Fifty hours remain. Best of luck to all participants.

IS3 submissions are now closed. However, if you have an entry in the approval queue, let me know (and include a screencap.) I'll be willing to add any applicable latecomers given sufficient notice. (One literally came in as I was writing this blog post.)

Judging now begins. Wish us luck; we aren't going to have an easy decision.

About one hundred minutes left to the deadline, folks. Sadly, I won't be able to see this through to the very end of the submission period; I have an early day tomorrow. Still, an important note before I retire for the night:

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Due to certain logistical issues, we almost certainly won't be announcing the winners of Imposing Sovereigns today. Rest assured that we're working on making the delay as brief as possible. Thank you for your patience.

Ten days remain for Imposing Sovereigns III, and while a few entries have come in, I suspect the bulk has yet to arrive. In order to help that suspicion, now's the point where I ask if people need more time. So, how goes it?

Not sure how much of this I can pin on Equestria Daily promoting Opaline Formation yesterday, but my follower count managed to pass another centennial milestone. As ever, I'm deeply grateful to those who choose to spend their time reading my silly stories. It's always fun to see a string of notifications as someone goes through the back catalogue and discovers my work for the first time.

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The people have spoken. And by "the people," I specifically mean the people who are still signing up for the contest and would otherwise be expected to churn something out in half a week.

The submission period of Imposing Sovereigns is getting a one-week extension, and will conclude at 11:59 PM EST on March 19th. Ideally, I'll announce the authors on the 25th, though that may depend on how quickly we can get through all the submissions.

Quick contest announcement: I've created a group. I've also put all of the currently published entries in their appropriate subfolders. This should make things a lot easier for everyone else, my fellow judges included, to see the stories as they come. Sorry I didn't do this earlier.

Also, you all have about a week. Well, a week and fifteen hours by my watch.

Sorry for the lack of feedback after raising the extension question. After much deliberation, I have decided that there will not be an extension. Not a major one, anyway. IS3's deadline is still the end of Halloween, but I'll keep submissions open until 12 PM EST, Monday, November 1st.

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Bit of a good news, bad news situation, and I'll lead with the more important stuff. B_25 is currently stuck on the other side of the U.S.-Canadian border than his usual and could use some help getting back.

In happier news, the contest results are locked in, and we'll be announcing the winners soon.

Hey, I finally made it! And given how much I've been complaining about it, there's no way I'm leaving this till tomorrow to post. :B

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As before, this exceeded my expectations in the best possible way.

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Hello, one and all. This was a very close field, but we’ve come to our decisions.

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As per my previous post I submitted a story (The Honing of Perfection) to FanOfMostEverything's Imposing Sovereigns Contest.

While my entry didn't make the top three, I'm still enormously flattered that it got an honorable mention from a field of some forty very high quality entries.

A big thanks to all the judges, and Skeeter The Lurker for the shout out!

Five days left, everyone. You've got this. Even if no one reserved a slot for Gloriosa Daisy.

As a reminder, if you haven't added your story to the group, you should really do that.

As promised, the judges' panel has been locked down for Imposing Sovereigns III. Joining me will be the stellar Kris Overstreet and the very aptly named SirNotAppearingInThisFic. Here's to seeing what the entrants have in store for us.

Six weeks.
Seven by nigh-infinite prompts.
Fifty stories.
Over three hundred seventy thousand words, with stories ranging from the minimum to the maximum.

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Firstly, Dueling Keyboards updated with a new short based largely on a random idea that my muse insisted on fleshing out. 'Tis silly.

Secondly, Season 7 premieres on April 15th. Get hype.

Thirdly, I am truly blown away by the response to the contest thus far in terms of both participants and cross-promotional blogs. Here are a few updates:

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Hey all. As you may have noticed, the unofficial expected date for announcing Imposing Sovereigns II results has come and gone. Rest assured, we're working on getting everything read and ranked. Between the holiday and my asking everyone to read everything, it's taking a bit longer than I originally estimated. We hope to get the announcement ready before Christmas. Thank you for your patience.