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Paizofans and PathfinderChronicler.net are pleased to announce our third annual Pathfinder Fiction contest!
Eligibility: No entry fee [or purchase] is required, and all rights in the story remain the property of the author. The Contest is open only to those who have not been professionally published. Professional fiction publication (a story, not an adventure or an RPG product) is deemed to be at least 1 cent per word, from Paizo or another major publisher. Entries must be unpublished and may not have won any prize or award in the past. Cannot be a judge or related to a judge through family, real life friend or affiliate. Online pals are ok. You are encouraged to join Pathfinder Chronicler Forums and work with other contestants on your entries! You must be the legal age of 18 to participate. If not, one of your parents or legal guardians must submit a signed, written statement that they have read, understood and agree to these contest rules with your entry, and that such agreement constitutes acceptance of these Contest Rules on behalf of you and themselves. If you have a question, contact us at pfcontestquestions@pathfinderchronicler.net.
Contest Period: Starting July 27th, 12:00AM, Pacific Time, Pathfinder Chronicler will be accepting short story submissions for our Pathfinder Fiction Contest 2012. Short Stories will be 3000-5000 words which must be turned in by August 30th, 11:59pm Pacific Time. Five stories will be chosen to go to Paizo’s Fiction Editor, James Sutter. The winner will be announced September 15th. The top 10 stories chosen by the judges will also be put in the upcoming Pathfinder Chronicler Anthology Voulme IV. Entries will be disqualified if they fail to follow our strict Contest Submission Instructions.
Entry in the Contest: You can enter the contest by submitting (1 and only 1) short story based on Paizo’s Pathfinder Campaign Setting, set in the world of Golarion. The theme is horror. Remember to keep it tasteful. Works that are splatter-gore or filled with gratuitous sexual themes will be disqualified. You may use all sources available in the Pathfinder Campaign Setting line. If you have no access to Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting or material, you may access Pathfinder Wiki for online information. Use the following Contest Submission Instructions.
Email entries to pfcontest@pathfinderchronicler.net. You are limited to (1) entry into the contest.
Winner Selection: panel will judge eligible entries equally on the basis of: sustained writing ability (25%), topic creativity (25%), originality (25%), and overall excellence (25%).
Prize: The winning entry will be allotted a special honor in Pathfinder Chronicler Anthology Vol. IV. Pathfinder Chronicler will also award a 100-dollar Paizo Gift Certificate. Finalist’s stories will also be featured permanently on Pathfinder Chronicler as well. Two runner-ups will receive $50 Paizo Gift Certificates.
Original Work of Authorship: You hereby warrant and represent that (a) you own all rights to all Entry Materials submitted by you; and (b) all such Entry Materials are original works of authorship on your part and have not been copied, in whole or in part, from any other work and do not violate, misappropriate or infringe any copyright, trademark or other proprietary right of any other person or entity. If it is discovered that the above is not the case, your piece will be immediately disqualified. We invite you to participate in our Pathfinder Chronicler Forums to improve your work with fellow contestants. You may not take other’s ideas and incorporate them into your stories nor may you plagiarize anything that your read on the website. Participation in the forums is completely voluntary but encouraged. It is perfectly fine for another contestant to suggest an idea that another writer may use (as long as it is with consent of both parties). Contact Robert Gresham atmalikjoker@pathfinderchronicler.net or join the forums and message him privately. You must register and join the Pathfinder Chronicler group (within the forums) to post there. Once registered and in the Pathfinder Chronicler group you may acquire the password to the Fiction Contest 2012 Forums where you may edit each other’s work where no one can see it.
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Might need a clarification on length, since it has varied at times from being a word limit of 5k words, apparently at 5k exactly, and on the post above it's then got a minimum of 3k.
While this doesn't affect my story which is pushing 3k in a half-written state, my girlfriend's will be. She'd emailed about this but hadn't gotten a response yet, so I'll pester here on her behalf. :)
Good luck, everyone!
I prefer it to be 5000 words but I made a concession to allow stories to be a minimum of 3000 at James Sutter's request.
Hmm, that kinda screws her entry then. It might have been submitted already as well, and given the fact that the word count rules were different in various places, hopefully it won't get her disqualified (and it's a damn good story).
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on the website it stated 5000 words, here it was 3000-5000. If it falls between there she should be fine. plus, its early in the contest process. Join the forums at pathfinderchronicler.net There is a password protected forum located there specifically to help authors hone their contest entry.
As for any lower word count rules in various places...those might be for previous years contests, which clearly state which year they were for. Any other authors who may be unclear on this, please refer to the 2012 rules.
on the website it stated 5000 words, here it was 3000-5000. If it falls between there she should be fine. plus, its early in the contest process. Join the forums at pathfinderchronicler.net There is a password protected forum located there specifically to help authors hone their contest entry.
As for any lower word count rules in various places...those might be for previous years contests, which clearly state which year they were for. Any other authors who may be unclear on this, please refer to the 2012 rules.
That's a real shame since she's kinda screwed then. It's a really tight story, it's exceedingly good, and padding it out is going to degrade it more than it may be worth it. That's her call on what she does now, but it's going to be a serious loss for the contest if she wrote something and then can't compete with it (and I consider her a better author than I am).
And good news, after giving it some thought, she's got ideas to expand it over the 3k line without compromising the original punch it had. :)
Are past winners eligible?