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Contests & Activities: May 29, 2013 Issue [#5686]

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Contests & Activities


 This week: Host a Contest
  Edited by: Annette 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!


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Letter from the editor


Host a Contest


What if you hosted a contest?


Going over my recent newsletters, I saw that I mostly wrote about entering into contests. Looking at the contest page, I found a few highly creative contests that were new, but several contests have been around since the dawn of Writing.Com time. The contests page could use a fresh wind.

What do you need to host a contest?

*House* Ideally, the ability to host a message forum item in your portfolio, which requires a basic membership at least.

*ExclaimB* A good idea for a genre and theme that you want to see reflected in the contest entries.

*UmbrellaV* You have to decide on a set of rules. Those should include:
*StarR* Beginning and ending time.
*Star* Word count for stories or line count for poems.
*StarB* The allowed rating (E through XGC).
*StarBl* How to submit. The most common form is to ask for b-item links in the message, but some contests allow the whole submission text to be entered in a message.

*RibbonO* Prizes. If you are low on gift points and can't offer lavish prizes, don't be shy to ask for donations to the contest bank. Many Writing.Com members are more than happy to help a new contest to get off the ground.

*Cab* After the contest is over, send out reviews as soon as you can. The writers are eager to find out how you liked their writing and if they placed.

Any new contest created and submitted through the form at the bottom will be featured in the June 5 Contests and Activities newsletter. So, what are you waiting for? Your advertisement is taken care of!


Editor's Picks

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The Holiday Contest - CLOSED FOR REFURB Open in new Window. (ASR)
Holiday themed contest - submit your poems and short stories to win!! :)
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Ask & Answer

In response to my last newsletter "The Six "W" Questions" Open in new Window. I got the following replies:

Silverwindrose Dragon Minstrel Author Icon wrote: I was caught up with what the "S" in "S.M.A.R.T." means there are so many times I have used this with out having a name for it thank you.
I have found that we always say welcome to the newest members of our great site. But, what about the members that have been here for some time that go out of their way to help us?
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Hey, great idea! I've listed it above. *Smile*

mblank wrote: Thanks for the newsletter and editorial. I could definitely do with a bit more discipline and it's always good to be reminded!

Thank you for reading and sending in this kind comment. It's nice to know the message is well received.

BIG BAD WOLF is Merry Author Icon wrote: Time can change things."Invalid Item" Open in new Window.

Um, BBW? Did you read the newsletter? Usually your comment has something to do with the context, this one not so much. *Laugh*

A*Monaing*Faith Author Icon wrote: Thank you so much for the inclusion! *Bigsmile* So far raffle's a major success *Smile*

Great! *Bigsmile*




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