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The Blue Hand Awards - Fan Fiction Contest!!

POSTED BY: WICCANSLYR
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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 8:00 AM

WICCANSLYR


I thought that I would repost this since the old thread was buried way down in the archivies...

Alright!

The Contest has offically started!

http://platinumcelluloidawards.com/FicContest/Bluehandawards.html

The site contains all information you need!

Good Luck!

Simonwho, Unchartedoutlaw, & PhysicRiver could you three please e-mail me if you are still interested in being judges. Thanks.


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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 8:55 AM

PHAEDRA


I went to the website and it looks like fun. One truly dumb question. What is the definition of "filk"?



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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 10:05 AM

PO1S


A "filk" is a song where the lyrics have been rewritten to make them about Firefly. Legend has it that someone once misprinted the phrase "folk song," and the term stuck.

--po1s

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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 10:25 AM

CHANNAIN

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*raising my hand*

Your rules don't state if you're taking submissions that were previously posted on a different site... or that is to say, on THIS site.

Fans come and fans go...but zealots are with you until the bitter black end.
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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 10:40 AM

WICCANSLYR


Thanks for covering that one...

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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 11:16 AM

CHANNAIN

i DO aim to misbehave


Quote:

Originally posted by Wiccanslyr:
Thanks for covering that one...

O...kay, so does that mean "Yes, please submit your fan fic even though it's posted in the Blue Sun Room" or "No, we would prefer fresh fan fic that has yet to see the light of day."

This will determine what happens in my near future. I have a notion in mind, you see, but if I can finish editing Heartbroken and post it, that would be shiny too.

and try saying "fresh fan fic" once, let alone five times fast.

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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 11:33 AM

KAYSKY


I'm excited!!

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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 11:55 AM

WICCANSLYR


Quote:

Originally posted by Channain:
*raising my hand*

Your rules don't state if you're taking submissions that were previously posted on a different site... or that is to say, on THIS site.

Fans come and fans go...but zealots are with you until the bitter black end.
I draw...therefore I am. http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=7922
Minnesota Meetup - join us! http://firefly.meetup.com/45/



You may enter any fic you wish as long as it's yours.

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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 11:57 AM

WICCANSLYR


Quote:

Originally posted by Channain:
Quote:

Originally posted by Wiccanslyr:
Thanks for covering that one...

O...kay, so does that mean "Yes, please submit your fan fic even though it's posted in the Blue Sun Room" or "No, we would prefer fresh fan fic that has yet to see the light of day."

This will determine what happens in my near future. I have a notion in mind, you see, but if I can finish editing Heartbroken and post it, that would be shiny too.

and try saying "fresh fan fic" once, let alone five times fast.

Fans come and fans go...but zealots are with you until the bitter black end.
I draw...therefore I am. http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=7922
Minnesota Meetup - join us! http://firefly.meetup.com/45/



Sorry that was actually meant for Poli for covering the Filk question

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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 12:11 PM

CHANNAIN

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Quote:

Wiccanslyr said
You may enter any fic you wish as long as it's yours.



Shiny!

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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 2:30 PM

CHANNAIN

i DO aim to misbehave


Oh - Hey, one more question.

Heartbroken comes with a ginourmous list of foreign language translations (Chinese, French, Cajun). How would you like them handled? At writer's discretion?

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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 3:06 PM

MANWITHPEZ

Important people don't do field work.


Finally, a reason to finish Shadow War and polish it shiny!

Plus, cookin' another one...What fun!

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 3:57 PM

WICCANSLYR


I'll say writer's discrection but if possible the best way to do them for the reader is to make them "foot notes" to each page.

In other words had the translations at the end of the page they're on.

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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 10:22 PM

ZOOT


I have a very dumn question - being new to all this and basically a sad and pathetic fanfic contest virgin...

Say we have produced a Fanfic in a few parts - do we submit the whole thing as one or do we need to chose a part (which is liekly to make little sense)???

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Thursday, April 14, 2005 2:34 AM

WICCANSLYR


Quote:

Originally posted by Zoot:
I have a very dumn question - being new to all this and basically a sad and pathetic fanfic contest virgin...

Say we have produced a Fanfic in a few parts - do we submit the whole thing as one or do we need to chose a part (which is liekly to make little sense)???

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You submit the entire thing.

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Thursday, April 14, 2005 3:44 AM

CABRIDGES


Couple questions:

Will all the entries be posted afterwards, or just the winners?

Any chance of a list of prizes, or is this a "for the fun of it" kind of thing. Makes no difference either way, just curious.

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Thursday, April 14, 2005 4:24 AM

WICCANSLYR


Quote:

Originally posted by CABridges:
Couple questions:

Will all the entries be posted afterwards, or just the winners?

Any chance of a list of prizes, or is this a "for the fun of it" kind of thing. Makes no difference either way, just curious.



I actually plan to have all enteries avalible to for reading as they come in. I have a few already I just have to decide how I want to list them.

As for the Prizes, there are going to be prizes but I'm not sure exactly what, it'll be fun stuff like patches, buttons, key chains, and maybe a t-shirt or two. Once I decide and get all the prizes together I'll post up a list.

If life is what you make it I want Cheese Cake!

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Thursday, April 14, 2005 1:45 PM

SHADESIREN


My question - what about "fan fiction" created by mutiple authors?

I am part of a writing collective that masquerades as an RPG - but we have about 13 authors working together to create one story. We have about 3 episodes worth of content right now.

Would this be acceptable?

http://www.shadesiren.com

Http://www.oberonrpg.com

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Thursday, April 14, 2005 1:59 PM

WICCANSLYR


Quote:

Originally posted by Shadesiren:
My question - what about "fan fiction" created by mutiple authors?

I am part of a writing collective that masquerades as an RPG - but we have about 13 authors working together to create one story. We have about 3 episodes worth of content right now.

Would this be acceptable?

http://www.shadesiren.com

Http://www.oberonrpg.com



As long as all parties agree to enter and the story has a "proper" ending it can be entered.


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Monday, July 11, 2005 2:41 AM

ZOOT


Wiccanslyr,

I wanted to enter but cannot seem to get the url to work - how do I go about entering??? Is there someone I can email?

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Monday, July 11, 2005 3:39 AM

WICCANSLYR


Zoot:

You can e-mail me with the fic. The site is down at the moment.

wiccanslyr@aol.com

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Monday, July 11, 2005 3:45 AM

SIMONWHO


Oooh, I missed this thread when it was first posted. Still very happy to help with the judging if needed.

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Monday, July 11, 2005 4:16 AM

WICCANSLYR


SimonWho:

Please e-mail me at Wiccansly@aol.com for more information.

Thanks.

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Monday, July 11, 2005 4:34 AM

ZOOT


cool thanks! will do ... just tidying it up ....

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Monday, July 11, 2005 5:07 AM

SIMONWHO


Quote:

Originally posted by Wiccanslyr:
SimonWho:

Please e-mail me at Wiccansly@aol.com for more information.

Thanks.

If life is what you make it I want Cheese Cake!



Hmm. I just sent an e-mail and it promptly bounced it back. It was wiccansly@aol.com

I want cheese cake too but instead of cheese cake, I want chocolate cake. And a BMW.

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Monday, July 11, 2005 8:16 AM

PHAEDRA


Ok, I checked the website and it wasn't working so I don't feel dumb asking questions. What is the deadline?

Phaedra (a bad luck name)

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Monday, July 11, 2005 8:21 AM

WICCANSLYR


The Deadline was August 1st but due to renewed interest I'm pushing it back to Sept 1st.

I'll try to have the Site back up ASAP so that everyone can get all the info they need.

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