Lynn Sun On SciFidea's Dyson Sphere Writing Contest

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In a recent interview, Lynn Sun, the Chief Editor  of SciFidea talks about the Dyson Sphere writing contest in detail, including the origins of SciFidea.

Reporter: Can you share with us how SciFidea was developed and launched back in 2021?

Lynn Sun: Sure. SciFidea started as a popular column named “奇想”(QiXiang) in the well-known Chinese SF magazine Science Fiction World. “Qixiang” means fantastic ideas literally, and it refers to the ideas or inspirations for science fiction. We then created a new word – SciFidea – for its English version. It was a new venture. When I joined Tang’s team, there were only Tang and me, a tiny startup with a big science fiction dream. We did all the work, editing, publishing, advertising… you name it! It was not until the second year that we started to have other workmates.

Most of our authors got deeply influenced by Western SF from a young age, and they have the eagerness to communicate with the global SF community directly. It just occurred to us that there is a need for them to talk globally. Our authors have a global perspective, and they can write for all. To provide our writers with a bigger stage, to better connect with the world, and to reach out to a bigger SF community, we decided to dream bigger and go abroad. It was no doubt a huge challenge, as we had many uncertainties about foreign languages and international rules. But we had to get things done without waiting for it to be ready.

 There's a lot more and it's all interesting. I recommend you consider reading the entire interview here.

 

And if you're thinking of entering the contest . . .

Type fast! There's still time to write a novel or novella (30,000 to 100,000 words) if you're fast and you're good. And if you're both, there's a decent chance of being one of the ten winners to receive a $20,000 advance on your novel. 

You can find the contest rules in detail here.

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