I support the idea of a writing contest... As webmaster of
vampsub , I will post the 3 best submitted prologues/brief summary on my website to encourage your participation. They will be available under a new fan fiction "tab" I am not sure how I would judge it, but creativity is the key. Also, PM me if you want to be a judge (you can't be a contestant if you want to be a judge for obvious reasons
) If there are less than 5 entries, I will post all of them on my website.
If you want me to check out your story and post your story on the website, just follow these steps:
1. Watch all episodes of MDWAV3 (have seen both endings)
2. Write "Vampsub post permitted" as the first line of your post
3. Specify which ending you pick up from (Last scene in church, or on the grass of the HK Stadium, where the spaceship landed), or if the story doesn't pick up from the end of MDWAV3 at all
4. Write an entry that is 300 - 2000 words, with more than 3 paragraphs
5. Include the following characters in your story: Fong Tin Ai (Ma Siu Ling's daughter), Fong Fok Sung, and one mythical/historical/famed character (For example, Justice Pao, the monkey from Journey of the West, etc.)
6. The story must occur in at least 2 different time periods (past, present, future) (For example, you can have Song Dynasty and Tang Dynasty, or year 2007 and 2046)
6. Submit to this thread (or e-mail/PM to me, in case this thread dies) before March 1st, 2006.
Prize: not sure yet, but I keep having the idea to write to Chan 13 one day to tell him about the subtitles (after I finish translating all MDWAV3 subtitles) and the website, so... if this contest is successful, I am quite sure that I will try to write to him and send ATV/him a copy of your ideas (not sure how high his English level is, but I would guess he would be interested to read it just because it is about MDWAV4). I am not saying that you cannot do that by yourself, I am just trying to offer this to save the contestants the hassle. Also, I might hire a professional artist to draw out a scene that you describe and post it alongside your entry- of course, this will depend on how well the entries are written.
But most of all, express your love for the series. If you really have a nice story that you want to tell others, you wouldn't care about the prize anyway, right?