I had a question about this FAQ rule: A submission will only be considered once. Do not resubmit the same short story over multiple rounds, even if it has been edited.
My question is what about different genres? What if you have a story that would qualify for two different genres (a perfect example would be Ridley Scott's "Alien", it's science fiction and horror). If he had submitted "Alien" as a horror and wasn't chosen, would it then also be ineligible to be presented as a science fiction story? Or does the rule only mean don't submit the same story to the same genre more than once?
Hey Nicholas, this is a great question. The rule was intended to prevent the same stories from entering each respective round and exponentially increasing the burden on the judges. I could clarify the rule to encourage writers to carefully consider what they believe the core identity of the story to be rather than what we, the award administrators, believe the story to be. However, this brings into question how weighted the genre scoring should be when judging submissions. We have an admin meeting next week, I'll bring this up for the group to discuss how to proceed before making a final decision. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and helping improve the awards!
Ah, so this year we'll be sending the submissions straight to Lunar Awards through the form instead of just linking to a SubStack entry. I like it, but I was wondering if there was a reason for this change.
Hey Nicholas, there are many reasons. Mainly to standardize how rounds are conducted across ambassadors, reinforce the submission rules, and streamline the judging process. It's all trial and error, but it should help professionalize the awards in more ways than one.
I'm excited to read some awesome science fiction short stories, Winston! This year is going to be stellar for the Lunar Awards. 💫🚀👽
It's gonna be a great year for spec fiction!!
Yummy! Bring it on!
Looking forward to another fantastic year!!
I had a question about this FAQ rule: A submission will only be considered once. Do not resubmit the same short story over multiple rounds, even if it has been edited.
My question is what about different genres? What if you have a story that would qualify for two different genres (a perfect example would be Ridley Scott's "Alien", it's science fiction and horror). If he had submitted "Alien" as a horror and wasn't chosen, would it then also be ineligible to be presented as a science fiction story? Or does the rule only mean don't submit the same story to the same genre more than once?
Hey Nicholas, this is a great question. The rule was intended to prevent the same stories from entering each respective round and exponentially increasing the burden on the judges. I could clarify the rule to encourage writers to carefully consider what they believe the core identity of the story to be rather than what we, the award administrators, believe the story to be. However, this brings into question how weighted the genre scoring should be when judging submissions. We have an admin meeting next week, I'll bring this up for the group to discuss how to proceed before making a final decision. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and helping improve the awards!
Thank you for looking into this and I'll be sure to watch for updates.
Sounds great. I hope I can find time to write a story for submission.
And so the adventure begins...
Excited for this season. I’ve been away for a few years but am glad to be back 🫡
Ah, so this year we'll be sending the submissions straight to Lunar Awards through the form instead of just linking to a SubStack entry. I like it, but I was wondering if there was a reason for this change.
Hey Nicholas, there are many reasons. Mainly to standardize how rounds are conducted across ambassadors, reinforce the submission rules, and streamline the judging process. It's all trial and error, but it should help professionalize the awards in more ways than one.
Sounds great, thanks for the feedback :)
You linmked to a private page.
Should be fixed. Thanks!