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Pod and Planet EVE Fiction Contest - Winners Announced

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Telegram Sam
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#61 - 2015-01-04 19:29:01 UTC  |  Edited by: Telegram Sam
Nomistrav wrote:
Are judges available to give feedback on our stories?

I can give feedback, I don't know about the other judges. I can also let you know what score you story got, if you want. Just send me an Evemail. I'll also put some observations about the entries in general on the contest website.

You guys give each other some feedback too, eh?

Now to coordinate with the donors to get award funds distributed. It might take a little while-- but not a month, like judging always does.
Saladiin
State War Academy
Caldari State
#62 - 2015-01-04 19:51:44 UTC
\o/ NICE, I placed! This was a fun contest, and the first of its kind I've participated in. As a side benefit, it definitely got me interested in the lore of the game, whereas before I completely ignored it. Thanks to all the judges and donors for making this contest possible, and thanks to the writers for showing me the oft-ignored lore side of the game.
DireNecessity
Mayhem-Industries
#63 - 2015-01-04 19:57:01 UTC  |  Edited by: DireNecessity
A Day in the Life (free form)
3rd DireNecessity, "DireNecessity Antes Up" 1.1 bil ISK

Oh my! ::blush::

Thanks all (judges, contestants, sponsors) – t’was great fun!
Da'iel Zehn
Evil Frosty's Premium Liqours and Fine Wines
#64 - 2015-01-04 21:52:32 UTC
Congratulations to all the winners! I really enjoyed all of the stories.

Thank you and appreciation to the judges and all those who donated prizes!

Smile
Vulxanis Viceroy
Offworld Trading Company
Khimi Harar
#65 - 2015-01-04 22:31:04 UTC
Congratulations to the winners!

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Marcus Dreddlin
Red Sun Industries
#66 - 2015-01-05 14:13:09 UTC
This was really fun, and I am honored to have placed! Congratulations to all the winners, thanks to all the writers and judges, and I look forward to participating again in the future!
Literia
Phoenix Naval Operations
Phoenix Naval Systems
#67 - 2015-01-05 17:06:18 UTC
Congratulations to all the winners.
Telegram Sam
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#68 - 2015-01-06 02:03:00 UTC
Kazicht Cixit wrote:
Phenomenal. Congratulations to all the winners and especially to everyone who didn't win. Writing is hard, and even if you don't get paid for it, having the completed work is its own reward.

^ Well said Kazicht!
CCP Falcon
#69 - 2015-01-06 16:25:15 UTC
It was actually a pleasure reading through these, and it gave me some entertaining content to look at during the holidays!

Congrats to all the winners, very well deserved. Cool

CCP Falcon || EVE Universe Community Manager || @CCP_Falcon

Happy Birthday To FAWLTY7! <3
Telegram Sam
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#70 - 2015-01-08 01:11:10 UTC  |  Edited by: Telegram Sam
-Zendane will be making an audio version of Kirith Kodachi's Grand Prize story "Borrowed Time." Never nice. Looking forward to checking out the finished piece at The Eve Reader Podcast

-I posted some general comments about this year's entries on the contest webpage's Home page, for what it's worth.

-Hold tight prize winners. I know you have bills to pay and baby needs a new pair of shoes, and we're working on getting awards distributed directly to you from the sponsors. Sorry for the delay, this week I'm having to be Mr. Mom, in addition to doing my usual daytime chimpanzee duties.
Alan Mathison
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#71 - 2015-01-08 21:23:38 UTC
Sam & Folks:

Thanks from me for holding and doing the contest as well! It really was great, and I am looking forward to YC117 now as well.

I didn't put this out until now - only Sam knew - because I didn't want to bias the judging in any way. I found the Pod and Planet fiction contest when I arrived home from one of my friend's funerals. Kory was just a couple years younger than I was and was the husband of my oldest college friend. Kory loved science fiction, technology, and the military. He and his wife owned an RPG game company.

When I found Pod & Planet I resolved instantly to write up an entry and memorialize Kory. What "The Gift" ended up being was an all-ecompassing tie-together between EVE Online and Dust514 - all of New Eden together, which I thought and hoped worked out well.

For the first fiction I'd written in over a decade I was shocked and very, very happy to win 2nd Place in the Free Form category. But what was nice - and Sam agreed - was that I actually won the contest back in very late November. Allison, Kory's widow, my oldest college friend, was the first one to read the story before I submitted it to the contest. Her comment: "You pushed all the right buttons."

Alan is a miner and explorer by trade. The prize proceeds will be financing two new ships when training for them is done a few months from now. Kory's wife will be given the honor of naming those ships when they're commissioned.

Yea. I won. Smile

-- Alan Mathison, Explorer & Industrialist, Star Tide Industries
Brink Albosa
Black Rebel Rifter Club
The Devil's Tattoo
#72 - 2015-01-12 07:05:39 UTC
o7

A little late to the party but wanted to say my thanks! Humbled to have made the cut with all the other good stories written!

Was a pleasure to read the entries too. Looking forward to the next one. Blink
Telegram Sam
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#73 - 2015-01-14 02:11:47 UTC
Update on prize distributions:
All requests for prize distributions have been sent to the sponsors. Really sorry about the slow pace, it was kind of like setting up a 2009 Kernite extraction/mfging outputs spreadsheet.

Award winners, your isk transfers may come from more that one source. 1 bil from here, the remaining .1 bil from there, like that. If you don't have your full prize awards by around Jan. 21, just let me know.
Telegram Sam
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#74 - 2015-01-15 00:35:00 UTC
All prize awards have now been transferred.

Next up: Feedback to those who requested.
Marcus Dreddlin
Red Sun Industries
#75 - 2015-01-21 18:56:57 UTC
Thanks again to all involved! Already spent all the isk and then some, drunken sailor ship buying spree! Whoopee!

I know you have enough on your plate Telegram Sam, but were there any comments on my other entry, "The Icy Dancer" by any chance, on the part of the judges? Where did it score I wonder? Thanks,

MD
Telegram Sam
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#76 - 2015-01-21 19:24:32 UTC
Marcus Dreddlin wrote:
Thanks again to all involved! Already spent all the isk and then some, drunken sailor ship buying spree! Whoopee!

I know you have enough on your plate Telegram Sam, but were there any comments on my other entry, "The Icy Dancer" by any chance, on the part of the judges? Where did it score I wonder? Thanks,

MD

Ah, I missed it. I'll send some feedback.
Nomistrav
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#77 - 2015-01-22 02:22:51 UTC
Telegram Sam wrote:
Marcus Dreddlin wrote:
Thanks again to all involved! Already spent all the isk and then some, drunken sailor ship buying spree! Whoopee!

I know you have enough on your plate Telegram Sam, but were there any comments on my other entry, "The Icy Dancer" by any chance, on the part of the judges? Where did it score I wonder? Thanks,

MD

Ah, I missed it. I'll send some feedback.


Please issue up some feedback on mine as well, if you don't mind.

"As long as space endures,

as long as sentient beings exist,

until then, may I too remain

and dispel the miseries of the world."

~ Vremaja Idama
Telegram Sam
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#78 - 2015-01-23 01:28:31 UTC
Will do, feedback incoming Nomistrav.