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Telegram Sam
Shoot 2 Thrill
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Posted - 2012.10.24 17:43:00 -
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Pod and Planet Fiction Content
We've got some talented writers in EVE who deserve a good fiction contest and a place to post their works. And thanks to some outrageously generous sponsors, we've got a contest that should motivate people to stop messing around and get their stories written. Check out these prizes:
-An EVGA Superclocked GeForce GTX670 graphics card, courtesy of CCP. I'll let you look up the specs and value on that one yourself...!
-Two year-long subscriptions to EON, courtesy of EON magazine.
-An ISK prize pool totalling 20 billion, courtesy of Somer Blink and Eve Online Hold'Em.
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-Twelve months of PLEX, courtesy of EOH Tom.
Not too bad, eh...? And in addition, very good entries may be considered for publication in EON.
OK, so the contest: There will be two categories. The main category is for works based on the New Eden lore and canon, similar to the EVE Chronicles stories. Works in this category should be faithful to he EVE canon and shouldn't mention actual in-game player characters, corps or alliances. No doubt we'll get some amazingly imaginative and well-crafted stories here.
The second category is for works about actual in-game player characters or in-game happenings. If you want to write a story about your corp and its members, a stroke of pvp tactical brilliance, a corp infiltration, a hulkageddon encounter, etc., it should go here. Have fun and tell your true, partly-true, or entirely made-up tales from the world of EVE.
More detailed guidelines for each category are on the contest page.
Word count for entries is 1,400-5,000 words. The contest will run until December 2, 2012, then judging will be by CCP Eterne, CCP Falcon, and myself. Please see the contest page for the rules, how to submit your work, and the list of prizes for each category. Any questions, just post them in this thread or EVE mail me.
Good luck writers! Get on it! |
Opertone
Aurora Empire
Fuzzy Nut Attack Squirrels
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Posted - 2012.10.24 17:52:00 -
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I flew in a frigate, I met a guristas commander, a strange cruiser uncloaked and something got onto my ship - it was around me, everywhere, my shields disappeared, my hull breached and my frigate melted. I remember loosing all my energy and shield boosting ability.
When I woke up for the first time in a medical facility, all I could remember 'Acolyte' - oh my god, how did I get into station and what is that acolyte all about?
True story - 7 days into EvE. |
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CCP Eterne
C C P
C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2012.10.24 18:03:00 -
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I can confirm that the contest is legit. Also, please keep this thread clean of any trolling. I won't much approve of it.
CCP Eterne | Community Representative
@CCP_Eterne |
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De'Veldrin
East India Ore Trade
Intrepid Crossing
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Posted - 2012.10.24 18:07:00 -
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This should be stickied somewhere.
Unsub or don't.-á I don't care what your reasons are, and neither does anyone else.-á Just click the button and go away - or don't. |
Aethlyn
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Posted - 2012.10.24 18:11:00 -
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Awesome. Hope I can come up with something worthy and interesting. :)
Looking for more thoughts? Read http://aethlyn.blogspot.com/ or follow me on http://twitter.com/Aethlyn. |
Kobal81
14th Legion
Eternal Evocations
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Posted - 2012.10.24 18:15:00 -
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CCP Eterne wrote: Also, please keep this thread clean of any trolling. I won't much approve of it.
Does this apply to other Devs and GM's as well???? |
Alice Saki
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Posted - 2012.10.24 18:21:00 -
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Looks good, Wish I had talented. Looking forward to some work-time reading. Good luck.
Scottish Interweb Spaceshippy Person, Very Easily Confused.
I like to show my Love by Smashing people in the face with a big Hammer.
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Zimmy Zeta
Paramount Commerce
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Posted - 2012.10.24 18:27:00 -
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Shouldn't we...you...sticky this thread?
For best results and enhanced forum experience, please read my posts in Snooki's voice |
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CCP Falcon
C C P
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Posted - 2012.10.24 18:31:00 -
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Pretty awesome contest, looking forward to seeing some of the submissions 
CCP Falcon -á-á||-á-áEVE Community Developer -á-á|| -á-áEVE Illuminati -á-á||-á-á@CCP_Falcon |
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Kumq uat
Guiding Hand Social Club
Dystopia Alliance
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Posted - 2012.10.24 18:50:00 -
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I was wondering if my story series would count. I wrote a series for Eve-Pirate awhile ago, fiction, set in the Eve Universe, but it was silly and definatly not canon. Would this be acceptable to enter? |
J Kunjeh
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Posted - 2012.10.24 18:55:00 -
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Big win to CCP and the EON guys. This is a great contest and I can't wait to see the submissions.
Will we get to see at least the runners up as well as the winners? Or perhaps all of the submissions? What can I say, I'm a sucker for great stories.
Can't wait to see who wins and read them via my recently re-upped EON sub.
"The world as we know it came about through an anomaly (anomou)"
(The Gospel of Philip, 1-5)-á |
J Kunjeh
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Posted - 2012.10.24 18:56:00 -
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Kumq uat wrote:I was wondering if my story series would count. I wrote a series for Eve-Pirate awhile ago, fiction, set in the Eve Universe, but it was silly and definatly not canon. Would this be acceptable to enter?
I would imagine it can't have been previously published in print or online in order to be eligible.
"The world as we know it came about through an anomaly (anomou)"
(The Gospel of Philip, 1-5)-á |
Tali Ambraelle
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.10.24 18:57:00 -
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Only 5000 words??? Eek...that's one hell of a challenge. |
Istvaan Shogaatsu
Guiding Hand Social Club
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Posted - 2012.10.24 19:11:00 -
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SQUEE. |
Telegram Sam
Shoot 2 Thrill
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Posted - 2012.10.24 19:20:00 -
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J Kunjeh wrote:Big win to CCP and the EON guys. This is a great contest and I can't wait to see the submissions.
