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NaNoWriMo Contest Voting Opens Soon!
TO ALL NANOWRIMO CONTEST PARTICIPANTS:
Voting for the first stage of the NaNoWriMo contest opens Friday November 18. If you would like to be included in the poll, you must post a link to your story in the contest thread found in the forums:
http://fanfiction.shurtugal.com/smf/index.php?topic=7523.0
Posting in the thread is considered a formal entry into the contest. If you do not do so, you will not be considered as a contest participant and will not be in the poll, regardless of whether your story is submitted to the NaNoWriMo Contest category. All contest winners are decided through public judging in this poll.
Also, the second stage of the contest begins Friday at midnight! Write 10,000 words between Friday November 18th and November 27th, and/or vote for your favorite story! For more details on the mini-contest, please see the NaNoWriMo Contest thread:
http://fanfiction.shurtugal.com/smf/index.php?topic=7523.0
by Fires Light on 16/11/11 - 11:08 pm
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Book Four Release!
Some of you may have noticed that today is a rather important day for the Inheritance fandom... it's release day for the final book in the Inheritance Cycle, Inheritance!Now, we're really excited about the release and we're sure you all are too, but before we all jump into discussion, we need to lay down a few ground rules. These rules are in effect for one month, until December 8.
SFF Spoiler Rules:
We'd like to ask that for one week, starting today, no spoilers are included in fanfiction submitted to the queue. Moderators are human, same as anyone else, and we need time to read the book too! So until November 15, please keep the queue spoiler-free. Any violations of this rule is grounds for a strike, no questions asked.
After this week is up, if you do want to submit a story with spoilers in it, you need to use the appropriate warning tag. It's labeled "Inheritance (Book Four) Spoilers". Again, not using this tag will land you a strike. We want to give everyone the chance to enjoy the book, spoiler-free!
SF3 Spoiler Rules:
You may have also noticed that we have a brand-new sub-board inside the Inheritance Cycle discussion board on the forums. This new board is specifically for Book Four discussion. Absolutely no spoilers can be on the forums outside of this board! If you do, again you'll get a strike and (if it's a bad enough offense) we will temporarily ban you until the spoiler policy comes to an end.
This policy will last for one month, until December 8th. I know this may seem like a long time, but again, remember that not everyone has access to the book immediately! This policy is to give people time to buy the book and read it before they get spoiled.
If you have any questions on the policy, feel free to ask them on the forums .
by swenson on 08/11/11 - 10:33 am
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NaNoWriMo Contest!
It's that time of year again! NaNoWriMo is only hours away, and many of you are preparing to embark on the frantic race to 50,000 words. As if to complement the chaos, the long awaited fourth installment of our series, Inheritance, is making its debut in just under 8 days.What better way to welcome the two than with a writing contest?
For those of you who just panicked slightly inside - ("NaNo and a contest? Impossible!") - have no fear. Your NaNoWriMo novel *is* your contest submission. If you are unable to participate in NaNo because of time/schedule restraints, there's a second option! This contest is slightly unique in its structure, in that it consists of two parts:
1. Running from Midnight October 31 to Midnight November 30, this primary component of the contest is for those users who are writing a full 50,000 word NaNoWriMo. All NaNoWriMo rules apply. No genre restrictions apply, though SFF guidelines on content maturity will be enforced (i.e. no graphic sexuality, etc...). In order to remain eligible, you must post an update to your story at least three times during the month, and reach 50,000 words by the end of November. Stories may be submitted to the NaNoWriMo Contest category.
2. For those who would like to undertake a smaller project, the Mini-Contest requires 10,000 words of writing. Running from Midnight November 18 - Midnight November 27, it falls during the "Fall Break" period (Thanksgiving Week, in the US). Entries to the mini-contest can be in almost any form: short-stories, one shots, scripts, epic poems, etc... The one requirement (as with NaNo) is that you write only during the allotted time frame, and reach 10,000 words by November 27. Stories may be submitted to the NaNoWriMo Contest category.
For more information, visit the contest thread at: http://fanfiction.shurtugal.com/smf/index.php?topic=7523.0
by Fires Light on 02/11/11 - 09:27 pm
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