Fanonbenders' Fanontastic Fanon Contest, Round 18
Come one, come all to the fanontastic fanonbender’s fanon competition!
The most recent competition wasn’t recent enough, but it’s a new dawn, a new day, a new life, and we’re feeling pretty good about the recent (ongoing) revitalisation of the portal.
Step one: bring the gang back together (complete)
Step two: provide more opportunities and reasons for the users on the wiki to engage with the portal (ongoing).
And the first step in completing the second step is to restart the fanonbender’s fanon contest.
For those of you who weren't here for the last one, or who have simply forgotten how it works, the contest is structured thusly (with some minor changes):
The fanonbenders (, , and ) choose a prompt and perhaps some conditions such as maximum wo…
Fanonbenders' Fanontastic Fanon Contest, Round 17
Happy Halloween! We hope it was spooky (or spoopy) enough for everyone! Ours was great, reading all these awesome submissions. The authors definitely went for a Halloweeny feel, and we can tell! Unfortunately for us, we have to try and choose a winner.
It was a close call, but this month, we've decided to crown , with his , as the winner. His oneshot was up to his usual quality (ie. absolutely amazing) and we really enjoyed it. The transitions seemed a little sudden at times, but the overall spookiness was fantastic!
The other three were close. We loved – the first person really added to the chills, and though it wasn't a fast start, it was a horrifyingly satisfying ending! has all the aesthetics needed for an atmospheric Halloween story, …
Fanonbenders' Fanontastic Fanon Contest, Round 16
Hello all fanon portal authors! The time has come for another one of our contests!
It has certainly been a while since our last contest, hasn't it? Just a little under three years, but who's counting? Anyway, I'm very happy to announce that we're back with a new prompt we'd like to see you all try! Since it is October, a month known for the famous holiday Halloween, we were thinking it would be nice to make this month's prompt "spooky themed"! Take "The Puppetmaster" for example - that was spooky.
Feel free to write anything you come up with, but key points that will be evaluated are going to be:
- Overall spookiness.
- Grammar, spelling.
- Between 2000 - 4000 words.
For those of you who don't remember, this story can be a one-shot or a chapter of one o…
How do I write? Some useful tips for fanfiction writers I learned on my own
Well hello fello wikians.
As you might know, I finished half a month ago the first book of my fanfiction, Book One: Metal. I know it's not being read by many people, but that's not going to stop me from continuing writing it. Even so, "" simply started as a fun writing exercise to help me express myself through writing, and I have developed incredible abilities on how to handle characters.
At least, thats what some people who gave me feedback in real life have told me it's something not many writers get right, and not many writers get to have many likeable characters as I do (they even liked my character Tao, who I tried to make unlikeable on purpose to be honest). Let's face it, even Bryke themselves had some problems with handling characte…
Fanonbenders' Fanontastic Fanon Contest, Round 15
Merry Hanukkah, Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year! Hopefully, you fanon enthusiasts on Avatar Wiki are enjoying yourselves. Well, how about let's hold another fanon contest to close out 2015, shall we?
For our thirteenth contest, we had five entries, which were brief, given the prompt, and had to live up to the challenge of letting each and every word count. Four of those were from authors who have written around the portal left and right, and we even got the opportunity to welcome a newcomer into the fold, making his debut onto the portal with the contest entry. With a creative and interesting idea from and some high-quality and immersive writing from , it was no simple task to select a winner this time around. As always, let us be…
Fanonbenders' Fanontastic Fanon Contest, Round 14
Happy September, members of the fanon community. It's contest time once again!
As always, let us begin with the results from the last contest, which gave us the pleasure of reading four entertaining entries by some of Avatar Wiki's regular authors. Each of these songfics brought their own character and musical flare to the table, and it took us several days to decide upon our victor. All four participants of Round 13 may use the template .
And now onto Round 14, which will run from September 16 to October 20, given that we're starting so late in the month once again. For this prompt, you can write about anything - that's right. Anything you want, as long as it's related to Avatar, of any genre and style. That is, as long as it is 500 words …
Fanonbenders' Fanontastic Fanon Contest, Round 13
Hello all fanon portal authors! The time has come for another one of our contests!
So, let us begin by handing out results from our last contest, which was of course, round 12. We got quite a few entries this time, so hopefully we didn't take too long. The prompt for this round was for you guys to introduce us a character.
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In third place, we chose , by . It was a great chapter with a very strong character. In second place, it was decided that we would place the almost new story's pilot, which would be . We would like to thank all our participants from Round 12. As usual, you can add a userbox to your profile as shown:
~The Fanonbenders
Fanonbenders' Fanontastic Fanon Contest, Round 12
Hello fellow authors of the fanon portal! It's time for yet another round of the Fanonbender’s Fanontastic Fanon Contest, returning for our dozenth installment.
As usual, we'll begin with the results from last contest, which was Round 11. There were fewer entries this time and our response has been delayed, but naturally life goes on, and so do the contests. The prompt of our eleventh round was to show a change in the luck of a focal character, and each of the entries featured the author's own inventive interpretation of where to go with that.
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gave us a creative piece centering around Katara and Aang's son Bumi during his earlier years. While it was an enjoyable read, it did push the boundaries of believability at times, but its…
Fanonbenders' Fanontastic Fanon Contest, Round 11
Greetings authors and readers alike, and welcome to the eleventh installment of the Fanonbenders' Fanon Contest!
We'd like to thank all of our participants from Round 10 for submitting thought-provoking, emotional, and thoroughly entertaining pieces pertaining to our Valentine's Day romance theme. We did not have as many entries as we've had in the past, but what that proved was that quality is indeed far more important than quantity, and I'd like to thank you for maintaining that high standard of quality.
Without further adieu, I'd like to congratulate for taking home the win this time with . We believe he best demonstrated proficiency in writing as well as met the full expectations of the Fanonbenders given the prompt. Congrats, Bomo! Ple…
Fanonbenders' Fanontastic Fanon Contest, Round 10
Flameo, Avatar Wikians!
Welcome to the second round of the year for the Fanonbender’s Fanontastic Fanon Contest.
As usual, we'll begin with the results from last contest, which was Round 9. This time around we had seven creative entries to go through. Last month, the prompt was to write an Avatar story or chapter in the second person, which in the grand scheme of writing is not scene very often. In each entry, we got to see the author directly addressing the reader, and with every author the style was shown to coincide with the author's voice in different ways.
So, without further adieu:
's entry had an eloquent and poetic rhythm to it, but and I both had doubts about the plausibility of the premise for the character in question, and felt…