Will we get to see at least the runners up as well as the winners? Or perhaps all of the submissions? What can I say, I'm a sucker for great stories.
Can't wait to see who wins and read them via my recently re-upped EON sub.
All of the stories will be available for reading. That's part of the point, to give people a place to share their work. Once the stories start coming, we'll post links to them on the contest page. |
Warde Guildencrantz
TunDraGon
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Posted - 2012.10.24 19:24:00 -
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CCP Eterne wrote:I can confirm that the contest is legit. Also, please keep this thread clean of any trolling. I won't much approve of it.
CCP Eterne - I HAVE HAD IT WITH THESE MUTHAPODDIN TROLLS ON THIS MUTHAPODDIN FORUM
good stuff :P
Oh and I might write some sort of short story for this, could be very interesting! |
Kumq uat
Guiding Hand Social Club
Dystopia Alliance
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Posted - 2012.10.24 19:26:00 -
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J Kunjeh wrote:Kumq uat wrote:I was wondering if my story series would count. I wrote a series for Eve-Pirate awhile ago, fiction, set in the Eve Universe, but it was silly and definatly not canon. Would this be acceptable to enter? I would imagine it can't have been previously published in print or online in order to be eligible.
It was just a blog post and not officially a CCP thing. I don't see why it shouldn't be as I did create it even if it was based on the old Titan DD's that were AOE |
Loed Kane
Segmentum Solar
Intrepid Crossing
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Posted - 2012.10.24 19:33:00 -
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wish i could join in on this contest but my spelling and Grammar suckkks |
Lin-Young Borovskova
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.10.24 19:44:00 -
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Huhuhuhuhu !
Does this means you're defying me to overclock some "thing" and make it so there's no price able to pay the misery I can put on your graphics?
I'm awful with software, it's a nerd to nerd of nerds thing, but hardware I think I can play the bet.
brb |
Romvex
The Scope
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.10.24 19:45:00 -
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so there is no violating the canon, but what about things the canon doesn't tell us much or anything about? what about things involving the more mysterious aspects of the fiction? could we "fill in the gaps" per say? i was thinking about writing about the Feythabolis, which is some thing we know almost nothing about.
Warning: Hyper-Elitist Egomaniacal Space God. |
Twoso
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2012.10.24 19:47:00 -
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The contest rules say "must be 1400-1500 words." Does this mean "no more than"? Or "no more than and no less than"? Silly question, but I just want to confirm. |
Telegram Sam
Shoot 2 Thrill
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Posted - 2012.10.24 20:01:00 -
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Kumq uat wrote:I was wondering if my story series would count. I wrote a series for Eve-Pirate awhile ago, fiction, set in the Eve Universe, but it was silly and definatly not canon. Would this be acceptable to enter?
Sorry, the entry needs to be a new work. It could be another story in your series, though.
By the way, if the new story is non-canon, there's a category for that. |
Telegram Sam
Shoot 2 Thrill
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Posted - 2012.10.24 20:07:00 -
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Twoso wrote:The contest rules say "must be 1400-1500 words." Does this mean "no more than"? Or "no more than and no less than"? Silly question, but I just want to confirm.
The work should be no less than 1,400, no more than 5,000 to be considered in the competition. If it's outside that range, we can link it for everybody to read, but we can't consider it for a prize. |
Kumq uat
Guiding Hand Social Club
Dystopia Alliance
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Posted - 2012.10.24 20:12:00 -
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Telegram Sam wrote:Kumq uat wrote:I was wondering if my story series would count. I wrote a series for Eve-Pirate awhile ago, fiction, set in the Eve Universe, but it was silly and definatly not canon. Would this be acceptable to enter? Sorry, the entry needs to be a new work. It could be another story in your series, though. By the way, if the new story is non-canon, there's a category for that.
Can't be bothered. I am working on my own science fiction series currently. Don't see why you can't accept a piece of work I did awhile ago. |
Meryl SinGarda
Belligerent Underpayed Tactical Team
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Posted - 2012.10.24 20:17:00 -
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I could sneeze 5000 words! This should be a snap.
CEO of B.U.T.T.
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Borascus
Red Core
Paradigm Shift Alliance
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Posted - 2012.10.24 20:22:00 -
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De'Veldrin wrote:This should be stickied somewhere.
Zimmy Zeta wrote:Shouldn't we...you...sticky this thread?
The EVE Fiction forum has a stickied thread pointing to this one. Author - Telegram Sam, second post and glue application - CCP Falcon. |
Telegram Sam
Shoot 2 Thrill
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Posted - 2012.10.24 20:23:00 -
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Romvex wrote:so there is no violating the canon, but what about things the canon doesn't tell us much or anything about? what about things involving the more mysterious aspects of the fiction? could we "fill in the gaps" per say? i was thinking about writing about the Feythabolis, which is some thing we know almost nothing about.
Yes, speculating and filling in the gaps is OK. The readers will just have to realize that we're writing fiction stories, not creating new canon. |
SamuraiJack
Sacred Templars
Unclaimed.
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Posted - 2012.10.24 20:30:00 -
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:( at not being able to submit my older stories...
However i do a have a new one that is going to be posted soon(tm)
http://www.fanfiction.net/~clssamuraijack |
Jull Mariner
Eve Engineering Operations
Eve Engineering
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Posted - 2012.10.24 20:40:00 -
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Hmm... I've always wanted to start writing some EVE stories. Maybe this could be the way to do it. Who knows, maybe this would be the time to write up the full backstory for Jull and Riniel. |
usrevenge
Enlightened Industries
Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2012.10.24 20:40:00 -
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can we post it to this forum somewhere and just link it ( if the post date is after this date of course.) |
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