Alright, November is about a week away, so it seems liek time to bring up Original Fic again this year.
Deadlines:
There will only be one "official" deadline, midnight, CST, on November 30th. After that, it will be a 1 point per day penalty to final score, up to December 31st, at which point they will not be accepted.
"Bonus" points are available by submitting something by the benchmarks, every Saturday. Each benchmark gets you one bonus point, plus one additional bonus point for every previous benchmark you hit. So if you hit each one of them, you would get 1+2+3+4=10 bonus points.
If you complete your story, it counts for hitting each of the benchmarks that occur after completion.
For reference, the dates are the 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 30th.
These are meant mainly to motivate people to write regularly, instead of procrastinating and leaving it for the last minute and maybe giving up because of that. If you feel the points should be raise,d lowered, or outright eliminated, let me know and we can change it.
Categories: Not everyone wants to write the next American Novel, so I'm creating three categories
Short Stories: Under 7,500 words.
Meant to be the most like Iron Fic, this category is for participants to write a short short that follows the theme.
Up to Four entries per person.
Novelettes: 7,500-15,000
The middle ground, where you can start adding in a subplot or going into deeper detail.
Up to two entries per person.
Novellas: 15,000 to 30,000 words
Long stories. Still short of a full novel, but certainly nothing to sneeze at.
One entry per person.
You can enter all categories if you like. So theoretically, you could have seven stories for the month, but I doubt anyone is going to aim for that.
Theme:
Currently planning on having a single theme. We had too broad a range last year, so I'm hoping that a single theme will make things simpler for everyone. Unless there is a significant response to this, it's what we'll be using.
Prizes:
After the disaster of last year, plus a lack of excess cash flow on my end, not planning on having prizes this year, at least not tangible ones. I'll PM the Admins about the creation of a "Champion's" Forum, essentially allowing you to do whatever you want with an area of the site.
Aside from that, the only real option is offering to write up a story or two that you would like to see. I'm not the most talented writer, but I'll do what I can.
Judging:
Currently, I'm the only judge, but I'll be recruiting as long as the competition is going. Final score will be the average of all judges scores, so getting late judges won't affect your standing.
Currently planning on Five 20 point categories, for a total of 100 points.
Grammar/Spelling
Story
Characters
Theme
Other
Still adding on to this, but wanted to get it posted,l so you guys can take a look at it, and ask any question or offer any contributions or suggestions before things get started.
Deadlines:
There will only be one "official" deadline, midnight, CST, on November 30th. After that, it will be a 1 point per day penalty to final score, up to December 31st, at which point they will not be accepted.
"Bonus" points are available by submitting something by the benchmarks, every Saturday. Each benchmark gets you one bonus point, plus one additional bonus point for every previous benchmark you hit. So if you hit each one of them, you would get 1+2+3+4=10 bonus points.
If you complete your story, it counts for hitting each of the benchmarks that occur after completion.
For reference, the dates are the 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 30th.
These are meant mainly to motivate people to write regularly, instead of procrastinating and leaving it for the last minute and maybe giving up because of that. If you feel the points should be raise,d lowered, or outright eliminated, let me know and we can change it.
Categories: Not everyone wants to write the next American Novel, so I'm creating three categories
Short Stories: Under 7,500 words.
Meant to be the most like Iron Fic, this category is for participants to write a short short that follows the theme.
Up to Four entries per person.
Novelettes: 7,500-15,000
The middle ground, where you can start adding in a subplot or going into deeper detail.
Up to two entries per person.
Novellas: 15,000 to 30,000 words
Long stories. Still short of a full novel, but certainly nothing to sneeze at.
One entry per person.
You can enter all categories if you like. So theoretically, you could have seven stories for the month, but I doubt anyone is going to aim for that.
Theme:
Currently planning on having a single theme. We had too broad a range last year, so I'm hoping that a single theme will make things simpler for everyone. Unless there is a significant response to this, it's what we'll be using.
Prizes:
After the disaster of last year, plus a lack of excess cash flow on my end, not planning on having prizes this year, at least not tangible ones. I'll PM the Admins about the creation of a "Champion's" Forum, essentially allowing you to do whatever you want with an area of the site.
Aside from that, the only real option is offering to write up a story or two that you would like to see. I'm not the most talented writer, but I'll do what I can.
Judging:
Currently, I'm the only judge, but I'll be recruiting as long as the competition is going. Final score will be the average of all judges scores, so getting late judges won't affect your standing.
Currently planning on Five 20 point categories, for a total of 100 points.
Grammar/Spelling
Story
Characters
Theme
Other
Still adding on to this, but wanted to get it posted,l so you guys can take a look at it, and ask any question or offer any contributions or suggestions before things get started.
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