Post by Katty on Aug 23, 2013 0:35:23 GMT 10
Piercefic 2013 Guidelines
Piercefic is back! Piercefic is a Tamora Pierce fanfiction competition that runs every few years, recognising some of the best and brightest authors in our fandom! The competition aims to showcase high-quality fanfiction works from the Tortall and Emelan universes.
The contest will run out of the Goldenlake Events boards, and will feature fanfiction published from 1 January 2011 up to the closing date of nominations.
Process
Stage 1 - Nominations: Authors submit their entries to the Goldenlake Events forum in order to be considered for judging, selecting the appropriate category for each entry. The nomination period will be open for approximately four weeks. Rules relating to entries are below.
Stage 2 - Shortlisting: Upon the close of the nominations period, the full list of entries for each category will be published (including links to each fic) and polls will open to the community for voting for approximately four weeks. At the close of the shortlisting period, the top ten (or so) fics as voted by the Goldenlake community will progress to the judging round.
Stage 3 - Judging: Teams of judges (grouped into categories) will evaluate each short-listed entry in their assigned category and mark it against a set of criteria outlined in their judging pack, providing comments and feedback to the Piercefic team to support the marks. This will take place over a period of three to six weeks.
Stage 4 - Finalisation and Announcement: Once all marks are received back from judges and tallied up, scores will be finalised and the winners announced. Banners and prizes will be handed out to winners and participants.
Note: Judging sign-up, selection and briefing will take place at the same time as Stages 1 and 2.
Categories
Entries will be judged in their respective universes, Tortall and Emelan. Each universe will have two categories; fanfiction works <1,000 words and fanfiction works >1,000 words.
Awards
Awards will be granted to first place winners, runners up and second runners up for each category. The awards will be determined by the judging scores for each category.
The 'Piercefic Author Award' will be presented again this year to recognise an outstanding author who has participated in the competition. Criteria for the award has previously been linked to participation in the competition, number of nominated/shortlisted fics and judging scores.
Rules Regarding Entries
1. Word limits: Entries in the <1,000 word category must be between 500 and 999 words long. Entries in the >1,000 word category must be at least 1,000 words long, however there is no maximum word count.
2. Date restrictions: Entries must have been written or last updated in their original form (i.e. the first place they were posted, whether it be fanfiction.net, livejournal, TKO, GL, etc) on or after 1 January 2011 (as the last Piercefic competition ran in 2010). Authors must provide links to all internet versions of the story.
3. Completeness of Entries: Works in progress are not permitted. Entries must be completed and able to be judged in their entirety; multi-chapter stories must be finished.
4. Other Competitions: Entries must not have been previously entered in a Piercefic (2008 or 2010) competition. Entries from Goldenlake competitions, events or prompts are permitted. Fanfiction that has been submitted or won non-Goldenlake competitions may also be submitted.
5. Crossovers: Entries featuring a crossover between universes (i.e. Tortall and Emelan) or with a non-Tamora Pierce universe (e.g. Harry Potter) are not permitted. Crossovers between series within a single universe are permitted.
6. Nomination: Entries MUST be nominated/submitted by their own author; they cannot be nominated or posted by someone else. Should you feel strongly that a particular fanfiction should be submitted, please encourage the author to post the fic!
7. Posting of Entries: Entries must be posted in full (i.e. in their entirety) to the Events board; this version of the fic will be provided to the judges for marking. Please use the posting format provided and ensure the category and word count are stated.
8. Genre/Rating: Entries may be any genre or rating. Warnings and ratings MUST be clearly displayed in line with Goldenlake Rules. Should you wish to submit a NC-17 rated fic, please advise Admin and arrangements will be made for your fic.
9. Number of Entries: Authors are restricted to a maximum of four entries in a single category (e.g. <1,000 words Emelan) and six entries per author overall.
10. Judge's Entries: Judges may mark fics in a category they have submitted fics in, however they will not be permitted to mark their own entries.
Nominations will open in late August. Information and sign-up for judging will open in September.