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About the Cup
The Authors' Cup is an annual creative writing competition made by authors for all authors.
On Inkspired we want to motivate all writers and aspiring authors of different literary genres.
The next edition will last 6 weeks, and it is scheduled to start on May 02, 2022 19:00:00.
Only participants that have registered on Inkspired prior to that date will be able to join and be part of the competition.
We are an inclusive platform and that's why The Authors' Cup will be open to all countries, languages, literary genres whether is a short story or novel published on Inkspired.
Our purpose
We want to aid the creative work of all writers, maximize their audience reach, and reward the most committed authors. The Authors' Cup will manage an inclusive creative policy with no discrimination of literary genres or nationalities.
Learn how to transition from an emerging writer. Learn how to become better at writing and promoting your stories. Learn how to challenge your creativity. Take the glory with you and compete in once-in-a-life-time publishing experience, while having fun!
Past editions
See what happened in previous editions:
Third Edition 2022: 02 May - 17 Jun, 2022. + Champions, The Best Stories awards, Jury, Prizes, and Rules. + Challenges.
Second Edition 2020: 02 Oct - 20 Dec, 2020. + Champions, The Best Stories awards, Jury, Prizes, and Rules. + Challenges.
First Edition 2019: 02 May - 31 Jul, 2019. + Champions, The Best Stories awards, Jury, Prizes, and Rules. + Challenges.
How does the competition work?
The Authors' Cup is about writing and promoting your stories in a consistent way. To participate, just:
1 Create an Inkspired account, and join the competition by registering on this page.Register now. 2 When the competition starts, you will be able to see some writing/publishing challenges on this page. Select the challenges you want to participate, follow their specific guidelines, complete them, and claim your points! 3 The top 3 authors that have the most Points in the ranking at the end of the competition will be the winners.
See all the prizes.
There will be also 2 additional prizes for 2 random users (lottery) across the top 25 in the ranking.
You can participate in challenges with stories in any language, and in any category or genre.
Other Awards
Additionally, we will have separate awards for a special challenge to select the best and most popular stories in English and Spanish under the following categories:
Format: Story with chapters.Format: Interactive story or Comics
Participating stories must have to be created, published and updated during the competition time. You can only apply with one story per category, so choose your story wisely ;)
Have a brief look into the awards. To know how we will evaluate the stories, please read the Rules.
Kinds of challenges
- Cup Challenges, you can accomplish at any time during the duration of the competition.
- Monthly Challenges, that will only be valid within a specific month. They will be revealed at the start of each month.
- Weekly Challenges, that will only be valid within a specific week. They will be revealed at the start of each week.
- Flash Challenges, that could appear randomly at any time and may last only from hours to a few days. You will need to be quick to snatch them before they disappear!
Participants in the competition will automatically get the Points whenever they complete the accepted challenge successfully and within the given timeframe.
Prizes at the end of the competition
View prizes table| Prizes | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place | Lottery winner 1 | Lottery winner 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badge in your user's profile | Champion's cup | Silver medal | Bronze medal | - | - |
| Premium | Lifetime subscription | 1 year, Free | 1 year, Free | - | - |
| Cash Voucher* | $250 | $150 | $100 | $50 | $50 |
| Ticket to the next Authors' Cup edition | - | - | |||
| Rewards Credits | 1000 | 700 | 500 | 250 | 250 |
| Certificate | |||||
Awards for the best stories in selected categories
View awards table| Award | Winner | 2nd winner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inkspired Originals contract (1 year) |
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| Extra Points to the ranking table | +20 Points per category | +15 Points per category | |
| Golden Star Badge in your story's profile | - | ||
| Premium | 1 year, Free | - | |
| Rewards Credits | 500 | 250 | |
Rules
Read the General Rules for The Authors' Cup competitionRead the General Rules for 'The Best Story' challenge
