Twisted Tournament August 2025 - Rules, Terms, and Conditions

Introduction

Welcome to the Twisted Tournament August 2025! This contest begins on Mon Aug 18 2025.

Contest Process

Upon entering, you will be placed into either Group 1 or Group 2. Each round, you will receive specific prompts, which may include genres, tropes, and various elements. Each group typically receives different prompts for each round. You must submit your story through the website before the deadline for each round for your story to be included in judging. Do not put your name in the story - it must be anonymous. You can resubmit your story as many times as you wish during the round. Contest-specific terms and conditions can be found on the register page.

Submission Deadline

All entries must be submitted during the writing period for each round. No refunds will be given for failing to submit on time.

Judging and Results

After writing, there is a period for Peer Judging. Group 1 participants judge stories from Group 2, and vice versa. Judging is made easy by a drag-and-drop system to order stories by preference, which assigns points accordingly. Providing feedback is optional but encouraged. You must write and judge to be eligible to win the contest. Each story will be judged by multiple judges each round, and an average across the judges will be used to decide the score for that story. Those average scores will be added up to decide an overall score used in determining your overall placement.

Prizes

Please refer to the registration or my contests page (after you register) for a list of prizes. These will be paid by paypal, or awarded as site credit if preferred.

AI Prohibition and Originality Affirmation

Entries must be solely written by human authors. Use of AI-generated content or assistance is strictly prohibited. By participating, you affirm that your submission is an original work created specifically for this contest and has not been previously published or submitted elsewhere.

Judging Criteria

This contest is peer judged, meaning you (if you sign up) are a judge. You will be given either 4, 5 or 6 stories (possibly slightly more or less, depending on how many entries) per round. You must drag and drop them into your preferred order. Your order will decide how many points each story is given. Stories will be judged by a number of judges and the average score given will be used as their overall score for that round.

Prize and Tax Information

Prizes will be awarded as per the contest rules. Monetary rewards will be transferred via PayPal, while site credit prizes will be applied directly to winners' accounts. All applicable taxes on prizes are the sole responsibility of the prize winners.

Rights and Publication

Authors retain full rights to their submissions. Winners will be asked for permission to publish their work on our platform or to provide a link to it. This request is optional, and authors may decline without affecting their standing in the contest.

Indemnity Clause

By entering this contest, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the contest organizers from any liability, loss, claim, and expense (including reasonable legal fees) related to your participation in this contest.

General Terms and Conditions

• By participating in this contest, you agree to abide by its rules and the decisions of the judges, which are final and binding in all respects. The contest is subject to federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited.
• Submissions must be original work and must not infringe on the intellectual property rights of any other person or entity. By submitting an entry, you affirm that your work is original to you, has not been copied from others, and does not violate the rights of any other person or entity.

Eligibility and Participation Rules

• Age Requirement

  Participants of all ages are welcome to join the Twisted Tournament August 2025. However, if you are under 18 years of age, your participation must be registered and consented to by a parent or guardian. By registering a minor for the competition, the parent or guardian thereby provides their consent for the minor's participation in Twisted Tournament August 2025.

• Global Eligibility

  The Twisted Tournament August 2025 is open to participants from around the world. However, it is the responsibility of each participant to ensure that their participation complies with local laws and regulations. Note that the contest is void where prohibited by law.

• Use of Entries

  By submitting an entry, you retain your first publication rights. Once your story is submitted to our judges, you are free to submit it to other sites or magazines. We encourage and support the broad dissemination of your work. In the event that your entry is selected as a winner, we will request your permission to publish your story on our platform. However, we respect your decision if you choose not to grant this permission. Should your story be published elsewhere prior to the announcement of our contest results, we will be happy to provide a link to your story on that external site, given that it is not behind a paywall. This policy is designed to honor and respect the creative rights of all participating writers.

• Limitation of Liability

  The organizers are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the contest, or for any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of submissions.

• Disqualification

  We reserve the right to disqualify any entry that is found to be in violation of these Terms and Conditions. This includes entries that contain offensive, defamatory, malicious, or discriminatory content.

• Refunds

  Refunds must be requested 48 hours before a contest begins, otherwise we cannot grant them.

• Changes to the Contest

  The organizers reserve the right to cancel, suspend, or modify the contest if any problem prevents the contest from being conducted as planned. This includes, but is not limited to, fraud, technical failures, or any other factors beyond reasonable control.

• Privacy

  Any personal information received will be used only for contest administration and the purposes outlined in our Privacy Policy.

• Agreement to Terms

  Participation in the contest constitutes an agreement to these terms and conditions. Any breach of these terms may result in disqualification, or legal action, where applicable.

  We reserve the right to update these Terms and Conditions at any time. Changes will be effective immediately upon posting to the website.

Content Guidelines

We do not accept submissions containing extreme brutality or pornography. Such stories will be disqualified, and no refund will be provided. Our judges are not prudes, but the definition of extreme will come down to the judges' discretion.

Payment and Contest Classification

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