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A WDC 18th BD Writing Contest for the Clever at heart! A Charity Event to Benefit RAOK |
š© In honor of WDC's Eighteenth Birthday, "Cross Timbers Novel Workshop On Hiatis"  is thrilled to present A Charity Event to Benefit "RAOK Upgrade Brigade Group" 18 IN EIGHTEEN  Our Mission, should you decide to partake: That no writer should ever be turned away from the halls, walls, and portfolios of the Wonderful World that is WDC! Why? Because we love WDC... And we want to promote the Novel Workshop. When? September 1st through September 7th, 2018 **For those who have already read The Rules and Guidelines, CLICK HERE to go directly to POSTS. WHAT'S THE DEAL? The deal is: Everything starts and ends with 18. Pick a topic or subject with ā18ā at its core. Decide if you want to write prose or poetry about your chosen topic or subject. Whatever you write must be in increments of 18.  (For Prose) 18 words or 18 sentences or 18 paragraphs. (For Poetry) 18 words or 18 lines or 18 couplets or 18 quatrains.When youāre ready to submit, you must include an Entry Donation in any denomination of 18 - your choice. WHAT'S THE CATCH? There are two catches. 1. Your submission must be accompanied by an Entry Donation of GPs in denominations of EIGHTEEN. (18, 180, 1,800, 18,000, 180,000) Half will be donated to our favorite charity, "RAOK Upgrade Brigade Group" . The other half will make up the prize monies. The amount of your Entry Donation is up to you. Charity monies and prizes depend upon your decision here. 2. You must *randomly insert the phrase "Happy Birthday WDC" into your submission anywhere you like. We will find it and mention it in your review.   Failure to adhere to numbers 1 and 2 or to follow any of our simple rules will disqualify your entry. There can be no exceptions. IS THERE A PROMPT? Yes. (Kind of...) The entry should have something to do with a passage of time.  18 seconds, 18 minutes, 18 hours, 18 days, 18 weeks, 18 months,18 years, 18 decades What about 18 centuries? Can I do that?  ... okay  Or a birthday or anniversary Or a significant event somehow involving the number ... wait for it ... 18 - - - - - - - - - - Pssssst... HEY! NEED AN IDEA? The characters could all be 18 or have 18 siblings or be on two baseball teams or be celebrating an 18th anniversary maybe they drive a truck with compressed argon (element 18) of course the truck is likely an 18 wheeler or they are from Louisiana (the 18th state) or they are descendants of U.S. Grant (18th president) or the story could be about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (April 18) or it could be about Paul Revere's ride (April 18) or set on the final hole of a round of golf (on the 18th hole), or... Well, you get the picture. (CAUTION: This list of ideas is from Max Griffin š³ļøāš I've heard reports coming out of Oklahoma, he's knocked out the Internet and he has taken to writing ideas on walls and buildings, and possibly cars. It's not really clear. A word of caution, if you see him, don't wind him up! You've been warned.) HOW DOES THIS WORK?  You title your post thusly: "Submission, 1800GPs, Poetry" or "Submission, 18,000GPs, Prose" etc. At the top of your entry or item, please include your selected measure. (Words, sentences, paragraphs, lines, couplets, or quatrains). Add your entry to this forum in GENRE format, (G-item) along with your chosen GP Entry Donation. (Be sure your entry or item is set to public, and reviews are allowed. **Once you submit your entry it cannot be edited for any reason.) At least one author from the Novel Workshop will read and review it. If all rules are followed, your submission advances to the judging phase. Winners will be chosen and announced by September 15th. Prizes and Awards will be distributed. That's it! Easy-peasy!YOU MAY Submit any type or genre, as long as you Write it in Eighteen. (For Prose) 18 words or 18 sentences or 18 paragraphs. (For Poetry) 18 words or 18 lines or 18 couplets or 18 quatrains. Submit an item in any genre, type, or rating, from early childhood to erotica, as long as it is rated properly. SUBMISSIONS MAY BE Poetry, Short Story, Vignette, Memoir, Essay, Blog Entry, Biographical, or Autobiographical. A Prologue, An Introduction, A Chapter *As long as it stands strong on its own, A Query Letter, A Summary... Got a different idea? Ask us!SUBMISSIONS MAY NOT BE Do Not Submit 18 Chapterās of Your Novel (Yes, I saw you over there, rubbing your hands together. NO. The answer is NO. You know that I know that you know I know who you are!) Do Not Submit Pornography   And now a word from our Benefactors and Sponsors: Sponsors will have donated 100,000 - 250,000GPs Benefactors will have