What is this?

The 1st Annual SHL History Week Contest.

I plan to do an edition every season

This will essentially be a SHL History writing contest.

Hit me up if you can come up with a snazzier name.

What's in it for us?

Cold hard cash

I got a pile o' money and I don't plan on recreating.

Prizes up for grabs:
Best in Show - $1M per entrant (Currently at $9M)
Best of the SHL - $1M per entrant (Currently at $4M)
Best of the SMJHL - $1M per entrant (Currently at $5M)
Best of the IIHF - $1M per entrant (Currently at $1M)
Best of the rest (miscellaneous) - $1M per entrant (Currently at $2M)
People's Choice - $1M per entrant (Currently at $9M)

Awards and amounts subject to change, as anyone who'd like to add an award and throw in their own money to the pool, hit me up!

I will update this as the contest week progresses to reflect the amounts due to entrants joining as well.

How do I enter?

Easy: just PM or tag me on the site or on Discord with a link to your entry, so I know it's official.

It can be something you've already written, or it can be something new.

If you're wondering what we're looking for, Here's a link to the History Book.

In short, you can write whatever you want.

It can be first-person, or third-person.
It can be an account, or a report.
It can be an overview, or a brief.
It can be in-character, or out-of-character.
Yes, it can be about on-site topics as well.

Everything from a site retrospective to a Players' Tribune-type first person account.

Everything is welcome

What else should I know?

If you'd like to be a judge, hit me up:

Current Judges:
artermis
efiug
hhh81

Right now all awards will be decided by judge ballots, save for People's Choice, which will be by on-site poll.

The best and most impactful entries deemed by the judges will be added to the SHL History Book.

The Deadline is June 21st at 9PM Eastern

Good luck and have fun!

Current submissions:
Pre-S1 SHL - SHL History Chapter 1
Pre-S1 SHL - SHL History Chapter 2: Enter the Dynasty
Pre-S1 Other - Episode 1: The Rise of the Scotsman
S3 SHL - SG1: No Time to Panic for Stars
S3 Other - Ten Biggest Trades in SHL History
S3 SMJHL - WTF OBI?! Oh wait...
S5 SHL - Star Gazing: Looking Over The New Look North Stars
S18 Other - 1 vs. 92 - The Complete Story
S19 SMJHL - BC on Fire
S22 SHL - Rampaging Rage
S25 SMJHL - The Falcon's Wing, Issue Ten
S25 IIHF - The Miracle Czechs
S38 SMJHL - Hey Baby "If You'll be My Girl"
S43 SHL - The Great S43 Redraft!
S47 SMJHL - Underground Newspaper Reporting
S47 SMJHL - Montreal Win Series 4-2 Over Kelowna!
S47 SMJHL - Militia Get Revenge On Scarecrow
S47 SMJHL - Crows Scare Militia!
S47 SMJHL - Barry's stats analysis of the S48 draft class
S48 SHL - Dark Stormy Draft Night
S48 SMJHL - Montreal Still Hungry
S48 SMJHL - Inside the War Room: One reporter's deep dive into Colorado's S48 draft

i'll playwith anyone
playing with my teammates is part of the intangibles I bring to the table
i play with them a lot.
they didn't like it at first
but after a while, it just felt normal

4-0 and 0-4 aren't that different tbh

FIRE EGGY
HIRE ARTY

Oh, I'm completely open to suggestions btw, just trying to get this off the ground.

Feel free to ask if you have any questions!

i'll playwith anyone
playing with my teammates is part of the intangibles I bring to the table
i play with them a lot.
they didn't like it at first
but after a while, it just felt normal

4-0 and 0-4 aren't that different tbh

FIRE EGGY
HIRE ARTY

Current prize pools reflect three entries of my own:

S19 SMJHL - BC on Fire
S25 IIHF - The Miracle Czechs
S38 SMJHL - Hey Baby "If You'll be My Girl"

i'll playwith anyone
playing with my teammates is part of the intangibles I bring to the table
i play with them a lot.
they didn't like it at first
but after a while, it just felt normal

4-0 and 0-4 aren't that different tbh

FIRE EGGY
HIRE ARTY

PenKnight has entered the battle:

S48 SHL - Dark Stormy Draft Night

S48 SMJHL - Montreal Still Hungry

S47 SMJHL - Underground Newspaper Reporting

S47 SMJHL - Montreal Win Series 4-2 Over Kelowna!

S47 SMJHL - Militia Get Revenge On Scarecrow

S47 SMJHL - Crows Scare Militia!

Updated prize pools:

I had to change the prize rules or else I'll go bankrupt (thanks Pen ) unless the SHL HO/SHL Media Head want to sanction this and thus fund it, for now instead of for every entry it'll be every entrant (user).

