[CONTEST OVER] JNC Original Light Novel Contest
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I think it's great that you're doing something new, with an experimental attitude. However it turns out, it's an exploratory and inclusive way to do things, which I think is cool.
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Something just came to mind I'm a bit curious of. @admin Will there be a new imprint for the winning original light novel(s), or will they be under the normal J-Novel Club label?
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@QuixoticHorizon I don't think it would be a good idea to have them all just lumped in to J-Novel Club/Heart, that's true. We haven't decided exactly whether we'd do a new label or perhaps it's like a variant of our current labels e.g. J-Novel Club Neo (this is a horrible example I came up with in 10 seconds so please don't worry).
Well at least we decided not to call this contest "Rising Stars of Light Novels", right?
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Are we finally going to see the advent of J-novel diamond?😉 -
@Lily-Garden For diamonds in the rough? ^^
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@MasterLillyclaw said in [SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN!] JNC Original Light Novel Contest:
@Lily-Garden For diamonds in the rough? ^^
Perhaps Jokers would be more appropriate?
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@admin You have the J-Novel Pulp label for German translations. You could use that. Or because I read somewhere you originally wanted to call the company K-Novel (kei for light?)
So J-Novel Kei
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@MasterLillyclaw Also because there is already Hearts and Clubs. So Diamonds would fit the card suit theme.
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@morbelek How about "J-Novel Novel" (novel being a synonym for original =P ).
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@QuixoticHorizon Sure. Or they could do J-Kei Novel. =)
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@admin said in [SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN!] JNC Original Light Novel Contest:
We haven't decided exactly whether we'd do a new label or […]
Those JNC employees who aren’t busy reading the light novel submissions will soon be busy sorting through submissions of new names for the label for these stories!
Well at least we decided not to call this contest "Rising Stars of Light Novels", right?
I’m sure that Stu Levy has Rising Stars trademarked. :p
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I can’t beat anyone here for a name.
The best I can come up with is a terrible pun - J-Novel Red.
It keeps the card theme and calls back to these being a submission model instead of an acquisition one.
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One story idea that I wasn't able to find time to work on would have had the following title.
The Reward For a Job Well Done: More Work
With a potential sequel title of.
The Reward For a Difficult Job Well Done: An Impossible Job
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@admin Would the winners have any authority over the design of their characters, aside from what is described in the prose? Would they be able to give a fully detailed description, along with reference and inspiration images?
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@VaelArche our intention is to work together with the winners on the eventual presentation of their work.
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@admin Awesome. Appreciate the reply. ^_^
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@admin I did wonder about that because I create pictures of what my main players look like at a fairly early stage as it helps me get "in character" when I write their lines. So when my alternate-universe self wins the alternate-universe competition I guess he can send them over :)
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@admin This is an old post, but I have to say: I wish I saw it sooner. I found out about the contest super late (January 23rd) and although I took the time to read over and edit my story, it was only after submitting it that I noticed some silly grammar and contingency errors. They're pretty much all in the second half and shouldn't be glaring enough that they affect enjoyment, but it's nice to know the contest is a little lenient in this regard. I really wanted to double slap myself over some of the errors.
Side note: It feels like this contest was announced or mentioned on very few sites? I only found out about it because I randomly decided to google "light novel contest" and I'm not really complaining since I had a completed story to submit, it was just something I was curious about.
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@mononyan When it was first announced I remember Anime News Network did an article about it, and I'm pretty sure it was on Crunchyroll's news feed too. Of course, since the time between the contest opening and closing was so large (literally half a year) if the initial posting is missed then it's hard to find out; ANN and co aren't going to post again unless something in the rules changes considerably, or to report on any winners.
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@QuixoticHorizon Yeah I figured ANN at least would have posted something. I usually check the site daily, I guess I still missed it because there's no way I'd forget.
Oh well I'm glad I thought to search the topic before the deadline.
