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Contests play an important role in the activities listed around Writing.Com. There are many of them out there and all are unique in their own way. Whether it is a prompt based contest or one that is freestyle and carefree with you entering something already in your port, there are many to choose from. If you don't already have a contest in mind, you can search one out at "Writing Contests @ Writing.Com" , but why enter?
Contests help to improve our writing. We have to follow certain rules and guidelines when entering or writing for a contest. They can spark the muse and lead to creativity, when writing for a specific prompt, and they may lead to reviews and exposure of writing within our portfolios. Further exposure of our writing leads to new feedback, which helps us as writers.
Sometimes when we read, and re-read an item, we get so used to what we are seeing that sometimes a few editing points get missed. Hopefully by the time you have submitted an item for a contest, you have already proofread and are submitting a finalized piece, but what if you have missed something? Before entering a contest, have a friend or two read your item and offer you feedback.
Once you get the feedback from friends, it is time to do the final edit. Now, have those friends take another look. If you are happy with the final draft, it is time to submit. Now what? Do you sit back and wait for the contest to be over? Or is it a contest that you can see the writings of your peers, and thus can go review their entry? I would suggest reviewing the other entries, but that is up to the individual author.
So, you didn't win, or maybe you did, but you submitted a finalized masterpiece, and now that item is sitting in your port. What do you do with it now? One moderator here has offered a solution that has me bubbling with excitement. A gathering of WDC writers in the 1st ever Writing.Com Anthology, is in the making. Writer's may submit up to 3 of their best work for consideration in this ground breaking publication. To compliment this event further, this is also a fundraising event for "RAOK Upgrade Brigade Group" . With each submission, there is a fee of 10,000 GPs, all of which will be donated to RAOK, to help with upgrading members. Submission does not guarantee acceptance. Each item will be evaluated by a panel of five WDC members. Submissions can be made at "2018 WDC Anthology Item Submission Form" .
You may not have won the contest, but here is an opportunity to get your writing published, along with many other site members. There is a fee to enter your submission, and that will go to help a wonderful group here on site. Since there may be some who wish to enter, but do not have the funds to do so, I am offering to front the cost of 10 items for submission, one item per person. If you wish to take me up on this offer, please email me, ~WhoMe???~ .
Just like the lottery, you can't win if you don't play, you can't be published if you don't submit. So submit, it is the only way!
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RESPONSES TO THE QUESTION POSED TO OUR READERS: When receiving reviews, which do you prefer, quality or quantity?:
~~*Arpita*~  ~
Hey there!
Reviewing is one of my most favorite pastimes, and I review as and when I can. Well, without any thinking I can say I prefer quality over quantity. I do not really enjoy a review that is long, and when I am done reading it I am like, "Okay, so what exactly do you think of my piece and what exactly are your suggestions to improve it?" Hope you get what I mean.
~Steve adding writing to ntbk. ~
When receiving reviews I prefer detail oriented reviews that help me with the mechanics and encouraging in the end to keep me wanting to improve.
Reviewed some of the activities you highlighted, entered one contest and let everyone know I found them here in your awesome newsletter.
Thanks for sharing on the WdC!
Copenator out!
~shaara~
When receiving reviews a word or two will do. But I definitely prefer the words to the rating. I hate it when I get" Best story I ever wrote --3.0.
Or I just loved this tale --3.5.
What I would love to see is a connection. When I read this story, tears came. Or it made me remember my first love. Or I really believed that alien was real, etc.
Thanks for the question.
Shaara
~scorpialex~
I prefer quality. I honestly would take a 300 word review over a 4000 word review if the 300 one had more quality.
~BIG BAD WOLF is Howling  ~
I like quality and quantity.
~Turkey DrumStik  ~
I have always been in the quality camp when it comes to reviews. My philosophy when reviewing is to approach each item I'm reviewing with deliberate care and focus on maybe three points that stood out. Ideally, I would like too see more of that land in my inbox, especially for my "short" stories. I really appreciate reviews that not only point out something that doesn't work (or works well) but also go into detail explaining why. Then again, I tend to write longer pieces that merit more planning, so higher quality reviews let me know who's really paying attention to the item in question.
~~ Aqua ~ ~
Well, quantity sometimes shows that the review consists of a lot of suggestions and opinion. But sometimes, reviews are short but are helpful. I never thought about it before but now as I think, I prefer quality.
~Sum1's In Schaumburg 
Wow! When I read this, I couldn't believe you were devoting almost your entire newsletter to Account Birthdays/Anniversaries. Thank you so much for this; as you might know, this activity means a lot to me, more than most here on WDC know. And of course, thank you for including a link to Anniversary Reviews in this newsletter. Thank you again.
Jim
A challenge was posed as well: I challenge each and every one of you to go out and send a c-note to each of the people who are having an account birthday.
~Write_Mikey_Write!  ~
Hi, ~WhoMe???~ ! I'm afraid my GP total wasn't up to the full Challenge, but 10 randomly selected fellow authors with a 7/07 WDC Account Birthday just received a congratulatory cNote. Thanks for the inspiration!
~tYpO/T.Boilerman ~
I truly enjoyed the comments and the newsletter itself. Very thoughtfully put together! Well done!
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