hey all. This thread is for only the Writing entries for Lisa-Con 2007. Everyone is encouraged to submit something to this, but it is not a "must do" thing. There will be extra threads for the Con-Crit for each story.

There are a few rules to go with this.

1.All entries must be in by March 1st. If certain circumstances allow the dead line may be moved back a few days.

2. Entries must not exceed 2500 words. There is no limit as to how short it can be. I know how hard this kind of deadline and size limit can be so try to be as close as possible to the size limit. If there are many entries, it would be hard for me to give adequate time to each story. I want to be a fair judge.

3. It is prefered that the stories not contain a lot of blood and gore. Exceptions to this rule are "Itchy and scratchy" cartoons and Tree house of Horror style stories. Even these things should be kept to a minimum.

4. For the review section (This rule is for EVERYONE) No reviews saying things like "I hated it" or "It sucked." give the writers something that they can work with. Remember this is a community of good people who want to improve on their writing and art skills, so show them kindness and make a real attempt at the reviews.

5. The same rules apply to positive reviews. No "It was great" kind of reviews. Give reasons why you liked it

6. There will be a voting thread opened up on the 3rd of March and everyone can vote, but only once.

7. Last but not least, please remember that the judges are the ones who are running this contest. Each one of them is doing this for the fun of the community, please show them the same respect that you show to Serge and Marco.

EDIT: LOOK TO THE END OF THIS THREAD TO SEE NEW RULES FOR THE CONTEST


Though there may be quite a few rules this should not hinder you too much. For me there is no Sign up deadline, just a due date for the stories. One major request is that all stories need to be written in English. I am not fluent in any language except English.

Oh, I love reviewing stuff, that is why so many people hate me;-) I think I'll do some reviewing here if you don't mind.
I've got a question. Are we going to know the authors' names? I suggest that you keep them in secret till the end of the Con. You can even make a "Guess-who-wrote-this" contest;-)

that is a good Idea fulbert. If we do that though I need each entrant to send me their name and story title so that I can know what it is.

The point of the reviewing part is so that EVERYONE can review them, but I am interested in another judge or two.

feel free to PM me about that.

the reason that I would like every reader to review the stories is so that the writer can still get the needed Constructive help needed to improve their writing skills. As an added incentive, I will build a special Page on my website for the winners of both the writing and art sections. For the winners I would like to get some facial Pics and a little Bio for the page.

1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will all be featured on said page. The site is going through an overhaul at the moment, but by the time this whole thing is done the site should be fully operational

NOTE: TWO MORE JUDGES FOR THE WRITING CONTEST ARE WANTED. PLEASE PM ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ONE EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT PERFECT WITH ENGLISH AND GRAMMAR.

It seems as though there will be no writing entries within the time limit of the contest, so i am considering pushing it back a week or so. The only problem is does anyone at all have plans to write anything for this competition? George Harrison and myself are each doing a story, but is anyone else? please I really must know if anyone is going to. I dont want to push back a deadline to find that not a single person has posted an entry. Please give me some feedback on this.


I want everyone to know that I am mainly wanting entries for this competition. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REVIEW OTHER ENTRIES. Each entry will have a full review by me a at least one other judge. i dont want people to feel obligated to review stories.

Maybe it would be good to extend the deadline to a couple weeks after the art one ends?

I haven't finished my entry either, and it probably will take me awhile to finish it, so extending the deadline is a good idea.

that sounds good casper. I think that I might just move the deadline to about a month or so after the art deadline is done. That way the artists can have a chance at writing too and there might be more entries.