National Pony Writing Month Completion post!

You guys just love that writing thing.  So much so that Noble Cause needed a bit of time to get it all compiled!  It looks like quite a few people hit the 50k mark this year.  That's straight up impressive guys! I get tired after just a paragraph.

And because of that, I'll let Noble take over from here.  Head on down past the break for a list of entries and his closing speech!

Free time at last, free time at last, thank Luna nightly, free time at last! ... to write this roundup!

Fillies, gentlecolts and participants, I want to sincerely, PROFUSELY apologize for how long this has taken.  A month’s wait (nearly) is inexcusable, even for me.  Work and real life were kicking me in the head with stress and other stuff.  By the time I was recovered enough from the work week to even consider writing this up, it would be Sunday night and I would need to be going to bed for work in the morning.

I am so very sorry for the wait.  Next year, and the other events I’m planning, won’t be delayed like this.

Speaking of other events, I pitched this at a few of the participants, and want to see what everypony thinks.  We have NaPoWriMo in August, yes, but for those of you that really enjoy writing, I was also considering running Writing Week events (15 K in a week) in December, March and June, and perhaps random Writing Day events at points.  What do you all think?

In that same vein, as I write this, I’m creating a NaPo tumblr this weekend.  It’ll have the rules and regulations for these events, announcements when the next event is coming up, and pep talks there that will mirror what goes up here on EqD.  However, as some of you know, this is a one-pony show (this entire post took me four and a half hours), and since my paychecks all go to bills IRL, actual webspace isn’t doable, so tumblr it is.  That being said, I’m also thinking of putting a donation button on said tumblr, if you’d be inclined to donate to help me along... the donations would go towards more prizes, BIGGER prizes (bundles of games to give to your friends, the humble bundles when they come around...) and me running even more writing events.  I’d like your input on that, as well.  I won’t implement the button unless there are folks that actually do want to donate.

Now that that’s settled, onto the meat and potatoes of this long-coming post!  Please note that since it’s been such a delay on my end that many of these works are either past the 50 K by now, have added to their word count, or have gone from incomplete to complete.  I highly suggest looking into each and every writer here, just for the sheer fortitude of participating.  Also, some of these documents may be locked so you’ll have to ask permission.  Just a heads up.

First, I’d like to announce the ostensible “winners” here, those that actually pulled off 50 K or more.  This section is just to show off folks that really busted tail doing it.  No special consideration for prizes, just me being impressed and proud.

In no particular order:

Cloudhammer - The St. Louis Massacre - 51170 -  http://www.fimfiction.net/story/42299/The-Conversion-Bureau%3A-The-St.-Louis-Massacre

Anomaly - Keeper of Life - 50,184 - https://docs.google.com/file/d/0By5eTwRUaf8sZUpodk1kVEdzNEk/edit

Arby Works - The Dragon's Notebook - 50,136 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/44879/The-Dragon%27s-Notebook

Silvertie - The Conversion Bureau: A Kinder World - 52,626 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/43082/The-Conversion-Bureau%3A-A-Kinder-World

Raising Shadows - Cutie Mark Sentai Crusader - 93,131 - https://docs.google.com/document/d/12eNeUO8CmJkPW_fyRk4EWTO3gVcONrqHS6I4kL5s9fw/edit

Tash - Memories of Dawn - 54,125 - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O6WVmxhEkPCQBv4BckmvKlE38dHlo0LnmjE5egDdihw/edit

Omgitsapally - Twisted Fate - 67,191 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/42484/Twisted-Fate

Aegis Shield - What Princesses Need - 57,942 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/41601/What-Princesses-Need

ABagOVicodin - The Remaining Five (29,202) ( http://www.fimfiction.net/story/43899/The-Remaining-Five ), I'm Not Proud Of My Special Talent (14,358) ( http://www.fimfiction.net/story/44234/I%27m-Not-Proud-Of-My-Special-Talent ), The Waiting Game (3,047) ( http://www.fimfiction.net/story/48181/The-Waiting-Game ), If I Can't Have My Dream, You Can't Either (3,547) ( http://www.fimfiction.net/story/48593/If-I-Can%27t-Have-My-Dream%2C-You-Can%27t-Either ) [50,147 total]

