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Spice DAO held a Writing Competition from January 23 to February 6 to purchase original IP that we will own and control 100% ourselves to possibly develop in the future.

Please vote to decide the winner and two runners up from the submissions below. Each entry's logline is included here with the full submission linked.

Prizes

First Place (Winner) - 15,000 USDC Second Place (Runner Up) - 5,000 USDC Third Place (Runner Up) - 2,500 USDC

A Release and Assignment of Rights and an NDA must be signed to collect each prize.

Eligible Submissions

A. BIOSUN SYSTEM by LaPapaya Two members of a laboratory-created race and two bounty hunters try to protect a child while traveling through the wastelands of a post-war America controlled by a mega-corporation.

https://forum.spicedao.xyz/t/writing-competition-submission-biosun-system/127/1

B. ORDAINED by UnknownBearing On a desperate mission to find another home for humanity a group of astronauts are captured by powerful alien entities on a jungle planet. The only way to survive is to unravel the fates of previous expeditions - knowledge that will challenge what it truly means to save mankind. https://forum.spicedao.xyz/t/writing-competition-submission-ordained/143/1

C. ECOPHAGY by Fuchsia A Neolithic village is led by a shaman to confront global ecophagy while also rediscovering the forgotten past of civilization before them. https://forum.spicedao.xyz/t/writing-competition-submission-ecophagy/149/1

D. RUIN by Voroxpete In the twisted ruins of a utopian multi-planetary society destroyed by corrupted AI run amok an idealistic young noble and his weathered companions must team up with a sadistic pirate crew to find a lost cure that could restore humanity’s golden age. https://forum.spicedao.xyz/t/writing-competition-submission-ruin/138/1

E. DELTA ALPHA OMEGA by Roboteatingrobot A mute girl cursed with visions of the future and the calamitous galactic war it holds is caged by an ancient holy order seeking her power. The girl escapes but comes to find that her freedom invites pursuers from the holy order and sinister agents of the empire. https://forum.spicedao.xyz/t/writing-competition-submission-delta-alpha-omega/155/1

F. LIMINAL by Elphin An alchemist and his companions search for the Golden Paradox to cure the separation of his body and soul and grant eternal life. https://forum.spicedao.xyz/t/writing-competition-submission-liminal/156/1

G. DESCENDING DARKNESS by Primus Gabriel Fragments of a memory crystal are found in the ruins of a megalithic pyramid on planet Eden. The shards contain parts of the words of creation. A fallen angel uses them to create a nightmare army to destroy his master’s creations. A young fortune-hunter and his crew play a crucial role in stopping evil. https://forum.spicedao.xyz/t/writing-competition-submission-decsending-darkness/158/1

H. THE FLYING CIRCUS by MisterCluster In a dystopian future where humanity is on the brink of extinction a group of traveling performers travel across the globe and bring entertainment to human survivors. https://forum.spicedao.xyz/t/writing-competition-submission-the-flying-circus/152/1

I. THE HEART OF A PLANET by Rymdhamster Three siblings set out across an abandoned world heeding the call of a dying planet. https://forum.spicedao.xyz/t/writing-competition-submission-the-heart-of-a-planet/160/1

J. FRONTIER SOUTH by RoadkillS As one galactic power rises and another falls, on a peripheral border planet individuals are forced to choose whether to fight to defend their historic way of life or acquiesce and profit from the new regime. https://forum.spicedao.xyz/t/writing-competition-submission-frontier-south/162/1

K. DOLKOROTH by TheLorecraftersGuild The last surviving priest of a dying religion goes on a quest across space to commune with their God and find retribution for the death of their friends. https://forum.spicedao.xyz/t/writing-competition-submission-dolkoroth/175/1

L. AMBERSHADOW by Franciscrot A foundling kid, a wisecracking mercenary, a stony-faced knight, and an alchemist-priest with a mysterious affliction, are thrown together to travel north, each for their own separate reason. All is not as it seems, and their world is far larger and stranger than any of them imagine. https://forum.spicedao.xyz/t/writing-competition-submission-ambershadow/188/1

M. RITE OF SANDS by Franciscrot For hundreds of years the Martians have defended their world from the outsiders, the Terrans fleeing their dying world, but a new arrival threatens to change everything, by claiming… The Rite of the Sands. https://forum.spicedao.xyz/t/writing-competition-submission-rite-of-the-sands/173/1

N. DUST ON THE ROAD by Yacker A group of people and an AI are on a wild escape through the American roads in a race against the clock, escaping the grey plague, in order to be able to reach a place that some people who share something in common have dreamed of. https://forum.spicedao.xyz/t/writing-competition-submission-dust-on-the-road/177/1