My judging team in the fourth annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC4) has been given 32 books to whittle down to just two semifinalists. Over the past three months, each of these 32 books have been evaluated by a minimum of two of our judges, and we have narrowed the field down to four books… Continue reading Introducing Team Tar Vol On’s SPSFC4 Quarterfinalists
If you read any of the first three batches, the preamble is the same, so feel free to skip three paragraphs. My judging team for the fourth annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC4) has been hard at work reading the 32 books initially assigned to us. By the end of March, we need to pick just two… Continue reading Tar Vol On’s SPSFC4 First-Round Eliminations, Batch Four
If you read the first or second batch, the preamble is the same, so feel free to skip three paragraphs. My judging team for the fourth annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC4) has been hard at work reading the 32 books initially assigned to us. By the end of March, we need to pick just… Continue reading Tar Vol On’s SPSFC4 First-Round Eliminations, Batch Three
If you read the first batch, the preamble is the same, so feel free to skip three paragraphs. My judging team for the fourth annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC4) has been hard at work reading the 32 books initially assigned to us. By the end of March, we need to pick just two from… Continue reading Tar Vol On’s SPSFC4 First-Round Eliminations, Batch Two
It’s been a bit quiet with updates lately, but my judging team for the fourth annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC4) has been hard at work reading the 32 books initially assigned to us. By the end of March, we need to pick just two from that 32-book allocation to put forward as semifinalists. But… Continue reading Tar Vol On’s SPSFC4 First-Round Eliminations, Batch One
Team Tar Vol On is back for the fourth annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC4). For those who have followed the competition in the past, we don’t have many big changes, but fewer judging teams means our first rounds will be a little bit bigger and our second rounds will be a little bit smaller.… Continue reading Meet the Books: Tar Vol On’s SPSFC4 Allocation
We are back for the fourth annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC4), and for the fourth consecutive year, Team Tar Vol On will be one of the judging teams. For those who have followed the competition in the past, we have a fewer judging teams this year, and the first round allocations are a bit… Continue reading Meet the Team: Tar Vol On and SPSFC4
We’ve made it to the finals of the third annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition. Team Tar Vol On has combined with eight other teams to select six finalists to be read by every judge in the competition. We’ve already read and scored Thrill Switch and Kenai, but we’re reviewing four more as part of the last round of… Continue reading SPSFC Finalist Review: Children of the Black by W.J. Long III
We’ve made it to the finals of the third annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition. Team Tar Vol On has combined with eight other teams to select six finalists to be read by every judge in the competition. We’ve already read and scored Thrill Switch and Kenai, but we’re reviewing four more as part of the last round of… Continue reading SPSFC Finalist Review: Dark Theory by Wick Welker
We’ve made it to the finals of the third annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition. Team Tar Vol On has combined with eight other teams to select six finalists to be read by every judge in the competition. We’ve already read and scored Thrill Switch and Kenai, but we’re reviewing four more as part of the last round of… Continue reading SPSFC Finalist Review: Three Grams of Elsewhere by Andy Giesler
