BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / I am hosting a writing competition: Win an original Sherlock portrait!

**Posted by Ape** March 21, 2014 6:21 pm

I came to this forum to look for more people who might be interested in winning a Sherlock painting. The competition can be found here: http://www.reddit.com/r/Sherlock/comments/20wn0m/contest_win_your_very_own_sherlock_portrait/ (Here is an example of my painting http://i.imgur.com/tmfJpbT.jpg)

What do you think? Interested? Or, know anyone who might be?

**Posted by Ozymandias** March 21, 2014 7:00 pm

Oh, it seems fun!
Too bad English is not my native language...

**Posted by Ape** March 21, 2014 7:04 pm

Your English seems fine from the 12 words I've seen! Collaboration is fine too, so you could feel free to write whatever you like then have people check it over for spelling and stuff.

**Posted by Ozymandias** March 21, 2014 7:10 pm

Great. I'll definitely write something after my exams in May

**Posted by Ape** March 21, 2014 7:14 pm

Awesome! No rush, I look forward to reading whatever it is! Good luck with your exams! What are you taking?

**Posted by Ozymandias** March 21, 2014 8:24 pm

Oh. I thought I misunderstood the meaning of your sentence because I was eating at the same time, but actually I really don't get it, even after dinner. What are you referring to by "What are you taking?".

**Posted by Ape** March 21, 2014 8:39 pm

Ah, no wonder you're busy! My sister's partner is studying law, he never seems to have a moment free.

**Posted by Ozymandias** March 21, 2014 9:43 pm

Yeah it's really exhausting. And I'm only in my third year. But fortunately I'm gonna be graduated in two months. I think about doing a one year break after my graduation to become a teacher assistant

**Posted by SusiGo** March 24, 2014 10:43 am

Well, this is really tempting after having seen your paintings.

**Posted by VaticanCameo** March 24, 2014 11:41 am

It does sound like fun. I have a question, though. When you say the fic must be "original", does that mean you want to see something that is not fan fiction (i.e. original characters, original setting), or are we talking about Sherlock fan fiction, just with an original storyline that wasn't written for any prompt or other challenge?

**Posted by Ape** March 24, 2014 4:17 pm

By original I mean not plagarised from anywhere, and preferably written for this this competition (though I think I'm fine to give people some leeway with that if they've written something very recently that they want to use). It can be fan fiction, poetry, essay, puzzle, whatever as long as it's written. Sherlock fan fiction is just fine, two entries so far are something from the POV of Sherlock's mother set at the end of Reichenbach Fall, and a WhoLock crossover! I hope you'll all give it a shot!

Last edited by Ape (March 24, 2014 4:19 pm)

**Posted by VaticanCameo** March 24, 2014 5:41 pm

Sounds great, let me see if I can whip something up. No promises, though.

**Posted by Sherlock Holmes** March 24, 2014 6:11 pm

That sounds great, I'd definitely be interested in giving it a go.

**Posted by mozartlocked** April 11, 2014 10:11 pm

Can we enter two different stories?

**Posted by Ape** April 13, 2014 4:50 pm

Sorry for missing your question here, mozartlocked! I know you got the answer over in reddit but I'll answer it here too for anyone else who wants to know, one entry per person so everyone has the same chance. Also if anyone has any questions you can contact 'prosopagnosiape' (that's me) on reddit.