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Writing Contest - RULES
Not so much rules really as the ideal way we wish it to work.1. Helps writers to improve their writing in a fun way, open to both authors and non-authors, by means of contests.
2. Tasks for entries should be short so as to not distract authors away from their manuscripts. Suggest 150 words as maximum, and little to no research needed. Suggest 2 or so contests per month.
3. Diversity of task and prompt: Tasks could be biographical, humour, poems, prose, dialogue, transitions, etc. Prompts could be pictures, music, videos, poems, words, etc.
4. Entries should be anonymous (except to the one collecting them) and voted on by poll. Not sure if possible, but it'd be nice if only the top 3 entries are visible. This was to avoid embarrassment of coming last, but I guess if they are anonymous then no one will know unless the entrant divulges it.
5. Contests should be launched on Wednesdays as they were a spin-off of the original idea on the Writers' Cafe thread, and it helps to have a set day people can remember ("Writers' Wednesday")
6. Incentive to win - could vary, but being tweeted by fellow participants at a minimum.
7. Ultimately helps the forum grow, too.
That sounds fine jud. However, it looks like these are all in the archive now, including this thread. Simon's been housekeeping again. I prefer it with his dirty socks and empty coffee cups left around!
Oops! I'll repost somewhere else, thanks for letting me know!
Thought it might be a good idea to move this somewhere visible.I have the theme for the next contest which will start on the first Wednesday of September.
Hey Jud, What about putting everything about the Writing Contest under the main thread heading "Writing Contests"? Then we'd all know where to go for rules, prompts, entries & the poll.
Apparently the Writing contest group has been archived. I posted this there the first time round
Confusing... I can still see the "Writing Contests" heading... the most recent topic in it relates to "Writing Contest #4".I think we need to find a way to group everything... maybe Simon could help?
i think Simon did a lazy sweep of everything forgetting about the rules!
Okay, I'm here.What would you like lovely?
I don't know*sniff*
Is the Writing contest section in the archive? If so can we get it back? It has been mentioned to me by a few people that they could spot it better there.
this thread is in the Author Zone - surely it'll be better pinned in the writing contest folder?
Yes I know but I was told that was archived that is why I put it in the author section where I have been putting all the previous contest. I put it in the writing contest at first and Ignite told me it was archived.I haven't looked at the group page yet myself cause I just use the unread link.
p.s. the next person to tell me that this should go in the writing contest section will owe me a HUGE bar of chocolate or preferably lots of peanut butter kit kat chunky's
Right. The writing contest threads weren't archived. The section was shifted way down the page.Not by me. You can thank Simon for that one. :)
I've moved it up the page and stuck this thread in the section as well.
Let me know if you'd like to try something else.
Where has Contest #5 gone? Can we have them all together in one place please?
Hiya Pat!Where have you been? Have missed you!
Here it is. I've shifted it to where it belongs as well.
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/9...
Thanks Patti, thats much better. Been here, just a bit quiet thats all.
Sure! no problems, just quiet. Thanks ((hugs))
Oops I forgot about this over my holidays. Time to get it up and seen again though.The next writing contest will start next Wednesday! I have the theme from our last winners so get your fingers ready for some typing/writing. We'll go for 2 weeks to write the entry and then a week to vote with a week off to think of the next theme. If anyone has any major objections to this please let me know.
Go for it.
Time for Michael (was it Michael?) Contest 10?
I did send one to Jud a few days ago. I hope it was good enough, will look forward to the response or think of a new one tonight if everyone hates it.
I say it was fine and that all that matters Michael, everyone else can lump it.;o)
lol, good stuff then. Thanks for setting it up Jud.
I FORGOT AGAIN!I went to do it in work and got distracted
This made me laugh out loud..."Look Jud. Shiny thing!"
"Where? *runs off*"
Guess February is a rest month for the writing comp ^_~He's me all revved up to write out another 200 or so words!
I sent the theme in before it was due but I never heard back from it, I can always send another through if its either been done before or wrong.
No it was my fault, I just completely forgot this month so then I called a rest month, cause I can. I'll start the next one in 2 weeks (if I remember)
We completely appreciate all the time and effort you put into the contests and you can call a rest month whenever you wish, lovely!
Sorry Thomas, I meant to hit reply to your post and hit delete by mistake.Please feel free to repost, as I'd quite like to disagree with what you wrote. :)
No problem Jud, I worried I had given either a rubbish topic or that it had been used before. February is a short month anyway so no doubt people will appreciate the time to write up their entries or vote on their favourite :D
No, I just have a memory of a sieve.
Thanks, Jud, for continuing this. Much appreciated! :)
Hey! where've you been?I've written a book since I last saw you (shameful plug!) :)
You did? I've been going through a reading rather than a writing phase ;)
Kath wrote: "Hey! where've you been?I've written a book since I last saw you (shameful plug!) :)"
No spamming in the rules thread, isn't that one of the rules ;~)
No rulers in the spam thread either! Discipline! That's the word! That's what I haven't got!
*pops head in*hello anybody home?
*looks around*
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*spots lots of zombies*
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*backs out slowly*
I'll post them here and can discuss them if necessary