 Contests & Activities: November 05, 2014 Issue [#6648] |
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This week: Not A NaNo'er Edited by: Leger~  
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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.
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Not A NaNo'er
As in a lot of other newsletters this month, I'm going to mention NaNoWriMo. While many authors are busy at their keyboards, furiously pounding out a novel, some members just don't have the time to devote to a large undertaking. Now I'll let you in on a secret...not many NaNo participants are entering contests, either.
So this is the perfect time to explore a new genre, or check out a long-standing contest and see if you can come up with something to enter. Your contest or activity host will still be around to help guide you if you have questions, but the competition mix might be a little different because of NaNoWriMo. This could be the perfect time to jump in and win a great prize and meet some new members in the mix.
This is also a good time to stop in to your favorite activity and add some support to newer members. Some people might not be as active as they are normally because they are focusing on their novel project. So, jump right in and lend a hand where you can, and certainly be of any assistance you can to new members.
Try something different and see what happens, and as always, Write On!
This month's question: What genres would you like to see in upcoming contests, and why? Send in your answer below!  Editors love feedback! |
Excerpt: Writer's block got you down? Need to stretch your fingers and your muse with a short story or poem, using a prompt offered by other members? Check out The Cramp - where daily winners receive 10,000 GPs!
Excerpt: Take a break from NaNoWriMo and enter our horror-satire round! Winner gets a coupon for Cicero Grade Editing!
Excerpt: The November contest is open. Come check it out. Rewards for every poem entered!
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Excerpt: OPEN until the 18th of November. All forms of poetry excepted that are written in the steampunk genre. Great prizes to be won! See the link for more details, and please email me with any queries. Hope to see you there!
Excerpt: Contest will open on November 1st and close on the 22nd. Prompt: A Thanksgiving past. A lot of great prizes. Does not have to be a new write. Looking forward to your entries.
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This month's question: What genres would you like to see in upcoming contests, and why? Send in your answer below! Editors love feedback!
Last month's question: What gothic / horror / scary element makes you most squeamish?
Magicmama  answered: It's not always an individual element I have trouble with--it's more the pacing of the tale I find frightening. Keeping the suspense up without wearing the reader out is not easy. You have to keep questions going on in their minds, mislead them, and give them enough "down" time between the really scary stuff so that you can still use the element of surprise.
BIG BAD WOLF is Merry  replied: Demons, possession, cannibals. Those are scarier than most anything else.
Indelible Ink  responded: This month's question: What gothic / horror / scary element makes you most squeamish?
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