The Twelve Labours
Introduction: The Twelve Labours is an alternative contest to RPGC, run concurrently with their own contests. Each TTL challenge lasts for exactly twelve days, with a judging period of three days. Rather than voting for just one winner, any submitted entry which meets the basic criteria of the challenge while holding to a certain standard of quality expected of good storytelling wins.
The Premise: The Twelve Labours exists exclusively to challenge writers and push them outside of their comfort zones. Each challenge will present writers with the opportunity to pursue something which they may have never done before, or that they at least might have great difficulty in writing about. However, The Twelve Labours is more about self-improvement than about unhinging the contestants. No challenge will involve explicit material or mature content. You can submit entries with either/or in them, but please follow site rules and post these OFF-SITE with clearly labeled links warning of unsafe material leading to them.
How to Join: There is no formal requirement whatsoever to join a TTL challenge. If you want to submit an entry, just send it to @Terminal before the relevant submission deadline, and remember to include a statement as to whether or not you want the story to remain anonymous. Stories will not be posted with authorship without the explicit permission of the author.
How to Win: Just fulfill the criteria of the challenges while writing an entry of high overall quality! This will likely be harder to do than you think. In the original The Twelve Labours, many participants found themselves unable to follow through with the challenges presented to them, and knowingly submitted non-winning entries. Regardless of whether you win or not, we will provide a basic review of your work during the judging period. Additionally, submissions which go above and beyond the parameters of a particular challenge may be awarded challenge accolades.
Prizes: I will be continuously working with contestants, as well as the forum staff, to see if there is a way to provide rewards to winners of each challenge. For the moment, @Mahz has mentioned that unique forum titles and profile trophies will likely soon be made available to contest winners, both for RPGC and The Twelve Labours.
Get Involved: The Twelve Labours has a staff of judges who review submitted stories, handle appeals, and write reviews for each story. There are usually only five judges at a time, but even if all our positions are filled you can still write independent reviews for stories after the fact! Additionally, the entire judging staff is renewed for each individual labour, so if you wanted to judge but missed the chance there's always next time. Inquire with @Terminal for more information on joining the TTL Staff as a judge.
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