Re: The Fiction Competition

>From:    Tilaurin <tilaurin@?????????????????.com>
>I would like my "Death on Dark Wings" fic counter for the comp please, =
>there's probably some official tag im meant to put into the subject for =
>this message but I am SO rushed tonight its not funny, and only have a =
>little access.  Hopefully its under the 10k word minimum, and I didnt =
>make to many spelling errors - even if I was gunna be on again in time I =
>wont have a chance to check.

Since the deadline is not until June 30th, no need to rush. I'd
suggest rediting the story, as I mention below, and check the word
length. then send the story to myself and Static to be posted on the
page for the contest.

Thanks for the interest!! :)


>Spelljammer Short Story Contest
>
>The Seeker's Council is sponsoring a short story contest in order to
>help generate new SJ fiction.
>
>The rules are simple: The story must be set within the Spelljamming
>universe, which must be a real part of the story. This may be
>achieved by having the story deal with spelljamming directly (a
>treasure hunt, or battle story, for example) or by being set fully
>within a Spelljammer community (such as the Rock of Bral).
>The story can also be no more then 10,000 words in length.
>
>Spelljammer stories already posted to the net or list may be
>submitted for the contest, provided they meet the word length
>criteria. We suggest you edit them again for grammar and spelling,
>but they may be submitted as is.
>
>The story should stay close to the most important basics of
>spelljamming, the Spheres and flow, and the SJ physics but again, we
>will leave this to the voters.
>
>To enter the contest just submit your story to the Spelljammer list,
>or the Seeker's Council, along with a note stating you are
>submitting the story to the contest.
>
>All entries will be placed in the fiction section of Beyond the Moons.
>
>The contest will last for six months, the deadline is June 30th,
>2003. We will then have a 1 month judging period, so the winners
>will be announced in early August, 2003.
>
>The contest will be judged by the readers of the stories themselves,
>who will rate stories on a scale of 1 to 10. The story with the
>highest combined score wins the contest. The exact mechanics of
>how/when to vote will be announced to the Spelljammer community in
>June.
>
>The winner's story will be noted on beyond the Moons, and the winner
>will receive a wall plaque with their name and the title of their
>story stating they won the 1st Annual Spelljammer Story Contest.
--
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Paul Westermeyer,  westermeyer.3@???.edu
Phd Candidate, History, Ohio State University
Instructor, Humanities, Columbus State Community College