E 'banned the second edition of Oltrecosmo Prize, the "competition-revelation" last year with regard to the science fiction short fiction. The first edition, which ended on 15.06.2006, has seen the winner Adriano Muzzi with his story The dreams that do dolphins and the participation of more or less well-known names in the world of our local sf including Clelia Farris, Simon Conti, Monica Tessarin, Alfredo Mogavero and others. For the complete rankings, see http://www.oltrecosmo.org/classifica2005.php . The second edition continues in the wake of the first as regards the basic philosophy that favors freedom and transparency in every way possible, from the benevolence of the public votes and participation in the budget. The ultimate effect is achieved in this collaboration, starting this year, with Openoffice.org in the spread of open formats OpenDocument. Among the many benefit is that the jury now consists exclusively by writers, editors, journalists and critics. The stories in the race will benefit from excellent visibility on the Web: those that exceed a minimum threshold of quality will be published on the organization, directly on the other newsgroup it-alt.arti.scrivere.fantascienza , while the top ten spoken Published in paper with even a chance to earn royalties on their story. What are you waiting, armed with pen and imagination and send us your stories! :)
