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Contests & Activities: February 19, 2020 Issue [#10034]




 This week: Ten....Nine....Eight
  Edited by: Leger~ Author IconMail Icon
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Table of Contents

1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
7. Removal instructions

About This Newsletter

The purpose of this newsletter is to highlight some of the current contests and activities on the site, help educate members on how to host contests and activities, and provide clues to submit quality entries to contests. Write to me if you'd like something in particular covered.

This week's Contests and Activities Editor
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Letter from the editor

Letter From The Editor
Ten....Nine....Eight....


Last newletter I mentioned the cool Macros tool, so this time I thought I would mention another great tool. So many times I've been asked if my contest ends at WDC time or some other time zone, I can't remember how many. But when running a contest it's important to make that clear. Even in raffles and auctions, members love to put in last minute bids and want to see who wins! Members sometimes find a contest at the last minute and want to enter but find out they're too late. Luckily, The StoryMaster Author Icon has a great tool to help us along with deadlines.

You can find the documentation in "Writing.Com 101Open in new Window. in the "Enhance Your Item With WritingMLOpen in new Window. and scroll down to Embedding: - Embed a Countdown Timer. Who knew this was such a handy item??? Not only will it help contest and activity hosts let members know when their entry or bid has to be in, it can help you in your own portfolio. It can be a useful tool when creating an entry for a contest. You can embed a link at the top of your entry of not only the contest you're writing the item for, but a countdown timer can remind you how much time you have left before you need to visit the contest and post your entry.

You can certainly use the embedded timer for other things, like reminders or a follow up for your own use. I'm sure I haven't thought of all the purposes for this tool, but I'm sure other contest and activity hosts and participants can make suggestions. All in all, the tool is another helper to make things clear and fair. So, take a look and see if it is something you can use in your items. And certainly if you are reviewing a contest or activity (they need review love too!) suggest the countdown tool as a helper.

Contest and Review On!

This month's question: Did you know about the countdown timer and how do you use it? Send in your answer below! *Down* Editors love feedback!


Editor's Picks

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Journey Through Genres: Official Contest Open in new Window. (E)
Write a short story in the given genre to win big prizes!
#1803133 by Writing.Com Support Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: Genre Prompt for February 2020: Romantic Poetry
The task is simple: Write a poem using the prompt above as inspiration!


 
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Good Deeds Get CASH! Open in new Window. (E)
Write reviews to win cash prizes!
#1908150 by Writing.Com Support Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: Authors on Writing.Com are looking for good, useful feedback... and of course, exposure within Writing.Com. You can do a good deed by reviewing any qualifying item* on Writing.Com and you might win! Enter as many times as you want to increase your odds of being selected as a prize winner!

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Wonderland Open in new Window. (13+)
a "nonsensical" writing activity. Shssh! Activity in Session!
#2212324 by iKïyå§ama Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: Based off the beloved children's literature "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Caroll, this is an activity designed to get you - sometimes - thinking out of your comfort zone.
You will experience the 'sensical' and 'nonsensical'; going through each adventure just as Alice did!
Only when you complete all the challenges, can you claim your rightful crown as Queen (or King)!


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#2211598 by Not Available.

Excerpt: We are a group dedicated to offering a fun, safe, place where you can collaborate and bounce ideas off fellow members. Much like a large think tank. Why join us? We can help with: Generating story ideas - Character development - Plot planning - Breaking through writer's block - Sparking creativity

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Search for a WDC HeartThrob Poet  Open in new Window. (E)
A contest for the heart season- (Poetry Contest) OPEN!
#2110571 by Samberine Everose Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: This is an annual contest, and will open only in the month of February,
in celebration for the Season of Heart here in this wonderful world of Writing Dot Com.

So grab now your mighty pen or 'puter and muse and scribble me poetic words.


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WEIRD TALES CONTEST  Open in new Window. (18+)
A Contest Inspired by the Old Pulp Fiction Covers of Weird Tales Magazine
#2083492 by Beacon's Anchor Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: Prompt for February/ The Thing In The Pit

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#2198842 by Not Available.

Excerpt: Isn't it time to try something new?
Each entry must give both 'why', and 'why not' sides of a prompt.


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The Writer's Cramp Open in new Window. (13+)
Write the best poem or story in 24 hours or less and win 10K GPS!
#333655 by Sophurky Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: Each day around 12pm NOON WDC time, one of our dedicated volunteer judges will judge the previous day's entries and post a writing prompt. The contest for that prompt ends before NOON (11:59am WDC time) the next day.

 
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Ask & Answer

This month's question: Did you know about the countdown timer and how do you use it?

Last month's question: What useful WDC feature have you found? How did you use it?


Response to "Contests & Activities Newsletter (January 22, 2020)Open in new Window.
Elle - on hiatus Author Icon: Thanks for the suggestion! I'm off to add '- CLOSED' to all my closed activities and contests. *Bigsmile*


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