TURKISH Informatics Review 2023 Science Fiction Story Contest

Dear Authors

We are here with an exciting announcement! This year marks the 25th anniversary of the TBD Science Fiction Story Contest. In this long journey we have made so far, we have explored the endless valleys of the science fiction world waiting to be discovered together with you and turned our dreams into literary reality. Twenty-five years ago, when we started this contest, we had a goal: To push the boundaries of the science fiction universe, to reach new horizons of imagination, to offer readers unique experiences and to bring new works to our literature.

Indeed, many talented writers who have participated in our contest since 1998 have made us think about science, technology, time, space, life and disasters, and excited us with various plots. In their stories, we saw the dark and light sides of our souls.

As TBD, we have published four contest selection books and published more than fifty contest stories in the Journal of Informatics. Some of our writers who participated in the contest later published their stories in books and our science fiction literature has gained new works.

In this process, your interest in the contest and the wholehearted support of our selection committees always gave us strength. In addition, our love for Turkish, our human-oriented approach to technology and our belief in dreams have always kept us alive.

In our twenty-fifth year, we sincerely thank all the authors, jury members and science fiction readers who participated in our contest.

Our call is the same this year: To write stories about science, technology and human beings in the world.

We look forward to reading your stories.

COMPETITION CONDITIONS

1. RESULTS AND AWARDS
   
   The results of the TBD Science Fiction Story Contest will be announced on December 18, 2023. The first prize will be 6000 TL, the second prize will be 4000 TL and the third prize will be 3000 TL.

2. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

• Anyone other than members of the TBD Board of Directors and members of the Editorial Board of TBD Informatics Journal can participate in the competition.
• The story should be written in Turkish.
• The story must be written in the science fiction genre. Stories written in fantasy, fairy tale and similar genres that do not contain science fictional elements will not be evaluated.
• The story must not have won any prize in any previous contest.
• Stories that have been published in print or digital media before being submitted to the contest will not be accepted.
• Each author can participate in the competition with only one story.
• Authors who have won the first prize in previous years cannot participate in the competition.
• The stories deemed worthy of publication by the selection committee will be published as a book.
• In order for the stories to be published on the website, in the Journal of Informatics or in a book, the "I approve" document at https://www.tbd.org.tr/onayliyorum must be filled in by the author and sent from the system. Contestants who do not send the document named "I approve" to TBD will not be accepted to the competition

3. SHAPE

• The story should be typed in a commonly used word processor, in "12" font size, using "Arial" characters, and submitted using the online form below. In order for the application to be valid, the contestants must send three documents consisting of the story, curriculum vitae, and an acknowledgment form to TBD via the online form.
• Contestants must enter their date of birth on the application form. The stories of the contestants who have not turned 18 as of the application date will be evaluated within their age groups.
• The file containing the story should be named after the story.
• The story file should not contain any information about the author.
• The CV file should include the author's full name, short curriculum vitae, full address and telephone number, and personal website/blog address, if available. The author's name should be included in the CV file.
• Authors must enter the contest with their real name and surname. No pseudonym is used in the contest.
• The story should be no more than two thousand words.
• Stories that do not meet these formal characteristics will be excluded from the competition.

4. SELECTION COMMITTEE
   
   Ekin Açıkgöz, Hikmet Temel Akarsu, Hakan Bıçakçı, N. Can Kantarcı, Cem Kılıçarslan, Koray Özer, Sedef Özkan, Ahmet Pekel, Özgür Tacer, Yasemin Tanbi, Kadir Yiğit Us, Seda Uyanık and Tevfik Uyar.

5. DELIVERY OF THE STORY
   
   The artwork must be submitted with the form below until August 31, 2023.

For information and contact: Ceyhun Atuf Kansu Caddesi 1246. Sokak No: 4/17 Balgat / ANKARA
Tel: +90 (312) 473 8215 web: www.tbd.org.tr, email: [email protected]

Registration - Participation Form

Registration and Participation Completed.