Do you have what it takes to be the next Tony Gonzales?

If you believe there's a Tony Gonzales hiding somewhere in you, waiting to come out and write some brilliant novellas such as Ruthless and Theodicy or even a novel (Empyrean Age), then this is your chance!

Silver Night is currently running the first annual fiction contest, and the prizes are pretty interesting. Hell I might even give it a try myself, if I wasn't busy running this blog! Have a look:

1st Prize: Winner's choice of any one of the following faction battleships, with a 300m fitting stipend. Choices are: Bhaalgorn, Vindicator, Rattlesnake, Machariel, Nightmare, Raven Navy Issue, Tempest Fleet Issue, Apocalypse Navy Issue, Megathron Navy Issue, Dominix Navy Issue, Typhoon Fleet Issue, Armageddon Navy Issue, or Scorpion Navy Issue.

2nd Prize: Choice of any one of the Navy Issue or Fleet Issue battleships listed above. There will be 2 second prize winners.

3rd Prize: Choice of Empire Faction Cruisers from the following list: Caracal Navy Issue, Omen Navy Issue, Vexor Navy Issue, or Stabber Navy Issue. There will be 4 3rd place winners.

So if you ever wanted to write some fiction set in New Eden, than this might just be the carrot that gets you going!

The Role of Fiction in EVE Online - A 5-Part Video

In late July of this year, Chantal Zuurmond from CCP Games was at Finncon-Animecon 2008 tradeshow where she did a presentation on "The Role of Fiction in EVE Online". The videos were taken by Finnish site eDome and can be found here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and finally Part 5.

Now, I didn't have time yet to go over all 5 videos yet, but I still wanted to share this little find with you. Think of it as a teaser for Fanfest, though a very diluted one.

Below is the first video which should link to the second and so forth (I think the fifth one isn't linked at the end of the 4th video though - just use the above link).