Dr. Hammer - Book of Monsters I - 50,840 - No link

Limerick - The Gentlecolts Club - 53,372 - No link

jaysnotreal - Ace in the Hole - 50,654 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/45470/Ace-in-the-Hole

Yukito - Paradox - 52,348 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/45590/Paradox-%5BNaPoWriMo%5D

Luna-tic Scientist - The Last Days Of Discord - 50,211 - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EmnupaAjLn-CNQXAhXDQVPE0PMhsXf2zyCjAC0t0rBA/edit

Goblin Scribe - Harmony (29,216), Two Generations Past (38,172) ( http://www.fimfiction.net/story/48194/Two-Generations-Past ) [67,388 total]

Joyce Carleton - Land of Dreams - 57,727 - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yv121bXZ4ipSp2ITX_-QNhKYQVJtO1Uvm3A6YC-cFlk/edit?pli=1

headless_rainbow - Luna’s Lunacy - 62,902 - No link

NotARealPony.com - The Dark Mare Rises - 64,494 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/44449/The-Dark-Mare-Rises

Invisible Cadance - Forgotten Kingdom - 50,209 - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1exJtUEfotHHseo7r9gyGcfIxTM6Qpo04XD_6btqqq3k/edit (very unedited, as a note from the author)

The Unnamed Pawn - An Empty World - 50,182 - No link

Blayze Kohime - Hearts (23,692), Hooves (26,421) [50,133 total], No links *Returning participant, 2 years in a row!*

Prismatic Pretzel - Organically Grown - 50,100 - No link *Returning participant, 2 years in a row!*

Sakunyan - Paper Spike and the Thousand Year Door - 50,109 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/48362/Paper-Spike-and-the-Thousand-Year-Door

Ionuneos - The Reverstone - 50,654 - http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8484311/1/The-Reverstone

Durandal - Tales of an Equestrian Mare - 50,341 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/42136/Tales-of-an-Equestrian-Mare

unoservix - no title yet - 52,439 - No link

Trixie's Hat - Trypophobia - 50,196  - https://docs.google.com/document/d/18cxUiZyIqeIsRu7Aw6hui11ZjxppxyxVzCXezHVy2CQ/edit

Now for everypony else that participated:

Knight Tyrfang - Now Hiring - 18,531 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/28952/Now-Hiring

Legendary Emerald - The Subordinate Six - 8,941 - No link

TimeBaby - If a Pony Catch a Pony - 28,972 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/48524/If-a-Pony-Catch-a-Pony

heavyweaponspony - Ruins of Canterlot - 3,314 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/43284/Ruins-of-Canterlot

Kaorin - Weaving Harmony - 5,203 - No link

Heartshine - Fallout Equestria: Echoes of Harmony - 16,148 - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qoTtVP9m0l9u3zbBNm577t5YviYx9oShVqJpggRUpws/edit (and) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ndc06X6YdBKxw8spYnu8xCR301onb_coGrggVdt8rmU/edit

Frosty Breeze - What a Show - 2,155 - https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=18RadHlR7QBUh72_IEKwR5Yux7WphCjiP_BnXq9grtMw

Soviet - Enemies Within - 7,299 - No link

TheCrazedTurkey - Loose Ends - 19,710 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/42240/Loose-Ends

OmniscientTurtle - Time at the Librarium - 11,751 - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pPYgCLhn4vxcdZkTgr1NEhl82dPNm8ktGEnHORlsCz8/edit

Coconutswallow - Muffin Conspiracy (8,703), Where Evil Knows Your Name (7,015), To Run an Orchard (1,881), How to Polish Your Armor (882), and Not That Easy Is It, Twilight? (397) [18,878 total] - No links

shadowfalcon76 - Warriors of the Crystal - 36,087 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/42545/Warriors-of-the-Crystal

Alexstrazsa - The Rise of Iron Mare - 9,868 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/42137/The-Rise-of-Iron-Mare

Broniemasters - Chaos is in Bloom - 21,069 - No link

Fluttersyke - A Long Way From Equestria - 33,064 - https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1EE0goGs92LUFkFc8CUK8w8TfxYESyKPTtOAfwSPMyS8

