S&S Invitational: Detective Edition

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🕺 Welcome to the Scholar and Scribe Invitational 🕺

The Invitational is our bi-weekly, super-duper, writing contest. It is where we match quills and draw blood all for the sake of the craft. We all know a 'friendly' competition never hurts anyone, much, especially when it can be used as a platform to improve your writing. 🙌

🥳 Last Invitational Winners 🥳

🥇 Gold: 2 HSBI, 300 Ecency points, 50 SCHOLAR, 3 SCRIBE
@alonicus - Enforcing Online Safety, 2025-Style

It took a while for an inspector to summon up the courage to do more than try to stay out of sight. Finally, the plump little man stood up and stepped out from the cover of his armoured Transit van, bringing a loudspeaker up to his lips, pushing his beige mackintosh back in the clear hope of looking stylish.

🥈 ** Silver: 1 HSBI, 200 Ecency points4, 40 SCHOLAR, 2 SCRIBE**
@oluchi31- Diane's end

I stared as she walked towards me. The light from where she walked in, blinding. As she walked towards me, I saw the beauty that radiated off of her. In a red gown, she walked towards me. I couldn’t help the smile that spread across my face.

🥉 Bronze: 100 Ecency points, 30 SCHOLAR, 1 SCRIBE
@rinconpoetico7 - Buch

Bullets crisscrossed the air looking for fresh meat to devour. Buch led his men, finally, and after a long time, they had Don Adriano, head of the drug cartel in the south of the city, cornered. After so long Buch could avenge the death of his wife and son...

🧐 Rules of Engagement 🧐

  • Entries must adhere to the genre AND thematic prompt;
  • Entries must be between 600 and 1500 words.
    Note: this does not include any intro/footer text.
  • You must post your entry in Scholar and Scribe and use the #scholarandscribe tag;
  • Deadline for submission is Sunday, 22nd of September (23.59, GMT + 01);
  • All languages are welcome but MUST include an English translation;
  • Link your entry in the comment section below; ⏬

🤑 Prizes and Goodies 🤑

The winners will be announced in two weeks. Winners of what? An astute question. The prizes are as follows:

🥇 Gold: 2 HSBI, 300 Ecency points, 50 SCHOLAR, 3 SCRIBE
🥈 Silver: 1 HSBI, 200 Ecency points4, 40 SCHOLAR, 2 SCRIBE
🥉 Bronze: 100 Ecency points, 30 SCHOLAR, 1 SCRIBE
🎖️ Runner(s) Up: Valuable goodies!

IN ADDITION- Each participant will get a modest review of their work from the modding team. With the additional opportunity of getting an in-depth critical review if they so choose. 🙂

🤺 Prompt 🤺

The story you submit MUST adhere to the following prompts:

The story you submit MUST adhere to the following prompts:

🎥 Genre: Detective
🎨 Theme: Mystery

The detective genre goes hand-in-hand with the themes of mystery and suspense. The key to a good detective story is to have solvable mysteries that the characters are always one step away from solving. The setting doesn't matter in this prompt, it can be in space, or in a fantastical world. Or maybe even sometimes in the distant past., All that matters is that you tell a good detective story. 🔍

May the odds - and your creative energy - be ever in your favor!

We'd like to give out a big shout-out and thank you to Ecency for sponsoring this contest! 🤗

A big thank you to @melinda010100 as well for the seamless communication.

Check out the Ecency front-end and/or mobile app for more information on how to use your points.

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Congratulations

To winners of the last Invitational—
@alonicus, @oluchi31 and @rinconpoetico7! Amazing stories!

We are back with another edition of the Invitationals!

It's time to step into the shadows of mystery and uncover secrets like a true detective!

Here's inviting our incredible writers to join in and have fun:
@emrysjobber66, @lightpen, @grindan, @stuartcturnbull, @nancybriti1, @popurri, @universoperdido, @darthsauron, @justclickindiva, @marynn, @jhymi, @samsmith1971, @stellageorge, @killerwot, @atyourservice, @relf87, @amiegeoffrey, @rukkie, @dwixer, @beeeee, @mckane, @balikis95, @bipolar95, @emreal, @treasuree, @luchyl, @fredaa, @eunice9200, @jessicaossom, @wongi, @ngwinndave, @rare-gem, @jhymi, @loveth97, @wrestlingdesires, @bobbyb58, @dreemsteem, @kei2, @emotak, @fragozar01, @brijwhiz, @seki1, @hopestylist, @oluchi31, @samiwrites, @tengolotodo, @winanda, @kingsleyy, @moclassic, @zitalove, @omokhafue, @gracepro, @thinkrdotexe, @penderis, @niranaway, @queenkong, @abenad, @litguru, @restcity, @silher, @susurrodmisterio, @katleya, @phyna, @seki1, @mmykel @rinconpoetico7, @penyaircyber, @deraaa, @agreste, @janaveda, @teknon, @whywhy, @marriot5464, @chm-writes, @b0s, @jazclassic, @owasco, @katleya, @erh.germany, @fieryfootprints, @sabrinah, @leydeatraccionkm, @mellindor, @dwixer, @thelegallounge, @zakludick, @germanbava, @ricardo993, @alonicus, @oblivioncubed, @penderis, @kei2, @leninbracho50, @loveth97 & @kaelci.

We look forward to reading your stories! If you have any questions, ask away. Feel free to invite others to participate. Thank you!

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Thanks for the invitation ma🥰

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Thank you ! 😀

Next job, write a detective story. This could be a fun one, I might create an incident as extra background for a character I've created for some writing outside Hive (I'm foolishly thinking of writing an actual novella, just to see how it goes....).

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Thank you for highlighting the story, I am very happy for this recognition.

Congratulations to you for these entertaining and motivating initiatives to stimulate literary creativity.

A big hug!

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Thanks for the tag kemmy this looks an awesome prompt, are you doing this @beeeee ? If so can you remind me on Friday if I have not posted my entry pretty please?

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I'm honoured to have won this. Thank you very very much

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Thanks for participating!

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Oh this is brilliant, I have just the thing in mind!

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Here we are... I wrote a thing !

https://peakd.com/hive-199275/@alonicus/the-body-in-mayor-square-mystery-scholar-and-scribe-invitational

It's actually set in the same near-future dystopian nightmare world as my last month's entry, but this time telling a story from "the other side of the fence".

This is something I like to do; write a group of different stories from the same setting, fleshing out the background and building up a cast of supporting characters. 😀

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Darn' a detective story? Pheww, well, I don't write much or very often and definitely not a murder mystery but I'll be watching and reading and - I'll be back!

p.s. maybe you could add me to the tags?

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