Announcing the winners of our first worldbuilding contests
Dystopian Rule or Utopian Dream? You decided!
First off, I want to give a huge THANK YOU to everyone who submitted governments to our first worldbuilding competitions. We received 16 submissions across both contests and each one was a delight to read. I also want to give a special thank you to two of our users who helped me judge the competitions, Winter and Lee. So, thank you, everyone!
Now, on to the competitions!
Utopian Dream
This competition challenged worldbuilders to construct a government with the following prompt:
Create the “perfect” fictional government. Who’s in charge? How are collective decisions made? What values does your society hold and how do they honor those?
Utopian Dream received 8 submissions. Each submission was scored on creativeness, level of detail, realism, and adherence to the prompt. And the winner of Utopian Dream is…
The People of Fjadaki Government by Hanh
The citizens of Fjadaki are proud of their government, believing it to be a true reflection of their culture and religion. Given that there are always going to be majorities and minorities, not everyone is always completely happy with the government’s decisions. The people, however, have the ability to change who is in charge and enforce the morals and virtues they value most.
You can read all about the People Fjadaki Government here. Hanh will win 6 months of Notebook.ai Premium for their great submission!
And, of course, every submission to Utopian Dream is now available for you to browse in the Utopian Dream collection on Notebook.ai!
Dystopian Rule
This competition challenged worldbuilders to construct a government with the following prompt:
Create the most dystopian fictional government. How did your society get here? Who’s benefiting from this system — and who’s oppressed? Why can’t things be improved?
Dystopian Rule also received 8 submissions. Each submission was scored on creativeness, level of detail, realism, and adherence to the prompt. And the winner of Dystopian Rule is…
Old World Uniform by ザヴェン (Zaven)
Civilian life is really difficult for the people in Vi-koku, as the Old World Uniform is very strict on the laws and on their people. Civilians must watch their every step if they even want a chance for a peaceful life. Civilians also have to be constantly prepared for military officers to show up to their house for whatever reason they’d like.
You can read all about the Old World Uniform here. Zaven will win 6 months of Notebook.ai Premium for their great submission!
And, of course, every submission to Dystopian Rule is now available for you to browse in the Dystopian Rule collection on Notebook.ai!
Final notes
I just want to repeat a quick thank you to everyone that participated in these worldbuilding competitions. I had no idea whether we’d get any submissions and was blown away at the immediate response, both from submitted governments and from people excited to read about those governments after the competitions close.
We also had a huge uptick in the number of governments being created on Notebook.ai as soon as the competitions were announced, so that was exciting to watch!
It’s very likely I’ll run more competitions like this in 2023 for other kinds of pages, so if anyone has any feedback on the process or comments on how to make each competition better, I’d love to hear it!
And, as always, happy worldbuilding!
— Andrew
