• Stories should be no more than 3000 words. This year this rule will be strictly enforced, as there were over 100 entries last year.



• One entry per person.



• New (previously unpublished) fiction only.



• Fiction must be set in the Eve universe.



• Stories cannot include your character (the one you play the game with).



• Stories cannot center around a pod pilot. They can be mentioned, or involved, but your protagonist(s) should not be one.



• Story needs to be within the bounds of Eve PF (Canon). If you aren't sure about something, I suggest asking - the 'OOC' channel in-game would be a good place to start. If you aren't familiar with the PF, there is plenty on this site in the backstory section. Tip: Due to my personal preferences I would suggest not leaning heavily on anything from the TEA Eve novel.



• Please post a link to your story in this thread, but not the full story. A short 'teaser' is okay. Post the body of the story elsewhere: It's own thread on this forum is fine. I can also recommend Blogger or Backstage. You can post it elsewhere, but I may decline to click on links I find shady. Get in touch via eve-mail if you have an issue with where to post.



• All decisions by me in regards to the contest are final. There is no appeal. Don't feel I've been fair to you? I will try to be fair, but in the end, Eve isn't fair. Value it as a learning experience.



• Contest will run for 3 weeks, starting at the time stamp on this post.



• Rules subject to change.



• Prizes will be contracted in Jita in the week following the close of the contest. Contracts will be set to two weeks, assigned to the character who submitted the story. I know, Jita. Deal with it.

Originally by: Cyberin

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I was thinking about entering...because I haven't written fiction in a long time and wanted to see if I still had the desire, but I'm turned off by one thing.

"Stories cannot center around a pod pilot. They can be mentioned, or involved, but your protagonist(s) should not be one."

What is the purpose of telling people what they can/can't write about?

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Originally by: Cyberin

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Originally by: Silver Night

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Originally by: Cyberin

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I was thinking about entering...because I haven't written fiction in a long time and wanted to see if I still had the desire, but I'm turned off by one thing.

"Stories cannot center around a pod pilot. They can be mentioned, or involved, but your protagonist(s) should not be one."

What is the purpose of telling people what they can/can't write about?

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I feel that Eve is an extremely rich setting. I mean, there are hundreds or perhaps thousands of populated worlds, plus stations, habitable moons, asteroid bases, etc.

That rule is to encourage people to look at those parts of the game that are outside the pod, as it were.

You are obviously free to enter or not as you choose, but it's my hope that people will explore bits of the world of Eve that they might not have considered before.

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I agree with you about the richness of what Eve has to offer, but I disagree on limited a writers options on what they would like to write about. It's completely possible to include any of what you mentioned while centering the story on the pod pilot.

Pod Pilots are the center of Eve, taking them out as an option for an Eve fiction contest just doesn't seem right to me.

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Originally by: Mirabi Tiane

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Is this contest IC in any way or has ISD frelled up?

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Originally by: Kaimar Redcloud

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Edited by: Kaimar Redcloud on 15/03/2011 00:26:00
Edited by: Kaimar Redcloud on 15/03/2011 00:20:24
Is chatsubo still an acceptable place to post a story on?



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Originally by: Bubba Lafayette

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Oh, some great stories, well done to all the entries. Although first prize to fellow Alliance members pongs a little of nepotism? But hey, your game, your rules: "but in the end, Eve isn't fair. Value it as a learning experience."

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