Dawning Ark - Bountiful Rainbows - 33,560 - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V9cP9FZAwdvB37xTyj-Be3ipyGaYdwEk-o-l-BCZMKk/edit

Matt B - When We’re Sixty-Four - 3,960 - http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8420046/1/When-Were-Sixty-Four

Taren - Disgraced - 20,525 - No link

Legible Audio - Tweaking the Elements - 1,381 - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gbmc_pf-XL3rdgYSOyM9EMt0L-XiI0oIIg2IoMkfSDg

SkyTail - Ponyville's Crossroad Crisis - 35,458 - No link

TailsFox88 - Change the Stars (Working title) (25,604), One Day More (4,694) ( http://www.fimfiction.net/story/47509/One-Day-More ), Applebloom's Cutie Mark (Working title) (1,235) [31,533 total]

WeAreBorg - The 6th Element - 10,070 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/48017/The-6th-Element

cosby7 - The What and Whatiful Who - 35,497 - No link

David Flores - …Nothing Can Go Wrong (or) When opertunity presents itself... - 2,788 - No link

Georg - Memiri Starblaze Ch1 (5,400) ( https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vzvdX-jLi1F_tZoGDfINVkyEjO9SdjRDk9Zj8vr1zno/edit ), Memiri Starblaze Ch2 (4,500) ( https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VF9CUvMK4nKCIgWUFJUpqQJkrLy6JADhx3U2bzVsXQw/edit ), Concept Art (9,200) ( http://www.fimfiction.net/story/45648/Concept-Art ), In Celestia We Trust (2,800) ( http://www.fimfiction.net/story/45828/In-Celestia-We-Trust%2C-All-Others-Pay-Cash ), Genealogy (or the Mating Habits of Nocturnes Pegasi) (17,000) ( https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ke0Ez9KE69SCam-GusyJYOKZfcUHfu_pTm9xDL2Jjho/edit ) [29,700 total]

FPLOON - IntenseDebate: The Equestrian Saga - 2,277 - No link

Nohbrows - Clipped - 2,636 - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s1C6lhtGisT2XYpDIdmiDimRDzT0w9CtMqOYfXEDDSg/edit

Fistful of Apples - (M6)^4 - 20,432 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/51099/%28M6%29%5E4

Mr. Writerman - Otherworldly Collaboration - 28,219 - No link

Sebiale - Untitled Fallout Equestria story - 341 - No link

The Conflicted Writer - Celestia's Daughter - 17,938 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/43810/Celestia%27s-Daughter

Wing Nut - Crash - 30,654 - No link

The Sweezlenub - The Forging of Harmony - 17,256 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/42226/The-Forging-of-Harmony

Forum Explorer - Discord’s Heir - 10,694 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/48741/Discord%27s-Heir

Séamus P - Depth Perception - 10,422 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/48603/Depth-Perception

Altonyc - Meteorology - 12,667 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/48791/Meteorology

Johanson - The Hands of Travesty - 8,008 - No link

Path_of_Cloud - The Balance - 19,787 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/46076/The-Balance

Anonyponi - Leviathan - 1,659 - No link

Crazy Laughter - Predatory - 33,286 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/43276/Predatory

BrookwoodBronco - Pony For Christmas II (The Ballad of Celestia) - 10,581 words - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/43187/Pony-For-Christmas-II-%28The-Ballad-of-Celestia%29

Elijah Goldberg - One Small Favor (6,142), There and Back Again (2,208) [8,620 total] - No links

BronyEagleScout - Help Is On The Way - 15,561 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/43418/Help-Is-On-The-Way

Quillery - Cheerilee's Day Off - 12,723 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/44763/Cheerilee%27s-Day-Off

Pinkietalia - The Lost Storm - 8,251 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/42228/The-Lost-Storm

Zeroxion564 - Give and Take - 17,619 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/42749/Give-and-Take

Spark Valor - Lonely Is The One Who Endures: The Life of Spark Valor - 9,090 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/45309/Lonely-Is-the-One-Who-Endures%3A-The-Life-of-Spark-Valor

Achaian - Equestrian Concepts - 7,071 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/46929/Equestrian-Concepts

Undermine - Siblings - 13,893 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/34780/Siblings