donated 250,000 - 500,000 GPs Sponsors  "Cross Timbers Novel Workshop On Hiatis" PureSciFi Than Pence š HuntersMoon Benefactors  LJ hiding under the bed RULES FOR SUBMISSION Present and former Novel Workshop members are eligible contestants. Submissions may ONLY be entered between SEPT. 1st-12:01am and SEPT. 7th-11:59pm. WDC Time to coincide with the week-long WDC Birthday Bash festivities. No early or late entries will be considered. You must include the GP Entry Donation with your post. If there are four or fewer entries, only the RAOK Donation and 30% Winner's Prize will be awarded. Your item or entry must be viewable (may not be set to private or passkey protected.) Items and entries must be rated correctly. Word limit is 1,800. This does not include title, notes, or post scripts e.g poetry forms or definitions. Word count MUST be included in your post AND at the top or bottom of your entry. Awarded items will be the best in the opinion of the judges, and no correspondence will be entered into regarding the results. Submit your entries to this forum in G-ITEM format only. If you don't know how to do this, click here for cliff notes ▼ . Multiple submissions are permitted. (Each submission requires the same ▼ GP Entry Donation.) Each Submission must be in its own post. (Please do not submit multiple submissions in one post.) All submissions WILL be judged on   Writing Skills & Craft: opening sentence & paragraph, plot, character development, dialogue, spelling & punctuation, grammar, continuity, form, clarity, and hook. AND Creativity & Presentation: structure, figurative language & vocabulary, and rhythm & meter. (If U.S. English is not your first language, please give us a heads-up, so we don't penalize you unjustly for spelling and punctuation.) Reviewing on submissions will begin immediately. ONCE THE SUBMISSION IS POSTED, EDITS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED. ANY EDITS, no matter how trite, will disqualify the submission. Don't do it. No exceptions can be made to this rule. * * * FYI: Results may not be available until two weeks after the conclusion of the entry cycle. JUDGING and CRITERIA To reiterate: Submissions will be judged on: Writing Skills & Craft: Opening sentence & paragraph, plot, character development, dialogue, spelling & punctuation, grammar, continuity, form, clarity, and hook. Creativity & Presentation: structure, figurative language & vocabulary, and rhythm & meter, REVIEWERS and JUDGES A E Willcox |  Bert Macklin, FBI | š· Carol St.Ann š· Sorji | ZenEvery entry will receive at least one formal review.  DONATIONS  "Invalid Item"  2164567 Donations without entries are also welcome and would be greatly appreciated. They will go toward RAOK and funding prizes! Any donation above 60k GPs will receive an MB of the donor's choice. (If no choice is mentioned, we will award a Fund Raising or Generosity MB.) The cost of the MB will NOT be deducted from the donation. OUR MOST ESTEEMED, GENEROUS DONORS "Cross Timbers Novel Workshop On Hiatis" 100,000 GPs LJ hiding under the bed 251,000 GPs Christopher Roy Denton 18,000 ENTRIES  Review Given     š· Carol St.Ann š· | A E Willcox | Bert Macklin, FBI | Zen | Sorji "Invalid Item" 1,800GPs "Happy Birthday WDC" 180,000GPs "Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley" 18,000GPs "Invalid Item" 1,800GPs "Alex Tean Ate Iann" 180,000GPs "Invalid Item" 180,000GPs "Invalid Item" 18,000GPs "A Dream" 18,000GPs "Princess Wallaloo's Great Sacrifice" 18,000GPs "Invalid Item" 1,800GPs "The Alpha's Daughter" 18,000GPs "Life Lessons" 1,800GPs "Through The Years" 18,000 GPs "Invalid Item" 18,000 GPs "18 Things I Learned While Writing" 1,800 GPsAND 6 SEMI FINALISTS In Order of Submission WDC Time Christopher Roy Denton "Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley" 9.1.18 @ 1:53pmThan Pence "Alex Tean Ate Iann" 9.1.18 @ 2:32pmChoconut ~ House Targaryen "A Dream" 9.2.18 @ 8:36amChristopher Roy Denton "Princess Wallaloo's Great Sacrifice" 9.2.18 @ 9:50amSally "Invalid Item" 9.2.18 @ 2:00pmkerrimiller "18 Things I Learned While Writing" 9.7.18 @ 10:33pmIT IS OUR GREAT PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THE FINAL DONATION to RAOK and THE WINNERS and PRIZES Determined by the GP Coffer 1,045,800 the breakdown are distributed as follows: "RAOK Upgrade Brigade Group" 50% 522,900 GPs PAID! Winner 30% 313,740 GPs Christopher Roy Denton "Princess Wallaloo's Great Sacrifice" PAID!1st Runner-up 10% 104,580 GPs kerrimiller "18 Things I Learned While Writing" PAID!2nd Runner-up 5% 52,290 GPs Christopher Roy Denton "Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley" PAID!For the Judges 5% 52,290 GPs  |
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