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EVE Fiction Contest - Extreme graphics card, EON subscriptions & 26 bil isk in prizes!

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Therran Promitz
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#101 - 2012-11-30 07:39:28 UTC
Just saw this for the first time as well, and I've had some ideas in my head for a bit, sounds like fun.
Nyaris Wolfe
SHUT UP SEV
#102 - 2012-11-30 12:51:12 UTC
Crap I have 2 days to write a work of awesomeness?

THE MUSES HAVE TAKEN ME!

I am an Alt who's main is too damn cheap to sub. http://aracimia.blogspot.co.uk/ Brony Capsuleer best Capsuleer!
Telegram Sam
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#103 - 2012-11-30 14:42:24 UTC
Count of MonteCylon wrote:
Any chance that you will extend the deadline on this? I've been working on something that I'm excited about, but I might be too busy to complete it by December 2nd. Big smile

Ah, I wish we could. But we have a few people involved, and they've already made plans around the Dec. 2 close date.
But on the other hand... writing under time pressure is an old writing tradition! Smile Good luck!
Ugleb
Jotunn Risi
#104 - 2012-12-01 21:56:38 UTC
Finally finished, last couple of weeks have not been conducive to writing!

http://uglebsjournal.wordpress.com/2012/12/01/we-are-waiting-for-you/

EDIT - In before the cut off! P

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Telegram Sam
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#105 - 2012-12-01 22:14:49 UTC  |  Edited by: Telegram Sam
New entries are coming in fast. You guys are true writers-- last minute inspiration, beating up on that deadline! Smile
Galaxy Pig
New Order Logistics
CODE.
#106 - 2012-12-01 22:18:17 UTC
Wow, some great last minute entries.

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Eugen Tenpenny
Tenpenny Inc
#107 - 2012-12-01 23:18:59 UTC
Good luck to everyone, looking forward to find out who the winners are.
Arrs Grazznic
Poena Executive Solutions
#108 - 2012-12-02 08:32:50 UTC
When *exactly* is the deadline? The intro says it runs to Dec 2nd... Does that mean entries must be submitted by the end of the 2nd (i.e. end of today)? If so, what timezone? Just trying to work out how many hours I have left. Shocked
Horatius Caul
Kitzless
#109 - 2012-12-02 12:44:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Horatius Caul
Arrs Grazznic wrote:
When *exactly* is the deadline? The intro says it runs to Dec 2nd... Does that mean entries must be submitted by the end of the 2nd (i.e. end of today)? If so, what timezone? Just trying to work out how many hours I have left. Shocked


Quote:
The deadline for submissions is December 2, 2012. (Entries must be received by December 2, 11:59:59 PM EVE time).
http://hullabalutions.blogspot.com/

Amarrad - Amarr language project
Arrs Grazznic
Poena Executive Solutions
#110 - 2012-12-02 12:58:21 UTC
Horatius Caul wrote:
Really helpful stuff!

Ta! Just reviewing the completed draft now... Will have it all wrapped up by then... Phew!
Arrs Grazznic
Poena Executive Solutions
#111 - 2012-12-02 15:51:15 UTC  |  Edited by: Arrs Grazznic
OK, managed to get this wrapped and my entry in the 8,000 Suns category is up:

An Alternate View

4,999 words... Just within the maximum word count!

Good luck everyone, really looking forward to reading all the entries.
Che Biko
Alexylva Paradox
#112 - 2012-12-02 17:16:29 UTC
Errubus
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#113 - 2012-12-02 19:55:45 UTC
Well I've just posted my entry (a Day in the Life) and sent the link via mail. And the link to the blog is on my character bio.
I'm planning to add a few more stories there in due time. Hope you'll enjoy them
Seismic Stan
Freebooted Junkworks
#114 - 2012-12-02 21:08:15 UTC
My submission is in (hopefully) at the eleventh hour.

Clouded Judgement - a look at the challenges confronted by the gas harvesting colonies in planetary interaction.

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kraiklyn Asatru
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#115 - 2012-12-03 00:46:26 UTC
My submission was posted in the fiction section.
Ezek Price
Beyond Divinity Inc
Shadow Cartel
#116 - 2012-12-03 01:51:20 UTC
Best wishes to all those who entered. I have read several and I was entertained by the stories!

:)

War doesn't determine who is right, only who is left.

My blog, Civire Commander: http://civre.blogspot.co.uk/
Telegram Sam
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#117 - 2012-12-03 02:17:32 UTC  |  Edited by: Telegram Sam
OK, we've hit the end of the entry submissions period. Well done everybody. A total of 101 original, new works came in from the writers of the EVE community. Not bad by anybody's standard, I'd say. Smile 43 of those came in during the last two days before the contest deadline. That's about 20/day in the last two days, compared to about 1.5/day in the first 37 days of the contest. Once again, a fine tradition or procrastination/deadline-sweating was followed! You, ladies and gentemen, are true writers. Smile

If you entered the contest, please:
-Make sure your entry is on the Contest Entries & Reading Bank page. If it's not there, it's not accessible to the judges.
-Make sure the entry is in the category you wanted (8,000 Suns or A Day in the Life).
-Make sure the page's hyperlink to your entry is working properly.

OK, so about the judging: Please watch here or on the contest blog page for an estimate when we'll be done. We just received about 340 pages of new entries for the judges to start reading. We're all doing this in our after-work hours, so that will take some time. But we're aiming for announcing contest results as soon as we can. We'll give an update on when we expect to be done in a day or two.

o7 all, well done!

Edit: While I have the chance, I'm going to plug our sponsors again. Why? Because they enabled this whole contest, but nobody's going to think about them unless they're mentioned once in a while. A because they're not getting anything out of this, except some limited exposure and knowing that they did a good deed. And besides, we want to encourage them to support some next contest in the future! P Anyway, thanks to all of these people again:

labtechwar - Contest page banner design, free of charge, free of drama, and free of ego. Click the link and check out his/her impressive artwork.
EOH Tom - 12 PLEX for the community.
Somer Blink and Eve Online Hold'Em - 10bil each, just for the hell of it. I like the way these guys do business! Big smile Good community members, I'd say.
EON - Two magazine subscriptions. What can we say, EON-level writing is what we're aspiring to.
CCP (link not really needed) Smile - Officer drop graphics card...!
And finally, CCP coordinators and fellow judges CCP Eterne and CCP Falcon. o7!
Sugar Kyle
Middle Ground
#118 - 2012-12-03 03:18:17 UTC
The hyperlink for ill gained goods does not work properly. It does link to my main story page which has the link to the actual story right there.

Member of CSM9 and CSM10.
Telegram Sam
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#119 - 2012-12-03 04:13:29 UTC
Sugar Kyle wrote:
The hyperlink for ill gained goods does not work properly. It does link to my main story page which has the link to the actual story right there.


OK, thanks SK. I know what you mean, I'll revise so that the link goes directly to the story.
John Frek
Perkone
Caldari State
#120 - 2012-12-03 08:24:13 UTC
From the stories that I've had the privilege of reading, they all have something worth mentioning.

I have a question about the judging though:

As far as determining an overall winner, how far does adhering to Eve Lore and Cannon go?

I've read some entries that merely toss the name of an NPC into their story and call it good so that they can be considered for the grand prize, then I've seen others that take a significant event of EVE's Lore and Cannon history and bring it alive with their submission. While still good stories, it's evident that some of the them don't have any real connection to any of the rich content we have in such abundance.

Thank you for everyone involved, the amount of fiction received should give anyone a good run for their money. I wish everyone the best of luck.