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SFFBC Writing Contest v.6 - we have a winner!!
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NYCitygurl
Title: Railroad Baroness of SFFBC, C&G, and NSWFF
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Jul '02
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Date Posted:
6/1 6:31am
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RE: SFFBC Writing Contest v.6 - 6 hours left!!!
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We ended up having three entries. Thank you very much to those who sent them in and to those who tried 
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Idrelle_Miocovani
Title: Solar Power loving Scattergories Hostess
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6/1 7:39am
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RE: SFFBC Writing Contest v.6 - judging in progress
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 Apologies for promising to do it, and then backing out, Nat. You can have a word woth my essay-happy teachers if you like. 
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NYCitygurl
Title: Railroad Baroness of SFFBC, C&G, and NSWFF
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6/1 7:47am
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 Yeah, they need to let up 
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Ceillean
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6/1 12:00pm
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I'm extremely sorry for having backed out. I wasn't home over the weekend to finish my crappy story, didn't really like it anyway. 
Good luck for those who sent in their stories!
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Ultima_1
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6/1 3:00pm
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Good luck to the other people who entered.
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Sanctimoniously
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6/2 1:37am
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**insert violent curses at work and my older brother here**
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Ultima_1
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6/9 6:39pm
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Well, it's been a week since the last post. Just want to check the status on this.
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NYCitygurl
Title: Railroad Baroness of SFFBC, C&G, and NSWFF
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6/9 7:23pm
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Judges are still working; I should have the results in a couple days
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NYCitygurl
Title: Railroad Baroness of SFFBC, C&G, and NSWFF
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Date Posted:
6/14 7:32pm
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RE: SFFBC Writing Contest v.6 - judging in progress
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And I've finally got the scores. Thanks to The_Face. Akexis_Wingstar, the_wandering_shadow, and Souderwan for judging.
All four judges divided the scores up as seen below, and two wrote comments.
Entry One, The Decision: Ultima_1
Overall Creativity: 7
Writing Ability: 10
Grammar/Mechanics: 10
Use of the prompt: 10
Entertainment Value: 9
Total: 46
Overall Creativity: 8
Writing Ability: 8.5
Grammar/Mechanics: 10
Use of the Prompt: 10
Entertainment Value: 8
Total: 44.5
Overall Creativity: 6
Writing Ability: 8
Grammar/Mechanics: 8
Use of the prompt: 10
Entertainment Value: 6
Total: 38
Overall Creativity-6
Writing Ability-8
Grammar/Mechanics-9
Use of the prompt-10
Entertainment Value-6
Total: 39
Overall: 167.5
The thing I liked best about this story was the emotion of it, the reality of it. It was very heartfelt. However when the end came I was disappointed somewhat. It seemed like the story had hardly begun and it was over. This could be the introduction of an interesting novel, I think.
The characterizations were excellent, even the minor characters had personality.
ENTRY TWO, The Lords of the North: Jedi_Nemesis
Overall Creativity: 9
Writing Ability: 10
Grammar/Mechanics: 10
Use of the prompt: 10
Entertainment Value: 10
Total: 49
Overall Creativity: 9
Writing Ability: 9.5
Grammar/Mechanics: 10
Use of the Prompt: 10
Entertainment Value: 8.5
Total: 47
Overall Creativity: 9
Writing Ability: 9
Grammar/Mechanics: 9
Use of prompt: 10
Entertainment Value: 9
Total: 46
Overall Creativity-8
Writing Ability-8
Grammar/Mechanics-8
Use of the prompt-10
Entertainment Value-7
Total: 41
Overall: 183
What a well thought out story! The world of mediaeval rivalry and intrigue sprang to life wonderfully. Admittedly I tripped over some of the names, but I’m like that sometimes too. I can only pronounce some of my names because I made them up… The scene after the wedding, wow! I should have seen it coming. I definitely don’t believe I could have won had I entered against this contest as I’d so wanted to. The ending was not a true ending. However I could see this ripening further, and I hope it does. Excellent job!
Very intriguing plot, and excellent characterization.
ENTRY THREE, Just Therese: SoA
Overall Creativity: 5
Writing Ability: 8
Grammar/Mechanics: 4
Use of the prompt: 10
Entertainment Value: 8
Total: 35
Overall Creativity: 8.5
Writing Ability: 8.5
Grammar/Mechanics: 9.5
Use of the Prompt: 10
Entertainment Value: 8.5
Total: 46
Overall Creativity: 6
Writing Ability: 7
Grammar/Mechanics: 6
Use of Prompt: 10
Entertainment Value: 6
Total: 35
Overall: 116
Overall Creativity-7
Writing Ability-6
Grammar/Mechanics-7
Use of the prompt-9
Entertainment Value-5
Total: 34
Overall: 150
This was an interesting little story and it had the best clear cut ending of the lot. There were at least a handful of mistakes, some just typos, and others could have been typos too or mistaken grammar, and that took away from the piece a bit. But I guess that is understandable if you conjured this up really fast. I didn’t really see much of a fantasy or sci-fi overtone, or even an undertone for that matter, either.
Good characterization, fun dialogue. I suggest getting a spell checker. Also, at least for these boards, putting a space between paragraphs is a good idea because it's hard to read otherwise.
First Place: Jedi_Nemesis
Second Place: Ultima_1
Third Place: SoA
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SoA
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Date Posted:
6/14 9:38pm
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Man, both my beta and I combed that thing for typos, and I do indeed have a spellchecker that seems to be operational. I guess some slipped through. It was good fun to write anyhow! Alas for under-appreaciated realistic fantasy.
Congrats to you two as well. I'll definitely try one of these again when it comes around.
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Ceillean
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Date Posted:
6/15 6:28am
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RE: SFFBC Writing Contest v.6 - we have a winner!!
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Congratulations everyone! 
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Idrelle_Miocovani
Title: Solar Power loving Scattergories Hostess
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6/15 8:31am
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Congratulations!  I hope everyone had fun doing this!
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JediNemesis
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6/15 10:49am
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The field was pretty close, though. Gratz to Ultima_1 and SoA as well!
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Ultima_1
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Date Posted:
6/15 3:44pm
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Congratulations Nemesis.
Yes, it does look like it was close.
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The_Face
Title: Fan Fic Manager, now with more real butter flavor
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Feb '03
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Date Posted:
6/16 5:53am
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Congrats, Nemesis! And everyone who got something put together for it. I enjoyed the chance to read all your work.
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