If you consider yourself to be quite the wordsmith, we suggest turning your attention to a recently announced contest from the PC gaming juggernauts at Blizzard. The developer is currently asking literarily inclined fans to produce 3,000 to 10,000-word short stories set in the universe of the Warcraft, Diablo or Starcraft series. The author of the judges' favorite novelette gets a free ride to Blizzard HQ to meet the team's writing staff, and will take home a replica Frostmourne sword with which they can behead their harshest literary critics.
You can check out the official rules here. Yes, they're disqualifying entries containing any obscene or lewd activities -- so save your "throbbing" and "heaving" for your breathtakingly erotic Sonic the Hedgehog slash fiction.
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Reader Comments (36)
Posted: Mar 15th 2009 5:33PM Obienator said
Original story! Heck, let's write one right here!
"It was a dark and stormy night....
(continue)
"It was a dark and stormy night....
(continue)
Posted: Mar 15th 2009 6:18PM Solid Jackal said
He goes to the window to check it out but to his surprise what should he see but a.....
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Posted: Mar 15th 2009 6:26PM (Unverified) said
Flying nun playing world of starcraft...to his surprise this gave him a huge boner... so he decided to talk to the nun.. he said:....
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Posted: Mar 15th 2009 6:27PM falcomadol said
"Hey, baby, it's Friday, and I'm looking for the Fish sandwich..." then he
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Posted: Mar 15th 2009 6:36PM Pure Black World Tendency said
and went to heaven. At the pearly gates he happened to stumble upon
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Posted: Mar 15th 2009 6:38PM (Unverified) said
Jesus.
Meanwhile, back on Earth, the nun, ignoring the dead boy next to her, continued to play World of Starcraft. Suddenly, she saw the head priest from her church come out of the darkness towards the boy.
The nun inquired, "Father, what are you doing here?"
To which the priest replied, "Oh, Jimmy, well...um... me and him have a long history and I...uh...know his family really well...so I should probably bring his body back to them."
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Meanwhile, back on Earth, the nun, ignoring the dead boy next to her, continued to play World of Starcraft. Suddenly, she saw the head priest from her church come out of the darkness towards the boy.
The nun inquired, "Father, what are you doing here?"
To which the priest replied, "Oh, Jimmy, well...um... me and him have a long history and I...uh...know his family really well...so I should probably bring his body back to them."
Posted: Mar 15th 2009 6:41PM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
...And with the wonders of modern technology.....and a white mage....the preist had Jimmy riencarnated....in Micheal Jackson's new thriller video...
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Posted: Mar 15th 2009 6:49PM (Unverified) said
"Three-dog , what are you doing here?" to which Three-dog replied, "Lone wanderer, i am here to take you back, back to ...
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Posted: Mar 15th 2009 7:00PM Saria the Cat said
...The Blizzard universe, since we're apparently in Fallout right now. So, Jimmy, now that we are in...
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Posted: Mar 15th 2009 8:34PM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
"Hmm, let me count, 1...2....3....5...8...12..13 and this one which equals twenty", Jimmy smiled, feeling rather pleased with his astounding ability to to count, but before he could celebrate, the Lich King walked through the door spraying man eating snowballs across the ground and shouted.....
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Posted: Mar 15th 2009 8:36PM (Unverified) said
''Jimmy, have you ever seen a grown man naked?''. There was an awkward silence and...
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Posted: Mar 16th 2009 12:09AM Obienator said
...he heard a voice : " Would you kindly, wake up", and then he did. He opened his eyes and realized it was all just a dream brought on by too much Mountain Dew Gamerfuel.
He looked over and saw his computer and gaming consoles as they always were.
Slipping out of bed, he smiled, and then turned on his computer..."Let's see what Joystiq has to say today"
The End......(?)
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He looked over and saw his computer and gaming consoles as they always were.
Slipping out of bed, he smiled, and then turned on his computer..."Let's see what Joystiq has to say today"
The End......(?)
