First awards will be in July. - The Fiction Press Supernatural Stories Awards 2008 Forum

Topic: First awards will be in July.

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#1 May 31st 2008, 4:09pm . Edited by omgitskandice, Feb 13th, 1:01pm

whooooo :D

#2 May 31st 2008, 5:45pm

Supernatural/romance In the end by artificial destiny Locked cages by Lylia Rains

Supernatural/Sci-fi The Immortality Solution by Giarc I only just started reading it but it seems really good. And original. I'll keep looking for more.

#3 Jun 01st 2008, 1:14am

thats... a LOT of categories though

want to start out with a more modest goal and work it out from there?

#4 Jun 01st 2008, 8:20am

Ok. What do you propose like categories? I'm open to suggestions.

#5 Jun 01st 2008, 8:24am

BornButterfly found a story for Drama: Bite me by Raven Aorla.

#6 Jun 01st 2008, 8:25am

so first we need to divide into complete vs. incomplete

and then find the areas with the most suggested stories (ex: romance)

and stick with those.

i have one i'd like to recommend for romance. it's complete and FREAKING AMAZING.

-Demon of my dreams by BloodyAutumnKisses

#7 Jun 01st 2008, 8:53am

Ok. I've started a list of new categories but I don't have it with me. I'll edit when I can. I'll bookmark the story and read it when I can.

#8 Jun 01st 2008, 2:36pm

I'd written this really long reply and I closed the window!!!! UGH. *Hits head against keyboard.* Normally the computer asks you if you're sure you want to close it because you've written in the window. And the one time it's important it doesn't ask!!! I'll have to post it when I'm calmer. I'd even written a little gratitude speech for you.

It was really good. Ended with claps and a bow. :(

#9 Jun 02nd 2008, 1:59pm

oh no! D; that sucks!!

#10 Jun 02nd 2008, 3:42pm

Categories:

Complete:

Best Romance

Best Humor

Most Original

Best Cliché

Best Plot*

Best Horror

Best Poem

Best Angst

Incomplete:

Best Romance

Best Humor

Most Original

Best Cliché

Best Plot*

Best Horror

Best Angst

Other:

Best Couple

Most Believable Dialogue

Most Prolific Author

Best New Author

This is just what I came up with. Nothing is definite.

So now for the big speech. (That got deleted!)

I am eternally grateful for your immense help towards this miniscule almost inexistent project. Hopefully with your help and everybody's hard work we can make this known and wonderful. I implore ye, Oh Great Artificial Destiny, to continue helping me. I now name thee, sub-boss. You will get lots of credit for this and become even more popular than before.

Yours humbly, Kayleigh

*Bows and applauds the Greatness of Artificial Destiny*

PS: Any name I can call you? Artificial Destiny is long to write every time.

PPS: I now have recruited you, essiebear (wonderful writer, but hasn't had the time lately), BornButterfly and 'fallen-angel-that-loves'. VampGrrl is pending.

PPPS: Judges for the categories! I will organize that on the freewebs. And I was thinking: nomination in 1st June/31st July (so we can get the word around to enough people. Voting 1st August/31st August and then we count votes and get everything ready and announce the winners the last day of September. So, basically, awards every four months.

#11 Jun 03rd 2008, 2:40pm

oh my goodness. i dont think i deserve THIS much praise!

wowowowowoww. thank you? hahaha. i mean, i didn't actually do much o..O GAH. and im glad that you moved the date, because like i said before, i wont be in the US for the month of july, and i really dont think i'll be having a consistent internet source.

anyways, you can call my jackie :D

#12 Jun 03rd 2008, 6:03pm

Compared to other people, you've helped a lot! Although I guess that's because you spend more time on fictionpress than others.

I'll be gone from the 28th June until the 8th July. But I'll have internet. And then I'll be gone again from the 25th July until the 10th August. My holiday starts the 17th June and ends the 2nd September. There, now you know when I'm available. And I get half-days on Wednesdays, except today I was out all day.

I'll update the site (didn't get a chance yesterday) and write. And read "The Host". I finally got it. Yay! (What would we do wihtout books?)

#13 Jun 04th 2008, 10:43am

Hello people! Rosie's in da club and she needs to be told what to do!!

First, I need the link and password to the uh, site. :D I'll be waiting... Also, we need to contact every single person who spends time on fictionpress, and ask them to send us their favourite supernatural stories.

