 Contests & Activities: May 17, 2017 Issue [#8296] |
  Contests & Activities
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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.
This week's Contests and Activities Editor
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What Do I Do Now?
It's a question new members ask often. Once newbies join and post their work in their portfolio, they ask, now what? Well, the first answer is usually review! If you review others, you'll begin to network and find reviewers for your work. What else can you do? Join some contests! There are a huge variety of contests and activities to join if you spend a little time looking through the listings. "Writing Contests @ Writing.Com" shows contests members have posted. See if there's one running that appeals to you. Then join in the fun and communicate with the other contestants. Some reviewing and encouragement can go a long way. Try a raffle or auction; it can be a blast when the competition for a certain item gets heated up. A little teasing and joking around can lighten the spirit and make some fun friends.
When the contest or activity is over, keep in touch! It's always nice to receive some words of encouragement when you're busy writing something big or have a little bump in your personal life. So send a cNote to a friend when you think of it. It's always fun to get a little message in your inbox instead of all those bill reminders.  Many of the creative people on the site have beautiful cNote cards available in their portfolio.
Some ideas for sending a cNote to a member:
Thank a contest host for all their hard work.
Wish someone a happy account birthday.
(Account birthdays are anniversaries of the day you joined.)
Share a word of encouragement for someone feeling down.
Invite a friend to join an activity or contest.
Send a reminder to a very busy friend.
There are all kinds of ideas for sending a little note to a friend. I'm sure if you look through the cNotes, there are some specific cards for ideas I haven't thought of. And I know there are some blank ones, so you can add your own personalized message. For a few gift points you could brighten someone's day and send them a smile.
This month's question: For what purposes do you use cNotes? Send in your answer below!  Editors love feedback!
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Excerpt: The keenest joker is a poet of description. Short (three sentences or less) and to the point. Creativeness is a requirement for this contest. Write something establishing an Ah-ha or hmm moment and you could win gift points, possibly becoming the next keenest joker.
Excerpt: Write me a poem for Mother's Day. Do you have a favorite memory of your mom? How important is she to you? What do you love most about your mom?
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Excerpt: The most basic rule for our contest is that you must use third person limited for your story's narrative mode--first person and omniscient narrators are banished!
Excerpt: The story must have a plot with some sort of fantasy element integrated into it and have a beginning, middle and end.
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If you have been a member of W.Com for less than 6 months, this contest is just for you! Short Stories and poems can win prizes. Come over and take a look at what could be your first contest on W.Com. FREE to enter!
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Excerpt: Contest: To write a story or poem omitting a letter. The best story or poem that actually accomplishes leaving out the given letter will win.
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Excerpt: After 20 guesses, I will reveal the answer, and the person with the closest guess wins 10,000 GPs.
Get an upgrade, nominate someone to be upgraded, or help raise funds for this awesome member charity!
Challenge and track your weekly progress and earn gift points!
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This month's question: For what purposes do you use cNotes? Send in your answer below! Editors love feedback!
Last month's question: How do you incorporate themes in your contests?
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