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Valeriy
Mage of the Land
Naughty, Naughty Valeriy
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posted March 20, 2006 08:21 PM |
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Heroes Fables Writing Competition
Acheval, Ubisoft HOMM Community Manager, has just announced the official Heroes Fables Writing Competition!
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Yes, that’s right. We’ve seen your Heroes Fables, and have been impressed with the dedication and creativity shown by fans to expanding on the history of the new world developed by Nival. Your efforts help make this world more robust and satisfying for everyone.
To formalize the writing process and encourage even more community participation, we’re sponsoring a competition. All qualifying entries will be published into a downloadable “Heroes Fables” story book for all fans to read at their leisure. The top 5 submissions will receive a Heroes of Might and Magic ‘goodie bag’ of exclusive Heroes V merchandise (t-shirt, pens, mouse pad, and poster), and see their submissions featured on the US and UK Might and Magic portals.
Here are the general “user friendly” guidelines:
(1) Limit of 1 submission per person. Send your full name, email, address, and preferred alias in the body of your email to: heroesfables@ubisoft.com. Your Heroes Fable should be sent as an attachment, not in the body of your message. Competition winners will be contacted via the submitted email. Upon request, only the preferred alias will be used in the published story book to preserve privacy.
(2) Entries are judged on
creativity (33.3%), clarity of storyline (33.3%), and use of Nival’s Heroes story and world elements (33.3%). They can be comic or dramatic in tone, as well as poetic or prose - but must be original work. Any plagiarized material will be rejected. Submissions should be no longer than two 8 ½ x 11” pages, single-spaced, 12 point Times New Roman font.
(3) Only English language submissions will be considered. While grammar, punctuation, and spelling are not the basis of judging, if these elements impact readability, submissions will not be considered for competition judging, only for the downloadable story book publication.
(4) Ubisoft reserves the right to reject entries based upon excessive language, violence or sexual content.
(5) The competition is open only to residents of Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Submissions from others will only be considered for the downloadable story book publication.
(6) Submission deadline is April 14, 2006 at 9:00am PST.
(7) Winners will be announced on or after April 28, 2006.
To read the detailed rules, click here.
Another exciting contest, this time conducted by Ubisoft. So let's get writing. Use the Coliseum for posting drafts of your stories to get feedback from other writers. Let's get some ICTCers into those top places 
Use thread topic "HFC: story name" to make it clear what contest your post is for.
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You can wait for others to do it, but if they don't know how, you'll wait forever.
Be an example of what you want to see on HC and in the world.
http://www.heroesofmightandmagic.com
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FriendOfGunnar
Honorable
Legendary Hero
able to speed up time
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posted March 20, 2006 09:13 PM |
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Submissions should be no longer than two 8 ½ x 11” pages
oh man, why don't they just cut off my &@!!$
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Zeldor
Known Hero
The Bringer of Pestilence
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posted March 20, 2006 09:27 PM |
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Prizes are not big, rather silly small... maybe not for the small writing, but for all that mess with giving personal data and so on.
They should give collector's edition of h5 + that gadgets... but I will think about writing something anyway.
Probably writing a story for ICTC or other imaginary town would give me less points?
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Edenfer
Hired Hero
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posted March 21, 2006 07:03 PM |
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(5) The competition is open only to residents of Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Submissions from others will only be considered for the downloadable story book publication.
Boo!! Everybody should be able to participate!! We don't care about the prizes.. We just want to be heard!! How's that for drama? 
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friendofgunnar
Honorable
Legendary Hero
able to speed up time
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posted March 21, 2006 08:07 PM |
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@Edenfer
Okay here's what you do: You pretend that you're from England (can you imitate an English or Scottish accent?). Then, when you win and you come up to claim your prize, instead you whip out your national flag and run around screaming "Long Live Kazakhstan!"...or whatever
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Valeriy
Mage of the Land
Naughty, Naughty Valeriy
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posted March 21, 2006 09:26 PM |
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Zeldor
"use of Nival’s Heroes story and world elements (33.3%)"
Yes, I think using the worlds of ICTC would disadvantage you in this one.
Edenfer
"Submissions from others will only be considered for the downloadable story book publication."
People from all countries can participate and be considered for publishing in the downloadable book, they just can't get the prize packs.
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You can wait for others to do it, but if they don't know how, you'll wait forever.
Be an example of what you want to see on HC and in the world.
http://www.heroesofmightandmagic.com
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Zeldor
Known Hero
The Bringer of Pestilence
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posted March 21, 2006 09:29 PM |
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FriendOfGunnar:
You must give address where you live 
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Edenfer
Hired Hero
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posted March 21, 2006 10:48 PM |
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"Submissions from others will only be considered for the downloadable story book publication."
People from all countries can participate and be considered for publishing in the downloadable book, they just can't get the prize packs.
Ah! I must have skipped this part the first time i read it
But I like FriendOfGunnar's idea, I have a great british accent immitation, bloody hell!!