We need to have music in the site, a layout, videos, spread it on youtube, megavideo, all those youtube copycats, put it everryyywhere.

EVERYBODY who reads, needs to know about this. People must be able to vote for their fav stories and be able to tell us about them if they're not in the contest already. :)

Note: NO ONE ANSWERS THIS THING! =[

#14 Jun 07th 2008, 6:14am . Edited Jun 07th 2008, 2:15pm

Wow Rosie, you been thinking. I'll PM you da code.

#15 Jun 07th 2008, 2:41pm

UH yeah, but how do I read my messages??? This site is very jumbo mumbo, i dont understand anthin =S

help? :D

#16 Jun 08th 2008, 3:42am

To read PMs you go to your email, the one you used to create this account. That's where the PMs are sent to.

#17 Jun 08th 2008, 4:17am

oohhh right, thanks :)

#18 Jun 08th 2008, 4:27am

Have you changed the site yet? For music do you think you could find some supernatural-ly kind of music?

#19 Jun 08th 2008, 4:34am

http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2519094/1/Turnings_and_Meetings

PS: I've updated "Turnings and Meetings".

I haven't had any reviews... :(

#20 Jun 08th 2008, 4:38am

Go on msn!! I'm here now!

#21 Jun 08th 2008, 4:39am . Edited Jun 08th 2008, 5:28am

Check the website. Major updates.

#22 Jun 11th 2008, 11:44am

skibird17

Wow, this sounds really cool! I'd love to help, if I can

#23 Jun 13th 2008, 8:52am

Of course you can help!

www.freewebs.com/tfpssa2008 for more about it. The link is also on my profile.

Kayleigh

#24 Jun 13th 2008, 9:26am

skibird17

Okay, so I went on the website. And I was wondering--how big is this thing? cause there was like one story that was nominated... cause we all know this can't work unless we have tons of stories to pick from. There are lots of places I have accounts where I can advertise this contest--like on Yahoo Answers and other similar websites...

What else can I do to help? I can only think of one story I've read that would even be close to good enough to be nominated--it's called Midnight Calls by Ama-sk8, it's under my favorites. But there are a lot of typos and some grammar problems, which really irks me... I'm writing a story myself, called Secrets of Andover, about teenage witch hybrids (I dont really know how else to describe them) but I've only got two chapters up... I can definitely look for more good stories.

What do you guys really need? Cause I'd love to help with anything!

--alice

#25 Jun 13th 2008, 10:32am

It's not very big, and more stories have been nominated but they haven't been judged.

Speak For the Noise: -Walk the Line (nominated for completebest romance)

-The Thin Line (nominated for incompletebest romance)

VELVETxKISSES: -Bellatrix Crimson (judged, nominated for best romance, incomplete)

Demonic Huntress: -Choosing Packs: Torn Loyalties (judged but not the whole story. Nominated for best plot, complete, need someone with enough time to read the whole thing. Maybe I'll do it tomorrow, yeah. I'll print it, read, correct and review...)

Jay-Alonzo: -Rise of the Anomalous (very long, nominated for best plot. 130 000 words+)

Ama-sk8: -Midnight Calls (nominated by skibird17, alice, for... *guesses* completebest romance? Needs to be judged.)

Eclipsia Soulbird: -Deep Down Demons (nominated for most original incomplete) Will be judge my Lena Carmino

I'll post if there are any more.

#26 Jun 13th 2008, 2:28pm . Edited Jun 26th 2008, 9:48am

Essiebear is our CompleteBest Romance judge.

#27 Jun 22nd 2008, 9:34am

essiebear

Hey, Wow, all the judges are here. :( Sorry i must not have read that memo right. lol anyway can i ahve the code, too. I have been sending out a letter to all the writing groups i know and i hope that is atually helping, the only other thing we can do is keep writing forums and sending emails to people and getting the word out. i wish fictionpress would help us. like offer oficial advertising. but i don't think that's gonna happen :( Essie

#28 Jun 25th 2008, 5:24pm . Edited Jun 25th 2008, 5:32pm

I see what you put in the topic for nominations: OMG! Thank you! That must have taken a while... And thanks for the reviews. :D (I've been smiling like that because I don't have braces anymore.)

#29 Jun 26th 2008, 3:11am

Tily Everly

Erm can you nominate one person/story for more than one category?

