Zee Shanty Competition!

Delicious friends, our first writing competition is here!

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It’s Sunless Sea’s first birthday on 6th February. Inspired by the phenomenal Sunless Sea Rap by Dan Bull, we are asking for your finest Zee Shanty.

The shanty can be on any Fallen London/Sunless Sea topic that you please. Life and death, romance, fear, relief, cannibalism, the longing for home.

Bear in mind that shanties are usually sung by a crowd, and often involve call-and-response. Entries will be judged on how well we can imagine them being sung by your crew, their overall Neathiness, and the writing (and rhyming).

It must be no more than 100 words long. We can’t stress this enough. No more than 100 words. We will word count all of them and discard any which are longer. Consider it a challenge of constraint!

How to Enter

Post your creations anywhere on the internet which suits you (tumblr, our forums, reddit, your blog/website). 

Send a permalink to us at competitions@failbettergames.com, with the subject ‘Zee Shanty Competition’.

You may perform your shanty and submit a video if you fancy! But you must also submit it in writing.

The competition will close at 12 noon GMT on 4 March 2016.

We will review all the entries and put together a top 5 for community vote until 12 noon GMT on 11 March, with one winner receiving the prize:

The Prize

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  • Your choice of Fallen London merchandise 
  • A piece of Exclusive Fallen London Exceptional Hat jewellery (either a brooch or a necklace)
  • 100 Fate and 3 months of Exceptional Friendship in Fallen London
  • Two copies of Sunless Sea (one for a friend), plus two copies of the official soundtrack

Full guidelines below the cut! Good luck!

Competition Guidelines

1. The piece must be a sea shanty in no more than 100 words. It doesn’t have to be a new piece, but pieces which clearly don’t fit the theme will not be taken into account.

2. Please, nothing NSFW. We’ve got interns; their minds are so fresh.

3. We will not be accepting fan art or craft this time. If you want to make a video of you reciting the shanty, that’s great! But it must also be submitted in writing.

4. The competition is open internationally. The work must be written by you, and submitted by you.

5. If we can’t contact you via email within a week of voting closing, we’ll move on to the person with the next highest number of votes.

6. Any attempt to manipulate voting will be cause for disqualification. We trust you not to do anything like this, and to know when ‘trying to drum up support’ turns into spamming or manipulating either the system or other people.

7. Full terms and conditions.

If you have any questions, drop us an ask and we’ll try to help.

Good luck, delicious friends!