Re: Spelljammer Short Story Contest!

Death on Dark Wings is approx 11500 words, spose Ill hafta dum it down a lil
when I get a chance :)

Tilaurin.
"Dying swans/twisted wings,
Bring this savage back home."
Brave New World - Iron Maiden

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Westermeyer" <westermeyer.3@???.edu>
To: <SPELLJAMMER-L@??????.???????.com>
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 6:06 AM
Subject: [SPELLJAMMER] Spelljammer Short Story Contest!


> 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.
> --
> "...And nobody is to be killed at all, if it can be helped. Keep your
> tempers and hold your hands until the last possible moment!"
> "But if there many of these ruffians," said Merry, "it will certainly
> mean fighting. You won't rescue Lotho, or the Shire, just by being
> shocked and sad, my dear Frodo."
>
> Paul Westermeyer,  westermeyer.3@???.edu
> Phd Candidate, History, Ohio State University
>
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