Best in Show - $2M per entrant (Currently at $4M)
Best of the SHL - $1M per entrant (Currently at $1M)
Best of the SMJHL - $1M per entrant (Currently at $2M)
People's Choice - $1M per entry (Currently at $2M)

i'll playwith anyone
playing with my teammates is part of the intangibles I bring to the table
i play with them a lot.
they didn't like it at first
but after a while, it just felt normal

4-0 and 0-4 aren't that different tbh

FIRE EGGY
HIRE ARTY

Whikadoodle has entered the fray, taking credit for some old posts made by the one who shall not be named:

Pre-S1 SHL - SHL History Chapter 1
Pre-S1 SHL - SHL History Chapter 2: Enter the Dynasty

@Katth Joins with an entry of his own as well

S47 SMJHL - Barry's stats analysis of the S48 draft class


Updated prize pools:

Best in Show - $2M per entrant (Currently at $8M)
Best of the SHL - $1M per entrant (Currently at $2M)
Best of the SMJHL - $1M per entrant (Currently at $3M)
People's Choice - $1M per entrant (Currently at $4M)

i'll playwith anyone
playing with my teammates is part of the intangibles I bring to the table
i play with them a lot.
they didn't like it at first
but after a while, it just felt normal

4-0 and 0-4 aren't that different tbh

FIRE EGGY
HIRE ARTY

One more historic entry from Whik

Pre-S1 Other - Episode 1: The Rise of the Scotsman

Updated Prize Pool:
Best of the rest (miscellaneous) - $1M per entrant (Currently at $1M)

i'll playwith anyone
playing with my teammates is part of the intangibles I bring to the table
i play with them a lot.
they didn't like it at first
but after a while, it just felt normal

4-0 and 0-4 aren't that different tbh

FIRE EGGY
HIRE ARTY

I lied, Whik still keeps throwing more at me:

S3 SHL - SG1: No Time to Panic for Stars
S3 SMJHL - WTF OBI?! Oh wait...
S5 SHL - Star Gazing: Looking Over The New Look North Stars

Updated Prize Pool:

Best of the SMJHL - $1M per entrant (Currently at $4M)

i'll playwith anyone
playing with my teammates is part of the intangibles I bring to the table
i play with them a lot.
they didn't like it at first
but after a while, it just felt normal

4-0 and 0-4 aren't that different tbh

FIRE EGGY
HIRE ARTY

Another one from the vault accredited to Whikadoodle:

S3 Other - Ten Biggest Trades in SHL History

i'll playwith anyone
playing with my teammates is part of the intangibles I bring to the table
i play with them a lot.
they didn't like it at first
but after a while, it just felt normal

4-0 and 0-4 aren't that different tbh

FIRE EGGY
HIRE ARTY

Also it occurred to me I'm in dire need of judges since I shouldn't judge a contest which has submissions of my own

i'll playwith anyone
playing with my teammates is part of the intangibles I bring to the table
i play with them a lot.
they didn't like it at first
but after a while, it just felt normal

4-0 and 0-4 aren't that different tbh

FIRE EGGY
HIRE ARTY

@artermis my submission:1 vs. 92 - the story of the rivalry between Jackson Weekes and Colin Schmidt.

@artermis my submission:1 vs. 92 - the story of the rivalry between Jackson Weekes and Colin Schmidt.

With this in mind, prize pools are as follows:

Best in Show - $2M per entrant (Currently at $10M)
Best of the rest (miscellaneous) - $1M per entrant (Currently at $2M)
People's Choice - $1M per entrant (Currently at $5M)

i'll playwith anyone
playing with my teammates is part of the intangibles I bring to the table
i play with them a lot.
they didn't like it at first
but after a while, it just felt normal

4-0 and 0-4 aren't that different tbh

FIRE EGGY
HIRE ARTY

hhh81 will be joining #TeamJudge and as well has a submission:

S48 SMJHL - Inside the War Room: One reporter's deep dive into Colorado's S48 draft

Prize pools are as follows:

Prizes up for grabs:
Best in Show - $2M per entrant (Currently at $12M)
Best of the SHL - $1M per entrant (Currently at $2M)
Best of the SMJHL - $1M per entrant (Currently at $4M)
Best of the IIHF - $1M per entrant (Currently at $1M)
Best of the rest (miscellaneous) - $1M per entrant (Currently at $2M)
People's Choice - $1M per entrant (Currently at $6M)

i'll playwith anyone
playing with my teammates is part of the intangibles I bring to the table
i play with them a lot.
they didn't like it at first
but after a while, it just felt normal

4-0 and 0-4 aren't that different tbh

FIRE EGGY
HIRE ARTY

@artermis

Yeah I mean... You don't have to enter all my entries... I just threw some out there.

Perhaps you should limit how many entries per user/player.

Or cap how much one user can win!!

LOL... this wasn't my idea I was just participating or joining the party you created 

@artermis

Yeah I mean... You don't have to enter all my entries... I just threw some out there.

Perhaps you should limit how many entries per user/player.

Or cap how much one user can win!!

LOL... this wasn't my idea I was just participating or joining the party you created 

I don't want there to be a cap to be fair, since I turned it the prizes down on a per user basis instead of entry.

Limiting prizes might need to happen though since I only have so much cash

i'll playwith anyone
playing with my teammates is part of the intangibles I bring to the table
i play with them a lot.
they didn't like it at first
but after a while, it just felt normal

4-0 and 0-4 aren't that different tbh

FIRE EGGY
HIRE ARTY

SlashACM has joined the fight

S43 SHL - The Great S43 Redraft!

Best in Show - $1M per entrant* (Currently at $7M)
Best of the SHL - $1M per entrant (Currently at $3M)
People's Choice - $1M per entrant (Currently at $7M)

*Best in Show changed to 1M per, to lower cost

i'll playwith anyone
playing with my teammates is part of the intangibles I bring to the table
i play with them a lot.
they didn't like it at first
but after a while, it just felt normal

4-0 and 0-4 aren't that different tbh

FIRE EGGY
HIRE ARTY