Welcome to the Mastermind Season 8 Submission Thread! If you wish to participate in this season, please respond to the following writing challenge prompt.
Challenge
Suppose you are in a lucid dream of your own creation. This lucid dream lasts for an entire month in your dream world but only one night in the real world and you have complete control over what happens in this dream. Write a 2000-word short story that vividly describes the experience of having this dream. This experience does not need to be exclusive to the events you encounter in the dream itself. Some parts of your story can focus on what happens to you and your surroundings before and after the dream. Finally, the dream you refer to does not need to be a dream you have had before (i.e, you can make up all the relevant details as needed to complete this challenge).
Once you have completed the challenge, please reply to this submission thread. In your reply, you must include a link or an attached file to your submission.
Replies to THIS thread will close on Tuesday November 5th, 2024 at 11:59pm EST.
Please keep in mind that the judge(s) will assign grades based on the following marking criteria:
Communication /50
Creativity /50
Total /100
Communication:
For example, how well does the submission follow conventions of spelling, grammar, and structure? Are all formatting points followed?
Creativity:
For example, how interesting are the ideas? How well are they executed?
Please give the judge(s) at least two weeks after the deadline to grade each submission and return the scores accompanied with constructive feedback.
At the end of the competition, we will contact you via email from info@mastermindbp.com if you are eligible to receive a prize. We will not use any other email address to give out the prizes.
All prizes come in the form of PayPal donations so you need to have an email that is connected to a PayPal account to receive the award(s).
The submission(s) with the highest average will win the 1st place $100 USD prize. The submission(s) with the second and third-highest averages will receive a $50 USD prize each.
Good luck, have fun, and let your creativity flow!
This can range from thriller to romance or even erotica. How many judges do we have and what genres do they like? It would be pointless to write something the judges hate to read.