Nicholl Fellowship 2012 open for submissions

[Hilander]

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Good job - there should be a prize for someone who guesses - or comes the closest to guessing - the number of entries...

Thanks Let's call it the Tommy Shaw Award after the guy who wrote & sang this classic.

[HRCLPRT]

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When I got my confirmation and the number assigned to my entry (submitted 1 hour and 15 minutes from the deadline), I knew Nicholl shattered its 6730 record from last year.

Must be the "innovations" of two guaranteed full reads per entry and the increase of $5000 per fellowship.

I don't want to add fuel to the fire on the other thread but I just want to say that I commend Greg Beal for appropriating good elements from several contests to strengthen Nicholl. I don't see anything wrong with that.

[gregbeal]

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When I got my confirmation and the number assigned to my entry (submitted 1 hour and 15 minutes from the deadline), I knew Nicholl shattered its 6730 record from last year.

Must be the "innovations" of two guaranteed full reads per entry and the increase of $5000 per fellowship.

I don't want to add fuel to the fire on the other thread but I just want to say that I commend Greg Beal for appropriating good elements from several contests to strengthen Nicholl. I don't see anything wrong with that.

Thanks for the kind words.

[JoJo]

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Thanks Let's call it the Tommy Shaw Award after the guy who wrote & sang this classic.

And now I'm gonna have that sing playing in my head....

[Harbinger]

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Well, just to redress the balance from my comments on the other thread-

Nicholl is an awesome competition. Extremely well run and professional. They always meet deadlines (unlike some others I can mention) and they respond to emails promptly. Plus having a presence on DD is always a good thing.

I liked that, before they converted to PDF, I seem to remember they tested out the system of entering PDFs on foreigners like myself who would otherwise have had to cough up bucks for brads and postage and the like. That was the first time I entered.

I liked that, for the first time a few years ago, their placement emails also included PS. You were top 10% or PS. You were in the 100 outside of the QF. That was a neat touch and left a contestant feeling not so cast out in the cold.

I respect that, of the finalist scripts I've read, they've all been top quality which means their judging procedure is right on the money.

And of course, aside from all this, it's one of the cheapest to enter compared to prize level/amount and level of exposure you'll get to important players.

But we all already know this on DD. As I say, Just wanted to redress the balance.

[Mark Somers]

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I could have sworn it was nary.

[Hilander]

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And now I'm gonna have that sing playing in my head....

My bad, sorry.

[JoJo]

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Questions for Greg:

How much advance notice will we get when you're ready to send out notifications in the quarter-final round?

Will we know the exact date notifications will go out?

Or will we just get an email "some time late July/early August?"

[gregbeal]

Re: Nicholl Fellowship 2012 open for submissions

Well, just to redress the balance from my comments on the other thread-

Nicholl is an awesome competition. Extremely well run and professional. They always meet deadlines (unlike some others I can mention) and they respond to emails promptly. Plus having a presence on DD is always a good thing.

I liked that, before they converted to PDF, I seem to remember they tested out the system of entering PDFs on foreigners like myself who would otherwise have had to cough up bucks for brads and postage and the like. That was the first time I entered.

I liked that, for the first time a few years ago, their placement emails also included PS. You were top 10% or PS. You were in the 100 outside of the QF. That was a neat touch and left a contestant feeling not so cast out in the cold.

I respect that, of the finalist scripts I've read, they've all been top quality which means their judging procedure is right on the money.

And of course, aside from all this, it's one of the cheapest to enter compared to prize level/amount and level of exposure you'll get to important players.

But we all already know this on DD. As I say, Just wanted to redress the balance.

Thanks.

BTW, we included handwritten PS notes on regret letters in 1989 and ever since. The first year we moved to email notifications we couldn't add the PS notes in a timely fashion and so sent separate emails to everyone slated to receive a PS note.

[gregbeal]

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Questions for Greg:

How much advance notice will we get when you're ready to send out notifications in the quarter-final round?

Will we know the exact date notifications will go out?

Or will we just get an email "some time late July/early August?"

None.

No.

Yes (though I hope it's in late July).

[JoJo]

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None.

No.

Yes (though I hope it's in late July).

The element of surprise!

Thanks for the quick reply.

[WriteByNight]

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Wow. Good luck to all. Be there next year. http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2012/20120516.html

[Hilander]

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Wow. Good luck to all. Be there next year. http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2012/20120516.html

Bad Link Corrected to here

And my 10-key skills were bang-on!
So I win the inaugural Tommy Shaw Award Huzzah for me!

[NikeeGoddess]

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i love this breakdown. kinda like the Olympics...
http://www.oscars.org/awards/nicholl/index.html
CA & NY stacked while countries like Nicaragua has only 1 entry -- the Jamaican bobsled guy

[AlexNoa]

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My God, 7200 entries. Greg, will there be additional fellowships awarded corresponding to the number of entries?