Prompt

This year features THREE potential prompts which are outlined here!

Submissions

• The three judges will be the members of the TIE Corps Command Staff (TCCOM, SOO, WO)
• Fiction will be limited to one submission per pilot
• Word count minimum (1000) and maximum (4000) will be implemented.
• No AI derived fiction writing (don't use AI to write a story for you even if you intend to tweak it afterwards).
• Submit your submission to the Warfare Officer at phoenixberkana@gmail.com

Scoring Rubric

Idea

• 4 points: Includes a clearly presented central idea with relevent facts, supporting details or explanations. Contains all relevant information included in the prompt.
• 3 points: Includes a central idea with mostly relevant facts, supporting details, or explanations. Contains most of the relevant information included in the prompt.
• 2 points: Includes a central idea with limited factions, supporting details, and/or explanation. Contains some of the relevant information included in the prompt.
• 1 points: Includes a central idea but lacks related facts, supporting details, and/or explanation. Contains none of the relevant information included in the prompt.

Content

• 4 points: Uses vivid descriptive language and concrete sensory details. Enables the reader to visualize the events or experiences.
• 3 points: Uses descriptive language and concrete sensory details. Enables the reader to visualize the events of experiences.
• 2 points: Uses limited, repetitive language with little sensory details. Does not give a visual picture.
• 1 point: Uses dull, repetitive words and no details. Word choice confuses the reader.

Characters

• 4 points: Reader is able to fully conceptualize the characters, their motivations, and intentions.
• 3 points: Reader is able to understand the characters, their motivations, and intentions.
• 2 points: Reader has limited understanding of and cannot connect with the characters.
• 1 point: Reader is left with no understanding about the characters in the story.

Dialog

• 4 points: Voice chosen is appropriate to topic, purpose, and audience. Writing is expressive, engaging and/or sincere.
• 3 points: Voice is present, shows awareness of audience. Writing is somewhat engaging and expressive.
• 2 points: Voice is inconsistent or weak. Shows limited awareness of audience.
• 1 point: Little or no voice is evident. Awareness of audience or personal involvement is not evident.

Conventions

• 4 points: Contains few if any errors in conventions that makes the writing easy to read and understand.
• 3 points: Contains some convention errors that do not interfere with the understanding of the story.
• 2 points: Contains frequent convention errors that are noticeable and confuse the reader
• 1 point: Contains so many convention errors that the writing is difficult to follow.

• Fiction bonus comps (each), Iron Stars with Ribbons: Gold, Silver x2, Bronze x3, Copper x4 (top ten)
• Individual best fiction piece between both bonus comps: Upgraded to IS-PR