Rules
The goal of WorldEmber is to achieve 10,000 words of original worldbuilding content on World Anvil during the month of December. The platform will automatically track the words you write!
Words which count towards WorldEmber are:
- Words written in articles only. Any words written in timelines, RPG blocks, maps, notes, secrets or historical events DO NOT count towards your total wordcount
- Words written in PUBLIC articles (rather than private) and PUBLISHED articles (and not drafts)!
- Words written in articles created after the start of WorldEmber (1st December 2020)
- Articles will only add to your wordcount if they have over 50 words
Special Provision: Stubs
If you have a stub (article under 50 words) written/started before the beginning of December you can enter it into WorldEmber.
In order to do that, follow these instructions carefully:
- Open the article that has a wordcount of under 50 words
- click on Avanced Tools & Options on the right hand side
- click the SPECIAL ACTIONS tab on the right hand side
- Click the Reset Date button. This process will update the creation date of the article to the current date.
When does it run?
WorldEmber happens throughout December:
- PST (Pacific USA)
START: 11:00 on November 30th
END: 11:00 on January 1st
- EST (Eastern USA)
START: 14:00 on November 30th
END: 14:00 on January 1st
- GMT (Greenwich Mean)
START: 19:00 on November 30th
END: 19:00 on January 1st
- AEST (Australian Eastern)
START: 06:00 on December 1st
END: 06:00 on January 2nd
Disclaimers
If you’re eligible for a prize (which you will find out during the WorldEmber 2020 Awards Ceremony Stream and/or associated blog post) you will have 2 weeks to contact us with your postal address, email address, and full name. By submitting this information, you also give your permission for World Anvil to pass your details on to the prize-giver. This will allow the sponsor in question to send out the prize(s) to you. We can also give you the sponsor/company’s contact details so you can address any further questions to them directly.
If you are eligible for a prize - be it community favorite, prize draw winner, special category or most words - your work will be checked for cheating.
The following acts count as cheating:
- Like boosting via secondary “alt” accounts
- Word count boosting (for example, using Lorem Ipsum / placeholder text or copy & pasting other author’s work or reference material).
- Plagiarism
- Creating non-worldbuilding content with the intention of winning a particular badge, prize, or special category. This includes blog posts as articles, dev/project updates, and other meta posts. WorldEmber is about worldbuilding!
- For Special Categories in particular, all artwork used MUST BE CREDITED. Art theft isn't cool, and using it to win prizes could get you disqualified.
Whilst we recognise the need to share your work in order to accrue community likes, excessive campaigning or spamming on the Discord server will lead to Moderator action.
The words must be your own original worldbuilding content.
All judges decisions are final.
Sharing your work
Since many of the prize categories of WorldEmber involve community likes,
it’s a good idea to share your work on social media, with your friends and family and with the wider worldbuilding community.
Join us on our Discord server to get feedback from other worldbuilders! Excessive campaigning or spamming on the Discord server will lead to Moderator action.
Use the hashtag
#WorldEmber on social media and the official World Anvil social media accounts
may share your work for more exposure! You can also stream your World Anvil worldbuilding sessions over WorldEmber! To get access to official fan overlays, download them from our
blog post here!.
Staff Participation
Our World Anvil team and main volunteers - including Enchanters and Discord Moderators - will have their own league for the most liked article and most liked body of work. They will still be eligible for the 10k Prize Winner’s draw, "Most Words" prize, and all Special Categories except those they may be adjudicating.