Team Tar Vol On has one more batch of eliminations in the first stage of the third annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC3). We’ve already made two sets of unanimous cuts, and now it’s time to visit the split decisions. Every book eliminated today, like every quarterfinalist, had a full read and recommendation from at… Continue reading SPSFC First Round Eliminations, Batch Three
Team Tar Vol On is back with our second batch of SPSFC3 first-round eliminations. This finishes up our consensus cuts–which very much does not mean that they were all easy decisions–but we’ll be back with another round of split-decision cuts before announcing our quarterfinalists. If you’re new to the competition or need a refresher, I… Continue reading SPSFC First-Round Eliminations, Batch Two
My judging team in the third annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC3) has been given 24 books in the first round, with the charge to whittle the list to two semifinalists by the end of January. Because our judges are all volunteers and 24 books is a whole lot to read in five months, we’ve… Continue reading SPSFC First-Round Eliminations, Batch One
Team Tar Vol On is back for the third annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC3), and over the next 4-5 months, we’ll be narrowing our selection of 24 books down to two semifinalists, which we will then pass to other SPSFC judging teams. There are many ways to do this, starting with the most obvious:… Continue reading Meet the Slush: Team Tar Vol On’s SPSFC3 Allocation
My team has been given 28 books to evaluate in the first round of the second annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC2), with the ultimate task of whittling them to three by the end of January. Those semifinalists will be passed to other judging teams for another round of evaluation before the finalists are chosen… Continue reading Introducing Team Tar Vol On’s SPSFC2 Quarterfinalists
My team has been given 28 books to evaluate in the first round of the second annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC2), with the ultimate task of whittling them to three by the end of January. Those semifinalists will be passed to other judging teams for another round of evaluation before the finalists are… Continue reading SPSFC2 First-Round Eliminations, Batch Three
My team has been given 28 books to evaluate in the first round of the second annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC2), with the ultimate task of whittling them to three by the end of January. Those semifinalists will be passed to other judging teams for another round of evaluation before the finalists are… Continue reading SPSFC2 First-Round Eliminations, Batch Two
We’ve introduced the second Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC2) and the judging team I’ll be leading this year. Now it’s time to turn to round one. We’ve been given 28 books, and we have 5.5 months to evaluate them and choose three semifinalists to pass to other teams. Many teams will be using the same… Continue reading Team Tar Vol On’s First-Round Entries for SPSFC2
It’s done. Team Tar Vol On has finished our first pass through our first-round allotment of books for the Self-Published Science Fiction Competition. We’ve read 10-20% of each book and made a decision on ten quarterfinalists to read through to completion. In the first, second, third, and fourth batches of cuts and quarterfinalists, I advised… Continue reading SPSFC First-Round Cuts and Quarterfinalists, Batch Five
We’ve hit the fourth of five batches in the first phase of the first round of the Self-Published Science Fiction Competition. With one update to go, this brings Team Tar Vol On to 18 eliminations and six quarterfinalists. Check back early next week for batch five. But in the interim, check out our fourth set… Continue reading SPSFC First-Round Cuts and Quarterfinalists, Batch Four
