Ghostwriter presents:
Fanfiction.net
Slam Dunk
Fan fiction contest
Ahem. Looks at speech To my fellow writers and readers, I bid you all a very warm welcome.
As I have been haunting around for these past few months, I find that the Slam Dunk section has been experiencing and amazing growth rate. From a mere 200 fictions, it has grown into a strong 600+ fictions in the past few months! May God bless this section with continuous growth rate! Cheers
Anyhow, I've been reading and I find that there are a lot of pretty good fics around that aren't posted up in the more prominent SD fan sites out there. What a waste and these fan fictions are seldom nominated for any of the ongoing fan fiction contests. And I seriously think these beautiful stories should not go unnoticed. This contests also serves to encourage aspiring writers.
And this is why I've started FF.net's own SD Fan fiction Contest! Hehe, and this ghost is going to be running this whole thing. Yep, I've really got nothing to do.
First and foremost, I need people to help me run this thing, to make sure that the whole contest is fair. After all, you all might argue that I'm showing favoritism or something. =P. If you're interested in the below posts, please feel free to mail me at ghostwriter15@hotmail.com.
Administrators:-
These are the people who are going to be sorting out the nominations as well as votes. I think I'll need at least four other people to help me. So do mail me, pronto, if you want this job. First mail first serve basis.
Panel of Judges:-
The panel of Judges consists of writers/readers/reviewers that will filter through the submissions at the end of October. This panel has to be extremely strict and have a good command of language. Please send me a sample of your writing if you wish to apply. The Panel of Judges will not be revealed until the end of the nominating period.
Web Designer:-
Ok, I've got to admit, I'm hopeless when it comes to computers and web design. So, if any kind soul is willing to design a page to host the awards, I'll be eternally grateful. I'm afraid the administrator of FF.net will kick me if they find out I've been sort of misusing their site. ^^;;. Anyway, there is only one opening for this post. I understand that these jobs are easier if they are managed by only one person. And please!!! You must be really dedicated to your work because I don't want the page to be hanging around with lots of broken links!!! You can work with a partner if you want to, but please make sure you two are compatible. Actually, we don't really need a really cool site, but it'll be nice if it's beautiful as well as efficient. If you are chosen, and in the middle of making of the page, you decide you need time off, please inform me beforehand. Ahh…send in your resume with your site address, and if your site is so good till it makes me want to die all over again, you've got the job!
If no one is interested in this job, be prepared to see a really sloppy site done by me.
Hnn…I guess that's all. You can start applying for the openings listed above. Ok, let's move on to the Rules and Regulations.
Nomination:-
Any piece of fiction is illegible for nomination as long as the fic nominated is posted up on FF.net. Ahh…and not to be forgotten, the fic must me completed. I've seen plenty of stories that started out well but ended really badly. sigh What a waste. So, writers don't hurry, because the closing date for this contest is on the first of November. You'll be wondering why the closing date is so far away, right? This is to allow writers enough time to finish their fics if they wish to send it in for nomination. Yes, you can nominate your own work, but you're not allowed to vote for it, ok?
Ok, if the nominated fic isn't completed in time, then it'll be automatically forwarded to next year's contest.
To nominate stories, copy the form below into a blank mail and fill in the blanks. You can nominate as many stories as you want to, in one mail if possible. Only registered FF.net members are illegible to vote and nominate fics. And you're only allowed to vote once for each category.
FF.net Pen Name :
User ID :
Choice of Fiction :
Award :
Author :
Author's User ID :
Story ID :
You can start nominating your favorite fics starting from 25 May. Meanwhile, do surf around and make up your mind!
Another thing is that once the fiction has won the award, that fiction will automatically be banned from being entered into next year's competition. This is to let others get a chance. Other less luck nominated fictions is allowed to be submitted again and again until they win. =P
Got it? Good. Let's move on to Voting.
As I've said, only registered members of FF.net are allowed to vote. This is to prevent certain parties from mailing votes repeatedly to me using different mails. I can at least check on you guys if I've got some particulars listed somewhere. Hehe…and FF.net can also get more members. But people, please don't cheat by opening multiple accounts.
The final list of Nominations will be posted up after November and the voting period will run from November 2002 into mid March. Results will be announced on the 1st of April, in celebration of Hana-kun's birthday!
