditional poems -- if you want to see it, then we want to make it happen. RPGC is all about bringing your ideas to life, with all the community input we can squeeze into our dynamic format. We're designed to push the envelope, to keep each contest innovative and fun. How can I participate? Watch for our threads each month with new contest details, and then write like crazy. There’s a new contest every month. We’ll pull all the entries together and post them all at once. Then, you can read everyone’s entries and vote for your favorite. Talk about what you liked, what you’d do differently, and why. Not enough? You can always volunteer to join the RPGC staff, and lend us your ideas to make the next contest even better! We want everyone to have a chance to get involved, whether that's simply by reading, or by hopping on board and helping out behind the scenes, and everything in between. How do I win? Each contest will go to a popular vote, where everyone can cast a vote for their favorite entry. Additionally, the staff will typically highlight a few of our favorites, and with an ever-changing format, there may be new and different ways to win every month. Each new contest will contain special variations to reward the writers for trying new things and thinking outside the box. We'll keep all the contest entries, winners, staff picks, participants, comments, and anything else we can squeeze in the RPGC Archive What are the prizes? We’re always talking about new ways to reward members for taking part. We’ll be working with RPGN to publish the winners’ names, and a short section about your winning effort. We’re also developing new prizes, like special graphics, customization options (forum technology permitting), and more. Have ideas for something else you’d like to see? Stop by our feedback thread and let us know what you’re thinking, or join the staff and help make it happen! How can I get involved? The best thing you can do is to help us out by reading, reviewing, and of course writing for the contest threads. If you’d like to do EVEN MORE, then feel free to get involved. Joining the RPGC staff comes with some extra responsibilities, but no long-term commitments.