And here we are with the results for round 5... congratulations to wdhenning and johnnedwill for reaching the final round of the Fabulous Spec-Fic Smack Down! Well done, but also our congratulations to the two losers of this round. You made it real hard for the judging team, since all your stories deserved a win!
We really hope to see more of your work in future SmackDown downs... or other writing games and publications of the Ooorah/LTSD/ChallengeCorner/抖阴社区rsRelay Family.
And since this is what everyone was waiting for, here is the final challenge
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Yes, each one of you has only one shot in this round. Also, this will be another round sponsored by the mothership Ooorah — with the reward being the all important bragging rights as the best spec-fic SmackDowner of this era and a shoutout.
Of course, we will also be happy to feature both your stories in one of the upcoming issues of Tevun Krus, wherever they fit in.
And the prompt is as follows:
抖阴社区 a story that contains the following six elements:
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- a world in danger
- a mysterious visitor
- H2O
- a rip in the space-time continuum
- the ultimate urglegaburblezoombler
- a happy end
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Your story must be speculative fiction. As for which genre/subgenre you pick, or if you wish to blend a few, go ahead and do what you like most.
The word count for this round is free.
Deadline is Friday, March 7th 2025.
Find the mandatory submission form in the inline comments here >>>>>
Please, also add a link to your story in the comments to this chapter, so your fellow competitor and all our lovely smack down followers can find it.
May the best one win — but, more important, have fun!
