
So… RP612fic 2011. Let’s crunch the numbers.
427 stories. Four hundred twenty seven stories were contributed this year (and that’s not even taking into account the forty-nine sent on the 8th for Philippine corals blog action day) and as someone who laments the lack of Philippine alternative history fiction–that brings a smile to my face. Some may quibble about the definition of “story” here, but even counterfactuals can make the reader stop and think about what actually happened, what could have happened, and all the space in-between–and that’s part of what I’d like people to do on Independence Day.
An even better number: 56. Fifty six people–poets, bloggers, Palanca winners, film makers, comic creators, anime fans–contributed stories this year (65 if you include those who only sent in on the 8th) and as someone who believes we need more writers–especially spec fic writers–that brings a smile to my face.
But best of all, for me, was seeing the somewhat amused bewilderment with which non-contributors met the deluge of strange tweets with the #RP612fic hashtag, many retweeting some of their favorites. That means we were successful at raising awareness, whether that be awareness of Independence Day, Philippine alternative history, Philippine microfiction, or all of the above. That’s a good thing, and I’m grateful to have Twitter as a platform for this sort of campaign.
That being said Twitter is not the most stable place to host 400+ stories for any length of time, so I’ve aggregated the RP612 contributions for 2011 in this post (at least, those in the public timeline and/or by my Twitter contacts). I’ve done this via screen capture (except for some tweets that weren’t on the public timeline) because it was easier than transcription, but EK Gonzales has graciously created a word file of contributions as of noon of June 13. You can find that here.
I’ve blacked out some of the non-story tweets (upon review I realized I missed a few) and I’ve left in some of the praise/compliments and highlighted them in green, because I need affirmation. As with any twitter search, it’s reverse chronological, so if you want to read from start to finish (again, with a few exceptions), head to the bottom of the post first, and read upwards.
Before we get to that though, I’d like to give a shout out to all the contributors, and list them here so that you can add to the people you follow on Twitter if you so desire
Once again, thank you everyone, and I hope you had as much fun as I did. See you all next year!
1. adamfuckindavid
2. aeditor91
3. ageofbrillig
4. aghostworld (via email)
5. alexeivee
6. allify
7. almeldiel
8. amosias
9. Anitero
10. Andreal
11. Apil (via email)
12. Beerkada
13. biaxident
14. brilums
15. Budjette
16. charlesatan
17. chemikhazi
18. chinosingson
19. clickmomukhamo
20. DeanAlfar
21. dcimafranca
22. diveabout
23. Ekmisao
24. elizawriteshere
25. Et_Al_Crazy
26. Francis_d_twit
27. freakypencils
28. headpointernext
29. isangboses
30. jpedrovaldes
31. jpxv
32. KaEnchong
33. Kannibal
34. Kate Aton-Osias (via email)
35. Kenneth_Yu
36. kennethgyu
37. komikero
38. layangabi
39. lengthofwords
40. listenshadow
41. luckychan
42. lyzalust
43. magnetic_rose
44. marcosumayao
45. melanchoholik
46. miithinks
47. mitchcerda
48. moyzie01
49. nerveending
50. nobbiekenobi
51. Plsburydoughboy
52. shinkaide
53. skipdlc
54. smirksweetly
55. stormberry
56. tinlao
57. transparentboy
58. Transparentboy
59. umichii
60. unlawyer
61. voltaire
62. wagmagalit
63. wulffrick03
64. yvette_tan
65. zekemachine
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