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Contests & Activities: January 28, 2015 Issue [#6801]

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Contests & Activities


 This week: Kick Those Legs
  Edited by: Leger~ Author IconMail Icon
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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.

This week's Contests and Activities Editor
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Letter from the editor


Dance Like A Rockette!


The Rockettes are a precision dance company that performs at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. During the Christmas season, the Rockettes perform several times a day, seven days a week. The end of every show is closed with a routine of precision, eye-level high kicks in chorus line unison. Oh, to be that limber!

How do the Rockettes relate to contests and activities? I knew you'd ask. Being a dancer takes discipline and precision. Just like a theater performance, a contest or activity has to be well planned with perfect timing or will be booed off the stage and never become successful. It requires dedication and discipline, and if you want to be the star of the show, you have to be reliable and do your high-kicks even if you're not feeling up to it. This means creating solid rules, being available and courteous to your participants and making it fun for everyone.

It takes hard work and dedication. Even when someone wants to be a diva and not do their share, you have to be the director and get them to stick to their commitments. That might not make you the favorite person of the day, but the reward is the applause when the curtain closes. And if you run a successful activity, more people will join in the fun and help make the work easier. If you don't really love what you're doing, it will be difficult to succeed. Try hosting a contest or activity that you think will be fun and members will have fun too.

Also, just like on Broadway, if you join a contest or activity, send the owner a review so they can get some feedback on their efforts and improve.


This month's question: What do you think is the most important point to making a contest / activity successful?
Send in your answer below! *Down* Editors love feedback!


Editor's Picks


Keenest Joker Open in new Window. (18+)
Use your sense of humor and win gift points. Try not to laugh.
#1944443 by Matt 2021 Dean Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt:
In three sentences or less, write me your proverbial. Be creative. The most creative contestant will win first place and gift points!
Humorous proverbials have a better chance of winning
Proverbials causing one to think and go hmm...have a good chance of winning, too
What the heck is a Proverbial? You ask. My definition for this forum : Any writing three sentences or less exibiting wisdom, intelligence, and/or wit.


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The Prompt Me Contest Open in new Window. (13+)
Weekly winners will have a chance to win the monthly MB give-away!
#2000519 by Cubby Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: It's simple. Send me a prompt. I pick the winner.

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#1523560 by Not Available.

Excerpt: ROUND 4 PROMPT--- I realize that February is the month for lovers. That said, what about those of us who are single?
Not everyone has a partner to playfully ask "Will you be my Valentine?" For those people, myself included, Salutations! This contest is for you!


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ACRO*BATICS [Round Over] Open in new Window. (13+)
I supply an acronym; you make up what it stands for. My favorite entries win gift points!
#921363 by Davy Kraken Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: Welcome to ACRO*BATICS! As you may know, an acronym is a sequence of letters formed from the initial letters of a group of words. For example, in the case of a SWAT team, SWAT stands for Special Weapons And Tactics. In this game, however, you work in the opposite direction: I will provide a series of letters that will serve as an acronym, and your mission is to offer the most creative answer to the question of what that acronym represents.

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#1948208 by Not Available.

Excerpt: Prompt - Choose one of these five word prompts to feature in your story. Touch of Magic - The Dragon Kingdom - What Lies Below - The Dark Crystal - Celebration of the Eclipse

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Verdant Poetry Contest Open in new Window. (E)
NATURE-themed quarterly contest.
#2000001 by Choconut Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: Though inspiration as a poet truly comes from within, nature can act as a means to enhance imagination and devices used in our poetry. I believe that nature possesses a unique and grandest beauty that only poets can perfectly describe. And I want you dear poets to bring forth your NATURE POETRY to prove this.

Verdant Poetry Contest is espcially created to bring out the best nature poetry you guys could possibly create. And of course, delightful prizes await.


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#1871736 by Not Available.

Excerpt: This daily contest is for Japanese short form poetry, including haiku, senryu, and tanka.

 
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Dear Me: Official WDC Contest Open in new Window. (E)
What are *your* goals for the new year? Think it over, write a letter and win big prizes!
#597313 by Writing.Com Support Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: The rules are simple: write a letter to yourself and tell you what your goals are for 2015!

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The Soundtrack of Your Life Open in new Window. (18+)
Every February, you're invited to chronicle the music that has influenced your life!
#1970896 by Jeff Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: For each day of the challenge ~ the 28 Days of February ~ choose a song that has special meaning in your life and write about it. Your entry can be a journal or blog post, a piece of poetry, an essay or a short story, fiction or non-fiction ~ whatever your favorite music inspires you to write.

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Welcome To My Reality Forum Open in new Window. (E)
Prompts to help you blog about real life and more...
#1967461 by Sunny Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: Each week on a Sunday, the following week's blog prompts will be posted. They will all encourage you to write an entry recording your life. You may complete all or none of them. You may complete them in any order you choose. Some prompts will fit some days better than others.

 
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This month's question: What do you think is the most important point to making a contest / activity successful?
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Last month's question: Where do you find members to review your work?


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