Sci-Fi Writing Contest

2006-09-07 [Kaimee]: What consitutes sci-fi in this contest? Does it have to be the typical futuristic society with space ships and aliens, or can we go by wikipedia definitions and involve any speculative fiction that encompasses the effects of science, technology, alternative societies/history/realities, and time?

2006-09-09 [The Dizzy Raven]: Well, I want the writers to write with the sci-fi (futuristic) world in mind, but i want them to be original about it...I suppose I should have put that up...I'm sorry that it wasn't up. I wasn't thinking about that

2006-09-09 [Kaimee]: "The sci-fi (futuristic) world"? There's one particular world/reality you want this written for? Please, provide references! I've read thousands of different worlds, universes, realities, dimensions... which?!

2006-09-09 [iippo]: If you've read about what you'll write, you won't follow the first rule...? o.O

2006-09-09 [Kaimee]: But the contest owner wants us to write about some specific scifi type futuristic world, how can we know what that is without having encountered said world before? O.o

2006-09-09 [The Dizzy Raven]: Please forgive me. I'm getting confused. I'll change what I can. I'm sorry

2006-09-09 [iippo]: Where are you getting the specific world -thing? o.O The page says "must be your own idea".

2006-09-10 [The Dizzy Raven]: Oh! okay. Well, I'm just saying that you can't submit something that was someone else's and you can't use something that already exists. If it confuses you please tell me.

2006-09-10 [Kaimee]: "I want the writers to write with the sci-fi (futuristic) world in mind" in reference to what I actually asked :P I asked what constituted scifi for this contest, as I've seen many different definitions. I asked whether we were going with the wikipedia definition (involving any speculative fiction that encompasses the effects of science, technology, alternative societies/history/realities, and time) or whether it was the shallower "futuristic space station type setting with aliens and transporter rays" :P

2006-09-10 [Kaimee]: The copyright rules are obvious and don't confuse me, I'm asking what you are defining as science fiction for the purposes of this contest, as the definition changes a lot.

2006-09-10 [Kaimee]: Also, is this a short story contest or a novel contest?
Rule 4. Prologues are ONLY necessary to make it easier for voting at the end, does that mean it's a novel contest but you only want the prologue? :S
What's the minimum/maximum word count requirement?

2006-09-10 [iippo]: Ah, it was the "the sci-fi world" that was the "specific world"... I never read so much into a sentence. :P
And http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-fi is Wikipedia's definition, and you wanted to know if Darkside agreed with that? *is not confused anymore*

2006-09-10 [Kaimee]: Yeah, I just wanted to know what Darkside was accepting as "scifi", as I've written spec.fic and had it both accepted and rejected from different scifi contests before, I didn't want to waste time writing something that wouldn't be accepted ;)

2006-09-11 [The Dizzy Raven]: *sighs and bangs head on the wall* I wish I was better at making contests *sighs again*...now i'm confused....

2006-09-11 [iippo]: Ahw *hugs* Don't worry about it.
Well Darkside, do you want to set a limit on how long or short the entries have to be?
And do you agree with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-fi ?

2006-09-11 [The Dizzy Raven]: Thanks. ^_^ *hugs back* Yes, I do because that way it's easier for judges to read them and judge them quickly. that's why I said "prologues only". Yes, i agree with that. ^_^ I was also thinking as star wars type sci-fi and a stargate atlantis/ stargate sg-1 type sci-fi.

2006-10-13 [The Dizzy Raven]: Oh, Wow! That's fantastic, Bleu! Awesome work!

2006-10-22 [blu.nation]: ^^ Thanks. I wrote it a while ago, but i'm still rather proud of it.

2006-10-22 [The Dizzy Raven]: You're welcome! ^_^ That's good

2007-01-04 [Linderel]: Hello, will you be extending the deadline? The currently set one was about a month ago, so I was just wondering what you will be doing with the contest next.

2007-01-04 [The Dizzy Raven]: Actually, it doesn't end until december 2007 seven. Contestants have another year yet

2007-01-04 [Linderel]: Ah. You hadn't specified the year on the Writing Contests page, that confused me. ...or then I'm blind. My bad. Shouldn't work when tired, clearly. :) I'll just take that back, then. xD
Good luck with the contest. Might even consider participating myself, depending on my muse...

2007-01-04 [The Dizzy Raven]: No worries. ^_^ I actually just checked it myself when I went to the wiki page. lol. Thank you ^_^

2008-03-08 [Wednesday]: When will judging be done?

2008-03-15 [The Dizzy Raven]: I need help getting judges. I haven't had the time recently to find any until now

2009-04-25 [Linderel]: Anything happening here?

2009-04-26 [The Dizzy Raven]: no, not really. I can't find any other judges willing to help me outbecause I don't have the time to read all of them T.T

2009-04-26 [Linderel]: Well, in that case I can volunteer for the job.

2009-04-26 [The Dizzy Raven]: thanks so much! ^_^

2009-07-28 [Linderel]: Hello? *poke* When will we be handling this and the other contest?

2009-07-28 [The Dizzy Raven]: now actually lol
sry ><