Contests & Activities: June 15, 2005 Issue [#425]

Contests & Activities  This week:   Edited by: gailey                              More Newsletters By This Editor   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 Newsletters in general provide some great reading, both from the selected links to Writing.Com members' items and from the informative help and advice given in the editorials. The Contest Newsletter is your portal to understanding the mechanics involved with the contests. Even though some of the links may have become invalid, previous editions of each newsletter still provide useful tips and advice that you might have forgotten. Take a search through them whenver you get a chance. You might find the exact information or incentive you need to go forward with an idea you've had or write an entry you've been thinking about. ASIN: 1542722411 Guerrilla Publishing: Revolutionary Book Marketing Strategies Product Type: Book Amazon's Price: $ 12.99 Buy Now! ** Image ID #971112 Unavailable ** WELCOME! THE POSSIBILITIES! Have you ever wondered how you might use some of the things that are available to ehance your Writing.Com experience? When you joined the site, did you feel the need to connect with other people who might understand "the writer" in you? Understand the passion you have for poetry or short stories? Did you want an online presence for that passion? Maybe something to show examples of what you're capable of putting together? Did you join with hopes of one day getting published? Or did you create an account as an extra "drawer" to tuck your writings into, with the expectation of maybe getting an opinion on them every now and then? Well, while trying to write a piece some time ago about how someone could implement Writing.Com for homeschooling purposes, I realized this site has so much potential. More potential than what has been discovered so far. And, if Writing.Com offers untapped possibilities, then it goes to reason that each member has acces to some untapped resources. Your assignment is to think about the many features of Writing.Com and see how you can better use them to attain your goals. If your main purpose is to take a break from your "real life" routine and enjoy the community, then try to imagine how you can use the features and tools in new ways to add to that enjoyment. If your main goal is to be published and sell your writings, then try to determine how the tools and features might help you reach that goal more quickly and easily. To inspire your thinking, skim through "Invalid Item"  that was mentioned earlier. I applied several features and tools to homeschooling. How can you apply them to what you're interested in? For example, how can you use any of these to their best potential? Campfire Message Forum In & Out Journal Poll Contest Web Page Scroll Auction Blog C-Note Group Images Gift Points Bulletin Costumicon Mad Lib Costumicon Billboard Raffle Product Review Bio Block Sig Block Madlib Then, visit "Invalid Item"  to share your ideas and hopefully, find a few more possibilities to add to your resources. The ideas that flow throughout this community are amazing. Items and features are being used so creatively. This editorial is meant to add to that resourcefulness. Writing.Com represents the best of the internet experience - one person helping another, who in turn, helps another, and so on until the entire community benefits. Till next time, enjoy the items listed here! gailey "Invalid Item"  Missed an edition? "Invalid Item"  "Invalid Item"  is a competition for all cases, all genres, and all stories and poems that are 25K and under, with a rating of 18+ or under. THANK YOU to everyone who entered this past round. I always enjoy reading the entries. CONGRATULATIONS to the following: ROUND 9 WINNERS: GRAND PRIZE POEM   Invalid Item  [] # by A Guest Visitor GRAND PRIZE FICTION Kurt and His Shoebox  [13+] #970845 A young boy changes the life of an old, miserly man. He did it with the help of a shoebox. by spiral kinetochore Honorable Mention Poem Poetry 1: Baptized  [E] #965426 One who watches from behind walls the work of God's Spirit is finally set free. by revdbob Honorable Mention Fiction   Invalid Item  [] # by A Guest Visitor Round 10 ends July 09, 2005. 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Dial k-n-e-t-o. by spiral kinetochore   Invalid Item  [] # by A Guest Visitor   Invalid Item  [] # by A Guest Visitor Keep your attention here and send some feedback to the participants:   Invalid Item  [] # by A Guest Visitor After posting here, it occurred to me that this has the potential to be quite an interactive In & Out:   Invalid Item  [] # by A Guest Visitor When? August 27!   Invalid Item  [] # by A Guest Visitor   Submit an item for consideration in this newsletter! http://www.Writing.Com/main/newsletters.php?action=nli_form 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! http://www.Writing.Com/main/newsletters.php?action=nli_form Don't forget to support our sponsor! ASIN: B083RZ2C5F Product Type: Amazon's Price: Price N/A Not currently available. Thank you to everyone who sent in comments! I appreciate it. Well, once again, I think you covered just about everything that goes on here at WC. This edition follows right in line with all the other professional looking issues. Great job! billwilcox I want to thank you again for picking my contest to post here in your newsletter. It is fantastic that you appreciated my effort enough to post it. I can not thank you enough for the encouragement and support you have given me and the many others that you post. Reason What a great newsletter. I can hardly wait till I have time to check out the contests you mention. Thanks for always offering a good read. mousybrown Hi. I don't know if I will ever write a story 'cause I am afraid to lose. Thank you. Mistro Hi, Kooldude. You're not alone. But losing is actually part of the contest experience. Winning and losing is in the eye of the beholder, and while a person might have lost the contest itself, he/she hasn't lost when it comes to the experience. You can't be considered to have "lost" if you've gained a valuable and enjoyable experience just by entering the contest. Here's a link to my first edition of the newsletter which speaks a little more about this: "Invalid Entry" . I've been here for four years and have both won and lost contests that I've entered. I remember when I first joined Writing.com, I was very hesitant to put anything in my portfolio because I didn't think my writings measured up to everyone else's. But I soon learned that that's not what it's all about. The act of writing is supposed to include the experience of writing (expressing our thoughts and imaginations and learning how to find inspiration for ideas and how to take suggestions for improving the way in which we structure those ideas). It's always a learning experience. Even for the writer who has sold millions and is known throughout the world...it's still always going to be a learning experience. I hope this helps to give you more confidence in submitting a story to a contest you might be interested in. <><><><><><><><><><> Our aspirations are our possibilities. ~ Samuel Johnson Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities. ~Aristotle Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world - making the most of one's best. ~Harry Emerson Fosdick <><><><><><><><><><> Image is courtesy of Pass it on . <><><><><><><><><><> If you have any questions or comments, please email me or one of the other Contests Newsletter editors: Pam laurencia janie Listing a contest, raffle and/or auction in this newsletter is not a guarantee of it.   Have a question or comment for the Editor? http://www.Writing.Com/main/newsletters.php?action=nli_form ASIN: 0910355479 Plotman to the Rescue: A Troubleshooting Guide to Fixing Your Toughest Plot Problems (Bell on Writing) Product Type: Book Amazon's Price: $ 13.99 Buy Now! To stop receiving this newsletter, go into your account and remove the check from the box beside the specific topic. Be sure to click "Complete Edit" or it will not save your changes.

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