Author Topic: The Furtopia Writing Contest: January/February Nomination Period is Closed! (Read 3597 times)

Epsy · « **on:** January 18, 2009, 05:12:35 pm »

Good luck everyone! The results of the December contest will be posted shortly, thanks for your patience.

Rules:
1. Nominating period runs till the end of the of the current month.

A. Story's must be written by active members of Furtopia. Members who have not posted within the past 12 months are not considered active.
B. Story's must be appropriate to have been posted on Furtopia.

2. You can nominate your own if you like.

3. Only one nomination per member.

4. If more than one is nominated by a member, only the last one will be considered valid.

5. Please include a link to your nomination.

After the nominations are in, and the month is over, the judges will vote. The winner will be posted when the voting is over.

Any questions? Shoot me, or any of the judges a PM. Thanks for reading, and happy voting!

Epsy · « **Reply #1 on:** January 28, 2009, 04:36:56 pm »

Only two days left for nominations, and not a single one yet!

Arbutus · « **Reply #2 on:** January 28, 2009, 04:57:32 pm »

My nom goes to Independence Day by Tachyon! No question. ^_^

Epsy · « **Reply #3 on:** February 01, 2009, 07:09:59 pm »

Nomination over, only one nomination. Independence Day is winner by default.

Unless we decide to extend it a month

Feathertail · « **Reply #4 on:** February 01, 2009, 10:07:36 pm »

Quote from: Naomi Maru on February 01, 2009, 07:09:59 pm

Nomination over, only one nomination. Independence Day is winner by default.

Unless we decide to extend it a month

I say go for it. ^.^;

Relaxing Dragon · « **Reply #5 on:** February 02, 2009, 01:31:05 pm »

As do I. We need an actual competition going here, and one nomination isn't going to work.

Epsy · « **Reply #6 on:** February 02, 2009, 04:09:21 pm »

Alright then, another month it is.

Traumerei · « **Reply #7 on:** February 02, 2009, 05:33:11 pm »

I nominate The Prisoner, by Kirby the Fox!

Tachyon needs some competition that... well... isn't Tachyon.

Feathertail · « **Reply #8 on:** February 02, 2009, 06:26:17 pm »

Quote from: Traumerei on February 02, 2009, 05:33:11 pm

Tachyon needs some competition that... well... isn't Tachyon.

I'm working on a collab story with Yurodivy ^.^; And she's writing her own furry story as well! Hopefully they'll both be done soon.

Traumerei · « **Reply #9 on:** February 02, 2009, 07:54:22 pm »

'Hope so! I look forward to reading. :p

Edward Vulpes · « **Reply #10 on:** February 03, 2009, 10:28:07 am »

I'm working on a submission for this month, as well. I've just been going through a dry creative period recently, mostly due to the cares and woes of university work.

Feathertail · « **Reply #11 on:** February 03, 2009, 05:25:15 pm »

Quote from: Edward Vulpes on February 03, 2009, 10:28:07 am

I'm working on a submission for this month, as well. I've just been going through a dry creative period recently, mostly due to the cares and woes of university work.

Good luck out there; we look forward to reading it!

animagusurreal · « **Reply #12 on:** February 07, 2009, 05:10:32 am »

Purely for the sake of competition, I'll nominate Chapter One of my fantasy novel, Escapia

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http://forums.furtopia.org/index.php/topic,33273.msg651639.html#msg651639

Siege · « **Reply #13 on:** February 22, 2009, 11:08:33 pm »

As incentive, I offer to record myself reading the winning story, with the author's option of me placing said recording into an episode of my podcast. The winning author will receive a copy of this recording as soon after the judges' final decision as I can get it produced, in their choice of OGG, MP3, and/or WAV formats (WAV is huge, but it's uncompressed). This recording will be monophonic, and should be suitable for replay or rebroadcast.

Remember, time is running out. Get your nominations in now!

