[CONTEST OVER] JNC Original Light Novel Contest
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@zwabbit Chapter titles are fun and informative though. pouts
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@Hylebos Well the most recent part I've been working on will probably be titled, "What a Manipulative, Conniving B***".
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Is it censored in the story, though? The only reason I ask is because I currently have the word uncensored in my story and was wondering if I would have to censor the word.
On a completely different topic, do you happen to know if we're supposed to submit the manuscript and outline separately or all as one document? I'm assuming it's the former, but I'm unsure.
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@AuthorMN said in [CONTEST OVER] JNC Original Light Novel Contest:
On a completely different topic, do you happen to know if we're supposed to submit the manuscript and outline separately or all as one document? I'm assuming it's the former, but I'm unsure.
From the submission page:
For the ongoing series category, you MUST include in the same file as your manuscript a plot outline and character summaries for the full story you plan to write. This should be no more than 10,000 additional words.
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@AuthorMN said in [CONTEST OVER] JNC Original Light Novel Contest:
Is it censored in the story, though? The only reason I ask is because I currently have the word uncensored in my story and was wondering if I would have to censor the word.
On a completely different topic, do you happen to know if we're supposed to submit the manuscript and outline separately or all as one document? I'm assuming it's the former, but I'm unsure.
I read the rules as it being a single file, which seems a little awkward, so maybe I am wrong.
As far as censoring, here are the quotes from “Tearmoon Empire,” and my “Two Minds of Cassandra” (which didn't get past the first round last time, so I guess it can't really be an example of anything.)
Curse words (oh my!) under spoiler tag:
And, thank you for giving me an excuse to quote Tearmoon Empire and my work under the same tag—made my day!
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@jazzyjeoff, and there was the (in)famous f*** in Bookworm too. But everything pales into insignificance when compared to JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World.
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@jazzyjeoff said in [CONTEST OVER] JNC Original Light Novel Contest:
I read the rules as it being a single file, which seems a little awkward, so maybe I am wrong.
It's definitely a single file, see Rahul's quote above your post.
With regards to the discussion on profanity, my two cents is that you probably shouldn't need to worry about it too much. Like, there's probably an edge case where you create a character or characters that swear so much that it actively gets in the way of the judge's ability to enjoy your submission, but do note that that's a problem that would still likely exist even if you self-censored your dialogue with a less offensive term ("What the burning heck are you burning saying to me you miserable burning burn? Burn you and the burning horse-burn you burning rode in on! Burn!") Otherwise, I can't imagine a judge disqualifying someone over an errant f-bomb.
Keep in mind that even if you end up winning the whole thing that your work will still get edited before it's officially published. I think that'd be a good time to have a conversation about things like level of profanity rather than screening out an otherwise decent entry early. Personally if there are truly any parts you feel would be in doubt you can always play it safe and soften it a bit and then have a discussion with the editor after you win about whether or not certain things would be permissible.
The far more important thing to pay attention to are all the other stuff that can get you in the rules:
Works that include excessive sexual or cruel descriptions or depictions, infringe or are likely to infringe upon the copyright or other rights or interest (including parodies and imitations), slander specific individuals or groups, are offensive to public morals, violate the application guidelines, or are deemed unsuitable by the judges will be disqualified from the competition.
These sorts of things would be harder to simply go "Oh, well the work is really good but we can just handle the really graphic depiction of genocide part in editing" so yeah.
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@Angelus said in [CONTEST OVER] JNC Original Light Novel Contest:
@jazzyjeoff, and there was the (in)famous f*** in Bookworm too. But everything pales into insignificance when compared to JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World.
Well, you would expect that from Sex Worker, and even Bookworm has references to the sexual abuse of children—so the f-bomb is actually relatively less concerning, but, while I love Tearmoon as an adult, it is a book that I would feel comfortable reccomending to a book devourering nine or ten-year-old, save for that arguably unnecessary word (I mean, I would still recommend it, but I would have explain it to their parents first.).
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Hi sorry if I am asking in the wrong place, but is anyone able to submit for the current 2025 contest? I thought entries were open in September but when I press Submit Your Light Novel it says it's closed and it looks like its the 2023 page
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@buttknife said in [CONTEST OVER] JNC Original Light Novel Contest:
Hi sorry if I am asking in the wrong place, but is anyone able to submit for the current 2025 contest? I thought entries were open in September but when I press Submit Your Light Novel it says it's closed and it looks like its the 2023 page
They posted this today on the JNC Discord:
Hello,
We just became aware that the submission page is currently not working after the recent backend update.
Our apologies but for the time being please hold off on submitting and entries.
Since today is Saturday I do not expect this to be resolved until sometime next week.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
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@buttknife They've reported that the submission link should be working again on the discord.