CLOSED! Contest: January 1st - January 31st

CLOSED! Thank you for those who entered. The judging will begin soon (:

Beginnings and Endings Competition
The start of a new year opens up so many opportunities, but at the cost of other opportunities ending.

-= Competition Rules =-
Theme: Beginnings and Endings
Word Count: Under 1000 words.
Entrants must be a member of InspireandCreate
One entry per member
Open from the 1st of January, 2013 until the 31st of January 2013
At least five deviants need to enter, or the competition will close [smaller, thank you prizes may be given to entrants, depending on circumstances].
Submissions must:
Be submitted into the ‘Beginnings and Endings Competition’ Folder
Link this journal and the group InspireandCreate in the description
Be Literature


-=Marking Criteria=-
Each submission will be granted a score out of 100 points. The score is based out of three categories (marked in bold)
Creativity [45 points]
Originality [20 points]
Descriptive [25 points]
Structure [40 points]
Spelling [10 points]
Grammar [10 points]
General Readability [10 points]
Ability to Draw in the Reader [10 points]
Technicalities [15 points]
Within Word Count Guidelines [5 points]
Following Competition Rules [5 points]
Title Relevance [5 points]

-=Prizes=-
First Place (Highest Combined Score)
Announced in specialty journal on InspireandCreate
Featured in the InspireandCreate Contest Results section on the homepage
Piece featured in the ‘Featured’ Folder on InspireandCreate
Critique by the two Admins on InspireandCreate [xSammyKayx & MASilverwolf]
850 Deviant Art Points donated by xSammyKayx on behalf of InspireandCreate
A Journal Feature by xSammyKayx
A Journal Feature by Kymira12
Two Constructive Critiques/Comments by Kymira12
One Literature Commission by Kymira12
Llama Badge [if available] by Kymira12

Second Place (Second Highest Combines Score)
Announced in specialty journal on InspireandCreate
Featured in the InspireandCreate Contest Results section on the homepage
Piece featured in the ‘Featured’ Folder on InspireandCreate
Critique by the two Admins on InspireandCreate [xSammyKayx & MASilverwolf]
600 Deviant Art Points donated by xSammyKayx on behalf of InspireandCreate
A Journal Feature by xSammyKayx
A Journal Feature by Kymira12
One Constructive Critique/Comment by Kymira12
One Poetry Commission by Kymira12
Llama Badge [if available] from Kymira12

Third Place (Third Highest Combined Score)
Announced in specialty journal on InspireandCreate
Featured in the InspireandCreate Contest Results section on the homepage
Piece featured in the ‘Featured’ Folder on InspireandCreate
Critique by the two Admins on InspireandCreate [xSammyKayx & MASilverwolf]
250 Deviant Art Points donated by xSammyKayx on behalf of InspireandCreate
A Journal Feature by xSammyKayx
A Journal Feature by Kymira12
One Comment by Kymira12
Llama Badge [If Available] from Kymira12


2x Honourable Mentions (Highest Score by Each Judge)
Announced in specialty journal on InspireandCreate
150 DeviantART Points donated by xSammyKayx on behalf of InspireandCreate
A Journal Feature by xSammyKayx
A Journal Feature by Kymira12

-=Other=-
Stating your interest in participation will help decide if the contest will continue running throughout the month. If there are less than five entries, the contest will be cancelled.
If you would like to ask any questions, feel free to ask!
Please comment here, note the group, or myself, xSammyKayx, if you would like to donate any prizes for our winners.
Featuring this competition to your watchers or groups is always appreciated.

Good luck everyone!

EDITS
2/1/13: Added more prizes (: