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 |   GRAND PRIZE 500,000 GPs, Awardicon, Publicity, Accolades. ** 2016 Quill Awards Nominee! ** |
In honor of WDC's Sweet Sixteen, "Cross Timbers Novel Workshop On Hiatis"  presents the First Annual Novel Writers'. . . THE CHAPTER ONE COMPETITION 2016 QUILL AWARD NOMINEE  Why? Because we love WDC... And we want to promote the Novel Workshop. When? September 1st through September 4th, 2016 Thank you to the generous Desi for our Golden Coin **For those who have aready read THE RULES and Guidelines and have got them securely embedded in their brains,  ,CLICK HERE to go directly to POSTS. WHAT'S THE CATCH? There are two catches. 1. Your submission must be accompanied by 10,000 GPs which will be matched by us and donated to our favorite charity, "Invalid Item" . (That's a donation of 20,000 GPs for every submission!)2. You must *randomly insert the phrase "Happy Birthday WDC" into the chapter anywhere you like. We will find it and mention it in your review. Goofy, I know, but there you have it. Failure to do this or to follow any of our simple rules will disqualify your entry. There can be no exceptions. HOW DOES THIS WORK?  You title your post "Submission" and add your chapter to this forum in BITEM format, along with the 10,000 GP entry fee.  At least three authors from the Novel Workshop will read and review it.  If all rules are followed, your chapter advances to the judging phase. Winners will be chosen and announced in approximately two weeks time. Prizes and Awards will be distributed. That's it! Easy-peasy!  YOU MAY:  Submit a bona-fide first chapter to a novel, novella, novelette as long as it has not been previously published. Submit an item that has been previously awarded for any reason. It should be updated and re-edited to clear up all known mistakes, errors, typos. Submit an item in any genre or rating, from early childhood to erotica, as long as it is rated properly. Absolutely NO pornography. YOU MAY NOT:  Submit poetry, short stories, memoirs, essays, technicals, blogs, biographies, or autobiographies. Submit a prologue, introduction, subsequent chapter, query letter, or summary. Submit pornography.     And now a word from our sponsors: Huge THANK YOU you to Marci Missing Everyone owner and creator of "Invalid Item" for her support and the Shiny Blue Awardicon that compliments our Banner! and "Cross Timbers Novel Workshop On Hiatis" RULES for SUBMISSION Present and former Novel Workshop members are not eligible contestants, as that would be a conflict of interests.  Submissions may ONLY be entered between: SEPT. 1st-12:01a.m. WDC Time & SEPT. 4th-11:59p.m. WDC Time to coincide with the week-long WDC Birthday Bash festivities.  No late entries will be considered. You must include the 10,000 Submission Fee with your post. If you need help paying, click here. ▼  If there are four or less entries, only FIRST PRIZE ▼ will be awarded. Your chapter may be submitted privately if you do not want it open to public readership.* Items must be rated correctly. Word limit is 5,000 ▼ and a word count MUST be included. Awarded items will be the best in the opinion of the judges, and no correspondence will be entered into regarding the results. Submit your chapters to this forum in BITEM format only. If you don't know how to do this, research it and learn ▼ . BOOK ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. (Please create a static item for the purpose and duration of this contest.)  Multiple submissions are permitted. (Each submission will require its own 10k GP entry fee. ALSO, Each Submission must be in its own post. Please do not submit multiple Submissions in one post. ) All submissions WILL be judged on: Writing Skills & Craft: Opening sentence & paragraph, plot, character development, dialogue, spelling & punctuation, grammar, continuity, form, clarity, and hook. AND Creativity & Presentation: structure, figurative language & vocabulary and rhythm & meter. (If American English is not your first language, please give us a heads-up, so we don't penalize you unjustly for spelling and punctuation.) Reviewing on submissions will begin immediately. ONCE THE SUBMISSION IS POSTED, EDITS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED. ANY EDITS, no matter how trite, will disqualify the submission. Don't do it. No exceptions can be made to this rule. * * * FYI: Results may not be available until two weeks after the conclusion of the entry cycle. JUDGING and CRITERIA To reiterate: Submissions will be judged on: Writing Skills & Craft: Opening sentence & paragraph, plot, character development, dialogue, spelling & punctuation, grammar, continuity, form, clarity, and hook. Creativity & Presentation: structure, figurative language & vocabulary and rhythm & meter, REVIEWERS and JUDGES Carol St.Ann   Starling  Lisa Angelo  DMT - THANK YOU WRITE.COM Purple Despises Orange  John Nation Special Guest Judge Max Griffin 🏳️🌈  Every entry will receive at least one formal comprehensive review. Be warned: we do not produce fluff reviews in the Novel Workshop. If you cannot handle respectful criticism, do not submit your chapter.  DONATIONS At present, it will cost 930,000 GPS to fund a round of this contest. Donations would be greatly appreciated and will go toward funding prizes! Any donation above 50k will receive an MB of the donor's choice. (If no choice is mentioned, we will award a Fund Raising or Generosity MB.) The cost of the MB will be deducted from the donation. OUR MOST ESTEEMED, GENEROUS DONORS ▼ PRIZES All Prizes may be exchanged for GPs or other items of Prize Value. GRAND Prize -- 500,000 GPs,  50,000 Awardicon, 1 Month Sponsorship on WDC Scrolling Billboard, 4 Weekly mentions in Community Newsfeed. 1st Prize -- 200,000 GPs,  20,000 Awardicon, 4 weekly mentions in Community Newsfeed.2nd Prize -- 100,000 GPs,  10,000 Awardicon, 4 weekly mentions in Community Newsfeed. Honorable Mention -- 50,000 GPs (Judge's discretion) All winning entries will be highlighted on this page and entered into our hall of fame for posterity. *In the case of private entries winning prizes we will sponsor and advertise winner's port. **It does not have to have anything to do with your story, just stick it in somewhere. ***To be awarded to our favorite charity, "Invalid Item" .OF 47 ACCEPTED SUBMISSIONS Review Given  Carol St.Ann | Purple Despises Orange | Starling    MontyB "Invalid Item"    Paul D "Invalid Item" Paul D "Invalid Item" B-T "Invalid Item" Sciwriter "Diamond Casebooks " Elle - on hiatus "Invalid Item" UK English phrasing and conventions. Sciwriter "The Righteous Hand" Schnujo's Doing NaNoWriMo? "Hook to Book, Round 3-Sheriff Sam Rabbit" --10   Quiltingmama "Invalid Item" Dee "Invalid Item" Genipher "Invalid Item" Sand Castles Shopgirl 739 "Invalid Item" CheerFairy Dutchessbarbie. "Invalid Item" Dawn Embers "The Apple" amy-Finally writing a novel. "Invalid Item" Novel Title: Ben and the Purple Men ShadowHawke "Invalid Item" JMRobison "Invalid Item" Carol St.Ann | Lisa Angelo | DMT - THANK YOU WRITE.COM Paul D "Invalid Item"    Eogin "Invalid Item" Shaye "Invalid Item" --30 Than Pence "Sylvester & Tuette: Cursed Doubt - Ch. 1" D. Reed Whittaker "MarieAnne: Chapter 1" JMRobison "Invalid Item" Hanna ~ Be Kind 💕 "Pretty, Perfect and Daring " ~ Santa Sisco ~ "Invalid Item" Marci Missing Everyone PRIVATE ENTRY Reviewers, email Carol for link and PassKey Andy~hating university "Invalid Item" UK English NOTE for Reviewers from Carol St.Ann ▼ Timothy Sam "Two Souls in a Fish Bowl" ESL /Indonesian. Christopher Roy Denton "In Retrospect — Chapter One" Antonia Ryder "Invalid Item" S Ferguson~ Prepping for Prep "Invalid Item" BD Mitchell "The Lorelei Chronicles (First Chapter)" Carol St.Ann | Starling | John Nation Circuit Rider "Invalid Item"  Elle - on hiatus "Invalid Item" UK / NZ English Sciwriter "Invalid Item" UK English SB Musing "Invalid Item" Weirdone-Back in the games "Three Weird Sisters--Chapter 1" Satuawany "Invalid Item"  Satuawany "Invalid Item" Jeff "Kenna Kitada - Chapter 1" Vixey Todd "Invalid Item" Rakkit "Invalid Item" AND 10 SEMI FINALISTS MontyB "Invalid Item" Elle - on hiatus "Invalid Item" Eogin "Invalid Item" Novel Title: The Magic Show Christopher Roy Denton "In Retrospect — Chapter One" BD Mitchell "The Lorelei Chronicles (First Chapter)" Schnujo's Doing NaNoWriMo? "Hook to Book, Round 3-Sheriff Sam Rabbit" Jeff "Kenna Kitada - Chapter 1" Elle - on hiatus "Invalid Item" UK / NZ English Satuawany "Invalid Item" Shaye "Invalid Item" --30 THE WINNERS OF THE FIRST ANNUAL CHAPTER ONE COMPETITION ARE: GRAND PRIZE BD Mitchell with her First Chapter, "The Lorelei Chronicles (First Chapter)" 500,000 GPs + 50,000 Awardicon + 1 Month Bidclick Sponsorship + 4 (Once) Weekly Mentions in Community Newsfeed. FIRST PLACE Satuawany with her First Chapter, "Invalid Item" 200,000 GPs + +20,000 Awardicon + 4 (Once) Weekly Mentions in Community Newsfeed. SECOND PLACE MontyB with her First Chapter, "Invalid Item" 100,000 GPs + 4 (Once) Weekly Mentions in Community Newsfeed. REVIEWS ▼ REJECTED WITHDRAWN DISQUALIFIED ▼ |
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