Here you may discuss the RedwallAbbey.com Awards Contest (http://redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php?topic=532.0) and ask the staff any questions or issues you may have.
This is such an awesome idea! *gets to work writing something* Maybe I'll even draw. Hmmm...that'll be different.
I don't have a scanner for fanart, and I don't own a website, so I'll probably go in for fanfiction.
Are there any prizes? :D
Looks like a fanfic for me! I was writing something, so I'll finish that, hopefully!
Just clarifying with art....any 2D picture is ok? I'll have to see if I can locate my old colored pencil drawings. If I can, maybe I'll submit something. :)
Quote from: Tiria Wildlough on August 02, 2011, 06:19:04 AM
I don't have a scanner for fanart, and I don't own a website, so I'll probably go in for fanfiction.
Are there any prizes? :D
The prizes are mentioned in the "Awards" section of the topic. Also you'd have the honor of saying you won the very first official RedwallAbbey.com contest. :p
Quote from: Lutra on August 02, 2011, 01:40:12 PM
Just clarifying with art....any 2D picture is ok? I'll have to see if I can locate my old colored pencil drawings. If I can, maybe I'll submit something. :)
Yep, those are acceptable. :)
alrighty then. Now I got the dubious task of finding them. :P
Everything but the websites has to be newly made/written since the contest began, correct?
Quote from: yeswonderful on August 02, 2011, 10:46:28 PM
Everything but the websites has to be newly made/written since the contest began, correct?
Yep, that is correct.
^ Ooh, I didn't know that...then mine aren't going to count because I did them about twelve years ago.
I'm feverishly working away on a story, and I joined fanfiction.net. Hopefully I will get it finished! :-\ :-\
Any sort of limitations on the fiction (other than word length?)?
As long as it's related to the Redwall series. =)
Hmm... might not get my story done on time... :( I'm a slow worker!
Well, this is a perfect opportunity to update my site. . . .*goes off to do so*
What a fabulous idea! (:<
Will there be links to other people's stories and fanart?
Yep! At the end of the contest we will put up a page (hopefully on redwallabbey.com itself) displaying all of the entries.
Cool! ;D
But...I am having a little trouble uploading my story on fanfiction.net. Does anyone know how?
I've never used fanfiction.net before, but I believe there's a "publish" link in the sidebar. If you have a new account you won't be able to upload stories for the first two days after you register.
I know. I've figured it out now. ;D
By the way, my pen name is 'Blademaster of Salamandastron.'
Mz. Shael, you might have already covered this, but...how many entries are we allowed?
Good question. :) One entry per category.
Just wondering, why no 3D art ????
It's just the first contest, there's a lot we have to learn about running it. Mostly cause it'd be tricky to judge 3D art against 2D art....regardless, we just want to keep it simple since this is the first time we're holding it.
Forgive me is i am a bit out of line...
But has the judges been chosen fairly? I mean one judge may love drama then comedy. One may judge solely on the looks. Perhaps one judge would even judge a site that best fits himself... I know the roles of judges and all, but what i am asking is if the judges have been picked fairly...
Not, of course, to get on anyones toes. ^^"
The head judges are current staff members of this forum (Matthias, Taggerung, and myself). We've been running this forum for just a little over two months now, and even though that admittedly is not much time, I've gotten to know them and really trust their judgment. If you trust us to run this forum fairly, then you should definitely trust us to fairly judge this contest. ^.^
Whether or not you take my word on this is up to you, but I promise you, we will judge as fairly as we can.
I'm making a site, but it probably won't be too good 'cos I'm using Wix.
im not good at any of tht :(. but good luck to all participants! (Y)
There are only 10 days left to enter the Awards Contest. Don't forget to enter your submissions before the end of the month.
On the fanfiction steps to submitting an entry,
4. Submit your story to the Head Judge by uploading it to fanfiction.net and PMing him a link to your story, or you can PM him and arrange a way to submit the story in a convenient way for both parties.
What does PMing mean?
How do you upload a story to the fanfiction site?
PM means Personal Message.
You have to join fanfiction.net in order to submit a story. There is a two-day waiting period before you can submit a story. ;)
If you want to submit your story some other way (like by email), just let Matthias know and hopefully you can come up with a way convenient for both of you.
So just so I have things straight, I submit my story to fanfiction.net and send it to Matthias too right? Or I could just email him and find a different way to do it.
Whatever way works best for you. If you submit it on fanfiction.net, all you have to do is send Matthias a link to your story. If you don't or can't submit it on fanfiction.net, email him and ask about a different way to do it.
Awesome thank you!
And sorry about pestering you with questions, but does the story have to be fully complete? Or may it be just a couple of chapters or part of a completed story, due to the word limit
Don't worry about it, this topic is for asking questions. :)
Make the story as complete as you can. I can't really speak for Matthias but I'm sure he will take completeness into account when judging. If you don't finish on time, that's okay.
Are we aloud to email Matthias with questions regarding judging, such as completeness?
Of course. :)
When will the stories be shown, and when will the winners be announced? Are there second and third prizes? ???
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR THE TIME EXTENSION!!! I think I can write it in time, now!
I had my story finished just in time for the old deadline, and then I saw that it was extended. I was getting really excited about it.
