Contest: ENTER March/April 2025 Challenge - Time Travel

[Count Zero]

As the winner of the last challenge @Bynar0110 won the right to choose the theme for this one. And the theme is: Time Travel. There aren't any other constraints.

That's certainly a theme that offers a lot of possibilities and I'm looking forward to your entries.

You have until April 30 to submit them.

 

[Hawku]

"Time travel? This is no time to talk about time!"

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

You have until April 30 to submit them.

Putting a deadline on a contest with a time travel theme. The irony.

Seriously, this should be an interesting challenge.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Is anybody working on anything yet?

 

[Bynar0110]

I'm not sure if I'm allowed to take part or not since I picked time travel

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

I don't see why not. The next winner will be chosen by a vote, not just you - anybody has a chance of winning.

 

[ColdFusion180]

Given the absence of constraints, I am curious if the following story would qualify. The story is long, but the chapters are mostly quick reads.

Mutant Histeria

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

I think besides being a Star Trek story, there aren't any.

 

[Count Zero]

I'm not sure if I'm allowed to take part or not since I picked time travel

Yes, of course you're allowed to take part.

 

[TheLoneRedshirt]

A USS Bluefin Tale: “Longing For The Recent Future”

 

[Will The Serious]

I have one for this. It is actually my favorite episode from The Vulcan series.

The Vulcan
Ep. 3: 'T' Minus Negative

It has a commando-like scene of covert infiltration of a security satellite network, an interesting take on the time travel trope with a future accident pulling Vulcan out of time, and of course, Vulcan saving the day and catching the saboteur.

-Will

 

[Toril Toran]

I already sent you my time travel story. Didn’t you get it yet?

Oh yes, I forgot; time is not linear.
Most people think it is, however it is more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey stuff.

Sorry. That sentence got away from me a bit.

 

[Bynar0110]

I do have a idea for a submission.

 

[Toril Toran]

How long this supposed to be?
Is it a short story?
A novella?
How many pages?
How many words?
( I have to know so I can finish it, and send it back in time as per my previous post)

 

[Will The Serious]

I already sent you my time travel story. Didn’t you get it yet?

Oh yes, I forgot; time is not linear.
Most people think it is, however it is more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey stuff.

I wrote mine in the past, did all the sophisticated math necessary, and sent it to the future. If my calculations were correct, it should arrive in time. In fact, it should already be here.

-Will

 

[Toril Toran]

Technically, everything is in time…
( Time and Space )

“Time is relative. So is space.
I guess that explains distant cousins.”
- Toril Toran

 

[Count Zero]

How long this supposed to be?
Is it a short story?
A novella?
How many pages?
How many words?
( I have to know so I can finish it, and send it back in time as per my previous post)

That's all up to you. Length-wise, short story length is probably more practical than novella length, both for you as the writer and potential readers.

 

[treschaschott]

I'm new to trekbbs and I wanted to share the 396 page novel I just finished about this very topic... where do I post it?

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

A novel's a bit long for this contest...how about entering a stand-alone passage in the contest and starting a story thread for the rest of the novel? It is a Star Trek story?

 

[Will The Serious]

I'm not sure treschaschott can start a new thread just yet, or should. I seem to remember issues around editing my own posts when I first joined. Check the posting rules and information, but I think you may need to have posted a minimum number of posts before you can edit what you have posted. Although, if you do have such an issue, the moderators here have always been very helpful for me.

-Will