Ok, currently, the awards up for grabs are:-
The Most Well Written Fic. (All rounder)
Best Romance Fiction (You know, Lovey-dovey)
Best Comedy/Humor Fiction (The ones that you can laugh till you cry)
Best Fantasy/Horror/Mystery/Supernatural/Science Fiction (You get what I mean by just reading the title)
Best Angst/Death Fiction (Boo hoo hoo…I'm crying because it's so sad!!!)
Best Song Fiction (You've gotta know what it means right? It means a story with a song as an accompaniment.)
Best Poem (I've gotta add this!)
Best One-shot (Finished in one long chapter)
Best Ficlet (1000 words and below!)
Best Series (Something like Annie D's 'Ore Wa Tensai Sakura' series)
Best YAOI Fiction (BoyXBoy Love)
Best Non-Yaoi Fiction (BoyXGirl Love)
Best Lemon/NC-17 (Ahhh!!! For people seventeen years of age and above only! ^^;; Not like I can stop you if you really want to vote.)
That's all I can think of. Mail me if you can think of anything else. And this is one award I'm sure everyone wants:
The Most Aspiring Writer Award.
This award is to commemorate the one fan fic writer that has contributed good-quality reads to the SD fandom in FF.net. An award voted by their peers, I'm sure this award is one of the most meaningful awards.
On a lighter note, you can also vote for this. It can be from any fic, original character or from the manga/anime itself:
1) Best Original Character : (Character name) from (Name of Fiction/Story ID) by (Author's Pen Name/User ID). You can nominate any character for this one as long as it's from the author's own imagination and not from the manga.
2) Best pairing : (Pairing) from (Name of Fiction/Story ID) by (Author's Pen Name/User ID)
3) My favorite Original Character from SD : (Character)
4) My favorite Villain : (Character name) from (Name of Fiction/Story ID) by (Author's Pen Name/User ID)
5) The most annoying character : (Character) from (Name of Fiction/Story ID if it's an original character) by (Author's Pen Name/User ID)
Ok, I must ask you not to nominate or vote for any stories via Review because all votes and Nominations are to be kept secret!!!
In this contest, grammar counts if you want to get into the final round. So get yourself a beta reader or editor for your fics before the the end of October!!!
The list of Nominated Fics will be updated every two weeks.
I hope you'll all lend me your support to make this a success. Even if you don't wish to join the staff and help out, still, do vote for your favorite fics to show support for your favorite writer.
Thank You.
Ghostwriter.
Fanfiction.net
Slam Dunk
Fan fiction contest
Ahem. Looks at speech To my fellow writers and readers, I bid you all a very warm welcome.
As I have been haunting around for these past few months, I find that the Slam Dunk section has been experiencing and amazing growth rate. From a mere 200 fictions, it has grown into a strong 600+ fictions in the past few months! May God bless this section with continuous growth rate! Cheers
Anyhow, I've been reading and I find that there are a lot of pretty good fics around that aren't posted up in the more prominent SD fan sites out there. What a waste and these fan fictions are seldom nominated for any of the ongoing fan fiction contests. And I seriously think these beautiful stories should not go unnoticed. This contests also serves to encourage aspiring writers.
And this is why I've started FF.net's own SD Fan fiction Contest! Hehe, and this ghost is going to be running this whole thing. Yep, I've really got nothing to do.
First and foremost, I need people to help me run this thing, to make sure that the whole contest is fair. After all, you all might argue that I'm showing favoritism or something. =P. If you're interested in the below posts, please feel free to mail me at ghostwriter15@hotmail.com.
Administrators:-
These are the people who are going to be sorting out the nominations as well as votes. I think I'll need at least four other people to help me. So do mail me, pronto, if you want this job. First mail first serve basis.
Panel of Judges:-
The panel of Judges consists of writers/readers/reviewers that will filter through the submissions at the end of October. This panel has to be extremely strict and have a good command of language. Please send me a sample of your writing if you wish to apply. The Panel of Judges will not be revealed until the end of the nominating period.
Web Designer:-
Ok, I've got to admit, I'm hopeless when it comes to computers and web design. So, if any kind soul is willing to design a page to host the awards, I'll be eternally grateful. I'm afraid the administrator of FF.net will kick me if they find out I've been sort of misusing their site. ^^;;. Anyway, there is only one opening for this post. I understand that these jobs are easier if they are managed by only one person. And please!!! You must be really dedicated to your work because I don't want the page to be hanging around with lots of broken links!!! You can work with a partner if you want to, but please make sure you two are compatible. Actually, we don't really need a really cool site, but it'll be nice if it's beautiful as well as efficient. If you are chosen, and in the middle of making of the page, you decide you need time off, please inform me beforehand. Ahh…send in your resume with your site address, and if your site is so good till it makes me want to die all over again, you've got the job!