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Lord_Woock
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
Daddy Cool with a $90 smile
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posted March 21, 2006 11:14 PM |
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I suppose you could just provide a british friend's or relative's address if you want the prize that bad, although I don't quite see why. Being published in the official thingy is the most valuable thing offered anyway.
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Yolk and God bless.
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My buddy's doing a webcomic and would certainly appreciate it if you checked it out!
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Zeldor
Known Hero
The Bringer of Pestilence
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posted March 22, 2006 08:26 AM |
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Ha! I could borrow my sister, that is her address and so on But S&H from US would cost more to Europe than the prize is worth...
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baklava
Honorable
Legendary Hero
Mostly harmless
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posted March 29, 2006 09:44 PM |
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People, prizes don't matter at all. Just write great stories. Let the Americans, British or whoever take the meager HoMMV t-shirt or whatever the goodie-package contains.
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"Let me tell you what the blues
is. When you ain't got no
money,
you got the blues."
Howlin Wolf
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Sirano_Simons
Tavern Dweller
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posted April 03, 2006 04:26 PM |
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About posting your Fable - isn't anyone worried their content might be stolen?
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Sirano_Simons
Tavern Dweller
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posted April 05, 2006 01:00 AM |
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In the rules it says
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Submissions should be no longer than two 8 ½ x 11” pages, single-spaced, 12 point Times New Roman font.
Does that mean we can move the left and right indents on Microsoft word to widen our workspace? I mean, that's not outside of the stated rules is it?
Oh, and are those measurements the default for Microsoft word documents?
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friendofgunnar
Honorable
Legendary Hero
able to speed up time
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posted April 05, 2006 02:04 AM |
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I don't think they care too much about this particular aspect. The main thing they were trying to do was to stop people like me from sending them novels.
about the plaguerism...that's always a possibility
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Sirano_Simons
Tavern Dweller
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posted April 05, 2006 02:58 AM |
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Great so I can cram as much in as possible as long as it doesn't exceed 2 pages of 12ft Times New Roman? (Just to make sure).
...and just to make double sure I think I'll PM the moderators with the same question. This competition is very important to me. I'm studying to become a writer for games, so please excuse the over zealous precautions.
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SheDragon
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posted April 05, 2006 03:57 AM |
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oh i guess that excludes me!!
when i write, i gives detailed descriptions. I try to visualize the place, name, thing, so that my readers wont have to use their imaginations that much and they can just immerse themselves into my stories...
although, the aussie prize should be a six pack of beer, a hamper of honeyed ham and sausages and a bungee jump off Centre Point!!
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Valeriy
Mage of the Land
Naughty, Naughty Valeriy
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posted April 05, 2006 07:47 AM |
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Here's the official answer:
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Submission length is based on the standard settings of Microsoft Word; users should not have to change any setting of a normal 'blank doc' template set up for an 8 1/2" x 11" page. This means that every page of your document should conform to these parameters:
* Two 8 1/2" x 11" pages
* Page margins of 1" Top, 1" Bottom, 1.25" Left, 1.25" Right
* Single-spaced
* 12 point
* Times New Roman font
This page limit was set in order to guarantee a reasonable length for the compiled story book and minimize any bias in judging based on story length. Please do not attempt to circumvent this parameter through creative manipulation of margins.
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You can wait for others to do it, but if they don't know how, you'll wait forever.
Be an example of what you want to see on HC and in the world.
http://www.heroesofmightandmagic.com
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Sirano_Simons
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posted April 05, 2006 11:43 AM |
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Am I right in thinking that is the default settings for Microsoft Word documents?
Damn it! That's gonna cut a deep gash in my story. Is there NO chance the limit can be upped to three pages? I could do SO much more with just that little bit extra, and I'm sure everyone else could as well. Please, please, please is there ANY way at all this can happen? 
I fear Ossir's exciting role in my story may be cut down to a mere cameo. Please, please, PLEEEASE help V!
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Valeriy
Mage of the Land
Naughty, Naughty Valeriy
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posted April 05, 2006 12:11 PM |
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I'm afraid that's the official rules and it would be unfair to make exceptions. It's part of the challenge because the printing space is limited. What you can do is post both versions in Coliseum later so that those who like it can read the full version.
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You can wait for others to do it, but if they don't know how, you'll wait forever.
Be an example of what you want to see on HC and in the world.
http://www.heroesofmightandmagic.com
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Sirano_Simons
Tavern Dweller
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posted April 05, 2006 01:20 PM |
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Ah well. Can't blame me for trying. Oh by the way I didn't mean make an exception soley for me, but for everyone. I guess that would be unfair to the people who have already written their stories.
Thanks anyway. I'll just have to do some serious editing. Ossir isn't going to be very happy when he hears about this.
Can anyone guess as to how many people will enter this contest? I've only seen THREE entries posted up so far ... I really hope there will be more competition than that.
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