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The purpose of this newsletter is to highlight some of the current contests and activities on the site, help educate members on how to host contests and activities, and provide clues to submit quality entries to contests. Write to me if you'd like something in particular covered.
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Letter From The Editor
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Last newletter I mentioned the cool Macros tool, so this time I thought I would mention another great tool. So many times I've been asked if my contest ends at WDC time or some other time zone, I can't remember how many. But when running a contest it's important to make that clear. Even in raffles and auctions, members love to put in last minute bids and want to see who wins! Members sometimes find a contest at the last minute and want to enter but find out they're too late. Luckily, The StoryMaster  has a great tool to help us along with deadlines.
You can find the documentation in "Writing.Com 101" in the "Enhance Your Item With WritingML" and scroll down to Embedding: - Embed a Countdown Timer. Who knew this was such a handy item??? Not only will it help contest and activity hosts let members know when their entry or bid has to be in, it can help you in your own portfolio. It can be a useful tool when creating an entry for a contest. You can embed a link at the top of your entry of not only the contest you're writing the item for, but a countdown timer can remind you how much time you have left before you need to visit the contest and post your entry.
You can certainly use the embedded timer for other things, like reminders or a follow up for your own use. I'm sure I haven't thought of all the purposes for this tool, but I'm sure other contest and activity hosts and participants can make suggestions. All in all, the tool is another helper to make things clear and fair. So, take a look and see if it is something you can use in your items. And certainly if you are reviewing a contest or activity (they need review love too!) suggest the countdown tool as a helper.
Contest and Review On!
This month's question: Did you know about the countdown timer and how do you use it? Send in your answer below!  Editors love feedback! |
Excerpt: Genre Prompt for February 2020: Romantic Poetry
The task is simple: Write a poem using the prompt above as inspiration!
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You will experience the 'sensical' and 'nonsensical'; going through each adventure just as Alice did!
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Excerpt: This is an annual contest, and will open only in the month of February,
in celebration for the Season of Heart here in this wonderful world of Writing Dot Com.
So grab now your mighty pen or 'puter and muse and scribble me poetic words.
Excerpt: Prompt for February/ The Thing In The Pit
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Excerpt: Isn't it time to try something new?
Each entry must give both 'why', and 'why not' sides of a prompt.
Excerpt: Each day around 12pm NOON WDC time, one of our dedicated volunteer judges will judge the previous day's entries and post a writing prompt. The contest for that prompt ends before NOON (11:59am WDC time) the next day.
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This month's question: Did you know about the countdown timer and how do you use it?
Last month's question: What useful WDC feature have you found? How did you use it?
Response to "Contests & Activities Newsletter (January 22, 2020)"
Elle - on hiatus  : Thanks for the suggestion! I'm off to add '- CLOSED' to all my closed activities and contests. 
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