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Josh Tatter's avatar

Yes! I've been anxiously awaiting the first Lunar Awards of 2024!

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

I'm glad you didn't have to wait too long!

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Kathrine Elaine's avatar

For The First Chapter category.

Chapter 1 of my dark fantasy serial “The Last Daughter of Wolves”.

https://open.substack.com/pub/kathrineelaine/p/the-last-daughter-of-wolves-1?r=2rhgsy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcome=true

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ Good luck, Kathrine!

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Michael S. Atkinson's avatar

I would like to go ahead and submit "The Question" for the First Chapter category; it's the first chapter in my new superhero serial, "Quarks of the Heart":

https://indianamichael.substack.com/p/1-the-question

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ Good luck, Michael!

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Johnathan Reid's avatar

For the Short Story category: 'You Go First'

"Four opposable digits and excellent spatial awareness good.

Hairless and weak space-sick humans bad."

https://reiditwrite.substack.com/i/140508260/you-go-first

Thank you for organising this spec fic jamboree!

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ Good luck, Johnathan, glad to have you aboard!

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Johnathan Reid's avatar

Thank you, Brian. Good to be here.

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Isha Jain's avatar

I would like to submit "The mountains around Hume" for short story category.

Hope you enjoy the story.

https://storybyisha.substack.com/p/mountains-around-hume

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ Good luck, Isha!

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T. D. Wolf's avatar

Hi Brian! After much internal hemming and hawing, I have decided to enter a First Chapter submission. What the heck! My serial is a crime novel set in the year 2048.

https://open.substack.com/pub/tdalton/p/the-education-of-lisa-rose-chapter?r=2nx65t&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ Good luck, T. Dalton! No need to hem or haw about it. 😁

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Kel E Fox's avatar

Hello! Putting Chapter 1 of "The Illusion of Fear" in for the First Chapter category (gaslamp fantasy with art theft and a little queer romance on the side). Thanks for the opportunity :)

https://kelefox.substack.com/p/the-illusion-of-fear-chapter-1

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ Good luck, Kel!

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Kel E Fox's avatar

Thank you!

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Karl Gallagher's avatar

Submission for the short story contest: "Contact Tracing" - a near future science fiction story about the measures public health might insist on to deal with really nasty diseases.

https://gallagherstories.substack.com/p/contact-tracing

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ Good luck, Karl!

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The Man Behind the Screen's avatar

What the heck, I'll throw a hat into the ring. Competition seems fierce for the First Chapter category, so let's make it a little more so! This is Chapter 1 of my ongoing fantasy adventure mystery, "The Castle on the Hill."

https://talesofcalamityandtriumph.substack.com/p/the-castle-on-the-hill-ch-1

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ Good luck, The Man Behind the Screen!

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James Hanlon's avatar

I'd like to submit for the First Chapter category. This is Part 1 of my sci-fi short story "Strange Harvest":

https://jhanlon.substack.com/p/strange-harvest-part-i

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ Good luck, James!

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Thomas De Moor's avatar

Very excited to participate in the First Chapter Category of the Lunar Awards Season Five.

Below is the first entry of my story "The Synod's Gambit". It's about an ambitious necromancer who, after the successful resurrection of a courtesan, finds himself at the heart of a deadly conspiracy that threatens to shake the foundations of the Kingdom:

https://likeantennastoheaven.substack.com/p/the-synods-gambit-1

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ Good luck, Thomas!

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Althea Damgaard's avatar

First Chapter Category

Cataclysm is my dystopian serial

https://talesofkarnum.substack.com/p/cataclysm

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ Good luck, Althea!

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Just to clarify, Brian:

A short story must be newly written and posted between jan 7 and Jan28

A first chapter could have been posted any time, even last year?

Is that correct?

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Correct!

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Thanks! Got it.

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Everett Upright's avatar

Short Story entry - "Memory"

https://ghostsinglass.substack.com/p/memory

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ Good luck, Everett!

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Amy Letter's avatar

I've returned in the nick of time! :) I'm adding "The Servers" for your consideration 🙏

https://amyletter.substack.com/p/the-servers

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ Good luck, Amy!

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Clancy Steadwell's avatar

Okay Brian, I am back on the Lunar Awards train.

Happy to report my entry to the Short Story category:

https://blog.pornnamepseudonym.com/p/the-host

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Brian Reindel 👾⚔️'s avatar

Entry verified. ✅ Good luck, Clancy!

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