The Literomantic Games April 2024

The Literomantic Games are an international competition of Literomancy sponsored by the Great Houses for the Tourney of Tales and the Word Wars! The Games are divided into ten equally-weighted events. The House with the most points relative to their population at the end of the War wins the Literomantic Cup*, and each participant with 30 points receives a gold medal*.Those with 20 or more points win silver medals*, and 10 or more points gives you a bronze*! Copper medals are received* for participation.   Participants are encouraged to participate in as many events that interest them, and the only real limit is the number of points received per event.   There has been a channel on our Discord created for the Games! Search for #literomantic-games in the Writing category.   If you wish to post your entries to social media, use the tag #litgames to increase visibility!  

Rules

All submissions to the Literomantic Games must be new work, made between April 01, 2024 and April 30, 2024 in your timezone

Submissions can be submitted at any time until the forms close, but are tallied weeklly

Both fanfiction and original work are permitted

Doubling up (tripling up, etc.) on events is permitted, but you must submit for all relevant forms to receive points

Events

 

Event 01: Daily Word Count

  The first event — Daily Word Count — gives a number of points dependent on how many days the participant wrote 444 words or more.   The link to the form for the first event is found here.  

Event 02: Word of the Day & Very Short Stories

The second event — Word of the Day and Very Short Stories — gives a number of points dependent on how many Prompt Words you include in Very Short Stories. You may make multiple Very Short Stories, and you may include multiple Prompt Words in a single Very Short Story. Very Short Stories must be less than or equal to 300 characters in length.   Two Prompt Words will be provided per day, but you only need to include one to get the full number of points.       The link to the form for the second event is found here.  

Event 03: Prompts

The third event — Prompts — gives a number of points dependent on the number of prompts the participant writes for. There is no minimum word count for the prompt to be considered completed.   Prompts for this event are posted periodically in the #litgames-prompts channel on the Game of Tomes Discord.   The link to the form for the third event is found here.  

Event 04: Poetry

The third event — Poetry— gives a number of points dependent on the number of poems the participant writes for. There is no minimum word count for the poem to be considered completed.   The link to the form for the fourth event is found here.  

Event 05: Character Design

The fifth event — Character Design— gives a number of points dependent on how many hours you spend creating a character or characters. This prompt is open to your interpretation on what creating a character means.   The link to the form for the fifth event is found here.  

Event 06: Scriptwriting

  The sixth event — Scriptwriting — gives a number of points dependent on the number of pages of script the participant writes. One point is awarded for every three pages of script. An alternate method of counting scripting is by wordcount, where 250 words is equal to one page.   The link to the form for the sixth event is found here.  

Event 07: Articles

The seventh event gives a number of points dependent on the number of World Anvil, or otherwise, articles the participant writes. The minimum word count for an article to be considered complete is 100 words. The article must represent a complete idea and/or thought, even if not finished.   The link to the form for the seventh event is found here.  

Event 08: Animation

The eighth event — Animation — gives a number of points dependent on the number of hours the participant spent animating a video. One point is awarded per hour of animating (not animation). Participation in Game of Tomes lore is optional but encouraged.   The link to the form for the eighth event is found here.  

Event 09: Role Playing

The ninth event — Role Playing — gives a number of points dependent on the number of hours the participant spends role playing. Two points are awarded per hour of role play.   The link to the form for the ninth event is found here.  

Event 10: Filking

The tenth event — Filking — gives a number of points dependent on the quality of a completed filk's lyrics as judged by Sable Aradia. Only one filk may be submitted.   The link to the form for the tenth event is found here.