THE CRYPTKEEPERS CONTEST
• Chamber of Chronicles •
| Grand Curator GoobiDaBoobi |
Description
Welcome to the silent depths of the ancient shrine. Submit your finest macabre compositions, sinister short lore, or chilling chronicles. Only the most gripping tales will survive the evaluation of the keepers and find a permanent place within our stone vaults.
Each month, the Cryptkeeper opens the tomb and seeks fresh tales for the archives.
To enter, send an original piece of short-form literature by mail. Poems, microfiction, eerie tales, dark humor, or any other bite-sized work of creativity are welcome. Do not post your entry in the forum replies, only works delivered to the Cryptkeeper's mailbox will be judged.
One worthy soul will leave the crypt each month with a Donator Pack. The rest... become part of the collection.
Sharpen your quill, disturb the silence, and write something worth remembering.
Rules and FAQ
- ✦ Submissions are to be sent to my mail and are NOT to be posted in forum replies.
- ✦ Maintain formatting readability for historical indexing.
- ✦ Respect the absolute deadline parameters of the current cycle ( Must be submitted before the last day of each month ).
- ✦ Only one manuscript entry is allowed per participant.
- ✦ Submissions must be entirely original literary works, Absolutely no AI or plagiarism.
The Cryptkeepers' Podium
Glow of the Honored Ancestors
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I. LORE MASTER FirstPlaceName GOLDEN CROWN |
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II. ARCH-SCRIBE SecondPlaceName SILVER INK |
III. CHRONICLER ThirdPlaceName BRONZE SEAL |
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This Month's Winner Selected Scholar Example name "Their haunting prose best illuminated the darkened corners of the library." |
This Month's Winning Story "The Echoes of the Spire" ‘Long before kingdoms claimed these lands, the First Keeper carved a vault beneath the earth to defy oblivion. It was never meant for bones, but for knowledge too precious to perish. When the old libraries burned and empires fell, surviving scholars carried their last writings to the crypt. Since then, each month the Keeper unlocks its ancient doors, judges every new manuscript, and entombs the worthiest among the timeless archive, where forgotten wisdom endures beyond the reach of history.’ |
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2nd Place Arch-Scribe SecondPlaceName "The Iron Quill" The ink ran dry before the final warning could be etched into the stone. What remains is a whisper of what was lost... |
3rd Place Chronicler ThirdPlaceName "The Forgotten Vault" Beneath the roots of the world, we found the old archive. It smelled of dust and ancient truths long forgotten... |
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Honorary Mention Honored Guest HonoraryName "The Whisper in the Stone" The shadows grew long across the cobblestone pathway, winding past columns worn smooth by centuries of silence. No wind stirred within the vault, yet the pages of the open codex rustled softly, as if brushed by unseen fingers. Here rested the chronicles that time itself had abandoned, waiting for a single weary traveler to read their final, warning lines. |
The Archive Wheel
8 Chambers of Fate
The winner of the honorary mention
gets a spin on the archive wheel
The Eight Sagas
[I] Xanax [19.2% chance]
[II] 30 points [19.2% chance]
[III] Tissues [19.2% chance]
[IV] Erotic dvd [15.4% chance]
[V] Random energy drink [15.4% chance]
[VI] FHC [7.7% chance]
[VII] BOUNTY🤧 [1.9% chance]
[VIII] Poison mistletoe [1.9% chance]
Links To All Past Winners and Stories
Updates and Announcements
[July 2026] Wheel of fate was added alongside a podium display introducing new 2nd,3rd place and honorary mention titles
[Notice] New submission templates are available upon query.
Credits
Layout Architecture •SuperX10
Atmospheric Assets • Historical Library Records
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