#30 Jun 30th 2008, 11:09am

Hey I have to say after reading this forum I'm interested in what you guys are doing. The Supernatural category needs to be recognized more for its stories(Romance and Fantasy are usually the two big categories on fictionpress). so I'm interested in helping out you'd let me...

#31 Jun 30th 2008, 1:19pm

Lilium Lied

As a fellow Supernatural/Romance author, I am interested in what you are doing. There are many great supernatural stories that are lying around Fictionpress that do not get noticed. I am totally going to keep watching this. :)

#32 Jul 02nd 2008, 7:09am

Lilium Lied

#33 Jul 02nd 2008, 7:11am

I will answer all your questions when I get back, the 8th of july.

#34 Jul 06th 2008, 12:10pm

Tily Everly: It depends, if a story is nominated for best romance it could also be nominated for another minor category, say most believable dialogue.

#35 Jul 10th 2008, 6:14am

Guacamole: You could be a judge, just choose up to three categories you want to judge for and then whenever a story is nominated you read it to make sure it follows the rules. Just check the site for more. :)

#36 Jul 10th 2008, 6:17am . Edited Jul 10th 2008, 6:19am

Lillium Lied: Please tell other people about this, I'd like to make this happen every four months and more popular :)

#37 Jul 10th 2008, 6:18am

Speak For the Noise: -Walk the Line (nominated for completebest romance)

Speak For the Noise: -The Thin Line (nominated for incompletebest romance)

Jay-Alonzo: -Rise of the Anomalous (very long, nominated for best plot. 130 000 words+)

Ama-sk8: -Midnight Calls (nominated by skibird17, alice, for... *guesses* completebest romance? Needs to be judged.)

Eclipsia Soulbird: -Deep Down Demons (nominated for most original incomplete) Will be judge by Lena Carmino

onlyseen: -The Shimari (nominated for Bets romance, incomplete)

#38 Jul 10th 2008, 7:03am . Edited Jul 10th 2008, 1:22pm

A judge you say? Ok then i can do that. What nominated stories need to be judge/which category needs to be judged?

#39 Jul 10th 2008, 12:33pm

Well I put up a list of stories to be judged, and the ones that have been judged are on the website.

#40 Jul 10th 2008, 1:20pm

Ok well i've read Jay-Alonzo's story but i don't know then if i should judge that or judge another story....

#41 Jul 10th 2008, 2:34pm

Ok well i've read Jay-Alonzo's story but i don't know then if i should judge that or judge another story....

#42 Jul 10th 2008, 2:36pm

Wait, you read the WHOLE thing? Wow, it's really long... If you've read all of it, then you might as well judge it. Basically, think about what you read, and check with the rules (on the website). If the story didn't break any rules then it goes on the list.

#43 Jul 10th 2008, 3:01pm

lol yes i read the whole thing. Ok, i'll go back over it, see if it follows all the rules to see if it goes on the list. xD

#44 Jul 10th 2008, 4:09pm

Hmmm well it has most of the requirments except it kind of changes POV a bit and sometimes has brief flashbacks if that counts as changing from past to present a lot 0.o but it is a really good story and has a good plot...

#45 Jul 10th 2008, 6:14pm

Lilium Lied

Gah! I'll try to spread the word, but most of my friends write fantasy and romance stories and really wouldn't care. D: Crap. BUT. POSITIVE NOTE. Man, I'm reading all these stories that are being nominated and I'm impressed/jealous. D: HOW ARE THEY SO GOOD? IS IT SOME JUICE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT?

#46 Jul 10th 2008, 7:16pm

If the change of POV is very often and annoying to the reader then... it should be changed... And by change from past to present I meant inadvertently:

"Hello," she said.

"Hey," he says.

I mean that kind, flashbacks are okay, as long they're not sudden. You know? It has to flow well. So, tell me about the POV thing, and if it's not too bad then I'll add the story.

#47 Jul 11th 2008, 3:09am

Lilium Lied: I don't know, some people have been writing for years, and some have natural talent (me, according to a lot of people...). Or they're really passionate about their stories so they spend hours laboring over their precious stories, and the result is this...

#48 Jul 11th 2008, 3:14am

Wow this is strange. Jay-Alonzo i think deleted his story because when i went to look at it again it wasn't there....xo. But the POV change wasn't exactly changing from say third to first but it changed to show what the different people were doing in the story.

#49 Jul 11th 2008, 11:16am