OPPCon Fiction Contest

Write a short story for your favorite Onyx Path Publishing RPG and publish it as part of the community content programs at DriveThruRPG!

As part of Onyx Path Virtual Gaming Convention we’re encouraging the community to create and publish a story in their favorite game settings including Scion, Pugmire, Trinity Continuum, They Came from Beneath the Sea!, Scarred Lands, and more! 

We’ve teamed up with the Storytelling Collective to challenge you to write and publish a short story in the world of your favorite Onyx Path Publishing RPG!

A short story is usually between 1,000 and 10,000 words, so keep that in mind when you are writing your tale. While you have a lot of freedom to write your story, you must follow the Content Guidelines on DriveThruRPG (or Storytellers Vault) to publish your story. Those can be found here:

Canis Minor

• Pugmire and Monarchies of Mau (including Pirates of Pugmire and Squeaks in the Deep)

Canis Minor Content Guidelines

Storypath Nexus

• Scion 2nd Edition (including Masks of the Mythos and Dragon)
• Trinity Continuum (including Adventure!, Core, Assassins, Aberrant, Anima, Æon)
• Dystopia Rising: Evolution
• They Came From Beneath the Sea!
• They Came From Beyond the Grave!

Storypath Nexus Content Guidelines

Slarecian Vault

• Scarred Lands

Slarecian Vault Content Guidelines

Storytellers Vault

• World of Darkness 20th Anniversary Edition
• Exalted 3rd Edition
• Chronicles of Darkness

Storytellers Vault Content Guidelines

Contest Rules

• June 10th – July 10th
• Publish a 5k – 10k short story to DriveThruRPG by July 10th
• Submit writer and story information to Onyx Path by July 18th
• Writers must follow the Content Guidelines for the community content program they are writing a story for. 

Some helpful resources for creating your story:

For Storypath RPGs:

• Scion Community Content Style Guide
• They Came from Beneath the Sea! Style Guide
• They Came from Beyond the Grave! Community Content Guide
• Trinity Continuum Community Content Style Guide

For Pugmire and Monarchies of Mau:

• Buried Bones: Creating in the Realms of Pugmire

For World of Darkness 20th Anniversary Edition, Exalted, and Chronicles of Darkness:

• White Wolf Storytellers Vault Style Guide: The Definitive Guide

Other potential resources:

• BITE ME: How to Write Vampire: The Requiem
• Capturing Ghosts on the Page: Writing Horror & Dark Fiction
• The Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding

Prizes:

Top Story will win:

• $25 DriveThruFiction Gift Certificate – Top Story
• A subscription to our Write Your Novel Already! Program from Storytelling Collective

Two Runner-Up Stories will win:

• $10 DriveThruFiction Gift Certificate
• Gift card to either the Write Your First Gothic Romance or the Write Your First Sword & Sorcery Story course from Storytelling Collective

You have one month to write and publish your story. All entries must be released on DriveThruRPG by July 10th, without exception. We will post a form for authors to fill out, letting us know some details about their story submission, and then ask the community to vote for their favorites. Voting will remain open for a week once we’ve had a chance to compile all of the entries in the contest. Ties will be broken by the Onyx Path and Storytelling Collective teams.