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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:47 am Post subject: The Fangirl Project

So, in case you haven't heard, Merriam-Webster has added "fanboy," among others, to their dictionary. The female equivalent, fangirl, received no such recognition because it's not used enough.* (The internet doesn't count and I think they're looking for more, uh, academic stuff than this, but here's a start.)

So, even though it will be of no help at all, I propose a contest. I want a story. about a girl. who is a fan. of something. She has to be fangirly - this means more than a passive interest in a TV show. This is otakudom/Trekkiedom/etc. She goes to cons, she writes fanfic, she runs a zine, she camps out to get her tickets/book/computer hardware/new console/movie/whatever, she speaks Sindarin/Klingon, or something equally fannish. She is ... a fangirl.

Other than that, you're free to do as you please. Smile

I don't care what the genre is, what the plot is, whatever. Just write a story about a fangirl, and you have to use the word "fangirl." It must be at least one of the 3,000-5,000 words you write. (Oh, and post it by August 12th, please.)

Those are the requirements. If you're looking for brownie points, consider the following: I really hate the "wah, I'm not popular!" cliché. It's overdone and pretty boring (and not true! - a lot of fangirls, like me, revel in our fangirliness). So that will, you know, bias me against your story.

Oh, and prizes!

Everyone's story will get a review from me, of course. The winner will get three stories/poems of their choice reviewed, the second place gets two, the third place gets one (all of this in addition to the submission).

... and before you ask, I've got nothing against fanboys. You guys just get all of the credit and it's time us girls get a chance!

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*If you're wondering, I emailed them and asked.

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:39 am Post subject:

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Humans are amphibians--half spirit, and half animal.

- C.S. Lewis

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:52 am Post subject:

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A man said to the universe:
"Sir, I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"That fact has not created in me
"A sense of obligation."

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:58 am Post subject:

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*Don't expect to see me around much in the next couple of weeks. School has started again, and it'll be a couple of weeks before I've settled in. If you've asked me for a critique, you will get it, but not for a little while. Sorry*

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:06 am Post subject:

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「… the closer you get to the light // the greater your shadow becomes …」

» temporary hiatus while I go back to school and get settled in again

» enter the "fangirl project" competition & win fabulous(?) prizes!

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 3:24 pm Post subject:

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Frylock, please, no books! I can't read; I'm not a loser!
-Master Shake

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:35 pm Post subject:

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*Don't expect to see me around much in the next couple of weeks. School has started again, and it'll be a couple of weeks before I've settled in. If you've asked me for a critique, you will get it, but not for a little while. Sorry*

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:19 pm Post subject:

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「… the closer you get to the light // the greater your shadow becomes …」

» temporary hiatus while I go back to school and get settled in again

» enter the "fangirl project" competition & win fabulous(?) prizes!

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