Project A-ko Mailing List Fanfic contest.

Introduction.

As you may know, Dream Pod 9 ((514) 523-1350) has stopped publishing the
Project A-ko Role Playing Game, which is a real pity, because it's full
of ideas for fanfic writers.

I have purchased a brand new copy of this game, which I wanted to give
away to the most deserving Project A-ko fanfic writer, but Shiko whined
and dined me until I gave in.

Terms of the contest.

Each writer will send to me by August 31st, 1998 a Project A-ko fanfic,
which I'll send to my panel of judges for them to consider and then I'll
announce the winner on September 11th, 1998, who I'll send the copy of the
game to.

Entries.

Each contestant will submit one story, in ASCII text, by e-mail, of no
more than 64 kilobytes in size.

Shiko insists that the story must concern events on September 11th, 2015,
her 17th birthday, between the second and third movies of the series.
(See the Project A-ko Calendar of Events at
http://www.io.com/~hcobb/ako/calendar.htm)

The stories will be Project A-ko fan fiction of the contestant's own
creation.

Judging.

Each entry will be measured in the following four areas.  Each judge
will give an integer ranking of 0 to 10 in each of the following areas
and provide a few paragraphs explaining the score in that area.

Each story will get an overall score that is the average of its score in
each area.  The story with the highest overall average is the winner.

Areas of judgement.

    Style: How well written is the story?  Are there grammatical or
spelling errors?  Does the story flow smoothly?  Is tense consistent?
Does thought get quoted (or not) in a consistent way?

    Originality: How good is the story at breathing new life into the
series?  This is a measure of the newness and freshness of the concepts.

    Characterization:  How closely do the characters match to the
Project A-ko originals.  (Does it really feel like Biko?)

    Fun: How fun is the story?  Does it really rock?

Results.

Each contestant will be notified by mail of the results with the
(anonymous) comments of the judges on their fanfic.

The winner and all honorable mentions will be posted up at my web page.
Also the results will be announced on the Project A-ko Mailing List. (Ask
me to join).

	Henry J. Cobb	hcobb@slip.net          http://www.io.com/~hcobb