Never Ever Happily Ever After

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Not everything in life ends with a happily ever after. People leave, they die, they cheat, they get sick, they are murdered or take their own lives. Life can't always have a happily ever after, and neither can fics. That's what we want. We want a FREE-STANDING one-shot that does NOT end with a happily ever after. That's right, we want your MAJOR heartfail.

Your one-shot can start off happy, there can be lemons (please let there be some lemons) but it MUST end SADLY! We want your one-shots to make our chests ache and for tears to pour from our eyes? Can you do it? Can you rise to our contest challenge? Please, please do!

We are open to such scenarios as:

illness

death

cheating

suicide

These are only suggestions, and if you have something you are unsure of, feel free to email us! Please, think outside of the box!

- There are no specifics on POV and all categories (AUH, AH, Canon, OOC) will be accepted.

- Must be a one-shot and must be a new story and not an outtake from a pre-existing story.

- No entry limit. You may write as many as you'd like.

- Collaborations are acceptable.

- Please have your work beta’d before submitting it to the contest. Any entry with numerous spelling/grammar errors will be sent back once for the author to make corrections. If errors are still present, the entry may be disqualified.

- The one-shot cannot be continued until the contest is complete.

- A maximum of 15,000 words not including header, disclaimer, AN etc.

- Rate your fic appropriately for content.

- Lemons are lovely, but not required.

- Slash and femme slash IS allowed

- All entries will be read and voted on in an open poll as well as a judge’s poll.

- All submissions will be screened to ascertain that these requirements have been met before being added to the profile. Hostesses reserve the right to reject, or return for further editing, any stories which they feel are not respectful of the seriousness and gravity of their content.

- If you wish to include an author note, you may, but please limit it to anything pertinent to the story and exclude any information that may reveal your identity.

- All entries will be validated by one of the hosts, and any information regarding the identity of the author will be removed before posting.

- If your entry contains any references to situations of a sensitive nature (history of rape, sexual abuse, assault, etc.), please include an appropriate warning. Entries containing detailed depictions of rape, incest, pedophilia, etc. are not permitted. If you have questions regarding what will/will not be accepted, please send an email to: nevereverhappy(at)gmail(dot)com

All entries must feature the following heading:

Disclaimer: "Due to the nature of this contest, you may expect content such as character death, adultery, abuse, illegal activities including drug use and underage drinking, etc."

Submissions will be accepted from 2/4/2011-3/15/2011

Public Voting will take place from 3/17/2011- 3/24/2011

Winners of Judges Selections and Public Vote will be announced 3/31/2011

Contest entries must be received no later than midnight (EST) Thursday, March 15th, 2011

Public vote will be started on Thursday, March 17th, 2011, ending midnight (EST) Thursday, March 24th.

We have quite the kick-ass list for The Never Ever Happily Ever After Contest. We love them hard and we’re thrilled that they were willing to judge.

BellaFlan

CereuleanBlue

nitareality
agoodwitch

All entries must be emailed to: nevereverhappy(at)gmail(dot)com in order to be validated and then uploaded to the Fanfiction Contest Profile.

We reserve the right to make minor adjustments to dates and/or rules should that become necessary.

This is an anonymous content. Entries can not be posted anywhere else or they will be disqualified. You are encouraged to promote the contest, and permitted to say that you entered, but please do not share which story is yours (publicly or privately) with anyone except your beta.