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Contests & Activities: April 24, 2013 Issue [#5637]

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Contests & Activities


 This week: Crediting Others
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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
7. Removal instructions

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

Crediting Others


This newsletter isn't about writing a thesis or footnotes, but a simpler idea to implement on this site. It's a suggestion for linking others in your items.

For example, you decide to enter Really Cool Contest A and write this fabulously funny story that places second in the competition. You get some nice reviews and the other contestants congratulate you. Then what? Well, a nice idea would be to link the contest at the bottom of your winning entry. (Hey, you're down there adding a word count anyway!) And perhaps a link to the first place contestant's item. Not only does this make you look like a really cool member, it helps guide readers from your awesome story to a site contest and another entry. This keeps readers sending reviews and keeps a fun contest going because people are finding it and entering. It's a win-win thing.

The Updates system would let the other people know you're linking them and you'll know if they post your name as a winner. Mention this contest in your Notebook and send some Fans over. This creates more traffic in your portfolio and theirs, creates more views and hopefully more reviews. While I mention reviews, I might add something else - if you random review, or happen to be just looking through a person's portfolio page and decide to review something, let them know how you got there. Tell them you found them on Random Review or from a link somewhere else. It's always good to know where your traffic is coming from, even if it is from clever choices from the Genres and Keywords area when creating an item - you do fill those out, don't you??? Don't be stuck on the dreaded "Other".

I have an image shop and I'm always flattered when someone links my name or my shop in their image item. It's great advertising and I can see on my Item Statistics that I get visits from links in other member's items. It doesn't always translate into an instant purchase, but it's good to know members have come over and looked around. Hopefully, they bookmarked it and will stop in again. I advertise in Bid Click and get visits from ads, but it's even better when someone links my items for free. *Wink* So talk up other members and help people find their contest or activity...the more the merrier!

Write on!


This month's question: How do you help others by linking? Send in your answer below! *Down* Editors love feedback!


Editor's Picks

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What a Character! : Official WDC Contest Open in new Window. (E)
Create a memorable character using the given prompt for huge prizes!
#1679316 by Writing.Com Support Author IconMail Icon

Give this contest a try! Look at the big prizes!

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Enter your story of 300 words or less.
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Check this out, 300 words or less!

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A warm welcome to our newbies; come meet new and not-so-new members of Writing.Com!
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Stop in and welcome a Newbie! Help our community and make new friends.

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Excerpt: This is a non-fiction writers group themed around personal histories, yours or those of family members.
Join us as we can polish our memories and pass them on to future generations.


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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!! :)
#1922341 by Jellyfish in Morocco Author IconMail Icon

Stop in and tell your tale.

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Anniversary Reviews Open in new Window. (E)
Celebrate Writing.Com member account anniversaries with reviews.
#1565040 by NaNoNette Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: Every Public Review will receive 250 GPs each (more or less at my discretion), will be given by me.

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#1649329 by Not Available.

Ony a few days left to bid! Hurry!

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Kittiara's Writing Contest Open in new Window. (ASR)
Short story and poetry contest, with a theme!
#861112 by NaNoKit Author IconMail Icon

The theme for this round will be First Love.

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#1535164 by Not Available.

Learn something new!

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Crosstimbers Review Forum Open in new Window. (18+)
Free, honest, and in-depth reviews.
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A great place to request a review. And check out their contest!

 
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Ask & Answer

This month's question: How do you help others by linking? Send in your answer below! *Down* Editors love feedback!

Last month's question: How do you use the Virtual Dice?


Dawn Embers Author Icon replied: I actually used the virtual dice when I held a giveaway on my blogs that was unrelated to WDC. I gave every entrant numbers based on the number of entries they qualified for, then put the dice range to match the number of entries. Rolled the dice for each prize in order to pick a winner. Worked out pretty well.

warriormom answered: I love using the virtual dice. One way I've used it is with my "Invalid ItemOpen in new Window. group. One month I ran a contest where reviewers' names were placed in the virtual hat. Each review they did for our group earned them a name in the hat. The more reviews a member did, the more times his name was put into the "hat." At the end of the contest, I "drew" the winner from the virtual hat and awarded them a merit badge. It was lots of fun, and we had lots of participation.

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