Goober Trooper - Alleys - 17,741 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/48263/Alleys

Nick Kovari - Midnight in Manehattan - 3,202 - http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8104069/1/Midnight-in-Manehattan

Comrade - Out of Touch - 4,467 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/48109/Out-of-Touch

Artsofallkinds - Camp Brony - 7,164 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/48285/Camp-Brony

Rudneve - Harmony's Rule - 16,247 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/42375/Harmony%27s-Rule

MisterJayBrown - A Life Worth Living - 3,460 - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z48WFCWrr9STin3wSQZrhz8gAuHCywuBdkyuEK13aMA/edit

Horsegirl123- Nightmares Alive- 40,143- https://docs.google.com/document/d/10RuxTBhCTOMZslL7DUmkMVqOdlHwFOM9G702nZMMRtM/edit

Plistry - THE ADVENTURES OF PLISTRY AND ZAP: Escape from the Everfree Forest - 18,209 - https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1trLxCD6ebpHiG_f5kYbGTdBX_XN8Tb_logdXgk5Mg9w

ElementOfKindness - Risen - 2,753 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/41041/Risen

rosebug - Subpar Substitutes - 21,272 - No link

Scarf Ace - Alpha Omega Quadruple - 35,377 - http://www.bookrix.com/_title-en-scarf-ace-alpha-omega-quadruple (Note from Noble: This one’s actually a NIFTY flippable e-book thing.  Downloadable, too, if you like)

Eratosthenes - Diary of a Royal Guard - 5,982 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/48304

Runbow Dash - A Friend Like Me - 8,992 - http://runbowdash.deviantart.com/art/A-Friend-Like-Me-324483082

Krysto - Equestrian Underground - 20,800 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/48535/Equestrian-Underground

Jiray - I'm on a train to Canterlot (535),  My little Terraformers (1,851), Friendship and Secrets - Chapter 4 (1,584), Life on the farm (131) [4,101 total] - No links

GWFan - Spiral: The Strangeness of Ponyville - 8,648 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/48279/Spiral%3A-The-Strangeness-of-Ponyville

Herd 42 - The Fall of Eternity - 44,800 - No link (Note from Noble:  A collaborative effort! These guys are wicked cool!)

Impossible Numbers - Didgeridoo - 6,385 - http://www.fimfiction.net/story/23353/Didgeridoo

PHEW! So, that’s the tally of EVERYBODY that sent something in.

Oh, wondering about me? 76 words.  Yeah.  I realized it was dreck on the last day, and that’s when I started fresh, thinking I could write a couple thousand words.  Then I went and got distracted.  Anyway...

So, for those wanting totals, that’s 94  participants, not counting myself.  Nearly a HUNDRED folks that went in on this.  Over double last year, which was somewhere around the low 40’s.

The word count? heh heh... ehehehehe... um... well, with the 50 K folks up there, it comes in at 1,490,951 words.  Everyone under 50 K? 905,320  With ALL of you? 2,396, 271.  That’s right, you all wrote over 2.3 million words.  Be PROUD of that, bronies! And this was just in a month, with the current totals.  Some of you have written MORE on these fics, others have written multiple fics since... I can’t stop being amazed.

Average wordcount, over everybody? 25,492.  Thought you’d like to know.

Oh yes, and before I forget! I promised prizes, did I not?  The following authors have won STEAM CODES from the amazing Strife:

Zeroxion564

Fistful of Apples

Mr. Writerman

Heartshine

Please contact me at [email protected] for a steam code for a game.

I also have CASH PRIZES from the awesome Fresh Blood! Following authors, please contact me, and I’ll get you in contact with him for a £20 prize:

Trixie’s Hat

NotARealPony.com

Crazy Laughter

Jiray

Goober Trooper

Comrade

Please contact me at [email protected] for your hookup for actual MONEY!

For the record, I used www.random.org for my number generation.  I selected the steam codes winners, removed them from the lineup, then adjusted the tally and selected the cash prize winners.  Congratulations to all of you and WELL DONE!

From one writer to another, I hope to see you again next year... or hopefully sooner.  I love you all!

- Noble Cause, going to go rest her eyes now... and maybe do something less stressful.  Like play Black Mesa.