I’d agree with Edward that a focus on interactivity can be a ‘concern’ but would urge people to enter this really interesting competition.
I sense - and remember the organisers saying words to the effect - that the ‘interactive’ requirement came from a desire to discourage a slew of ‘illustrated e-book/pdf’ type entries from people who didn’t understand the ‘field’ they were aiming at. They had a lot of those initially. I was fortunate to win a couple of years ago with a quite interactive piece (www.novamara.com/window) - but not all of the great works in the finals required significant interaction, and several were in the categories Dave outlines. The judging panel looks really good this year - go for it! Katharine On 3 Nov 2014, at 10:17, dave miller <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Edward - that's true, for example non-linear stories, parallel stories, > multiple points of view, random stories. But it's great to have a competition > like this, and I'm trying to get my students to enter it, and will try to do > something also. > cheers dave > > On 28 October 2014 20:05, Edward Picot <[email protected]> wrote: > Mez Breeze has just posted an announcement on WebArtery which might be worth > passing on here: "Now that the official announcement has been made regarding > the 2014 Judging Panel, we’re broadcasting the call far and wide to all new > media, transmedia, digital/electronic literature and interactive writers [and > non-genre-shoehorned practitioners] to get your entries in to the 2014 New > Media Writing Prize <http://newmediawritingprize.co.uk/>. What’s not to > like about a competition that could bag you some spiffy prize money and > oodles of kudos? And rest assured we’re not simply catering to > practitioners who have been in the field for yonks, but also have a fabbo > Student Prize – a 3 months paid internship at Unicorn Training [in > Bournemouth UK] working with Unicorn’s writing and design team." > > Mez herself is one of the judges this time. I'm a bit concerned about the > emphasis this prize places on interactivity - 'Interactivity is a key element > of new-media storytelling' it says in their FAQs - a questionable statement, > if you ask me - but all the same, the prize and shortlist have > highlighted some really interesting work in the last few years. The deadline > is 28th November. > > - Edward Picot > Interactivity is a key element of new-media storytelling. - See more at: > http://newmediawritingprize.co.uk/?page_id=226#sthash.jHa7iqvI.dpuf > Interactivity is a key element of new-media storytelling. - See more at: > http://newmediawritingprize.co.uk/?page_id=226#sthash.pojyYElR.dpuf > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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