The “For the Love of Jasper” One-Shot Contest

Hosted by: ElleCC and LaViePastiche

Judges:
AngstGoddess003 (Wide Awake)
Legna989 (The Fates)
MsKathy (The Trip Home)
SorceressCirce (Just One of the Guys)

Update: 10/26/2009 - Winners and Honorable Mentions

Winners and recipients of Honorable Mentions can be found on the blog: . If you have difficulty with the URL, please try http:///

Update: 10/25/2009 - Winner Announcement

The announcement of the winners will take place on 10/25/2009 at 9:00 PM Eastern on the For the Love of Jasper blog: . If you have difficulty with the URL, please try http:///.

Update: 10/19/2009 - Final Voting

The Final Round of Open Voting is up. There are 16 finalists: the top 8 vote-getters from each Round 1 and 2. Voters may select up to 2 entries on which to vote. Voting will close on Friday, October 23. Winners of both the Open Voting and Judges' Selection Rounds will be announced on Sunday, October 25.

Update: 10/04/2009 - Voting Information

Round 1: Monday, October 5 – Sunday, October 11

This round will contain 59 entries: those starting with letters A through L. Voters will be able to select up to 5 choices.

Round 2: Monday, October 12 – Sunday, October 18

This round will contain 61 entries: those starting with letters M through Z. Voters will be able to select up to 5 choices.

Final Round: Monday, October 19 – Friday, October 23

This round will have 10 entries: the top 5 from each of the first two rounds. We may adjust this number if there are ties coming out of Rounds 1 or 2. Voters will be able to select 2 choices.

Winners announced: Sunday, October 25

We will announce both Open Voting and Judges' Selection winners this day.

Update: 09/28/2009

The submission period has closed. We validated an amazing 121 entries, which have all been added to the contest C2. The C2 can be found in the "Communities" section of this profile, down below.

Because of the unexpectedly high number of entries, we will need to reassess how we will run the Open Voting round. We still plan to open it next week - around October 5th - but are not sure about specifics. Stay tuned!

Thanks to everyone who entered the contest (good luck!), and to everyone who's reading the entries. Don't forget to review along the way!

Art

We will be using artwork by the French artist Nami for all of our banners, etc. You can find her incredible work here: http:// and http:///gallery/#Twilight

Wanted

Jasper, Jasper, and more Jasper, in the form of high-quality Jasper-centric one-shots.

Have you always wanted to write about Jasper but never had an opportunity? Has he been patiently waiting in the wings of another story for his chance to speak up? Have you ever thought about Jasper and just wondered, “What if?”

We’ll take him any way we can get him. With Alice, Bella, Edward, Leah, Charl... wait, maybe not Charlie. He doesn’t have to be the narrator of the story, but he must be a central figure.

So, here’s your chance... Give us some good Jasper.

Rules and Guidelines

Submissions will be accepted from August 24 12:00 AM EDT to September 27 11:59 PM EDT.

Entries may be Canon, AU, AH and of any genre (e.g., angst, humor, family, suspense).

Entries must be rated T or M or the appropriate equivalent for the entry’s website (e.g. MA, PG-13, R).

Any and all pairings accepted.

Entries may be from any character’s point of view but each entry must feature Jasper centrally.

Collaborations are acceptable.

Limit of two entries per author or collaboration group.

Entries will be accepted from fanfiction.net (FFn), LiveJournal (LJ), and Twilighted (T’ed). Please note that we will not be able to add entries submitted via sites other than FFn to the FFn "For the Love of Jasper Contest" Community (C2). The Open Voting poll will include links to all entries – FFn or otherwise.

Entries must be between 2,500 and 8,500 words. The official word count will be assessed during the validation process via copy/paste of the entry (excluding header and AN) into Word 2007.

Entries may use characters from an existing fic, but the entry must be new material, written for the contest, and must be able to stand on its own as a one-shot.

One-shots may not be expanded until the contest is over. (If you do choose to expand afterward, let us know!)

Submitting an Entry

Please PM the “For the Love of Jasper” profile (FFn) or email (fortheloveofjasper@) the entry link to make your official submission.

All entries must use a “For the Love of Jasper” Contest header, which is below.

Entries will be validated for quality grammar/punctuation and rules compliance when the entry is submitted. After an entry has been validated, if submitted via FFn, it will be added to the "For the Love of Jasper Contest" C2. Authors will be PMed or emailed when their entries have been validated. If an entry is disqualified, the author will be PMed and may modify and resubmit the entry by the submission deadline, if she so chooses.

We encourage any author with need for a beta to check out Project Team Beta.

Voting

After the submission deadline has passed, there will be an open/public voting round featuring all validated entries.

Open Voting will run from October 5 12:00 AM EDT to October 18 11:59 PM EDT.

In addition to Open Voting, there will be a Judges’ Selection round. The judges will assess all submitted entries, and will do so anonymously – all header information (author, title, etc) will be removed from an entry before the judges read it.

All winners will be announced October 21.

Prizes

The top two places of the Open Voting round and the top two Judges’ Selection round choices will receive prizes.

Open Voting – 1st place: Custom banner created by AngstGoddess003, guest spot on TLYDF blog, winning entry recommended on The Fictionators blog, an “I won 1st place” banner

Open Voting – 2nd place: Winning entry recommended on The Fictionators blog, a "Jasper" bumper sticker or keychain, an “I won 2nd place” banner

Judges’ Selection – 1st place: Custom banner created by AngstGoddess003, guest spot on TLYDF blog, winning entry recommended on The Fictionators blog, an “I won 1st place, Judges’ Round” banner

Judges’ Selection – 2nd place: Winning entry recommended on The Fictionators blog, a "Jasper" bumper sticker or keychain, an “I won 2nd place, Judges’ Round” banner

Thank you to AngstGoddess003, The Lazy, Yet Discerning Ficster blog, and The Fictionators blog for their generosity.

Questions?

Please PM questions to the “For the Love of Jasper” FFn profile or email fortheloveofjasper@.

We have set up a Twilighted thread in the "Writing Challenges" forum (link: http:///forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=5961). We encourage you to visit to ask questions about the contest, pimp your entry, or discuss Jasper in general.

We reserve the right to make minor modifications to the rules and dates at any time.

We will make major announcements by adding chapters to the “For the Love of Jasper Contest” stories posted to ElleCC's, LaViePastiche's, and the "For the Love of Jasper" FFn profiles.

Header

Please include the following header with all entries:

“For the Love of Jasper” One-Shot Contest

Title:

Pen name:

Existing work: (Title of work from which the entry is an outtake or “N/A” if the entry is "all new")

Primary Players:

Disclaimer:

To see other entries in the “For the Love of Jasper” contest, please visit the C2:
www(dot)fanfiction(dot)net/community/For_the_Love_of_Jasper_Contest/72564/

Note: If posting a collaboration, under "Pen name," please list both names followed by "(collab)." For example: Pen names: ElleCC and LaViePastiche (collab)

Special Thanks

To hmonster4 for allowing us to use some of the Indies' criteria for our Judges' Selection round.

To americnxidiot, Stacy Bumblebee, and LolaShoes for general contest-hosting information and guidance.