September 15th is the day after my birthday. :D
Just got a piece of art put together and in! I'm so excited for this contest!
Nearly done with my artwork. Was saved by the time extension, as I'm working on some t-shirt designs at the same time as this. Busy busy!
Working slowly, hopefully I can get this done in time, but I won't be surprised if I don't!
Five days until the contest reaches its deadline.
I'm so excited. :D
Quote from: The Lady Shael on August 19, 2011, 08:07:53 PM
The head judges are current staff members of this forum (Matthias, Taggerung, and myself). We've been running this forum for just a little over two months now, and even though that admittedly is not much time, I've gotten to know them and really trust their judgment. If you trust us to run this forum fairly, then you should definitely trust us to fairly judge this contest. ^.^
Whether or not you take my word on this is up to you, but I promise you, we will judge as fairly as we can.
I be a fox, and according to Brian Jacques [Rest in peace] Foxes are not incline to trust others...
Haha i am fooling ya. I do trust fair judgment and thus i take your word for it. I apoligise once again if i got on a wrong foot with that post. I was just thinking about it, thats all
Tomorrow is the last day for submissions!!
This is the last day!! When will results be in??
Hard to say, hopefully soon. Depends on how many entries the judges will have to go through.
*patiently waiting* :D I'm excited! Can you tell?
*Chews nails* :D
I can't wait to see what other people have entered! :)
*sighs* I didn't get it in on time... Maybe next one...
I'm sorry to hear that Daniel. What was your entry?
And will there be 2nd and 3rd prizes? Will the winners have their stories shown online?
Quote from: Captain Tammo on September 20, 2011, 09:34:09 PM
I'm sorry to hear that Daniel. What was your entry?
And will there be 2nd and 3rd prizes? Will the winners have their stories shown online?
It's on the fan works section. Barely got any done, I've been pretty busy.
I wonder if each judge got a fairly even workload to go through, or if everybody just piled stories onto one judge. I'd think multiple judges could help out if it came to that, because the only other thing I'm left to believe is there are a LOT of entries to go through, more than I thought there would be.
My entry's not very good, but I might as well try.
I hope the results are up soon!!!!
Does anyone know when and where the Awards Contest Entries will be posted on the website?
Quote from: Skalrag of Marshank on October 06, 2011, 10:55:57 PM
Does anyone know when and where the Awards Contest Entries will be posted on the website?
Matthias said soon, an exact deadline is still undecided I think :-\
Perhaps for future contests a deadline for the judges to decide on the winnters ought to be enacted so people don't lose interest.
The judging has been finished for awhile, the awards part is presently still going on.
So the only thing left is making the banners for the winners? That could take a bit of time I suppose. Still, it would have been useful to know the judging was finished earlier so we know there was progress being made. I was under the impression you were still judging entries.
I'm also curious on how many entries were entered, anything to help justify how the judging+awards has taken nearly a month. My guess is one category got a lot more entries than another category, leading to an uneven workload.
It would be nice to know before the banners are made... Kind of a loooong time since the deadline...
I agree with BrookSkimmer and Folgrimo, is there a time estimate as to when we'll find everything out?
*Plays Jeopardy theme*
Any news on when we will hear????
WE HEARD! :) :D ;D
Just saw the winners announced- those drawings literally blew me away! Well done guys! I also loved the websites and I can't wait to read the fanfics! CONGRATULATIONS WINNERS!!! CONGRATULATIONS RUNNERS-UP!!! CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED!!!Looking forward to next time, when, hopefully, I'll have the time to get something up! :D
Congratulations to all the winners!
Congratulations to all winners and runners-up. :) You are all talented individuals in your own way.
Congrats to everyone! I loved the other pictures and I can't wait to read the fanfics! I've only gone to the pond site so far because my computer is being slow. It was such a great idea. I loved it! Will check the other one out soon!
Good job, winners! ;D
One question: are the fanfictions going to be posted on this site?
Quote from: BrookSkimmer on November 09, 2011, 04:24:15 PM
Congrats to everyone! I loved the other pictures and I can't wait to read the fanfics! I've only gone to the pond site so far because my computer is being slow. It was such a great idea. I loved it! Will check the other one out soon!
You were AWESOME, BrookSkimmer. I can tell why you won the grand prize. :)
Quote from: Skalrag of Marshank on November 09, 2011, 10:58:58 PM
Good job, winners! ;D
One question: are the fanfictions going to be posted on this site?
If you read the announcement, it says that it will be posted soon.
'Kay. Can't wait to see them when they're up! ;D
Wow, fantastic stuff, everyone! Very well done.
I won! I wasn't expectin' that!
how do ah see the winner's stuff? ??? ??? ??? ???
The winners will be PMed the prizes. Yaaay!
again how doe we see the winners stuff
You don't need to ask a question twice. The winners' entries can be viewable in the awards contest announcement thread here (http://redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php?topic=1038.msg33795#new).
The art is great!
Soooo, will prizes be awarded???
It has been a while and I haven't got my prize yet. When will they be given?
Lady S. organized the prizes, and she hasn't been here in a while. I'll ask her the next time she pops in.
Okay, thanks.