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11-19-2007, 02:41 AM
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Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest
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Let's add the stipulation that the story has to have the same title as a 2007 LDR thread. I'm torn between: Do You Think Dogs Get Lonely; and, It's Not Too Late to Save Your PMS. [/ QUOTE ] "I met a girl last night, she is a high school senior" has exciting implications imo. 
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11-19-2007, 02:41 AM
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Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest
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Let's add the stipulation that the story has to have the same title as a 2007 LDR thread. I'm torn between: Do You Think Dogs Get Lonely; and, It's Not Too Late to Save Your PMS. [/ QUOTE ] something like that would be fun. lol, katy you drive me crazy in these threads. woman up and make some decisions already. of course there should be a separate thread for submissions and discussions. katy, what happened to the bs threads? anyway, i wrote a song on friday. will try to get it recorded soon.
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11-19-2007, 09:26 AM
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Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest
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is there a limit on the number of submissions? [/ QUOTE ] No limit on the number of submissions Eviljeff. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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#5
11-19-2007, 09:58 AM
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Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest
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lol, katy you drive me crazy in these threads. woman up and make some decisions already. of course there should be a separate thread for submissions and discussions. [/ QUOTE ] Rothko, contrary to what you might think my mission in life is not to drive you crazy. If I wanted to I could do a MUCH better job of it [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]. There were 3 issues I wanted to address so that we could come to some kind of consensus. Based on your responses in this thread I think we all agree that there should be a separate thread for discussion and review. So we will have one thread with short stories ONLY, and a separate thread to comment on them. The issue is decided! Voter restriction I don't want to shut out too many people. Can I get more feedback on what sort of post count restriction is appropriate without alienating too many new visitors to the lounge? Derrtyslime suggested 50. DaveT suggested a registration date of 3 months. Anyone? Submission Time Frame Does anyone think that 3 weeks is too long for the submission time frame? Here's what I was thinking: - Submission thread will open in 10 days; - 3 week period of open submission after which the thread will be locked; - Following the thread locking, readers will have 5 days to review all stories before voting thread opens. Are you guys comfortable with this time schedule? Is 5 days enough to read through all stories? As I recall this was the one area that we received the most complaints last time around. People said they were busy and hadn't had enough time to read all the stories. Very much would like a response to the last issue. Trust me, this will get underway in exactly 10 days Rothko. Start working on your stories. (p.s. rothko the BS thread is called "November, I forgot my mantra!" -- looking forward to hearing your song. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img])
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11-20-2007, 12:28 AM
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Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest
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I'm in! I would really really like to do this, I'll start working on it tonight, I already have a pretty decent idea [/ QUOTE ] I'm excited that we have a hot male from bbv4 in this thread [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]. (I hope you're really working on that story.)
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#8
11-19-2007, 01:34 PM
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Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest
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Submission Time Frame Does anyone think that 3 weeks is too long for the submission time frame? Here's what I was thinking: - Submission thread will open in 10 days; - 3 week period of open submission after which the thread will be locked; - Following the thread locking, readers will have 5 days to review all stories before voting thread opens. [/ QUOTE ] This sounds reasonable, but will open the voting close to Xmas, which is traditionally a time of low forum traffic. You might consider delaying the voting until the 26th, or the beginning of next year.
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#9
11-19-2007, 02:06 PM
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Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest
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This sounds reasonable, but will open the voting close to Xmas, which is traditionally a time of low forum traffic. You might consider delaying the voting until the 26th, or the beginning of next year. [/ QUOTE ] True true. I'm a little concerned about the X-Mas factor myself, (not to mention the vbulletin effect). However, I don't want to delay the entire contest on account of these things and I think most posters will enjoy having the short stories to read around the holidays. It will be fun! I do like your suggestion of delaying the voting until the 26th.
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#10
11-19-2007, 04:04 PM
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Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest
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[ QUOTE ] Let's add the stipulation that the story has to have the same title as a 2007 LDR thread. I'm torn between: Do You Think Dogs Get Lonely; and, It's Not Too Late to Save Your PMS. [/ QUOTE ] something like that would be fun. lol, katy you drive me crazy in these threads. woman up and make some decisions already. of course there should be a separate thread for submissions and discussions. katy, what happened to the bs threads? anyway, i wrote a song on friday. will try to get it recorded soon. [/ QUOTE ] If we allow OOT thread titles, I think I win so far with my own "Is your vagina a graveyard for animals?" thread.
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