Shadows of the Apt

3 comments to “War of the Words”

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   Michael Cummings, June 2nd, 2009 at 4:56 pm:

   Shame its only open to UK residents though (I mean, great for UK writers…bah…). Wonder if Tor will do anything like this stateside? Or if we publish enough rubbish to make up for the lack of contest?

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   Grahame, June 2nd, 2009 at 8:27 pm:

   Hmmm… although they say they only want 3 chapters and a synopsis, a quick preusal of the rules will show you that they actually want the whole thing:

   "All entrants must have a full length novel (being between 90,000 and 150,000 words long) completed and available upon request by the close of competition on 20 August 2009"

   And

   "Entrants will not be put forward to the shortlist without a full novel."

   This is a shame, and makes the excited blurb seem a little disingenuous. I could write 3 chapters in 3 months, but there's no way I could get a complete novel done! I'm not Michael Moorcock! (Sadly)

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   Adam, June 9th, 2009 at 1:09 am:

   Yes; it's not entirely clear from the initial blurb, but reading the fine print it'd seem this is intended for people who've already finished their novel (if not more than one) and are putting it up for grabs. 

   Which is fair do's, I suppose. They want to be sure the product's there before they try to sell it.

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