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[10/07/13] Halloween Contest 2013
By: Dot Dreadful Date: October 7, 2013, 11:52 am
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[font=georgia]All the votes have been tallied, and you guys were
almost unanimous! You're wanting a Halloween contest, and you
want it bad--and that makes us all on Staff very happy! Without
further ado, we are here to officially announce we are having a
Halloween Contest for this year, and everyone is invited to
join! If you are interested in partaking, please pay close
attention to the following--
Rules and Guidelines:[/font]
[list]
[li]You do not need to identify that you're participating in the
contest unless you'd like to! Otherwise, just submit for the
contest when your entry is finished.[/li]
[li]The theme of the story must feature Halloween in some way,
shape, or form. This is open to interpretation but stories will
be disqualified if not centered around the Holiday![/li]
[li]There are no word or page minimum or maximum; if you can
write a six word horror that chills us to our bones, go for it!
Or a novella. Novellas are good.[/li]
[li]Ratings G-NC17 are welcome, but all appropriate warnings
must be utilized where applicable.[/li]
[li]All forms of writing, from fanfiction to original fiction to
nonfiction to poetry/prose/songs, are welcome.[/li]
[li]Submissions must be in by October 28th at 11:59 p.m. EST,
and there will be no late entries. Keep those pens moving![/li]
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[font=georgia]For those of you who have not seen the Writing
Competitions Newsletter, please go here
HTML http://fosffstaff.createaforum.com/newsletters/%28100713%29-writing-competitions/<br
/>before reading on. Otherwise, the reason we are not accepting
late entries is because of the prize packages, and wanting to
get those mailed out in a timely manner before the next themed
contest begins.
Now, for those of you wondering what a "blind judging process"
means, I'll elaborate. Since the only two people who will no
longer be eligible to participate in themed contests are Felina
and myself (being co-owners, it's just too much), we have
implemented a system that allows other Staff members to submit
their stories without those judging knowing who is writing
what--and that goes across the board. From now on, when
submitting to a contest, you will not post the story to the
Archive, but will instead email your entry in. Felina will be
responsible for all intake for contests, and she will distribute
the stories to the respective members of Staff who will be
judging; and Felina will never be judging. This makes her the
middle man, the neutral party member, and it keeps anyone who is
judging from knowing who wrote what; she'll take the identities
out of the equation, leaving it absolutely, 100% fair.
With this process, I no longer want to hear a single peep of
complaint about bias between Staff members or favorite authors.
Not. A. Word.
While Felina is active median between judges and contestants, it
is your responsibility to ensure you do not include, or that you
remove all identifying markers aside from the title and summary
from the story itself. If this is not followed, your entry will
be disqualified.
Allow me to be perfectly clear: if you submit your story via
email but do not remove the credits from the story, or if you
publish your story on the Archive before the judging is over,
you will be disqualified.
If you truly need a reason for this, it's because it's not blind
judging if you make it obvious which story is yours. Otherwise,
once the judging publicly declared over, you have full
permission to go ahead and submit your story and let the
Community see what you have to offer! Once all stories are
posted, then we'll announce the winners!
I am leaving this newsletter open for questions and/or comments,
so feel free to speak up if you have anything to ask! Felina
will be in touch with you guys as we get closer to the
submissions date, about the email address stories are to be sent
to, as well as how she would like your emails/stories formatted.
Thank you, and happy writing!
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