Contests & Activities: January 11, 2012 Issue [#4802]
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Contests & Activities


 This week: A Look Back at the 2011 Newbies
  Edited by: NaNoNette 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

There was a day, last week or a decade ago, that you typed "writing" into your search engine. You wanted to show off some of your poems, short stories, or maybe even get feedback for a whole novel. You found Writing.com.
On this site, you found all that you searched for: Portfolio space, helpful reviewers, encouraging groups, style and grammar lessons from peers. Nothing prepared you for the amazing bounty of: Contests & Activities!


Word from our sponsor



Letter from the editor

A Look Back at the 2011 Newbies


Our Writing.Com community is constantly evolving and growing. New people from all around the world find and join the site. Some take a long time to figure out how things work (me) others are instant wizards on the site. This week, I want to highlight members who joined the site in 2011 and jumped in right away at creating groups, activities, and contests that enrich the whole site.

Coming up with an idea for a contest or activity is not very difficult. Making a page that attracts participants is more daunting. The rules have to be clear. Prizes for contests are always a good incentive to create interest. Forums for gatherings of any sort need regular attention. Let's show those who dared bring their creativity, that their ideas and causes are worthy of our attention and participation.

Visit the raffles that new members have created to support their groups.
Write for the many contests that those new members are offering all of us.
Join their groups if they are something you want to belong to.

If you're a member new or seasoned, jump into this colorful world of playing with words head first!


Editor's Picks

Help the new groups raise funds by purchasing raffle tickets in these two raffles.
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Raising gift points for:groups, contests, and education
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Do you dare to write for 365 days in a row? Check this out! Start on any date and stick to it for one year!
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Write for these contests that ask you to stretch the boundaries of your imagination in many ways.
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Want to feel the support of a group? Give these two a go.
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Fantasy Writer's Review Group
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disABILITY WRITERS GROUP Open in new Window. (E)
Sharing, caring, helping each other to get through the days. Writing, delighting many ways
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Support newbies and oldbies by pelting them with snowballs for "RAOK Upgrade Brigade GroupOpen in new Window.
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Join in the fun!
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Is all of this too much? Just three words needed to have fun here *Down*
Three Word Mayhem! Open in new Window. (13+)
Mayhem is afoot!
#555590 by Jay's debut novel is out now! Author IconMail Icon

 
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Have an opinion on what you've read here today? Then send the Editor feedback! Find an item that you think would be perfect for showcasing here? Submit it for consideration in the newsletter!
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Ask & Answer

For my next newsletter, if you are a member who joined in 2011 and want an item highlighted, please submit in the box below. I will feature it in February.

In response to my December Newsletter "Holiday GiftingOpen in new Window.

Hannah ♫♥♫ Author Icon wrote: Good morning, Giselle,
Great message in the newsletter. I didn't have a lot of money to buy all my eleven grandchildren an individual present this year, so I put together family packs, one for my son's family, and one for my daughter's. They have games, puzzles and other family activities, which would have them doing things together. I plan on writing a poem about families that play together, stay together and putting it on the top of the stacks.
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Merry Christmas~ *Xmastree*
Hannah


My kids also got some games for us to play together. And something from their wishlist. I bet your presents were cherished by all.

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