Re: BTM Contests

On the matter of an SJ contests... let's not just forget about it,  
let's actually do it!

Would it be possible to set up some kind of web-submission form? Or  
to have someplace online where people can read and judge submissions  
without having to download them all? (I don't know how you guys have  
done this thing in the past, what file formats you prefer, or if text- 
in-email is the preferred medium) And what's the criteria on judging?

You know what might be fun? In a separate corner of the internet,  
some friends of mine and I hold a semi-annual writing contest. The  
way it works is, three people each select an "ingredient" (that is,  
something that must go into the story: a plot element, a character  
archetype, a narrative device, etc.) and those ingredients are only  
unveiled at the start of the contest. From there, writers have one  
week to craft a story using said ingredients, and at the end of that  
week we all read, rate and critique each others' work (a process  
which actually sometimes takes a couple months to complete). The  
three top-scorers get to be the "ingredient" selectors at the next  
contest.

As I was thinking about BTM contests this morning, I wondered if  
something similar might be workable here. Maybe not the exact  
formula, but something like a unified theme that is only given at the  
beginning of the contest (e.g. "design something involving a secret  
Reigar plan to prank the Arcane"), or maybe multiple themes to keep  
the contest diverse in the NPCs/Villains/ships and etc. that are  
submitted.

Then again, that might be more rules-heavy than people are used to  
dealing with here, but it could turn the contest into a vehicle to  
flesh out the kind of information that is currently up on BTM (that  
is, a theme can be selected that helps the site to represent some  
under-represented aspect of the SJ universe). I'm also not sure about  
how you guys feel about the idea that this "theme"-based approach  
would effectively keep packrats like me from dredging up years-old  
text files from the bowels of my computer, polish them up and submit  
them for a contest; it does sort of mandate something written  
expressly for a given contest. Anyway. What does everybody think?


On Aug 6, 2007, at 11:58 AM, Terry Bigrigg wrote:

> well i have an extra complete set of SJ comics I could donate to  
> the list as
> a prize, at least i'm 98% positive that it's a complete set can't  
> be 100
> until I pull them out of the box and double check. i would like to  
> see them
> go to some SJ fans rather than let them continue to sit around.
>
>
>
> On 8/6/07, Blackmaer <cslundy@?????????.net> wrote:
>>
>> Ahh, Touche!!
>>
>> -Blackmaer
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