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Contests & Activities: July 13, 2016 Issue [#7750]

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Contests & Activities


 This week: What time is it?
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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
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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

What time is it?


While WDC originates in the United States, our community is very global. We have members from all over the world. Sometimes it makes things difficult...like trying to agree if the word is spelled color or colour. It also can be a great thing, like going to sleep at night and waking up to find reviews in your Inbox from someone on the other side of the world. It's also why you see contests and activities that close on WDC time. If you said your raffle ends at midnight and don't specify whose midnight you mean, it would be pretty hard to determine the winner. Especially when last minute bids pop in right before the deadline. WDC time is EDT. If you're not sure, or are too tired to figure out the time difference, WDC is posted in several places. In the right column of your page where Favorites are displayed, the time is at the top of your favorites section. WDC time is also displayed at the top of the IM Console. You can pop open the IM console by clicking the square dialog bubble icon below your account icons in the left column of your page.If you're hosting a contest or activity that has a deadline, be sure to clarify if edits or changes are allowed after the deadline. Many members end up disqualified because they edited after posting. Auctions always have last minute bids if there are great packages offered. If you're a bidder, be sure to hit Submit Post! in plenty of time for your bid message to load on your computer. In the long run, enjoy the spirit in which contests and activities are hosted, have fun meeting other members and perhaps donating to a site charity.

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Excerpt: This page is a project of Rising Stars. We developed this page to empower and encourage a wide variety of WDC members' contests, writing resources, and special events on W.Com, many of whom can't afford to promote individual activities.

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Excerpt: This page is a project of Rising Stars. We developed this page to empower and encourage a wide variety of WDC members' contests, writing resources, and special events on W.Com, many of whom can't afford to promote individual activities.

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Opening in January for entries!
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Excerpt: This contest is intended to showcase your work and give it the exposure it deserves. There's no prompt. Items can be new or old work, there's no requirement to disclose the creation date.

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Excerpt: This contest challenges you to write and review at least once a week for the three most colorful months of the year. During August, September, and October, you are asked to enter at least one writing contest per week. You must also review the fellow writer who posted his/her story in this forum right before you. Win the exclusive "Season of Writing" merit badge for 10 weeks.

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Excerpt: Third person limited dominates commercial fiction today, comprising about 70% of all published work. The purpose of this contest is to give authors the opportunity to showcase their mastery of this mode of story telling. The most basic rule for our contest is that you must use third person limited for your story's narrative mode--first person and omniscient narrators are banished!

 
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This month's question: What tips or hints do you have for hosts of activities

Last month's question: What are your experiences with contest deadlines?

willwilcox replied: My experience is one of utter havoc. My entry isn't done! I need more time to edit! This contest sucks because it's ending at the exact time it said it was going to end!


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