[JNC LIGHT NOVEL CONTEST 2025] Round 1 Judging for "Ongoing Series" & “Completed”Category Announced!
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@shiratori-keira said in [JNC LIGHT NOVEL CONTEST 2025] Round 1 Judging for "Ongoing Series" & “Completed”Category Announced!:
Am I missing something or when will the novel previews for voting become available? It is almost time for the Anime Expo 2025, so... not much time left.
The finalists were announced but they've not been mentioned in this thread yet, and so I shall post them here in case you haven't seen it yet:
ONGOING SERIES - FINALISTS
Cavalier Magica
Forgotten Girl Quest
His Reluctant Thrall
Knight and Flower
Soul Sentinel
The Goddess Forgot to Make me OP when I Reincarnated in the New World
The Hotel Acheron: Dreams in Death's Garden
The Villainess of Caerleon
With the Age Gap Gone, Will the Witch Fall for Me?COMPLETE STORY - FINALISTS
I am the Villainess's Minion!
My Childhood Friend Is in Love with My Mecha!
Our Worlds Align
The Cat Forgot Its TaleAs for when streaming might start, we've not heard any word about that yet, but it could theoretically happen at any point now.
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@Hylebos Yes, I also received the email with the finalists and it was mentioned that the streaming would become available soon. But still nothing. At this point, I guess that user voting won't be that influential to the final selection.
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@shiratori-keira said in [JNC LIGHT NOVEL CONTEST 2025] Round 1 Judging for "Ongoing Series" & “Completed”Category Announced!:
@Hylebos Yes, I also received the email with the finalists and it was mentioned that the streaming would become available soon. But still nothing. At this point, I guess that user voting won't be that influential to the final selection.
During last year's contest, on discord, they mentioned that user voting is useful info but hardly definitive, as they fully expect the author with the most online followers to win the vote. Personally speaking, I feel like they only need to have the previews up for a business week or so to collect the data they need, so they could wait as late as the 23rd and still have plenty of time to make their final selections before the award ceremony on July 6th.
My assumption at least is that most people who use JNC really just focus on the series they are pre-pubbing and when encountering the possibility of browsing the contest finalists, they'll likely click on one or two of the ones that sound the most interesting to them but ultimately not get around to reading the majority of them. It won't take long for that initial burst of activity to play out before it's just a handful of people who are committed to browsing all thirteen of the finalists.
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I was one of those who did read all of the entries last year (because of mild insanity).
And, to be honest, there are some I remember vividly and others I would need a prompt to recall :)
It is also worth noting that I assume the Grand and Bookwalker prizes will be more heavily weighted by feedback from the relevant judges from Kadokowa and Bookwalker rather than the popular vote.
So the previews probably have the greatest impact on the First and Runners Up places.
That said, there is nothing we can do except wait for them to appear like chocolate from a vending machine.
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@Damon-Cavalchini said in [JNC LIGHT NOVEL CONTEST 2025] Round 1 Judging for "Ongoing Series" & “Completed”Category Announced!:
I was one of those who did read all of the entries last year (because of mild insanity).
And, to be honest, there are some I remember vividly and others I would need a prompt to recall :)
It is also worth noting that I assume the Grand and Bookwalker prizes will be more heavily weighted by feedback from the relevant judges from Kadokowa and Bookwalker rather than the popular vote.
So the previews probably have the greatest impact on the First and Runners Up places.
That said, there is nothing we can do except wait for them to appear like chocolate from a vending machine.
I don't think there's a bookwalker prize this year, at the very least it's not mentioned anywhere in the actual text of the contest or on the terms and conditions page except for in the opening banner of the contest page, which might just be an erroneous inclusion.
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Thanks. I thought it was initially removed and then came back so I was assuming things settled down after the merger and so on.
It could just be human error though.
It gives us something extra to be excited about at the announcement ceremony (is there or is there not a Bookwalker :)).
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For those who are interested, the previews are finally online: https://j-novel.club/series/jnc-original-light-novel-contest-2025
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It's weird for me to ask this. But, would there be another contest for 2026?
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@lenovoaxioo said in [JNC LIGHT NOVEL CONTEST 2025] Round 1 Judging for "Ongoing Series" & “Completed”Category Announced!:
It's weird for me to ask this. But, would there be another contest for 2026?
They confirmed at the award ceremony for this year's contest that they'll indeed be doing another contest in 2026, no further information has been announced yet.
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@Hylebos thanks for the reply
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