EVE Fiction

So, this may still have you saying WTF is this?

If I understood it correctly:
It is more about giving little fanwriters and their fanfictions a bit of royalty as well as a higher chance of success of seeing their ideas be implemented to the actual canon (as a rough example). Or simply a bit more of a way of getting some attention for the dedication as little devote missionaries of what we find awesome.

There is of course for instance the concern that original characters might litterlly be "assimiliated" (we're talking borg style), but let's look at one of the stated examples; "50 Shades of Gray" which was a fanfiction that was turned into a, well yeah, "successful" product. Of course, smex sells...

As said above, I'm not into how CCP interacts with writers, but I cannot recall much attention to fanfiction writers specifically other than rare contests. Not to forget that not everybody likes fanfictions as one will likely find them to be ridiculed for (or by) their respective content and thus are easy targets for trolling. This is not to say that CCP is not doing anything for its writer-fanbase, and I know there are several player-turned-CCPwriter people possibly reading this at this very moment.
Nevertheless, Kindle Worlds seems to be attempting a big step forward, regardless of risks, which is somewhat cool. Now KW is quite limiting in its features and the actual fanfiction writer of course really gets the shortest end of the stick (even if it is more than not having anything but fanfiction-net).
I don't recall other places in the web going this far with fanfictions. Of course there are always contests and other little events to present such (or unknown original fiction).

- More importantly here to say or even ask is if CCP could maybe do such in a similar, better fashion? Or even get involved with Amazon's Kindle World, though CCP could might as well do a version of their own?

I'm guess that's why we have the EVE lore chronicles in the first place, but just to draw some lines, this is more about fanfiction. The difference between official stories and fanfiction is that fanfiction usually bends rules. Then of course, there are the extreme ones where one would clearly call them crossovers; where you would see Jack Bauer, My Little Ponies and Luke Skywalker take on the evil Quafe producers trying to...
Crossovers might be over the top, but I think one can still do some light ones with EVE + Star Trek, etc.
This subject is not about getting fanfiction stuff published out big and fat, but more about the subject of getting a bit of that spotlight cone upon fanwriters.


Not to be using this thread as small outcry for some love but;
There is for instance the "Real EVE stories" portal which actually damn cool but unfortunately, it is just for REAL ingame experiences. Such for fanfiction would be cool - and I don't recall there being one.
When we post fan-stories, we are most of the time forced to either make trillions of posts as the character limit is quite low for stories or post a link to fanfiction net. Posting a link is simpler but the thread will just vanish over time without bumps.
Lastly, we all know that one cannot force the interests of readers. If the story sucks, is cheesy or whatever, it won't gain much interest - which may be common for fanfiction, and which is likely why most companies don't take fanfictions seriously.
However, there is always a gem floating somewhere in the mass of pebbles. Nope, not my stuff, but there are indeed stories that are quite big and awesome and should have more attention - or not?

Okay, that should be enough to get a discussion somewhat started. Or not :P.