To Keep & Be Kept

My entry!! Promise I'll have something up by the end of the contest!!

@ witch mercy
All's good, I updated it!

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REMINDER
The deadline is in a week, October 31st! Feel free to change your prompt and/or entry if inspiration isn’t coming to you and if you don’t have the time to get anything in on time, don’t feel bad! You can ask for an extension or you can drop out, I’m understanding either way. If you already have an entry turned in, then obviously you can ignore this. Thank you!

Please see the post above about the deadline coming up!

Please see the post above about the deadline coming up!

hate to do this but I'm going to have to drop out. the story went in a complete different turn than I thought it would and pictures don't work with it. sorry!!

@ Brittt
That's fine! Thanks for letting me know!

HEY OKAY DON'T HATE ME BUT
I changed my entry again b/c I am extra af to XIII: stay here with me
With my entry so cleverly and brilliantly titled: Stay With Me

@ swell
TOO LATE, I HATE YOU. jk, I updated everything, gracias~

I hope it's not too late! My submission is here.

@ subaru
Nope, not too late! I won't consider it too late until after midnight of the 31st on my timezone.

Thank you much, it looks great!

FORMAL APOLOGY
Hi, hello! I definitely haven’t forgotten about this contest and I do have full intentions of judging/commenting on every entry and announcing the winners sometime in the near future, but I didn’t take NaNo in mind when I extended the deadline out to the 31st and considering that I’m participating in the sadomasochistic event, my priorities are definitely a little out of whack this month. So I’m not sure exactly when I’ll get around to taking care of this, hence this message. Nonetheless, this contest will definitely be taken care of no matter what. Thank you for being patient with me and if you’re participating in NaNo as well, I hope it’s going well for you!

I’m the worst contest host on the planet right now and I don’t really have an excuse for how long this has taken me except for the usual life stress and scatterbrained tendencies. I’m really so sorry for this because I feel so awful. I’M JUST SORRY. But without further ado, after a lot of consideration and weighing because all the entries were great, the winners are:

First Place: Long Way Home by uroboros
Second Place: Stay With Me by swell
Third Place: Beyond the Horizon by rinku
Honorable Mention: Gasoline Dreams by witch mercy

Congratulations, everyone! Your choice of prizes are (which have been updated since I made the contest due to no longer offering certain things but replacing them with New Things):

Prizes:

_ • Five story or poem recommendations on any of your choosing. (This can be divided between the two.)
_ • Three comments on stories or poems of your choosing, comments being at least 200 words
_ • One custom layout (story, poem, or blog) [examples: x, x, x, x]
_ • Two story color palettes
_ • One icon batch either inspired by your entry or an overall theme you want — batch will consist of around 10+ icons
_ • An Instagram edit batch for one story of your choice [examples: x, x]
_ • Two moodboards, either classic or character — one for your entry, second for a story of your choice [examples: x, x, x, x] (This can also be divided between the two if you want one classic and one character.)
_ • Story covers — one for your entry, second for a story of your choice [examples: x, x]
_ • Two typography edits, both for a story of your choice [examples: x, x]

First place can pick three.
Second place can pick two.
Third place can pick one.
Honorable mention can pick one.

Please message me in regards to your prizes and once again, thank you to everyone that entered! and I’m so sorry that it took me 2 months after the deadline to get it all done

Please see the post above for winners!