Create a Super-Heroine with Shadowline and Newsarama

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From: http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=140485

WHO WANTS TO CREATE A SUPER-HEROINE?
Most contests in the comic book business are geared toward artists. Shadowline, in partnership with Newsarama, is bucking the tide and creating a contest geared toward writers!

According to Shadowline editor, Kristen Simon, “I’d been hoping to see a super-hero book with a strong female lead to act as a counter-point to our popular Bomb Queen series, but none were forthcoming. So I decided to come up with a contest to create a super-heroine for the 21st Century.”

The character will be 100% creator-owned as all Image and Shadowline books are (Trademark and copyright to be shared by writer and artist). The winning entry will be featured in their own self-titled three issue mini-series to be drawn by fan-favorite artist, Franchesco! (She-Dragon, Green Lantern Corps Quarterly) and back-end profits will be split between the creators.

Contest regulations are listed below. Neither Image nor Shadowline can or will be responsible for synchronicity (similar ideas appearing at the same time).

No feedback will be provided on submissions, just a confirmation of receipt.

Contest will be divided into three parts as outlined below, deviation will result in immediate disqualification:

Round One:
Contestants e-mail a BRIEF one paragraph story synopsis by January 31, 2008 to: superheroinecontest@gmail.com. Stories/concept must be original with original characters. No pre-existing characters may be used unless owned by contestant.

Round Two:
Ten semi-finalists will be chosen from all entries received by the above date and notified by e-mail. They will then be required to turn in 5 (five) fully scripted pages by February 29, 2008.

Round Three:
The five finalists will be announced and their synopses posted on Newsarama on March 10. Newsarama posters will be encouraged to vote on their favorite. (Writers are strongly advised to direct traffic to the contest via message boards, myspace, etc…every vote counts!) Polls will close on April 4, 2008.

The winner will be announced April 28 with initial concept art/character design by Franchesco. First issue will be solicited with a cover date of November, 2008.
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I thought i bring this to the attention of anyone in our mist hoping to or aspiring to be a writer. and multiple entries will be accepted. :)
 
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Well there's certainly a few people on here who should enter :) And they know who they are lol.
 
if i entered, Marvel would sue the hell out of me because most of my ideas are comic book based. though i must admit, this is a VERY tempting idea.
 
Just a quick bump to remind anyone if they are going to enter then they only have a few weeks left. also Jimmie Robinson's premier supervillian Bomb Queen has been offered as the your hero's first foe. Spread the word to your friends and just give the contest a try whats the worst that could happen besides the copyright suit. ;)
 
Besides, all of the characters we have here are different enough to pass muster from what I remember from my communication law class, lol.
 
WHO WANTS TO CREATE A SUPERHEROINE SEMI-FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
From Shadowline

Below is a list of the individuals who have been chosen as the Top 10 semi-finalists in the Who Wants To Create A Super-Heroine contest.

They have each been sent a letter of instructions, among which is that they are not to identify their winning submission anywhere (we clearly defined what that meant in the letter). They are to turn in the first 5 pages of their script by a specified deadline. If they disregard this or any of the other instructions they’ve been sent, they will be immediately disqualified from the competition. If eliminated, there will be no replacement due to time constraints.

If you entered the contest and your name is not listed below, we thank you for your participation and hope that we can count on you to vote for the winner and support the book when it is released, in a show of solidarity.

The five finalists’ synopses will be posted without creator names attached on the following message board: www.kris-korner.com/forum. Further rules, regulations and timelines will posted there as well.

Synopses will be posted on March 10th, 2008. Voting will begin on March 10th at 12 noon (CST) and end on April 4th at 12 noon (CST).

We thank everyone who entered, and especially Matt and Mike at Newsarama for all of their help and support. And, of course, Franchesco! who will bring the whole thing to life!

The semi-finalists are (in alphabetical order):

Tom Arguello
Corey Brotherson
Kat Cahill
DeWayne Feenstra
John Karoauk
Dirk Manning
Rev. C. Edward Sellner
Joe Sergi
Aaron Settle
Kristopher Waddell

Thank you again for your participation and interest,

Jim Valentino, Kris Simon
Shadowline

This contest is fully run and administered by Shadowline. Newsarama in no way influences the outcome or plays any role in the decision process.
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From:http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=145528

To anyone one that put in a character that didn't take sorry for the poor luck and don't stop trying. :)
 
I missed the deadline because they had a noon cutoff that they didn't post except about 40 pages into a thread on their message board about it which apparently because I only read the first post with the information in it, I didn't do any research about it and deserved to miss the deadline, according to the head of Shadowline. They are very rude to people on their message board as well and it really made me not want to ever read any of their comics lol.
 
Really/ thats disgusting theres no need for that kind of nastiness. and if there was a cutoff time then they should have put in in the first page at least if not the first post instead of 50 pages in after the little flame war they had going. that said don't let the attitude turn you off their comic they put out a nice line of quality comics better then most DC and Marvel titles.
 
What got me was the posts by Steve Valentino or whatever his name is. When you're the head of a company, you don't treat people that way. No tact at all. You say, "I'm sorry, we had to have a cutoff point, and that was it. Next time we'll make sure it's clearer." Not "Act a little more professional next time" and "you should have done research on your own". Actually, his posts weren't that nice lol.
 
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