If no one is interested in this job, be prepared to see a really sloppy site done by me.
Hnn…I guess that's all. You can start applying for the openings listed above. Ok, let's move on to the Rules and Regulations.
Nomination:-
Any piece of fiction is illegible for nomination as long as the fic nominated is posted up on FF.net. Ahh…and not to be forgotten, the fic must me completed. I've seen plenty of stories that started out well but ended really badly. sigh What a waste. So, writers don't hurry, because the closing date for this contest is on the first of November. You'll be wondering why the closing date is so far away, right? This is to allow writers enough time to finish their fics if they wish to send it in for nomination. Yes, you can nominate your own work, but you're not allowed to vote for it, ok?
Ok, if the nominated fic isn't completed in time, then it'll be automatically forwarded to next year's contest.
To nominate stories, copy the form below into a blank mail and fill in the blanks. You can nominate as many stories as you want to, in one mail if possible. Only registered FF.net members are illegible to vote and nominate fics. And you're only allowed to vote once for each category.
FF.net Pen Name :
User ID :
Choice of Fiction :
Award :
Author :
Author's User ID :
Story ID :
You can start nominating your favorite fics starting from 25 May. Meanwhile, do surf around and make up your mind!
Another thing is that once the fiction has won the award, that fiction will automatically be banned from being entered into next year's competition. This is to let others get a chance. Other less luck nominated fictions is allowed to be submitted again and again until they win. =P
Got it? Good. Let's move on to Voting.
As I've said, only registered members of FF.net are allowed to vote. This is to prevent certain parties from mailing votes repeatedly to me using different mails. I can at least check on you guys if I've got some particulars listed somewhere. Hehe…and FF.net can also get more members. But people, please don't cheat by opening multiple accounts.
The final list of Nominations will be posted up after November and the voting period will run from November 2002 into mid March. Results will be announced on the 1st of April, in celebration of Hana-kun's birthday!
Ok, currently, the awards up for grabs are:-
The Most Well Written Fic. (All rounder)
Best Romance Fiction (You know, Lovey-dovey)
Best Comedy/Humor Fiction (The ones that you can laugh till you cry)
Best Fantasy/Horror/Mystery/Supernatural/Science Fiction (You get what I mean by just reading the title)
Best Angst/Death Fiction (Boo hoo hoo…I'm crying because it's so sad!!!)
Best Song Fiction (You've gotta know what it means right? It means a story with a song as an accompaniment.)
Best Poem (I've gotta add this!)
Best One-shot (Finished in one long chapter)
Best Ficlet (1000 words and below!)
Best Series (Something like Annie D's 'Ore Wa Tensai Sakura' series)
Best YAOI Fiction (BoyXBoy Love)
Best Non-Yaoi Fiction (BoyXGirl Love)
Best Lemon/NC-17 (Ahhh!!! For people seventeen years of age and above only! ^^;; Not like I can stop you if you really want to vote.)
That's all I can think of. Mail me if you can think of anything else. And this is one award I'm sure everyone wants:
The Most Aspiring Writer Award.
This award is to commemorate the one fan fic writer that has contributed good-quality reads to the SD fandom in FF.net. An award voted by their peers, I'm sure this award is one of the most meaningful awards.
On a lighter note, you can also vote for this. It can be from any fic, original character or from the manga/anime itself:
1) Best Original Character : (Character name) from (Name of Fiction/Story ID) by (Author's Pen Name/User ID). You can nominate any character for this one as long as it's from the author's own imagination and not from the manga.
2) Best pairing : (Pairing) from (Name of Fiction/Story ID) by (Author's Pen Name/User ID)
3) My favorite Original Character from SD : (Character)
4) My favorite Villain : (Character name) from (Name of Fiction/Story ID) by (Author's Pen Name/User ID)
5) The most annoying character : (Character) from (Name of Fiction/Story ID if it's an original character) by (Author's Pen Name/User ID)
Ok, I must ask you not to nominate or vote for any stories via Review because all votes and Nominations are to be kept secret!!!
In this contest, grammar counts if you want to get into the final round. So get yourself a beta reader or editor for your fics before the the end of October!!!
The list of Nominated Fics will be updated every two weeks.
I hope you'll all lend me your support to make this a success. Even if you don't wish to join the staff and help out, still, do vote for your favorite fics to show support for your favorite writer.
Thank You.
Ghostwriter.