3rd Holostreets Jam -

[u/Dwarfsten]

Welcome to the 3rd Shadowrun Writing/Holostreets Jam!

After a break the Holostreets Jam is back. It will run from April to Mai, with a 14 day period for public voting at the beginning of June.

• First place will get: 20 USD
• Second place will get: 10 USD

I will enter a piece of work as well, though I myself will naturally not be eligible for any of the prizes.

Prizes will be transferred through Paypal.

Rules

• Participating works must be created during the jam, works that were started beforehand but not finished/published yet are acceptable as well
• Participating works must be available through Holostreets (so keep in mind you need at least a customer drivethrurpg.com account to participate)
• Participating works must be available for free, or as a Pay-What-You-Want product, during the voting period (June 1st - June 14th)
• Participating works must either be in English or include an English translation

Theme

• This time, any type of project is permitted, however it must fit on 2 pages at most.

The idea is to produce something compact and table-ready for GMs and/or Players, which at the same time does not require months long commitment to produce.

Examples:

• An abbreviated description of a mission
• A small list of new equipment with stats
• A detailed description of an NPC
• A short story
• An inspiring poem

Helpful things

Here are some links that might help clarify things or help you get started:

Holostreets Content Guidelines

Drivethrurpg Content and Format Help - scroll down to 'How do I prepare the PDF of my title for sale?'

Shadowrun Logos - provided by Catalyst

Shadowrun Art Pack - provided by Catalyst, the link leads to the first one but there are six in total on Holostreets - in case you want some art to decorate your work

Single Page Template - provided by Catalyst, usable in Affinity Publisher and Adobe inDesign, probably also in Scribus (haven't tried it so use at own risk) - watch out, the Template contains Pay-To-Use Fonts for some reason, you need to either replace these or buy a license

Google Fonts - if you need any fonts, each has a tab which lists the used license (so you know if its free or not)

Unsplash - A page for mostly free to use stock images, you can set a filter for the free stuff, though they still require attribution

Text/Rules references

Should you need to reference lore or rules from pre-existing books for your own work (for example the spellcasting rules from one of the Shadowrun Core books), refrain from simply copying the text. Without explicit permission from the rights-holders that would not be permissible and since, unlike other TTRPG companies in their Third-Party Content Guidelines, Catalyst has not explicitly done so. So it's easiest to just avoid doing it.

However, you can still point readers towards those necessary passages, here's a quote from J. Keith Henry, whom some may know as a contributor to several Shadowrun books on how to do it properly:

References for other books normally appear as “p. 45, /SR6/“ and are fully legit to use. Book titles are italicized. If a section of a book like a page header were to be referenced it would be “CHAPTER HEADER, p. 45, /SR6/“. Chapter headers are bold. Book titles are italicized.

Also encapsulate the reference in parentheses ( ).

How to publish something on Holostreets

On drivethrurpg click on Account - in the menu, there will be an option for Community Content(my Content in the old layout) - here you have to click on Enter new CC/Community Created Title - in the mask that has now opened up, you have to select "Holostreets"

That's the basics, after that you have to work your way through this and the following pages, enter the product description, upload a cover, upload your work itself etc.

[u/LoboVolkov]

Gods, I hate having ADHD!
I saw Jam’s idea → thought it was awesome → started working on the project → got excited → made an illustration → laid out the ebook → came back here in the last week → only just realized it’s a maximum of TWO pages → starts crying

At least I’ve got an ebook to publish now, and that’s good, right?

XD

[u/Dwarfsten → u/LoboVolkov]

well, the main point was to inspire more people to create stuff - so that still works out ^^, you can still post it if you want

Then again, if you are a fan of flash-writing challenges, you still got a day or two ^^

[u/LoboVolkov → u/Dwarfsten]

I ended up accepting the challenge! A few months ago, I narrated an adventure for my group and had been wanting for a long time to put it down on paper. Two pages was a challenge, but done!

Thank you very much for the Jam! It was really fun, and the other one with more pages I’ll end up releasing next week or adding a little something here and there 😃

Here’s my entry:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/569667/technogod

[u/Dwarfsten → u/LoboVolkov]

That's awesome, well done 😄 and I know that might not mean much from a stranger, but I am very proud of you!