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Welcome to Writing.Com, Conrad Moriarty  . There isn't an official length of time for one to be considered a Newbie. For most members, six months is considered the "Newbie period."You're correct about the 31-day period for the Read and Review a Newbie forum. But that's most likely to ensure turnover in the availability of items to read. Six months would have folks on that list long enough to foster a bit of stagnation. Another possible source to support the 'six-month' theory is found in "Promotion to Preferred Author"  . One of the criteria for being promoted from a Black case to Yellow case (Preferred Author) is being a member of WDC for six months. One could hardly consider a Preferred Author a newbie.Finally, there are a number of Newbie-only contests run by seasoned members. The host of the contest determines the criteria for the contest, often including the number of months a person has been a member of WDC. Most limit to six months, but I found one contest ("The Newbie Poetry Award" ) where members can be up to one year old on WDC. This area remains open for interpretation, IMHO. Best of luck in all your writing endeavors.   Don't forget: Click here http://www.writing.com/main/my_account.php?action=ea_form&type=newsletters to subscribe to our official WDC newsletters, especially the Noticing Newbies NL.  |
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