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YC123 New Eden Capsuleers Writing Contest (2021)

Original post: https://forums.eveonline.com/t/yc-123-new-eden-capsuleers-writing-contest/298106

In light of the successful contest the last seven years I am pleased to announce the EIGHTH (yay!) year for a writing contest for stories or poems by or about Capsuleers/Baseliners and their worlds and cultures.

Rules

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION - MAY 15th 2021

There is no minimum length. Maximum length is 15,000 words. There is no required subject matter; the content may be fiction or non-fiction.

Prior works are eligible as long as posted or published AFTER May 15, YC 122 (2020). This means, for example, works in the recent story-time thread on the IGS or stories and gossip reports (in Player Fiction) in the past uear can be nominated by their authors for consideration.

Please post entries by linking in this thread or by a clear label in the Eve Fiction category of these forums, e.g. [YC 123 NEWCWC your work title here] as the title.

Prizes

FIRST PLACE - 5 billion isk
SECOND PLACE - 3 billion isk
THIRD PLACE - 750 million isk
FOURTH PLACE - 250 million isk
Honorable Mentions - 50 million isk

SPECIAL PRIZES:

Each of the Judges may, in their discretion, award a personal prize to the favorite (regardless of the “place” of the submission)

There is also a prize, for the Academic Category, “of up to 1 billion ISK, in the acadenic category, for the best article featuring archaeology or cheese” sponsored by Dr. Valerie Valate.

The most “amusing” or “entertaining” to me* or intriguing gets treated to a candlelit dinner by me at a fine restaurant or a meal at another location

Additional rules/comments

All judges and I (as administrator) are disqualified from submission for prizes.

All entries will be considered. However, no plagarism is allowed.

if the quality of the entries does not merit the number of prizes, then prizes will be given up to the number deemed meritorious.

if people have any questions or need rulings, I am the contest administrator and you can feel free to message me directly.

I also want to offer the following thank you to our Donors! Franco Phonaga (15 billion isk), ARC (2 billion isk), Maira Blackfire (2 billion isk), Josephine Andere (2 billion isk), a former winner of the contest Tanagura Amoii (1 billion isk), Gosakumori Noh (1 billion isk), and Nix Pardus. Dr. Valerie Valate has also sponsored 1 billion isk for the best article in the academic category featuring archaeology or cheese

Also a thank you to this year’s panel of judges for volunteering their time and efforts: Arsia Elkin, Cain Aloga, Franco Phonaga, Kalodote Lafisques, Lasairiona Raske, Lightning Lemmont, Loai Qerl, Maira Blackfire, and Valdezi

Cordially, and with God’s Blessings

Lunarisse Aspenstar Daphiti
Directrix Societas Sceptri Coronaeque
Co-Executrix Khimi Harar

((OOC note - no plagarism! it is requested that the work be “original” to the player entering and not copied from another author.))

Entries

Poetry

  • Clementine Lafleur: Price of Immortality
  • Dark Magni: Cloaking Device
  • Akunola Sori Ahishatsu: Death
  • Veliathon: EvE Distillate 15 by
  • Silas Moliko: What the Stars are Missing
  • Vintus Turgalium: Confession
  • Anonymous
    • Untitled 1
    • Untitled 2
  • Sullilex: No Life
  • Master Sergeant MacRobert: Vitoc
  • Snowflake Tem: Mei-ha Meditation
  • Vehaima Zekaarin:
    • Spider
    • Midnight Express
  • Komi Valentine: Colelie
  • Riordan Bouchate: Homeward Bound
  • Ailo Koskinen: The Storm
  • Sir DanielR Edwards: The One Way Trip
  • Lady Saronu Yassavi: The Destruction of Molok

Prose

  • Tanagura Amoii: Expectations
  • Murray Rothbardo: Hell
  • Ernak Barca: Pain
  • Acadir Nimroren’a: Ten Years Asleep
  • Cyrus Kurtz: Cheap Thrills
  • Trajen Syn: The Rent
  • Duke Shasta: Flaming Carnage, and Profit for Some
  • Vintus Turgalium: Beyond Amarr: A Worthwhile Adventure
  • CloakAndDagger Insidious: Windrunners
  • Laxyr: Every 15 Minutes
  • Snowflake Tem: Paging infraspacial Navigation Gnomon
  • Elsebeth Rhiannon: Fate walks on twisted paths
  • DeMichael Crimson: Humans
  • Jacob Gotthammer: There

Academic/Scientific

  • Amicia Cora: Evolving Understandings of God…
  • Sky Seolec: Vitoxin-Mutaplasmid Interactions
  • Utari Onzo: The Banality of Evil
  • Elsebeth Rhiannon and Debes Sparre: Pochven Entry Manual 2
  • Tanagura Amoii: Geology, Particle Physics, and Cheese in the Neoclassical High Ancient Precursor to Rouvenor Hegemony on Luminaire
  • Theodosius Savnar
    • Depictions of Sefrim
    • The Book of Records
    • Holder’s Handbook (with Ithi Deritan)
  • Valerie Valate: The application of laser weld defect…

News/Gossip

  • Lauralite Anne Brezia: Article in the Placid Tribune
  • Aria Jenneth:
    • War Journal: Triglavian Collective
    • A Diver’s Notes on the Abyss 2
  • Duke Shasta: TOP SECRET: A Report on Recent Empire Hostilities
  • Avio Yaken: Windchime Wayism Transcripts
  • Roirdan Bouchate: I-RCN Updated Format Newsfeed