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Contests & Activities: July 21, 2010 Issue [#3860]

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Contests & Activities


 This week: Virtual Dice
  Edited by: Leger~ Author IconMail Icon
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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.

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Letter from the editor

Drawing A Number From A Hat


When running a contest or raffle with prizes, how do you pick the winner? Do you cut up little bits of paper and put them in a sack and draw one? Years ago, when I first took over " Wild Card Review" Open in new Window., I drew the winners from an actual deck of cards. Now I use something better...Virtual Dice.

You can find WDC's Virtual Dice in the navigation panel, under Writing.Com Tools > Virtual Dice. This is a very handy tool for drawing winners fairly because you can associate the dice roll with your contest or activity and contestants can also look up the roll if they want to verify your picks.

Fill out the first field with the item ID number of the contest or activity you're hosting. Then you have to decide how many dice will be tossed and how many rolls will occur. If you would like three individual winners in your raffle, then you would choose to roll 1 die - three times - with the number of sides being the number of people in the raffle. Then if you want three different people to win, you'd click the radio button next to "No Repeat Numbers". This tells the program to keep rolling until three different numbers are chosen.

The instructions on the Virtual Dice page are quite easy to understand. Give it a try for your next raffle. And note it on your raffle or contest page, so more people can learn about a cool tool in our WDC arsenal - the Virtual Dice. Now go throw out those little scraps of paper!


Editor's Picks


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Good Deeds Go Noticed Open in new Window. (ASR)
Wanted: Good, helpful reviewers - Reward: Lots of GPs.
#451035 by Diane Author IconMail Icon

Win GPs and an exclusive Good Deeds merit badge. Deadline is July 31st!

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What a Character! : Official WDC Contest Open in new Window. (E)
Create a memorable character using the given prompt for huge prizes!
#1679316 by Writing.Com Support Author IconMail Icon

Win GPs and an exclusive What a Character merit badge. Deadline is July 31st.

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#1674543 by Not Available.

This round, your writing must reflect all or some of these three virtues: courage, determination and strength. Deadline is July 31.

 Get the Picture! Open in new Window. (ASR)
What great entries! Winners announced! Thanks everyone!
#1676525 by THANKFUL SONALI Library Class! Author IconMail Icon

Short story or poem, deadline is August 5.

 What's your favorite quote or saying? Open in new Window. (13+)
Share your favorite quote or saying and you could win 1000 GPS
#1687646 by Kelticmyst Author IconMail Icon

Win 1000 GPs just by entering your favorite quote. New round each week.

A MidSummer Night's Scream Open in new Window. (13+)
Round closed ~ Winners Announced!
#1445235 by Adriana Noir Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: Come, darlings, step into my shadows, deepen my nightmares, and revel in the things that go bump in the night! I bid you to take a look inside and share your darkest fears. Make them my reality. -Deadline October 16.

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#1575236 by Not Available.

Excerpt: This will be a monthly contest open to all E-rated English words, excluding Proper Nouns. Each month I will give a category, and you may nominate words throughout the month.

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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

A daily prize of 10,000 GPs for the best story or poem. Check it out!

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Open for bidding
#1143571 by ~WhoMe???~ Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: This is an auction for various GROUPS or individuals to donate prizes to help raise gps for themselves or a group


 
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This month's question: What other fun uses have you found for Virtual Dice?

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