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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.
This week's Contests and Activities Editor
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What IF...
What IF..you think up this really cool contest where members write odes to walrus whiskers. You make a forum and offer some gift points as prizes and you wait. And wait. Oh no, the deadline is coming and no one has entered! What to do?
First things first, you'll have to wait until your deadline to see if there are any last minute whisker entries. Next, you'll have to post the contest is closed. Is this the first post in the forum? I hope not! Because you need a post in the forum before the item shows in public listings.
Next, did you promote your walrus whisker contest in the "Writing Contests @ Writing.Com" listing? You're allowed an E-rated post in the listing if you have a E-rated intro, even if the item is GC or XGC. And you're allowed to promote three items! If your item is 13+ rating or lower, you can promote it in the "Writing.Com General Discussion" . If you're a preferred author, visit your "Preferred Authors' Forum" and drop a line there. (Hey, yellow cases...there's DUST in that forum.)
You can also drop a link in your notebook! Regular visitors to your portfolio might catch the link and visit. Another important place is the Newsfeed. Drop a link in there and you'll be sure to have a few people wander in and take a look at your contest. You might even find fellow walrus whisker enthusiasts!
If you have an upgraded account, you can create a promotional button image and have it clickable to the contest. Then use it as a signature in your emails and forum posts to help get the word out. If you have a basic account, no worries, place a link at the bottom of your emails for fellow members to follow to your forum.
Hopefully, with all that in place, you can open a second round to your contest with better success. As always, Write On!
This month's question: How do you promote your contest or activity? Send in your answer below!  Editors love feedback!
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Excerpt: This is a Daily contest sponsored by Horror, Inc. We're looking to get those dark thoughts churning in the recesses of your mind, out. We would like to invite you to tell us a tale of terror in only 1,500 words or less.
Excerpt: THE MARCH CONTEST WILL OPEN ON 03/11/19 AND CLOSE ON 03/31/19 AT NO SPECIFIED TIME
Excerpt: This month is a little different: There's a post-apocalyptic game that is (currently) scheduled to come out late this year by the name of Phoenix Point, by the creator of the original classic X-Com (in which I have wasted many, many hours watching my beloved soldiers die after a failed shot, a mind-controlled teammate, and mass panic exposed by team of hardened soldier to total destruction). The back-stories written for this game have been truly weird and wonderful science fiction, and a contest had been opened to allow more. My entry, alas, was not chosen, but I'd like to see yours!
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Excerpt: To quote Wikipedia: A drabble is a short work of fiction of around one hundred words in length.
Why is it called a Musical Drabble?:
Ah well, you see that's because, to give some direction, I'll be giving a song title as a prompt. NB I'll indicate who sang the song as well but it's the actual song title that's the prompt.
So just to clarify, what do I have to do?:
Right, so if you didn't get it, all you have to do is write a small piece i.e. a short story of between 80 and 100 words using the song title as a prompt. Couldn't be easier could it. So off you go and get writing. Good luck and have fun.
Excerpt: March, 2019 prompt: When Roscoe comes home from work, the house is a disgusting mess. // His wife, Ruby, is angry when he notices the mess. // Ruby watches TV instead of fixing dinner. // Roscoe orders take-out and cleans up the mess.
Excerpt: This week's contest Submit one of the first ten items (by date created) in your WdC portfolio.
Excerpt: It's simple. Send me a prompt. I pick the winners.
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Excerpt: Welcome to The WDC Cookbook! Here, you can share recipes, find new ones, and learn about foods from other cultures.
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Excerpt: This contest is to keep WdC members involved with creating and running a variety of contests on the site. The theme will change with each round. Future rounds will be for currently running contests, newly created contests, non-writing contests, etc. This round, we are celebrating tried and true contests that need to be shined up and brought back into action.
Excerpt: 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.
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This month's question: How do you promote your contest or activity? Send in your answer below! Editors love feedback!
Last month's question: Do you follow up with gratitude or do you let it slide?
QPdoll is Grateful  wrote: First of all, thank you for including my contest, The No Dialogue Contest in your listing. It is most appreciated. Second, I always thank the contestants for entering the contest because I truly appreciate the time they took to write something and enter it. It's not easy to write with no dialogue. Personally, I depend on dialogue to help move the story along. It is a challenge. Also, just to get the word out, we're looking for STORIES, not vignettes or memos or memoirs.
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