Author has written 80 stories for Twilight. Meet The Mate Twilight Contest 2015 Lovers meet in the strangest ways. Was Edward cycling in the Alps when his bicycle tire broke and Bella came to the rescue? Did they accidentally sit next to each other in a lecture about Statistics and Probability and ended up in an argument about Game of Thrones? Bring it on. Let your imagination run wild. You're free to tell the story of how they ended up together or leave the ending wide open, just show us how they met. We can't wait to read your words! Important Dates Contest open for entries: July 27th — August 17th (NOW CLOSED) Public Voting: August 19th — August 27th (NOW CLOSED) Winners announced: September 15th Rules 1. Word limit: 1,000 – 5,000 words 2. No offensive content (no incest, bestiality, pedophilia, etc. is allowed) 3. Beta'd stories only. If you cannot find one, contact Anton M. or Dunk07 for emergency beta services. 4. Any pairing, any rating, any genre within the Twilight universe. 5. Two submissions and two collaborations are allowed per person. Awards Judges choice – 1st, 2nd and 3rd place (surprise 4th and 5th place) Public voting – 1st, 2nd and 3rd place (surprise 4th and 5th place) Best Original Storyline Best Shocking Twist Most Swoon-worthy Character Most Potential for a Full Story Fell Off The Bed Laughing Honorary Mention Please submit entries to meetthematecontest@ with the following information: Meet the Mate Contest Pen Name: (will be removed before posting) Title: Summary: Pairing: Beta: (will be removed before posting) Rating: Word count: (not including summary or title) Meet the Mate Twilight Contest Judges: BellaFlan, DaCherry, LyricalKris, Nolebucgrl Validation Team: Octoberland, LJ Summers, owlsarebirdstoo, Sri Banner Makers: JavaMasta & tinie432 Secret Keeper: VampiresHaveLaws Emergency Betas: Anton M. & Dunk07 Information about Betas: Please send the entries that need to be edited to Anton M. on dates with an odd number (27th, 29th, 31st, 1st etc.) and to Dunk07 on dates with an even number (28th, 30th, 2nd, 4th etc). Reckon with your own time zone, they're not going to nit-pick, we just need to ensure neither of them will be overwhelmed by your submissions. Thank you! Please understand that their priority as emergency betas will be grammar and punctuation. If your entry has already been edited by a beta, please send it directly to meetthematecontest@! To keep matters equal, this contest is anonymous. If you pre-read or beta for any of the entries, please do not reveal the authors' names on any social networking site, including this one. Please understand that disclosing the author will disqualify her from the contest. None of us want that! You're welcome to pimp the contest! We want everyone to join and share their words! To keep it fair, please pimp the contest as a whole and not single entries. Dear authors — you're free to post the story on your profile (and continue your entry) after the winners have been announced! Disclaimer: Twilight and its inclusive material is copyright to Stephenie Meyer. Original creation, including but not limited to plot and characters, is copyright to the respective authors of each story. No copyright infringement is intended. Winners for Meet the Mate Twilight FanFiction Contest 2015 Public Voting 1st Place: Tinder is the Night by LayAtHomeMom (Banner 1 & Banner 2) 2nd Place: 140 Characters or Less by SueBee0619 (Banner) 3rd Place: Double Stroller by melistories (Banner) 4th Place: Hot Dude, Reading by Ninkita (Banner) 5th Place: Espresso Self by Jonesn (Banner) Judges’ Voting 1st Place: Hello, Nurse! by shalu (Banner 1 & Banner 2) 2nd Place: The Practical Patient by shouldbecleaning (Banner) 3rd Place: Tinder is the Night by LayAtHomeMom (Banner) 4th Place: With Friends Like That by SueBee0619 (Banner) 5th Place: Bunc-uh-oh by JonesnInDaHood (Banner) Theme Awards Best Original Storyline: Ancient Destinies Foretold by Fairusa84 (Banner) Best Shocking Twist (in alphabetical order): After the Wedding by archy12 (Banner) Crazy Love by MrsShortHand (Banner) Most Swoon-worthy Character: Honor (Edward) by content1 (Banner) Most Potential for a Full Story: Just This Side of Crazy by deviant bamboo (Banner) Fell Off The Bed Laughing: Hello, Nurse! by shalu (Banner) Honorary Mention (in alphabetical order): Bag Boy by bornonhalloween (Banner) Look to Your Left by Soleil2 (Banner) The Right Medicine by deviant bamboo (Banner) Congratulations, everyone! Dear writers—you are now free to shout your (pen)name on top of the nearest building and post your story on your profile! If you have any issues, if we've misspelled your name—because we're only human and we're doing this between our busy real lives—contact us directly instead of this contest account. If you contact this account, chances are you won't be replied to as we won't keep checking it forever. |