Last month Scholar & Scribe hosted a writing contest for Sitka World. The quest: to create a character backstory that could be incorporated into the lore of Rúnsala, the fantasy world we are building in Sitka World. The original contest announcement can be viewed here: https://ecency.com/hive-199275/@jfuji/win-20-hsbi-and-more
We are grateful for those that crafted entries, and trust that you had fun in the process!
The Results
We had some amazing submissions, albeit only 3 of them. So everyone that entered wins something - sometimes it pays to participate! After unending days and nights of deliberation in smoky rooms, low voices, and the comings and goings of secret agents and encoded messages, @jfuji , Rae, and I finally came to a consensus on the ranking of the winners:
🥇 First place: @grindan !
Entry: https://ecency.com/hive-199275/@grindan/astrid-the-rune-witch-harbinger-of-industry
Astrid is a despised Rune Witch, working crimes for the benefit of the enemy... but perhaps there's more to the picture than meets the eye.
Prize: 20 HSBI + 100 SCHOLAR + Sitka World NFT whitelisting + canonization of your character!
🥈 Second place: @killerwot
Entry: https://ecency.com/hive-199275/@killerwot/the-brunt-expedition-sitka-world
Arthur is recruiting workers for the mines up north - not sure if he can be trusted though. Will he be able to maintain cover-up of the deaths that have already occurred in his company?
Prize: 15 HSBI + 50 SCHOLAR
🥉 Third place: @joseal2020
Entry: https://ecency.com/hive-199275/@joseal2020/describing-the-character-sitka-in
Some interesting ideas on Sitka's origin and family - perhaps the rumors about her are unfounded?
Prize: 10 HSBI + 25 SCHOLAR
Conclusion
Thank you again to our entrants, and to @jfuji and the Scholar & Scribe community for hosting this! Prizes will be sent out within 24 hours. Hopefully you've enjoyed this fun intro to the world of Rúnsala (along with the preview of the trilogy itself you can start reading here: https://ecency.com/hive-199275/@beaver0/the-sitka-saga-prologue). If you are interested in continuing the journey into this world, we'd love to have you join our Discord community here: https://discord.gg/VMDVEHDGvN
Woooooot! Thank you for the great contest, and the selection :)! I'm so excited that Astrid gets to be somewhere in the story 🤩! I'll definitely be over to the discord channel to say hi properly soon, I'm just a chronically behind mother of two, who is also writing a novel haha!
I am very happy to have been ranked 3rd, this motivates me to do better every day, I congratulate you for having carried out this excellent initiative, I hope others will follow in the future.
Congratulations to all winners