 Contests & Activities: February 15, 2023 Issue [#11818] |
This week: Favorites! Edited by: Leger~  
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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.
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Favorites!
Do you have favorites? Favorite contests and activities? While it's good fun to connect with other writers in a contest or activity that runs over successive days or months, do you like to branch out and meet new people? I like to check out all the different challenges and prompts out there and choose things that might inspire a good entry.
One of the best things about WDC is the community. Our members encourage one another and help us keep on track with our goals. There are people from all over the world, with all kinds of experiences, that a member can meet with and connect. We understand the writing process and love to share it with others. It's different talking with other writers, rather than family and friends.
If you take the time and look at some of the long-running contests, you'll see familiar faces there. Getting to know long-term members can be helpful, they can steer you to the more obscure corners of WDC and show you the ropes.
So reach out and connect with friends, or make new ones. And as always, Write On.
This month's question: Do you have a favorite contest/activity or two? Send in your answer below!  Editors love feedback!
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Quote Prompt for February 2023: "The eyes only see what the mind is prepared to comprehend."
-- Robertson Davies
A new prompt will be posted every day in the forum at the bottom of this page at approximately 11:00 pm WDC time. (Eastern US time). The prompt will have the date of the next day, the day it is due. After the prompt is posted, you'll have about 24 hours to post your entry.
FEBRUARY Contest. Check the rules and enter: Either a Short Story (2,000 word maximum)Or Poetry (44 lines maximum) between 02/01/2023 until 02/28/2023 at noon. Old or new, up to you. Awardicons and GPs too. No Prompt.
I know Stupid rhymes with Cupid, however, let's see if you can avoid that cliche this year. Just a thought, not a demand. Try thinking outside the box.
Sooooooooooo, wanna give it a try? Do YOU think you can rip Cupid something awful for being such a February pain in the butt for those of us who want more than the usual sickly-sweet romantic poetry choices for this month?!!
Welcome to “Crack Kraken’s Code”! For each round, I will disguise a quote—which could have been sung, spoken, or scrawled—and your task is to be one of the first five people to decipher it.
There will be different tasks under each category and Level of Difficulty in "Valentine's I Challenge...Jeopardy Board" . You have the liberty to complete first whichever task is easy for you (or you may choose to go with the hard ones first, it’s up to you). There are categories that ask you to write something related to Valentine's day. For instance, under the Static category, you will be asked to write a short story using a static item where Valentine's day is the prompt. Under Poetry category, you will be asked to write a poem.
Feel free to post your prayer requests anytime. I aim to check in every day, 365 days a year, and, God willing, I will pray for new requests at the next check-in and as the Lord brings them to mind. Others are welcome and encouraged to join me in prayer. My hope is that this activity will leave you feeling cared for and with the knowledge that your requests have been lifted to the Lord in prayer.
If you enjoy celebrating things, this forum is for you! We celebrate member’s Anniversary’s year round in this forum by sending them a review during their Anniversary month! Help members celebrate another year of membership by sending them Anniversary Reviews.
If you happen to play Bingo in real life or even online, then this game will be much easier for you. But if you haven't tried and wished to try it somehow, you are in the right place. The WDC version of Bingo also has the materials of the game such as the card, the caller's card and of course, the patterns which grant you delightful rewards. So, without much a do, here goes BINGO or shall we say WDCGO!
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This month's question: Do you have a favorite contest/activity or two? Send in your answer below! Editors love feedback!
Last month's "Contests & Activities Newsletter (January 18, 2023)" question: Do you have evergreen characters you like to drop into stories?
oldgreywolf on wheels  : I was thinking someone more poplar, but weeping and willowy, wood cotton to a tremendous outdoor setting, with their birch hiking staff and purple-furred dog, Lupine.
Why they tinted the furball's fur purple remains an unanswered question.
D. Reed Whittaker : I couldn't find a definition for an 'evergreen character'. I assume it a character, or characters which appear in more than one venue, genre, and or situation. I write for an older audience. Steve and MarieAnne (66) appear in different guises, different time periods, different situations. They may have different names, but their characteristics - self-aware, self-actuated, mature - are usually there. For other genres (western, farm family, spy, thriller) they may be younger and not quite as mature, but the skeleton is there. Little angst and problem solvers. Intelligent, motivated, and caring.
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