Winter is finally here and brings us cold winds and snowflakes. But what's better than enduring the weather outside?
Delving into literary winter-adventures, of course.
We teamed up with _Once_Upon, magic, Spiritual_Universe, and CoffeeCommunity to bring you a fun new contest, and challenge you to explore the myths and folklore about the winter season. People have always been eager to come up with ideas to explain certain natural phenomena back in the old days and so there is a large number of characters who personify winter.
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The prompt is fairly simple and gives room for a lot of ideas you might be having already.
Write a short story revolving around a winter personification from a fairy tale, folktale, myth or legend. You may pick one that is also linked to Christmas, but you don't need to.
Don't know any winter personifications? Can't decide what to pick? We might have a some prominent — and a few more obscure myths and legends — for you in our Info book.
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The contest starts now and you have time until December 31, 2017 to submit your stories.
The deadline is Dec 31st, 11:59 pm CET (Central European Time). Stories submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.
Enter by posting your story title, word count and story link in the comments below.
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❄ The story can be up to 2500 words.
❄ The story must be new to Wattpad, either posted as a new publication or a new chapter in an already existing collection.
❄Your story must feature some kind of winter character or personification originating from a fairy tale, folktale, myth or legend.
❄ Tag your story #winterfolklore so others can find it.
❄ No fanfiction please. Make sure your story and characters are your own.
❄ No mature content.
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The winner/s will receive shout-outs from all participating profiles as well as a sparkly sticker for their cover and will be added to respective reading lists.
Feel free to tag some friends who might be interested in joining in, as well as sharing the contest with your followers.
