Welcome to: THE BEST OF THE REST AT THE SANDBOX

Featured in the "Contest & Activities" newsletter dtd: 20 DEC 2006



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There's so much more to WRITING.COM than just writing stories, novels, & poems. There are many interactive features for members to enjoy. Some of these include:

CNOTE Collections
Writing Contests
Poetry Contests
In & Out Forums
Madlibs
Interactive Forums
Surveys
Campfires
Word Puzzles and
Raffles
Quizzes
Crosswords

Did I leave one out?

This forum is designed to award those above mentioned forums.

THE RULES

#1 Nominate your item in the request box provided and write a 1 sentence blurb plugging it. It can be ANY of the above mentioned forums or even one I might have left out (by accident ) You can nominate your own, or someone else's.

At the end of the month, THE JUDGES and I will review those forums nominated.

Prizes will be given out on a month basis for:

1st Place Grand Prize -25K Ribbon for Excellence in Community Events.

2nd Place - 10K Ribbon

3rd Place - Merit Badges for those categories their forum falls into. For example, a CNote collection would get a CNote badge or a 10K Awardicon.

Generally, there would be no Honorable Mentions unless the judges voted on it for that month.

NEW RULE TO EFFECT APRIL'S 2009 JUDGING: If your item has a 50K awardicon or higher, it will be disqualified from receiving an award. This forum only gives out 50K or lower awardicons. If a forum has a 75K Awardicon for example, the award it might win from this contest is small compared to the one it has. If the winner has a high awardicon, it will recieve a MB and 15,000 totaling 25K.

NEW RULE FOR JAN 2010: There must be at three entries for a month. If not, the contest will be extended for a Month. If there are no new entries after a second month, that round will be CLOSED and the two entries wil spilit 5K Gp's.

ROUND #55 is now OPEN. Winners will be announced on or before 10 FEB 2012.



WINNERS FOR ROUND #54 - AUG - DEC 2011


1st PLACE: - 50K Awardicon -

ID: 1778552   (Rated: 13+) Open Line Friday Short Story Contest  A weekly short story contest for people who don't need no stinkin' prompt! by Evertrap 

2nd PLACE: 25K Awardicon -

ID: 1687125   (Rated: E) Count Your Many Blessings  In a crazy, mixed-up world, can we remember the good? A quick pick-me-up on a bad day. by Duchess Laughing Lemurs

3rd PLACE: 10K Awardicon -

ID: 1814391   (Rated: E) The Detailed Writing Prompt Comp  Great resource for comparing writing. 10000 gp monthly plus publication.. FEB Prompt up! by Thundersbeard

DONATIONS

Anyone who donates 25K or more will receive a merit badge for SUPPORTIVE. The merit badges rotate from month to month. A list of donators will be listed in the forum.

Donations - Round 55



HOST'S NOTE: The Next "Best of the Rest Raffle" will start on MAR 2012. Look for announcements coming soon.


Here's a link to our donations group:

ID: 1134558   (Rated: E) Best of The Rest Contest Prize Fund  Best of the Rest Contest Prize Fund by StephB

JUDGING

The contest closes on the last day of the month at 23:59 pm WDC time. Then a new round starts. The judges are:

StephB




If you are interested in Judging, let me know. Judges will be eligible for Judging Merit Badges.

CRITERIA THE JUDGES WILL BE LOOKING AT:

ID: 1135223   (Rated: E) Judging Guidelines for Best of the Rest  Criteria to help the judges. by StephB

Round #55 JAN/FEB 2012 is now OPEN for judging! Good luck to all who enter.

You can view previous contest winners here:

ID: 1301297   (Rated: E) Best of the Rest Contest Winners  Previous contest winners for Best of the Rest. by StephB

Any questions, email me directly! Thanks! And have fun!

Please consider entering the BEST OF THE REST RAFFLE to be held in MAR 2012. Here's a link:

ID: 1474097   (Rated: ASR) Best of the Rest Raffle  A raffle to support the Best of the Rest Contest. CLOSED by StephB