2020 Schedule + Eligibility Post

[ficmod]

Hi there, and welcome back! I had a fun time last year, so let's go for a second round, shall we? Below is the schedule for 2020 - modified slightly so that reveals are sliiiightly earlier.

Eligibility Review Period: January 16 - 28
Nominations: January 28 - February 11
Sign Ups: February 16 - March 1
Assignments will be sent by: March 6
Works due: April 30
Works Revealed: May 14, 9 AM MST
Authors Revealed: May 21

The pinned FAQ post, as well as the DW profile, has been updated with the 2020 schedule. Remember, for this year's round, the new cut off for fandoms is December 31, 2010. A new decade!

This post will also function as the eligibility post, for any fandoms you wish to nominate that you believe are on the line. Fandoms that were accepted last year will be automatically accepted this year, no need to make a case for those. The tagset is here if you wish to take a look.

When making your case, please include the canon's full name (as you would nominate it in the tagset), the date(s) of all the canon material that has been released, and your reasoning as to why I should accept it. Here's an example:

Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine (1997)

A prequel, Ogre Enchanted, was published in 2018. While the events of Ogre take place in the same timeline/continuity, it follows a main character who did not appear in Ella. The main cast of Ogre is for the most part completely separate, apart from two characters (their identities being spoilers) who were extensively mentioned in Ella, but appeared only briefly in the original book. Therefore, I feel as if the two novels should be considered separate canons.

In cases of tie-in comics and novels, my rule of thumb is: 1. are the tie-ins well known? 2. are they by the same creators? and 3. does it clearly follow the original canon in terms of continuity/characters? If the answer is "no" to at least two of these, I won't consider them as disqualifying material. If you disagree with me about a particular judgment call, feel free to point out why - I'm not super familiar with everything, and Google can only do so much!

Lastly: you can comment here anonymously, and commenting here with your fandom does not qualify as an actual nomination. The tagset/collection for 2020 are not up yet, but I will add links to the pinned post once they are. 

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

I have no idea, since I haven't seen any Picard & am unlikely to be able to, so I only have osmosis myself. I was just wondering whether or not it would be okay to still nom Voyager, or if Seven's appearance in it disqualified it as well as TNG.

[ficmod]

I disqualified TNG because it seems to directly continue the story where TNG left off, sharing both characters and continuity. If Seven of Nine is the only cast member from Voyager to appear, and it doesn't directly continue the story of Voyager (hard to do, considering it ended, I guess) then I wouldn't consider that disqualifying.

[thisbluespirit]

As far as I know - and thank you for the answer!

[(Anonymous)]

Out of curiosity, what's the story ST: Picard is continuing from TNG? My knowledge is that they are actually talking about stuff happened in the movie from 2009, the Romulan star exploded making all the Romulans refugees.

[ficmod]

I don't mean specific plot events. I mean Picard is a sequel in that it picks up in the same continuity, following the same characters. Picard, Data (or his daughter, as I understand), Riker, Troi, etc. are all the same versions of themselves as they were in TNG, no alternate universes or different timelines - they're just older. It's a grey area, I'm aware, but it seems like a fair call to honor the spirit of the exchange, which is to give fandoms that are old and "dead" a spotlight.

I haven't seen Picard and Googling can only do so much, so I'm open to arguments otherwise from those who want it in.

[(Anonymous)]

Noted. No, it was more a curiosity thing than an attempt to discuss the decision. But I had the impression you were watching the STP episodes, sorry for read it wrong.

[ficmod]

No worries! I try to do as much research as I can but it's particularly difficult with a show that's new. But there's a lot of grey area, so I wanna be clear that I'm always ready to listen and reconsider!!