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| Happy 20th Birthday, Writing.Com! On September 1, 2020, Writing.Com turns 20 years old! Can you believe that? TWENTY YEARS OLD! We've all shared a very strange year and we can't think of a better time to celebrate this momentous occasion! Twenty years is a huge milestone for an online community and we are so excited to party with you this week!  The Biggest Writer's Block Party EVER!From September 1st through September 7th, Writing.Com is hosting the biggest online block party for writers of all interests! This week, you'll find contests and activities hosted by Writing.Com and members of the community, increased daily rewards, reviewing challenges and rewards, new releases from us, and a 10% back sale... don't miss a single thing at "Writing.Com Party Central 2023!"    The Writing.Com 20th Birthday SALE!For every order placed in "The Writing.Com Shop" during September 1-7, 2020, we will manually send you back 10% of your order's total in Gift Points!* Purchase a one-year Premium membership at the regular price and you will receive 139,950 in Gift Points. Buy a 3-month Upgraded membership, and you'll receive 19,950 back in Gift Points. Buy 1 million Gift Points, and you'll receive an extra 100,000! And if you order tangible items like mugs, t-shirts, journals and more, we'll even include your shipping in that 10% back. We're that excited to be turning 20! * 10% back only when paid by credit card, PayPal, check or money orders. Orders paid with Gift Points are not included in this offer. This process is not automatic and we'll try to get the bonus Gift Points back to you within a day. New Awardicons, Emoticons, Badges, & Trinkets!In honor of our first day of our 20th birthday, we are happy to release some new community and personal designs for you to use! Each day, we will release new awardicons, merit badges, emoticons, and trinkets... maybe a new feature, as well. Be sure to watch "Site News & Announcements" and "Writing.Com Party Central 2023!" each day through September 7th for our daily new releases, which will open around Midnight (WdC time) each night. Keep your eye on the community newsfeed to see what surprises might pop up and be sure to add Writing.Com Support   as a favorite so that you don't miss a thing! Costumicons Available!Costumicon subscriptions are available for purchase! This subscription will last through 11:59pm on September 30th, 2020. Subscribe to or change your current costumicon from the "My Account" area or directly at: http://www.Writing.com/main/my_account/view/costumicons  NOTE: You can gift costumicons to your fellow members and friends! To gift a subscription, head to your My Gifts Points page:http://www.Writing.Com/main/my_gifts/tab/shop  One FREE Badge Every Day of our Birthday!Normally, every paid member can send one free virtual Merit Badge every 30 days... but for the 7 days of our birthday, paid members can send one FREE virtual badge EVERY DAY! Choose a member, choose a badge and send it. It's that easy. If you are eligible for a free badge at the time, the Writing.Com system will automatically know this and discount the badge you wish to send. (You can not defer the free badge; the system will always use the free one first when giving badges.) http://www.writing.com/main/badges * Physical merit badges are not free and are the same additional cost.  Thank YOU!We are so proud to reach this milestone. TWENTY years! Thanks to all of you, our members, for your support and participation. We love hosting this online home for writers... here's to the next 20 years!  We hope you have a great time celebrating with us this week. We look forward to seeing many of you around the site... invite every writer you know to come and join the party! Cheers! The StoryMistress  and The StoryMaster  |
Eight Months of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" results coming at ya!  . I'll be contacting the winners and honorable mentions about their prizes.  Congratulations to the following three winners and two honorable mentions of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in October 2019! First ($50): Review of "Tri-tours"  by A E Willcox   Second ($25): Invalid Review by Anonymous Third ($10): Invalid Review by Anonymous Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "A campfire fixes everything" by David the Dark one!  Honorable (50k GPs): Review of " Power to the Powerful!" by s Congratulations to the following three winners and two honorable mentions of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in November 2019! First ($50): Review of "Tara. Chapter 1" by Lynn Nichole  Second ($25): Review of "Catch a Flying Star" by Robert Waltz  Third ($10): Review of "ruwth is writing..." by 🌑 Darleen - QoD  Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "The Heroic Heart" by Sharmelle's Expressions  Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "Hope in Season" by Beholden  Congratulations to the following three winners and two honorable mentions of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in December 2019! First ($50): Review of "A Child's Hurt" by Dave  Second ($25): Review of "Christmas Magic" by Cubby~Cheering House Florent!  Third ($10): Review of "The Lone Survivor" by Sssssh! I'm not really here.  Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "Tender Touch" by Chris Breva  Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "Jane Austen December Newsletter 2019 " by ♥Hooves♥  Congratulations to the following three winners and two honorable mentions of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in January 2020! First ($50): Review of "The Haunted House (Pilot)" by Cat Voleur Second ($25): Review of "Elegy & eulogy for sir Abdul Kalam " by Dave Third ($10): Review of "Christmas is Cancelled!" by ♥Hooves♥ Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "Dream Logic" by R__chel Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "Love...Unheard,Unseen" by Kate - Writing & Reading  Congratulations to the following three winners and two honorable mentions of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in February 2020! First ($50): Review of "Interview at Shetzun" by QueenOwl ~ A New Day Dawns Second ($25): Review of "Meet the Parents" by Cat Voleur Third ($10): Review of "Like the Windmill" by Duke the Fluke Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "The Domino Effect" by Richard ~ Shenanigans INC.  Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "The Golden Apparition" by Jeannie Cheering for Martel  Congratulations to the following three winners and two honorable mentions of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in March 2020! First ($50): Review of "Seeing Straight" by Satuawany Second ($25): Review of "The Righteous King" by Tobber Third ($10): Review of "Family Saved" by DMT - THANK YOU WRITE.COM Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "Poetry for Various Contests/Activities" by Jaeff | KBtW of the Free Folk  Honorable (50k GPs): Invalid Review by Anonymous Congratulations to the following three winners and two honorable mentions of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in April 2020! First ($50): Review of "Curiosity Shop" by Past Member 'blimprider' Second ($25): Review of "Self-Quarantine Blues" by MiralMS Third ($10): Invalid Review by Anonymous Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "Pieces He Ate" by Cubby~Cheering House Florent! Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "Fleeting Memory" by Chris Breva Congratulations to the following three winners and two honorable mentions of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in May 2020! First ($50): Review of "Heart Over Head" by ♫~ Kenword~♫ Second ($25): Review of "Imposture Vengeance - The Dream" by Dave Third ($10): Review of "The Immortal One: Prologue" by Goblin Slayer Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "Silent Partner" by Silver Phoenix Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "Poetry Collection" by 🎼 RRodgersWrites 🎶  To select the winners, 10 entries to the contest are randomly selected and then, with the reviewer's name and case hidden, individually ranked according to "Guidelines To Great Reviewing" . I am the only judge.Thanks to everyone who reviewed and entered these past months and who continue to do so! Best wishes, ~~ The StoryMaster * I think it's all correct. This was a lot of judging and sorting.  |
The following winners for the March 2020 running of "What a Character! : Official WDC Contest" were chosen from the 38 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in below. Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Beneath this Mask" by Myles Abroad  Second Place - "You'll Never Be My Home Again" by SB Musing   Third Place - "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor Thank you to Jaeff | KBtW of the Free Folk for managing Writing.Com's official site contests. #welloiledmachine ... Thanks also to our Moderator judges for volunteering their time to read, rate, sort and sift through all the entries!  ~~SM |
The following winners for the February 2020 running of "Journey Through Genres: Official Contest" were chosen from the 29 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided below. Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "One Last Time" by Lilith of House Martell  Second Place - "Clinging Hearts" by Cubby~Cheering House Florent! Third Place - "Provide Photosynthesis To Me" by SB Musing Continued thanks and appreciation for Jaeff | KBtW of the Free Folk and his ability to keep Writing.Com's official site contests moving right along! Thank you's also to our Moderator judges who volunteer their time to read, rate, sort and sift through all the entries! ~~SM |
The following winners for the January 2020 running of "Dear Me: Official WDC Contest" were chosen from the 55 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided below. Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Dear Me" by Jaeyne of the Free Fab Five  Second Place - "Dear Me" by debmiller1 Third Place - "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor * This is Jaeyne of the Free Fab Five 's 2nd consecutive Dear Me 1st place win!   Thank you to Jaeff | KBtW of the Free Folk for keeping Writing.Com's official site contests up and running! Also our thanks to the Moderator judges that read, rate, sort and sift through all the entries! ~~SM |
| Dear Writing.Com, We know that you’re being inundated with emails from companies concerning COVID-19 and what they are doing to cope with it. At Writing.Com, more than ever, we are grateful we have our amazing community to keep us connected and “social distancing” is how we roll. Take these next few weeks to spend some extra time here. Our members are encouraging, helpful, friendly, and we can be as “close” as we want to be in our community and that is huge right now in the world! We absolutely need those connections. SM and I are big fans of finding positives from a negative. Yes, the world is on pause and our lives are being disrupted, but this could be a time for you to focus on you! Use these extra weeks to start that writing project you’ve been meaning to tackle, but just didn’t have the time. Take some hours in your day to read and review others here. You might just find a new online friend who makes you laugh, discover an exciting new genre to read, or reveal some slick reviewing skills you didn’t even know you had! Interacting with each other here will absolutely keep you from boredom and there isn’t nearly the “doom and gloom” that you see elsewhere online. Let’s keep our community booming and creative and positive in these dark days. A few ideas to get you started:  Send merit badges to each other, encouraging and lifting one another in spirit. There is just something to be said for seeing one of those in your inbox or real life mailbox! Organize your portfolio! We know this can take some thought for some of you, especially if you have lots of items, but now is the time to do that!  