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Fan Fiction - Transtopia Newsletter Submissions

PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:18 pm
by Stormrider
Please post your fan-fiction story here if you would like it to be featured in an upcoming Transtopia Newsletter.

Stories will be reviewed on a monthly basis. The deadline is the end of each month. You can post old or new stories. There is no limit to the number of stories that you can submit. But please don't resumbit the same story twice. Stories should conform to these guidelines:

1) 10,000 word limit. Rough guideline to start with, I won't be automatically disqualifying anything that comes in over.
2) Decent spelling, grammar and punctuation. People need to ate least run a spell-check over the thing before submitting it. This isn't me being a grammar Nazi, it's just difficult to get absorbed in a story if you're constantly being jolted out of it by bad spelling.
3) Be specific as to where/when the story is set. So what continuity is it in (G1 comic, G1 cartoon, Armada comic, etc) and where is it set? Before the events of the show comic, after, during? If during, where does it fit?
4) Fan characters are fine, but I'd prefer people avoid making them those annoying "I am more powerful than any other Transformer!!!" types. Also, consider if there's an under-used existing TF who'd fit the needs of the story just as well as someone new. Existing characters are almost always more interesting to everyone else.


How to submit:
Step 1 - create a thread in the Fan Fiction forum and post your story in it.
Step 2 - In this thread, provide the link to your thread and the name of the story.
*Please do not post your story in here because this thread would become too long and crazy to navigate.

Example
Holiday: http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=47324

Re: Fan Fiction - Transtopia Newsletter Submissions

PostPosted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:03 pm
by Sabrblade
Here's my first story:
http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=37321&p=662003#p662003

Macine Wars: Transformers -- Episode 1
U.S. title: “Revival, Part 1 – Deception”
Japanese title: “Four Destrons Resurrected”

  • Number of words: 2,033 (plus some brief text above the actual story)
  • Spelling/Grammar: Better than decent.
  • Setting: 50 years afer the Great Wars of the Animated G1 continuity, or 250 years before the time the Beast Wars cast came from. It's supposed to also be within both the U.S. and Japanese G1 animated continuties without interfering with each other. Meaning it takes place far enough into the future to where it could take place after either The Rebirth or Headmasters/Masterforce/Victory/Zone/Return of Convoy/Operation Combination/Japanese G2 with little to no problems.
  • Fan characters: a few but mostly unnamed, unimportant people in this story.

Re: Fan Fiction - Transtopia Newsletter Submissions

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:52 pm
by Sledge
Two weeks left, guys. I'm sure Sabrblade doesn't want to win by default. :wink:

Re: Fan Fiction - Transtopia Newsletter Submissions

PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 2:12 pm
by Sabrblade
Well, I really wouldn't mind. If I do win, it might get me back into typing the rest of this fic series. I've only done two stories, and my original plan was to do up to about 35 or 36 stories.

Re: Fan Fiction - Transtopia Newsletter Submissions

PostPosted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:28 am
by Sledge
Come on, folks! At this rate I'm going to have to create a dupe account and post something of mine just to give us a contest! :P

Re: Fan Fiction - Transtopia Newsletter Submissions

PostPosted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:47 am
by Tekka
I would love to participate but my only Transformers fanfic is unfinished and is a little over the 10,000 word limit... by about triple.

Would it be eligible in an unfinished state if I trimmed off 20,000 words?

Re: Fan Fiction - Transtopia Newsletter Submissions

PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:07 am
by Overcrusher
I think mine is over the 10,000 limit, but could anyone here care to read it? It should be on my signature.

Re: Fan Fiction - Transtopia Newsletter Submissions

PostPosted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 7:15 pm
by Name_Violation
We need more fanfics people. lets see some more work.

Re: Fan Fiction - Transtopia Newsletter Submissions

PostPosted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:29 am
by cybercat
Name_Violation wrote:We need more fanfics people. lets see some more work.


Oh, you wound me. Is this how you avoid telling me mine sucks? After all the hard work (okay, two days) and medication, erm, I mean, *DEDication* I put into it?

I'm going to go cry now.

HK, too much combining makes you go blind.

Re: Fan Fiction - Transtopia Newsletter Submissions

PostPosted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:07 pm
by Name_Violation
hellkitty wrote:
Name_Violation wrote:We need more fanfics people. lets see some more work.


Oh, you wound me. Is this how you avoid telling me mine sucks? After all the hard work (okay, two days) and medication, erm, I mean, *DEDication* I put into it?

I'm going to go cry now.

HK, too much combining makes you go blind.

that was a month ago. b4 i got yours :P

i can never tell if your joking. :?

Re: Fan Fiction - Transtopia Newsletter Submissions

PostPosted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:30 pm
by cybercat
Name_Violationt wrote:i can never tell if your joking. :?


With you, always presume I'm joking.

Besides, even if you did upset me, all you'd have to do is bat your little bloodshot puppydog, ummm, *whatever*-colored eyes, and I'd just go all melty.

HK, or, you know, just wave a Starscream picture in front of me. Instant forgiveness. We fangirls are easy to manipulate like that.

Re: Fan Fiction - Transtopia Newsletter Submissions

PostPosted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:28 pm
by autobot-jolt
Just put mine on.It's called "Soundwave Before Revenge of the Fallen" It has an intro, and then the story itself is 608 words. Good grammar, spelling, etc. Just follow the link and read it. I hope you enjoy my short but cool fan fiction story. Wish me luck!

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=57492

Re: Fan Fiction - Transtopia Newsletter Submissions

PostPosted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:31 pm
by Carriemus Prime
Mine's far too long and not completed to submit isn't it. Even as just individual chapters? :lol:

Re: Fan Fiction - Transtopia Newsletter Submissions

PostPosted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:34 pm
by Carriemus Prime
Ok I have picked my favourite chapter... was my first transformer action scene so it has characters people recognise. And it can be taken as a neat little story all in itself.

I submit my chapter 9 :)

Here's the link

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=56366#p972767


I am not good at posting links so if it doesn't work then it's on the fan fiction site :roll:

Re: Fan Fiction - Transtopia Newsletter Submissions

PostPosted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:11 pm
by Wheelimus Prime

Re: Fan Fiction - Transtopia Newsletter Submissions

PostPosted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:58 am
by uklangor
Please have a look at my story:


transformers-legacy-of-the-ancients-t71652.php-


Its set in the future after the Beast Era has finished. Transformers have once again risen, but in G1/G2 forms.

Would love some feedback

Re: Fan Fiction - Transtopia Newsletter Submissions

PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:33 pm
by #Sideways#
I have one I am working on, Transformers: Rise of The Reanimated. I hope it is liked. :)

Re: Fan Fiction - Transtopia Newsletter Submissions

PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 3:25 pm
by Burn
You do realise the newsletter is no more right?

Re: Fan Fiction - Transtopia Newsletter Submissions

PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 6:21 pm
by #Sideways#
Burn wrote:You do realise the newsletter is no more right?


Well, this is depressing. :-(

Sorry for my mistake. :)

Re: Fan Fiction - Transtopia Newsletter Submissions

PostPosted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:23 pm
by BeastProwl
Stormrider wrote:2) Decent spelling, grammar and punctuation. People need to ate least run a spell-check over the thing before submitting it. This isn't me being a grammar Nazi, it's just difficult to get absorbed in a story if you're constantly being jolted out of it by bad spelling.

This made me LOL bad! I'm sorry, I couldn't help it!
Anyway, if you have a story, and you are updating it, does it count? I have the first chapter of my story linked in my sig...
EDIT: Damn, I just read Burn's post. Too bad. Still, Read if ya wanna....