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Flast Fiction Contest Project
Hello Everyone,
Late one night, a bright idea popped into my head. I thought, there are so many great stories written for these little contests we have on the forum each month. I suppose that they get some exposure here on the forums, but wouldn't it be great to have all the winning entries in one spot?
I thought, where could they all be gathered and presented in an easy to read manner? In a book!
Since printing costs way too much, the next thought that popped into my head...an e-book!
So, that's what I would like to do.
Gather all the winning entries of the flash fiction contests and create e-books out of 'em. Then sell them on Amazon Shorts or something.
I still have to figure this all out. Plus, I'm not sure if everyone who has participated is even interested or reachable. But I'll try and keep you all posted.
Who would I contact at SFFWorld to get their input/feedback/2cents worth on a project like this?
Late one night, a bright idea popped into my head. I thought, there are so many great stories written for these little contests we have on the forum each month. I suppose that they get some exposure here on the forums, but wouldn't it be great to have all the winning entries in one spot?
I thought, where could they all be gathered and presented in an easy to read manner? In a book!
Since printing costs way too much, the next thought that popped into my head...an e-book!
So, that's what I would like to do.
Gather all the winning entries of the flash fiction contests and create e-books out of 'em. Then sell them on Amazon Shorts or something.
I still have to figure this all out. Plus, I'm not sure if everyone who has participated is even interested or reachable. But I'll try and keep you all posted.
Who would I contact at SFFWorld to get their input/feedback/2cents worth on a project like this?
Total Comments 13
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I'll ask for you
Posted November 7th, 2009 at 10:05 AM by kater 
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Thanks Kater.
Posted November 7th, 2009 at 03:29 PM by tmso
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SFFWorld Flash Fiction Contest
Here is a thought I had, but did not have the ambition to follow through. Create a book with each months entries with a little intro stating the months theme. You could either put the winning story at the beginning or the end of each set. Allow the people to clean up their stories, but no major changes. You could call it The SFFWorld Flash Fiction Contests, which with our name becoming more and more recognized my help sell the book.
Posted November 7th, 2009 at 05:49 PM by Gkarlives
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Hey, that's a good idea too! Maybe even a better one. However, that's a lot more people to deal with...as far as working out the complications...with copyrights and such. Let me think about that...but I do like that idea better as we all get to participate!
Posted November 7th, 2009 at 05:53 PM by tmso
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My thoughts exactly, but it would be a book I would buy knowing the reputation of this website. It all depends on how you present it. Maybe as non-profit just to get the exposure or to share the profits equally in place of getting a fee. Maybe even include the powers that be of the website. I thought about suggesting this as a celebration of maybe our 20,000 member.
Posted November 7th, 2009 at 05:58 PM by Gkarlives
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That was my initial thought: that whomever is in charge of SFFWorld would be behind it. No money, of course, but would lend their logo and approve the effort! And maybe help with the legal/schpegal stuff. I would put it all together, figure out the copyright stuff, figure out how to get it on Amazon.com, figure out payment (to whom, how much, and how), writer contracts, etc. I know it's a bit of a bear of a project, but I also really like the idea and think we might actually generate from revenue. And the hugest thing: get our names and stories out.
Posted November 7th, 2009 at 06:10 PM by tmso
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Unfortunetely (or fortunetely), SFFWorld endorsement/approval may be the make or break for this project.
The monthly contests are, for me, a way to improve my writing, a device to keep me writing, and a source of "good" (used loosely) material for me to edit/expand upon and submit to SF & Fantasy magazines... in hopes that something, somewhere, anywhere, gets picked up.
Getting published in the "Kingdom of TMSO Anthology" ( ) is an honor, no doubt... but all of those published must realize that it almost 100% exludes them from submitting their story elsewhere. Since its a winning entry... that means it may be the best piece they have written to date... which means you're asking them to forgo something that could likely be published elsewhere for submission into the anthology.
I've already offered my winning entry - the honest to god truth is that I just hadn't found a good magazine to submit it to yet, otherwise it may have been unavailable. Nearly every other story I've submitted over the past year has been taken down from this site and is in submission somewhere else.
Not trying to throw too much cold water, but a SFFWorld stamp on this whole thing just changes the game by leaps and bounds. I'm not talking money (don't really care to even get paid for this)... but consider the difference in exposure. A privately published anthology that likely only those in the contest will ever read, versus a SFFWorld official/endorsed anthology with a link on the homepage.
Just my lunchtime musing... I'm rootin for ya tmso...Posted November 9th, 2009 at 12:25 PM by Sterling13
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Yes, I understand ALL those thing Sterling13 and I'm working on all of them.
FYI - any and all participation in the anthology would be voluntary. You can always opt out. If so, we'd just say who won and provide a link to either the Author's home page or a link to the story if it's still on SFFWorld.com. Does that sound fair?Posted November 9th, 2009 at 12:50 PM by tmso
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Re: Those that opt out
Depends on the final form of the anthology. Are you going to have another entry from that month's theme in its place, or skip it altogether?
If you plan on having another entry (or two)... I'm not so sure about a link to their site, or even mentioning the story that won. Otherwise, it feels a bit diminishing to the story that makes it into the anthology ("Here's a story from some schlub that we plugged in! If you want the real winner, follow this link!").Posted November 9th, 2009 at 01:57 PM by Sterling13
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You're funny.
If we go with the theme/contest based idea, then no. We would not plug in someone else's entry into the 'winning' slot. There would just be a page that says this person won with links to whatever that person wants us to link to. Then we'd have the rest of the stories that do want to be included.
It would be really nice if everyone just wanted to be included, of course. That would make it super easy. I'm going to post a new blog entry that will discuss this and other sticky points later today to get some feedback.Posted November 9th, 2009 at 02:17 PM by tmso
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We're in discussion about it with the owner of the site. If an anthology was done and under SFFWorld aegis, it would probably be as a first serial sort of thing, so you would be able to sell your stories elsewhere to venues that will do second serial.
But it's a very complicated idea, so bear with us while the owner decides what he wants to do.Posted November 11th, 2009 at 07:41 PM by KatG
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Thanks for the update KatG. I'm getting together a proposal. Should I cease those efforts until I get feedback from the owner or would he/she like to see what I have in mind first?
Posted November 11th, 2009 at 07:49 PM by tmso
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I would say wait on it, yes. We don't know whether it is feasible or not for the site, though this would not necessarily prevent all of you from just doing an anthology yourselves. We appreciate the volunteer offer and will get back to everyone as soon as we can.
Posted November 13th, 2009 at 12:03 AM by KatG
