Two Plus Two Newer Archives  

Go Back   Two Plus Two Newer Archives > 2+2 Communities > The Lounge: Discussion+Review

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 11-18-2007, 10:29 PM
katyseagull katyseagull is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 5,466
Default Announcing a Short-Story Contest

Hi Everyone


The Lounge will be holding another contest for best fiction short story [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].


We will be following the same basic structure as the last one we did. Based on the high quality of the submissions and level of interest in last winter's contest I expect this to be a lot of fun and full of original ideas.


We are lucky to have one sponsor who is willing to put up $150 as prize money for the winner, and this prize might grow if more sponsorship is forthcoming.

So, a cash prize of at least $150.00!


-----------------------------------------------------------------
PLEASE NOTE: this is not directly supported by 2+2 as a site, and should be considered a private contest among posters.
-----------------------------------------------------------------


Contest Structure

We are going to keep it simple. There will be a 2-3 week period for submissions, starting in about 10 days. All stories submitted will be open for review and discussion. Whether this will be done within the same thread or a separate thread I'm not sure about and welcome your feedback. At the end of the submission period we will have a few days to review the stories and then voting by all members of the community (however, no gimmick accounts will be allowed).

Readers will vote by naming the person they feel submitted the best story.

Story requirements are as follows: Original fiction piece of 500-7,500 words. Proofed for grammar, punctuation and spelling.

*** This contest is open to ALL 2+2ers. ***


If you are interested in submitting a story please wait for me to post the official short story thread in about 10 days. If anyone wants to add to the sponsorship pool that would be awesome. PM me.


Any questions, sign ups, or issues, ask here.

Things I would like feedback on are the following: the time frame for the submissions and the review; whether we should restrict voting to those posters with post counts >100; and whether on-going discussion of the stories should take place in a separate thread. Your thoughts please.


Thanks, now get busy working on your stories because time goes by fast [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 11-18-2007, 10:41 PM
DerrtySlime DerrtySlime is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Playing The Game
Posts: 642
Default Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest

this is ill yo. i remember last years contest was amazingly good. restrictions to maybe like 50 posts and above is good enough i think. i think 7500 words is way too much. 500-3000 is better imo.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 11-18-2007, 11:28 PM
katyseagull katyseagull is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 5,466
Default Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest

Thanks for your feedback Slime. I actually meant to type 500-7000 words. Any better? [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

So post count >50 is good?
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 11-18-2007, 11:37 PM
Conspire Conspire is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: The WhiteHouse Lawn
Posts: 6,031
Default Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest

[ QUOTE ]
Story requirements are as follows: Original fiction piece of 500-7,500 words. Proofed for grammar, punctuation and spelling.

[/ QUOTE ]

What type of subjects would you frown upon?

No matter what you say count me in for a short story submission. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]


Conspire
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 11-18-2007, 11:46 PM
Conspire Conspire is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: The WhiteHouse Lawn
Posts: 6,031
Default Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest

I think there should be a separate thread for discussion so as not to clutter the main voting thread.


Conspire
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 11-18-2007, 11:49 PM
daveT daveT is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: disproving SAGE
Posts: 2,458
Default Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest

[ QUOTE ]
Proofed for grammar, punctuation and spelling.

[/ QUOTE ]

Is there anything we can do about eliminating this rule?
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 11-18-2007, 11:51 PM
Dominic Dominic is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Vegas
Posts: 12,772
Default Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Proofed for grammar, punctuation and spelling.

[/ QUOTE ]

Is there anything we can do about eliminating this rule?

[/ QUOTE ]

no, speling and good grammer are like important
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 11-18-2007, 11:52 PM
daveT daveT is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: disproving SAGE
Posts: 2,458
Default Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest

You can count me in this year. I think that there should be a minimum post count and a date of at least 3 months old. Oh, wait, that won't translate to vBulletins, will it?

I agree that there should be one thread for submissions and one for discussion. Perhaps add one poll thread for the voting.

Not sure what I will write about, but I am shaking in my boots.
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 11-18-2007, 11:54 PM
daveT daveT is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: disproving SAGE
Posts: 2,458
Default Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Proofed for grammar, punctuation and spelling.

[/ QUOTE ]

Is there anything we can do about eliminating this rule?

[/ QUOTE ]

No, spelling and good grammar are like, important.

[/ QUOTE ]

I just realized that the joke was on me.

[img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 11-18-2007, 11:55 PM
Kimbell175113 Kimbell175113 is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: The art of losing isn\'t hard to master.
Posts: 2,464
Default Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest

[ QUOTE ]


No matter what you say count me in for a short story submission. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]


Conspire

[/ QUOTE ]
May God have mercy on our souls.

edit: I'm in, Ldo
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:02 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.