Edward Vulpes · « **Reply #14 on:** February 23, 2009, 07:47:53 am »

Quote from: Siege on February 22, 2009, 11:08:33 pm

As incentive, I offer to record myself reading the winning story, with the author's option of me placing said recording into an episode of my podcast. The winning author will receive a copy of this recording as soon after the judges' final decision as I can get it produced, in their choice of OGG, MP3, and/or WAV formats (WAV is huge, but it's uncompressed). This recording will be monophonic, and should be suitable for replay or rebroadcast.

Remember, time is running out. Get your nominations in now!

Ooh... that is an incentive. Unfortunately, with the way things are going, I probably would just end up submitting a lab report. So sad, so very sad...

But I'm still going to try! Well, not submitting a lab report. That would be profoundly dull.

Feathertail · « **Reply #15 on:** February 23, 2009, 11:52:16 am »

Quote from: Edward Vulpes on February 23, 2009, 07:47:53 am

But I'm still going to try! Well, not submitting a lab report. That would be profoundly dull.

Unless, say, you're working on some kind of secret transformation project, and you could somehow share with us your last scrawled notes. ^.^

Epsy · « **Reply #16 on:** March 01, 2009, 09:28:29 am »

Nomination period is now closed.

Edward Vulpes · « **Reply #17 on:** March 03, 2009, 10:07:55 am »

I can't believe my luck. I got snowed in over the weekend, so I couldn't come in to campus to post. *sadfoxface*

Perhaps it's just as well. I have a couple short stories in limbo, but what I had completed in time was another fanfiction - a Pokemon story to be exact - and I don't want to turn Furtopia into my repository of such stories.

Unless anyone would be interested in that lab report?

McMajik · « **Reply #18 on:** March 05, 2009, 05:04:28 pm »

Quote from: Edward Vulpes on March 03, 2009, 10:07:55 am

I can't believe my luck. I got snowed in over the weekend, so I couldn't come in to campus to post. *sadfoxface*

Well, we haven't actually started judging yet (still), so if you hurry, we could probably accept a late submission. Since you have a reason.

Edward Vulpes · « **Reply #19 on:** March 06, 2009, 07:45:06 am »

Quote from: McMajik on March 05, 2009, 05:04:28 pm

Quote from: Edward Vulpes on March 03, 2009, 10:07:55 am
I can't believe my luck. I got snowed in over the weekend, so I couldn't come in to campus to post. *sadfoxface*

Well, we haven't actually started judging yet (still), so if you hurry, we could probably accept a late submission. Since you have a reason.

Thank you for the offer, but I'm setting a limit for myself here. When next I post stories, I will continue at least one beginning of a previous story, and will post, completed, a self-contained short story. I'm trying to be a bit more disciplined, since I can never seem to finish what I start with regard to writing.

Feathertail · « **Reply #20 on:** March 06, 2009, 01:19:56 pm »

Quote from: Edward Vulpes on March 06, 2009, 07:45:06 am

I'm trying to be a bit more disciplined, since I can never seem to finish what I start with regard to writing.

Maybe you just haven't found a story that you want to finish yet?

Edward Vulpes · « **Reply #21 on:** March 06, 2009, 06:13:01 pm »

Quote from: Tachyon on March 06, 2009, 01:19:56 pm

Quote from: Edward Vulpes on March 06, 2009, 07:45:06 am
I'm trying to be a bit more disciplined, since I can never seem to finish what I start with regard to writing.

Maybe you just haven't found a story that you want to finish yet?

Oh no! Believe me, I want every story in me to be told. It's my energy and time that are the limiting factors; it is too often the difficulty just to get started on something again that has lain partially done for some time.

Simply put, writing is work. Enjoyable work, but work nonetheless, and I've a lot of other work that takes my energy before I can put it to storytelling.

McMajik · « **Reply #22 on:** March 25, 2009, 05:48:53 pm »

And the winner is Independance Day, by Tachyon!

Although, the prisoner could've beat it had it been longer! (And the dialogue a bit more realistic!)

So well done Tachyon!

And well done Kirby the fox! Finish that story and give it to us!