Posted: Mar 16th 2009 2:19AM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
Audience bgin to leave the astounding Joystiq play and there in the audience is good ol Jimmy smiling, good ol Jimmy Jim
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Posted: Mar 15th 2009 5:42PM Typicalgamer said
sonic F's Amy or Blaze??
Posted: Mar 15th 2009 5:56PM (Unverified) said
Jimmy had seen this figure many times before, it was the spectre of his life which he so desperately needed to find.
Posted: Mar 15th 2009 6:07PM BananaBoat said
You forgot yiffing. Yiffing is essential to a sonic fanfiction.
Posted: Mar 15th 2009 6:26PM falcomadol said
In other news, EA is looking for short spories based on its games.
Posted: Mar 15th 2009 6:43PM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
Don't do it! Blizzard wants to make money off of you!
Make your own stories and make millions yourself :D
Lets together kick Blizzard in its big businessy computerized shin :P
Make your own stories and make millions yourself :D
Lets together kick Blizzard in its big businessy computerized shin :P
Posted: Mar 15th 2009 6:45PM Mr Khan said
Posted: Mar 15th 2009 6:51PM Saria the Cat said
Dear God, do they know that they've just proclaimed a deathwish? What sorry intern souls are going to have to wade through every single piece of poorly constructed fanfiction to actually get to a good story?
Good luck writers and readers! The prize is sweet for any Blizzard fan engrossed enough to write a good story based on the universe.
Good luck writers and readers! The prize is sweet for any Blizzard fan engrossed enough to write a good story based on the universe.
Posted: Mar 15th 2009 6:54PM Batzarro The worlds WOrst Detect said
"That alien fiend's plans won't go unopposed" will definitively be a line I'd use.
That's right, Blizzard...I remember the Task Force!
That's right, Blizzard...I remember the Task Force!
Posted: Mar 15th 2009 6:56PM sinai said
the dark elf gripped her hair brusquely and gazed quietly into her eyes and whispered something that they and the moon would share. she gasped quietly and smiled and pressed her body against his tighter....
I WIN!
I WIN!
Posted: Mar 15th 2009 7:17PM Kaminaaa said
I'm currently doing a creative writing degree. Da-mn...if I only I'd given into peer pressure when I was younger and got into WoW...sigh...
Posted: Mar 15th 2009 8:43PM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
"This is for my father!" Mordineer shouted, slashing the disarmed Lich King, "This is for my mother and this, is for my village!" Mordineer screamed bringing the Lich King to the ground, there Mordineer stood above the Lich King. "Now you will die for all the people you have killed!"
"...Mordineer, you did it..." Selina gasped silently weeping as she lay on the ground close to death.
And just before Mordineer could drive his sword into the evil Lich King's heart, the computer lagged. When it resumed, Mordineer was dead, Selina was dead and the world was in evil's grip.
"Mwahahaha!" Shouted the Lich King, "Lagging is the most superior power!"
"...Mordineer, you did it..." Selina gasped silently weeping as she lay on the ground close to death.
And just before Mordineer could drive his sword into the evil Lich King's heart, the computer lagged. When it resumed, Mordineer was dead, Selina was dead and the world was in evil's grip.
"Mwahahaha!" Shouted the Lich King, "Lagging is the most superior power!"
Posted: Mar 15th 2009 11:17PM (Unverified) said
Damnit. The more people who know about this, the harder it'll be for me to win.
Would Mr. Franklin convince Joystiq to delete this news piece?
Would Mr. Franklin convince Joystiq to delete this news piece?
Posted: Mar 16th 2009 4:28AM (Unverified) said
Most writers are very bad at writing.
All fan fiction writers are very, very bad at writing.
Does Blizzard know what it has done?
All fan fiction writers are very, very bad at writing.
Does Blizzard know what it has done?
Posted: Mar 16th 2009 4:32AM (Unverified) said
Stately, plump Arcturus Mengsk came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed....
Posted: Mar 16th 2009 9:48AM ChainheartMachine said
I'll be happy to send them my story, but I'll unnecessarily break into 3 parts first.






