Tyger’s Electric Dreams Short Story Contest #10 & Winners of #9!!!- Win SBD !
Ok kids a As always I would like to thank everyone who entered as always the stories were great and it was hard to choose …
💜Also a huge thanks to @girlbeformirror 💜
💜 donated 10SBD to the rewards pool of this contest 💜
Third place
This time there is a shared third place as I could not chose between the two. The two to place third are A- The Other Side by @seesladen
and B-Feral Canine by @theironfelix
Seesladen is an Electric dreams veteran. The story was engaging and I enjoyed the read. However it felt a little short to me I would have liked to have had more. One question did strike me though, seesladen how are there German shepherds if humans dod not intervene with their evolution or genetic makeup ? Theironfelix is another newcomer to electric dreams. I was fascinated by the writing style, it is unique and unusual. I found it compelling, almost like a Dali painting 💜
You two will receive 0.275SBD = 1/4 of the authors rewards and 1 SBD congratulations and thank you 💜
The runner up is by @calluna - The Other Side Of The Canine Divide it is no secret that @calluna is one of my favourite writers here on steemit. This week’s entry defenitly had a classic sci-fi feel to it sort of like the time machine with the morlocks or Logans run. Cal you will receive 0.275SBD = 1/4 of the authors rewards and 2 SBD congratulations and thank you 💜
Winner
The winning story is is by @gaby-crb Dog Fights
gaby-crb is new to Electric Dreams. While she botched the first prompt, as dogs were not the dominant species in her story, it was the ending that made me chose it as the winning piece because it portrays the one thing all beings have in common the longing of a peaceful and happy existence, even in the face of a harsh world. @gaby-crb You will receive 0.275SBD = 1/4 of the authors rewards and 3SBD congratulations and thank you 💜
💜 💜💜Thank you again all participants hope to see you at round #10 ! 💜💜💜
💜 💜💜Round #10 prompts ! 💜💜💜
In this is tenth run of the electric dreams contest. There are, as always, 3 prompts #1 it is the year 2189 your protagonist wakes up in a parallel reality where neither the second world war or the Russian revolution happened how does this impact this reality the protagonist finds themself in . What does this mean for the protagonist ? #2 a medium with a crystal ball #3 the story must include the sentence - “the food she cooked was so bad not even the dog would eat it, except for her borscht it was to die for ”. Take it from here and let's see where it goes 😊
Because this one includes some historical research the reward will be larger this week
The First Place Winner will receive 5 SBD and 1/3 of the SBD this post generates.
Second Place will receive 3 SBD and 1/3 of the SBD generated from this post.
Third Place will receive 2 SBD and the remaining 1/3 of the SBD generated.
you will also have longer to complete it the deadline is september 1st
Contest Specifications:
Your mission, if you choose to take it, is to write a short story of 1000+ words (no longer than 3000 words). Write it including the following 3 prompts: #1 it is the year 2189 your protagonist wakes up in a parallel reality where neither the second world war or the Russian revolution happened how does this impact this reality the protagonist finds themself in. What does this mean for the protagonist ? #2 a medium with a crystal ball #3 the story must include the sentence - “the food she cooked was so bad not even the dog would eat it, except for her borscht it was to die for ”. Take it from here and let's see where it goes 😊
other specs:
1-upvote this post as it will help making the rewards pool larger. (You do not have to resteem but it would be appreciated as it lets people know about the contest).
2- all included pictures need to be your own or include a correct image source
3- the story needs to be your own work specifically written for this contest. Plagiarism or recycling will be cause for instant disqualification.
4- you must post it under the tag #electricdreams
5- leave a link to your entry in the comment section of this post
6- only one entry is allowed per participant
The deadline is september 1st as there will be research required.
💜 💜💜Good luck to all participants! 💜💜💜
Past Electric dreams contests :
(Image credit Dave Renike and a portrait of the fair jubilee made by myself turned into this here universal truth meme) 
Wooo thank you so much, I wasn't sure how much you liked that one.
Now just to check, when you say the protagonist wakes up, are you also specifying he/she is from our version of reality? Tricky one so appreciate the extra time <3
yes our version waking up in that one ... <3 check your discord
i clarified it a bit better ...basically from ours wakes up in place where neither the russian revolution happened, which pretty much means neither did the one in china , cuba ect and least not under the communist banner. or the WW2 which means a ton of thing too , as a lot of scientists fled germany in the third reich to places like the u.S a making it a science powerhouse for a while ... think of al the implications for science and culture . it can turn your head to spaghetti ;)
Ok, have you got a year in mind? Just trying to find a point of divergence to go from. Just thinking cos the russian revolution started before ww1 ended, and was kinda related to getting involved in that, so did ww1 happen, and just not trigger that, or did ww1 not happen either? Or are you more just thinking about things that led to the removal of monarchies? Research is just leading to more research lol I have an idea
I do not have a year of divergence that you will have to come up with ..the story plays in 2189 which is far enough way to be scifi but also close enough to have a feel of how history made everything different . ww1 was more triggered by the assassination of the Austrian crown prince. so it is really up to you :)
Oh yeah, but being involved in WW1 was a factor that led to the success of the Russian revolution. It's ok, I think I have an idea of how I am going to approach it now :)
KK keep in mind WW1 happened but it might not have had the same outcome :)
Wow thank you so much for the win, it's very unexpected. I am sorry for misunderstanding the first prompt but I have learnt my lesson and will try to reread them more often when I am writing to get a better understanding.
The prompts for #10 seem really interesting. I'm not really a history person (my idea of history is yesterday), so I don't think I will attempt this one but I can't wait to see what people come up with.
;)
Yay! I gave a good batting and I won bronze - time to hit harder now!
:D
Here be my submission: RN Dash for this contest.
thank you :)
Very welcome.
My first entry in #electricdreams. Thanks for having me:
https://steemit.com/electricdreams/@cyemela/tyger-s-electric-dreams-short-story-contest-10
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Here's my entry
https://steemit.com/electricdreams/@iamthegray/chemical-defect
Thank you for your submission :)
I couldn't count the words, uncertain if I met the thousand. And I did lazily ignore the research part....
Still, half apples are better than...
https://steemit.com/electricdreams/@seesladen/where-apples-grow-on-mango-trees-an-electric-dreams-fantasy
thank you for your entry :) 1640 ...next time use this wordcounter
One entry, not my usual, but I couldn't resist going this way with the prompt, maybe I should have worked on it more and only just pipped the deadline, but off on adventures tomorrow, so here it is:
History Written By The Victors
:)