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Overview​

The DLP competition is currently running every quarter (with a bit over two months of writing time allotted). Prompts are chosen from a poll and the max word count is 17,500 words.

We request that only people who intend/hope to enter vote on the topic, but everyone is welcome to review and judge the entries.

All entries will get solid review and critique as the reward for entering. The additional reward for winning is getting to pick a poll option for the next competition. Please enter!

Here are some relevant links - but be aware that you will need an account to see most of the threads in question.

General Competition Discussion Thread:
https://forums.darklordpotter.net/threads/general-competition-discussion-thread.38150/

Prompt Ideas:
https://forums.darklordpotter.net/threads/prompt-ideas.37589/

How to Review (in general);
https://forums.darklordpotter.net/threads/moreplz-reviewing-in-wba.38135/​

As the competition has evolved so have the rules about voting, reviewing, and so on. The rules for each competition, all entered stories, and a discussion thread for each competition can be found within these sub-forums.

Winners​

2017
Prompt: Harry discovers why Albus doesn't drink.
Winner's Thread: https://forums.darklordpotter.net/threads/dec-2017-contest-winners.37566/

Q1 2018
Prompt: "You're bleeding on my floor."
Winner's Thread: https://forums.darklordpotter.net/threads/q1-2018-contest-winners.37712/

Q2 2018
Prompt: "Breaking into Snape's office in the middle of the night was a risky move at the best of times..."
Winner's Thread: https://forums.darklordpotter.net/threads/q2-2018-contest-winner.37919/

Q3 2018
Prompt: Vampires
Winner's Thread: https://forums.darklordpotter.net/threads/q3-2018-contest-winner.38151/

Q4 2018
Prompt: Romance
Winner's Thread: https://forums.darklordpotter.net/threads/q4-2018-contest-winner.38278/

Q1 2019
Prompt: Death
Winner's Thread: https://forums.darklordpotter.net/threads/q1-2019-contest-winner.38398/

Q2 2019
Prompt: Daphne Greengrass -OR- Azkaban
Winner's Thread: https://forums.darklordpotter.net/threads/q2-2019-contest-winner.38571/

Q3 2019
Prompt: What the Professors get up to in the summers -OR- Ritual Magic!
Winner's Thread: https://forums.darklordpotter.net/threads/q3-2019-story-competition.38578/

Q4 2019 (Part I)
Prompt: Foreign Magical Regions (Setting outside of Britain)
Winner's Thread: https://forums.darklordpotter.net/threads/q4-part1-story-competition.38815/

Q4 2019 (Part II)
Prompt: Magical Fairy Tale
Winner's Thread: https://forums.darklordpotter.net/threads/q4-part-ii-flash-competition.38972/

Q1 2020
Prompt: Abstract Magic
Winner's Thread: https://forums.darklordpotter.net/threads/q1-2020-competition.39083/

Q2 2020 (Part I - Flash)
Prompt: 70 Years Later
Winner's Thread: https://forums.darklordpotter.net/threads/dlp-competition-q2-2020-april-flash-fiction.39237/

Q2 2020 (Part II - Shorter Stories)
Prompt: Wizards in Space
Winner's Thread: https://forums.darklordpotter.net/threads/dlp-competition-q2-2020-may-shorter-stories.39238/

Q2 2020 (Part III - Short Stories)
Prompt: Heist
Winner's Thread: https://forums.darklordpotter.net/threads/dlp-competition-q2-2020-june-short-stories.39239/

Q3 2020
Prompt: "Redux Deluxe" (use a past prompt!)
Winner's Thread: https://forums.darklordpotter.net/threads/q3-2020-competition-hp-redux-deluxe.39484/

Q4 2020
Prompt: "Not All Adventures at Hogwarts involve Harry"
Winner's Thread: https://forums.darklordpotter.net/threads/competition-q4-2020-its-here.39717/

Q1 2021
Prompt: Master and Apprentice
Winner's Thread: https://forums.darklordpotter.net/threads/the-dawn-of-a-new-year-q1-2021-dlp-competition.39818/

Q2 2021
Prompt: Ghosts of Hogwarts -or- Dueling
Winner's Thread: https://forums.darklordpotter.net/threads/q2-2021-dlp-story-competition.39981/

Q3 2021 - Flash
Prompt: Harry 3rd Person POV
Winner's Thread: https://forums.darklordpotter.net/threads/flash-voting-round-ii-pick-your-top-two-winnarz.40182/

Q3 2021
Prompt: Aftermath (AKA Wizarding Chernobyl)
Winner's Thread: https://forums.darklordpotter.net/threads/q3-2021-dlp-writing-competition.40126/