Star Wars Fanon:Short Story Contest/Summer 2012

Welcome to the Summer 2012 Star Wars Fanon Short Story Contest! This contest, hosted this year by Brandon Rhea, is all about short stories and sparking more interest in writing fan fiction here on Star Wars Fanon. You may even find that you’ll be able to promote a story to featured work status if your story is well received!

So without any further adieu, grab your keyboards, get to writing, and let’s head on to the awards!

Rules
There are a few short and simple rules to be followed so the contest runs smoothly.


 * Length: Entries must be between 2,500 and 25,000 words. The only exception to this is the Best Vignette category, for which they must be between 500 and 2,500 words.
 * Nominations: You are allowed to nominate your own story. You are also allowed to nominate other users’ stories. Users may withdraw any nomination for their own work provided that they do so before the end of the nominating period.
 * Past nominees: Stories that were nominated in past short story contests can be renominated in any category they did not previously win, provided the category they are being nominated in is applicable to that story.
 * Multiple entries: You may nominate as many stories you like, including as many of your own as you like, provided the stories are nominated in applicable categories.
 * Multiple categories: You may nominate a story in as many categories as you would like provided that the categories are applicable to the story. Stories in inapplicable categories will be moved at the discretion of the host.
 * Content: All stories must comply with the content policy. Stories that do not comply will be removed.
 * Medium: Only textual narratives will be accepted. This means no comics, photonovels, videos, video games, etc. Narrative texts can be in article subpage form ( Story name/Chapter 1 and so forth), uploaded as a .PDF file, or another form of hosting on this wiki. Stories must be hosted on Star Wars Fanon (no external linking). See this tutorial for more information on putting your fan fiction on Star Wars Fanon.
 * Voting: Voting rules will be posted in the days prior to the start of voting.

Prizes
Winning entries will be given a special talk page template to commemorate their achievement in quality writing. The authors of those stories will also be given special userboxes for their userpages, should they choose to use them. The biggest prize, however, is that you wrote a quality story that you can be proud of. That's true even if you don’t win, so be proud of your work!

Schedule
The nomination period will last from 12am EST on Friday, July 20, 2012 to 11:59pm EST on Thursday, August 30, 2012, giving you exactly six weeks to write your story (if you have not already written one). At the end of the nomination process, if a category has less than three entries, the host will use his discretion to decide whether that category should be merged with another. Categories with only one nominee will be automatically merged with the most applicable other category. There will be no winning by default.

Voting will run from 12am EST on Friday, August 31, 2012 to 11:59pm on Thursday, September 13, 2012. An additional tie breaking round will last for one week after that if needed. Further voting rules will be posted as we get closer to the voting period.

Nominations
Please list all nominations and their authors under the relevant headings. As a reminder, a story can be nominated in as many categories as you wish to nominate them in, provided that they are nominated in applicable categories. Please format all nominations like this:

*Story name by Author’s username. Nominated by Your username.

Good luck to all of the nominees!

Best Short Story
This category is for the best overall story. Awards for this category will be given to the 1st and 2nd place winner, provided there are more than 2 nominees.

Best Pre-Movie Era Story
This category is for any story set before 32 BBY.

Best Movie Era and Beyond Story
This category is for any era set in or after 32 BBY.

Best Drama Story
This category is a broad classification for any story that is dramatic. Subcategories such as angst, hurt/comfort, and the like would go here.

Best Other Story
This category is for any story that does not fit into the Pre-Movie Era, Movie Era and Beyond, Action, Drama, and Mystery categories.

Best Vignette
This category is for vignette stories, between 500 and 2,500 words.

Voting
Voting will open at 12am EST on Friday, August 31, 2012.

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