Y'know, I was gonna be all "READ THE THREAD," but it's really kind of a ridiculous expectation that somebody would sift through all 18 pages of this thread. Perhaps I should put an FAQ in the first post.
Anyhow, historical fiction (fictional story in a historical setting) is allowed. It's pretty much up to the entrant to incorporate history into their entry in a relevant and interesting way, I'm open to ways of doing that that I have not personally thought of. But a steampunk lightsaber fight in which somebody makes a passing reference to Hitler is not going to fit this contest.