Manifest 2006 Fanfiction
Competition
Rules
Entry rules:
- Recommended maximum length is
50kb, which in .txt format is approximately 8000 words.
- One submission allowed per
entrant. Stories co-authored will count as one entry for each
author.
- Entries must be based on an
anime, manga, or Japanese video game.
- Submissions must be received
by midnight, 31 August, 2006. Australian Eastern Standard time.
- Entries that have won awards
in previous Manifest Fanfiction Competitions are ineligible to
enter.
- Submissions must be primarily
in English.
Eligibility rules:
- Members of the Judging Panel
may not enter.
- Members of the Manifest
Organisational Committee 2006 may enter, but will not be eligible to
win.
- The Manifest 2006 Fanfiction
Competition is open to international entries.
- Contestants are not required
to attend Manifest.
- Entries must stand alone as a
story. Exerts from longer stories are allowed if they stand alone.
Conditions
- Prizes are non-refundable,
non-exchangeable and non-transferable.
- If there is a poor standard of
writing, the Judges reserve the right not to award one or more
prizes.
- The rules are subject to
change. Any changes to the rules will be posted on the Manifest
website. (www.manifest.org.au )
- The Judges’ decision is final
and no correspondence will be entered into.
- Any story discovered to be
plagiarised will be disqualified, and the original author notified.
Further action will be taken at the discretion of the Manifest
Committee.
- Manifest takes no
responsibility for an entrant’s illegal use of copyrighted material.
Copyright remains with the original author(s) as much as is
possible.
- The Manifest 2006 Fanfiction
Competition accepts entries with adult content, but retains the
right to add content warnings when the entries are published on the
Manifest website.
- Manifest reserves the right to
not publish an entry or entries on the Manifest website
- In the event that there are
insufficient entries submitted, Manifest holds the right to cancel
the competition.
Judging
Entries will be scored
according to the following criteria: characterisation, style and
suitability, spelling, punctuation, grammar and readability. There is
some leeway for the Judges to use their discretion. Judges will be asked
to give a comment for each entry to provide feed back to the authors.
Submission
Entries must be
submitted by one of the following methods:
- Email (.txt, .rtf attachment)
- Post (.txt, .rtf file on CD)
All submissions
must include the following information:
- Title of entry
- Your name
- Name you would like published/announced
- The fandom(s) anime/manga/video game
- Your email address
- Your content rating
- Word count
Additional optional
information can include:
- A contact phone number.
- If you would like to receive a
break down of the Judges scoring for your entry.
- If you are allowing Manifest
to publish your entry on the Manifest website (Entries will not be
published to the website without the permission of the author.)
- If you would allow the Judges
comments to be published with your entry.
- Story context: While Judges
are knowledgeable about several series, it is impossible to be
familiar with all. A short orientation would be beneficial but must
be indicative of the fandom's canon events. (300 words
maximum please and this will not count towards your total word
count.)
In the event that you
win a prize and are unable to claim your prize during Manifest, you will
be contacted for postal details.
Submission by Email
Submit your fiction as
an attachment by email to
fanfic@manifest.org.au.
Attachments must be in plain text (.txt) or rich format text (.rtf)
Submission by Post
Entries submitted by
post must be received on CD, in either plain text (.txt) or rich format
text (.rtf). The Manifest 2006 Fanfiction Competition Co-ordinator will
attempt to contact you if the CD cannot be read, if there is sufficient
written detail to do this, however Manifest reserves the right not to
accept the entry should no replacement CD be forthcoming.
Entries should be
submitted to:
Please note that CD's
will not be returned.
Prizes
The Manifest 2006
Fanfiction Competition winners will be announced during Manifest 2006.
Questions
If you have any
questions relating to the Manifest 2006 Fanfic Competition please
contact the Fanfic Coordinator
here
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