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Revenge of The Pawn! (locked)

Damian Damian 573 posts

Welcome to Checkmate

This is a Chess themed writing competition. Interpret the pieces AND/OR the game of Chess any way, any genre you want. The pieces are the King, Queen, Rook/castle, Knight, Bishop and Pawn.
For example, a story based on the word Queen (etc) is welcome, as is one using chess themes in general.

First Prize : US$30 Bubble voucher
Runner up prize: A copy of the Gaia publication.

Closes : Midnight (your time), 14th September 2008
Guest Judge : To be announced.
How to enter : tag your story “Checkmate”, add it to the group and link to this forum.
Word Limit : up to 2000
Multiple entries?: Enter as many times as you like.

NB: How to Link – You need to put the text you want to be linked in quotation marks, ie “my stunning and obviously winning entry” followed by :link ie :http://www.redbubble.com/people/empress/writing/727958-plan-b ... if you do get stuck just post the http bit and we’ll fix it for you.

This comp isn’t going through the group Challenge Tab, as it is being rebuilt at the moment, and currently doesn’t support writing.

chord0 chord0 94 posts

hello
It sounds like a great idea for a contest, here is my contribution:
Down with the Queen!
I hope I linked right, thanks for your help
good luck to all
chord0

jcmontgomery jcmontgomery 114 posts

This is great, as I already have a piece I had written some time ago. Of course I will be happy to think up another story. But until then here is my first:

Well Played

Damian Damian 573 posts

Good work chord0 and JC! And looking forward to what else you come up with for it in the next couple of months :)

Empress Empress 561 posts

Shortcut to VIEW ALL ENTRIES

So if I left my Mighty Majesty there ... hmm, I think I know what happens next.

Sabbath Sabbath 33 posts

Hmm Chess aye ? Well Here is my entry, twisted and turned into my liking Refi-Cul

Hope you like

Arlachkey  Gnick Arlachkey Gnick 2 posts

I’ve always been a bit shy on redbubble, so this is my first competition entry. I hope I did everything right, and let me know if I need to fix any thing. Here goes:
The People Watcher or Kings, Queens, and Pawns.
Arla Marie

Empress Empress 561 posts

Looks great, Arla … and you have heaps of time to write another piece.

becteri becteri 42 posts

This is my first Compition piece, so I hope you like it.

Chess Lessons

I don’t know why I felt compled to call it Chess Lessons but it kind of works for the piece.

Empress Empress 561 posts

16 days without a submission … sniff, sob …

WE HAVE PRIZES
MULTIPLE ENTRIES ARE ENCOURAGED
Especially if you can link the stories and end up with a much longer work you can then produce as an ebook. It has been done.

Empress Empress 561 posts

Majesty

Really hoping someone can write a marine inspired entry because my brain keeps reading Revenge of the Prawn

Empress Empress 561 posts

so why is the queen the most powerful piece? I carry around two images of chess players: the sweater wearing, probably bearded 20th century type, and the post-crusade castle-dwelling type (including the daughter of the lord but that’s because I read romance) ... neither really explains why the queen has such high status.
Ideas?

iAN Derrick iAN Derrick 5 posts

Empress..Please accept the following as being suitable for acceptance into the comp….Regards iAN.

Here is my entry

“The Revolt of the Pawns”

Thank you Empress I hope this solves the problem
iAN.

Flic Manning Flic Manning 42 posts

I will pop something up asap!

Flic Manning Flic Manning 42 posts

Hi There! Here is my entry:

The Game of Love

Empress Empress 561 posts

And? Write me another, you two.

Alison Pearce Alison Pearce 382 posts

Here is mine – finally!

The Amulet

Judi Taylor Judi Taylor 32 posts

My story is here … I hope the link works …

Toss Away Dreams – A (K)Night Story

Empress Empress 561 posts

Hurray! More entries:

Reiana’s Next Move
Devadadiva’s Viola and the Queen

Flic Manning Flic Manning 42 posts

Here is my second entry:

Halloween

Mark Bateman Mark Bateman 84 posts

OK – my first attempt at a writing for a competition, and third only ever posting on redbubble!

I hope that my entry fits the criteria!

Playing with Dad

Hope the link works!

DevaDaDiva DevaDaDiva 1 post

i made a story called “Viola and the Queen” its not finished yet, but im not surre when ill have time to. so im entering it now. but i dont know how to put the code thing up on here. my computers being weird. but im about to submit it to the group. so go and find it! plzz. that would really help =]

Matthew Dalton Matthew Dalton 35 posts

Tough competition.

Here’s my entry.

The Warrior King

AmandaWitt AmandaWitt 26166 posts

Chess play

my entry.

Empress Empress 561 posts

Almost out of time.

On a tangent … did anyone know the 13th was Roald Dahl Day?