Editor’s Note: The list of stories and links to them are at the bottom of this post.
Signaleer Quinn Valerii organized a writing contest for Signal Cartel members recently, and finally the judging has concluded and winners have been selected. The contest was judged by Quinn, myself, and Cassandra Habalu. We were all pleased and surprised at the quality of writing and storytelling; it was very difficult to choose winners. But each judge independently assigned points on accuracy, flow, and engagement and thus arrived at the results.
Winners and prizes(copied from Quinn Valerii’s results post on our forums because I’m lazy!) are shown below. Prizes were funded by the corp and with generous donations from our members.
The results of the Freeform / Ingame Based Category are:
1st place: Lucas Ballard – “When the Sisters Call” – 1 full set of Mid-Grade Virtue scanning implants
2nd place: Tom Servonaut – “Reliquary In Three Parts” – 500 Plex
3rd place: A Dead Parrot – “Almost Lost” -Pacifier Special Edition Covert Ops frigate + 250 million ISK
4th place: Thrice Hapus – “Mobira” – 300 million ISK
5th place: Saladiin – “CONCORD SCC v. EvE-Scout Enclave” – 250 million ISK
Honorable mention – System_Baud – “Something Was Wrong” – Leopard
The results of the Lore based / Roleplaying Category are:
1st place: Tom Servonaut – “Reliquary In Three Parts” – 1 full set of Mid-Grade Virtue scanning implants
2nd place: Lucas Ballard – “When the Sisters Call” – 500 Plex
3rd place: Thrice Hapus – “Mobira” – Pacifier Special Edition Covert Ops frigate + 250 million ISK
4th place: A Dead Parrot – “Almost Lost” – 300 million ISK
Joint 5th place: Bako Cherry – “The Scholar” – 250 million ISK
System_Baud – “Something Was Wrong” – 250 million ISK
Honorable mention – Tephra Solette – “Research Developments” – Leopard
The Anokis Division prize winners:
- Tom Servonaut – “Reliquary In Three Parts”
- Saladiin – “CONCORD SCC v. EvE-Scout Enclave”
- Tephra Solette – “Research Developments”
Finally the Grand prize winner who wins:
- An Enforcer – Special Edition Recon Ship
- A Pacifier – Special Edition Covert Ops frigate
- 1 Large skill injector
- 1 Pilot’s Body Resculpt Certificate
is… Lucas Ballard – “When the Sisters Call”
In addition to the prizes stated above, the authors of the 10 entries eligible for category prizes will be awarded a medal to recognize their contribution. Plus, everyone who submitted an entry will also receive a grab bag containing an assortment of items which can include: lore related items, faction modules, skins, apparel and exploration related goodies worth in excess of 150 million ISK.
Now that all entries have been posted to the Signal Cartel blog, Quinn or I will put up a poll within the next day or two for the #Tweetfleet community to vote on a community favorite. The winner of that vote will earn a further prize of 1 Billion ISK.
Each of the stories has been published as a separate blog post here and are linked below for easy exploration.
The Prize-Eligible Entries
- Almost Lost – Written by A Dead Parrot
- CONCORD SCC v. EvE-Scout Enclave – Written by Saladiin
- Credo’s Bounty – Written by Alan Mathison
- Mobira – Written by Thrice Hapus
- Reliquary In Three Parts – Written by Tom Servonaut
- Research Developments – Written by Tephra Solette
- Something Was Wrong – Written by System_Baud
- The Scholar – Written by Bako Cherry
- Untitled Entry – Written by Charles Aucie
- When The Sisters Call – Written by Lucas Ballard
The “Honors” Entries
- Captain Joshua’s EVE Story – Written by Joshua Ballard
- Out of Anoikis – Written by Mynxee
- Rebirth – Written by Este DeStirr
We hope that you will read and enjoy these stories…we all had a lot of fun writing them! We would love to have your comments on each of the story posts or on Twitter to @Mynxee or @QuinnValerii.