Read some random items from the “Read and Review” link on that left side menu. You will be making connections that might brighten someone’s day.  Start on that new writing project you’ve been planning in your head for years. Post about that on newsfeed and let everyone know your plans and progress! Click over to our Newsfeed and see what the rest of the community is doing. What are they reading? What new item are they advertising? It’s a great way to find a fun new activity you might not have otherwise discovered! Make sure you follow Writing.Com Support ’s newsfeed for daily prompts and activities! Start a blog! These days are different, we all know that. Start a blog for each day and fill it with your thoughts. It is never a bad idea to record your perspectives and observations, so that you have them to look back on weeks, months, years later.  Find some forums to post in and get into a conversation! Search for a topic you are interested in and join in the discussions. This is a wonderful way to interact within the community. Join a group that interests you and jump right in! Groups are a fantastic way to connect with others of your same interests. Now, more than ever, when connections are not encouraged in the outside world, we encourage you very much to reach out to each other in our little Writing.Com world! Invite your friends to join us here! Writing.Com is special and we know that. Now is the time to share that and encourage your friends who love reading and writing to join your favorite online community. We know some of you like to keep us your little secret, but be kind and spread the positivity to your friends. They might just discover something new for themselves, too. You’ve been handed this opportunity in life to slow down. Perhaps in the weeks to come, you will view that as a gift, depending on how you use that precious time. In 1665, Isaac Newton had to stay home due to the plague that ravaged Europe and he came up with some of his best ideas during those months. You now have that extra time in your days over the next few weeks to actually sit down and do the things you’ve “been meaning to do”. We know it’s not a perfect scenario in our world right now, but take that negative and turn it into a positive… for yourself and for each other! We are literally all in this together. Stay safe out there, friends! The StoryMistress and The StoryMaster PS... Please don't judge me on any found grammatical errors or typos this morning.  I wanted to reach out to all of you as quickly as I could today and just wrote from my heart. |
The following winners for the December 2019 running of "Short Shots: Official WDC Contest" were chosen from the 36 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided below. Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Christmas Magic" by Choconut ~ House Targaryen  Second Place - "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor Third Place - "Tammy's Winter Experience" by Dorianne Special thanks, as always, to Jaeff | KBtW of the Free Folk and our Moderator judges for continuing to keep Writing.Com's official site contests on track! ~~SM |
| The following winners for the November 2019 running of "Quotation Inspiration: Official Contest" were chosen from the 13 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided below. Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor Second Place - "Smiles" by Sorji Third Place - "Catch a Flying Star" by Cubby~Cheering House Florent! Woohoo's and thank you's go out to Jaeff | KBtW of the Free Folk for keeping Writing.Com's official site contests running smooth and steady. Plus props the Moderator judging pool for stepping up to pick the winners! ~~SM |
The following winners for the October 2019 running of "What a Character! : Official WDC Contest" were chosen from the 23 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in below. Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "A Matter of Appearances" by Bikerider  Second Place - "Sleeping Harvest" by Roseille ♥ Third Place - "A Hermit Convention" by Beholden Thanks again to Jaeff | KBtW of the Free Folk for keeping our Writing.Com's official site contests running like clockwork! And, of course, thank you to our Moderator judges that read, rate, sort and sift through all the entries! ~~SM |
The following winners for the September 2019 running of "Journey Through Genres: Official Contest" were chosen from the 16 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided below. Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Scrambled Eggs - First, Journey Genres" by THANKful Sonali LOVES DAD  Second Place - "Soup 'n' stuff" by deemac Third Place - "The Theft of Legends" by Graham Muad'dib Shout out and huge thank you to Jaeff | KBtW of the Free Folk for continuing to keep Writing.Com's official site contests cruising right along... special thanks also to our Moderator judges that consistently take on the tough task of ranking our winners! ~~SM |
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