Chapter 13 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The creative writing workshop for the Fall Cup was an annual large-scale cultural event in Iowa.

All authors who published new books in the spring and summer were invited to a specific location according to the requirements of this year’s competition.

The authors would have to create a novel over a period of 14 days according to the required topic.

In the end, the judges would select the best works according to the quality of the text, and the winner would receive an invitation to the New York Book Fair.

It was indeed a very attractive prize.

Therefore, rookie and experienced authors all over the country would make a trip to Iowa to participate in this event as long as they met the conditions of publishing their works in the first half of the year.

Considering that the participants were all writers with publishing experience, and different writers had their own identities, reputations, and fan bases, it would be a little unfair to other contestants if great writers who had already achieved fame and success came to participate.

Even the judges would know how to judge.

After all, it was inevitable that everyone would have their biases.

If they revered a certain author, anything that the author wrote would naturally be a masterpiece.

Due to this, the organizers set up special rules.

Each author was required to enter the competition anonymously.

All authors were not allowed to sign their real names and were not allowed to use any of their previous pseudonyms. They were could only use a new pen name to submit their works.

This would basically ensure that the competition was fair and impartial, without the influence of other factors.

With their past glory wiped away, each author started with a blank slate.

They had to prove themselves with their writing.

This interesting condition also encouraged many young authors to join the competition. After all, this was a great opportunity for them to take down a legend!

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Hearing Dunbar’s complaints and thinking of the rules of the competition, Walter looked around and suddenly thought of an idea.

This year, Penguin Publishing happened to be the sole sponsor of the Fall Cup Creative Writing Workshop.

Thus, they would have access to more information earlier.

They also had the jurisdiction to recommend judges.

Walter’s approach was simple and crude with two steps.

The first step was to arrange for himself and Stoner to be the judges in the finals.

The second step was to get the topic ahead of time so that Dunbar could make preparations before everyone else.

Since they would have colluded with each other, they would know which was Dunbar’s final draft.

When the time came, it would be a piece of cake as long as they worked together.

Entering the finals and upstaging Fang Yuan would also be a breeze.

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