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Congratulations to the following three winners of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" ! First ($100): Review of "Long Musings on Short Stories" by DyrHearte writes Second ($50): Review of "Dragoman Challenge C1" by Lady Katie-Marie -Published :) Third ($25): Invalid Review by Anonymous To select the winners, we randomly choose 10 of the entries to the contest and then SMs, SM and I individually rank those ten reviews according to "Guidelines To Great Reviewing" . I combine our rankings and from that we get our top 3 winners. Thanks to everyone who reviewed and entered this month. ~Diane |
The following winners for the March 2014 running of "Journey Through Genres: Official Contest" were chosen from the 30 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in "Journey Through Genres: Official Contest" . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor Second Place - "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor Third Place - "Pythagorean Theorem" by Indelible Ink I apologize for the delayed announcement. Poor planning on my part (and a Universal conspiracy to eliminate my access to WiFi) was to blame and not the fault of any judge or the site itself. Reviews from the judges will be sent to all entrants shortly. ~Diane The contest for April is "What a Character! : Official WDC Contest" . |
Special merit badge AND MORE just added for the community! *NEW* COMMUNITY BADGE Steampunk Commissioned by tYpO/T.Boilerman for the entire community We have also added the new genre: Steampunk! I've also added a {e:tophat} and {e:pocketwatch} to go along with the new genre and merit badge. * * * * ENJOY * * * * MERIT BADGE SHOP http://www.writing.com/main/badges Want a custom merit badge for your group or the community? "Commission a Custom Merit Badge" |
Congratulations to the following three winners of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" ! First ($100): Review of "You Can't Run From Love" by Agape Novels Second ($50): Review of "Urban Fantasy- Chapter 1- Bitten" by Happyfingers Third ($25): Review of "Meeting Jaime" by Indelible Ink To select the winners, we randomly choose 10 of the entries to the contest and then SMs, SM and I individually rank those 10 reviews according to "Guidelines To Great Reviewing" . I combine our rankings and from that we get our top 3 winners. Thanks to everyone who reviewed and entered this month. ~Diane For your chance to win, be sure you make your reviews Public and check the Good Deeds submission box before sending the review. |
The following winners for the February 2014 running of "Short Shots: Official WDC Contest" were chosen from the 35 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in "Short Shots: Official WDC Contest" . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Dare To Breathe" by ßlueyeʐ 💮 Second Place - "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor Third Place - "Skiing through life" by LostGhost: Seeking & Learning ~Diane The contest for March is: "Journey Through Genres: Official Contest" |
This feature was released a few weeks ago, but we did not post about it here. We are doing that now. The new Options menu for newsfeed notes has been updated. The "Remove" link for the main thread lives there now. A new Edit Note option has been added! Yes, that's right -- you can finally edit your Notebook notes right here from the newsfeed. Even er, you'll see your edits previewed live, just like when posting the initial note. (Editing should also work from your notebook and from a {note} lightbox.) Notes that have been edited will display the original time of the post with an Edited notation after the time. Mousing-over the "Edited" text will reveal the time of the most recent edit. You can not edit comments on notes yet. This is only for the main note at the top of a thread. And trying to edit a note after posting a comment to it fails at the moment. This has been pretty thoroughly tested, but as with all new releases, if you find a bug, please post here: "Bug Reporting" . |
You may have noticed the new Options mini-menu that shows when you mouse-over a newsfeed note. In that menu, you'll now find: - the note's ID - the note's content rating - "hide this post" - "hide this member" Most importantly, the Hide system has been updated to allow the hiding of individual posts; previously, clicking "Hide" hid everything from a favorite member. Now, you can hide anything within your personal or community newsfeed. With this change, we have also cleared all previous "hides" in the newsfeed system, so that everyone has a fresh start with the new system. You can easily hide a member again from the options menu. (Please note this is still separate from blocking and ignoring; those functions stand on their own and haven't been touched. Blocked and/or ignored members will never show in your newsfeed.) |
This round there were 87 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in "Dear Me: Official WDC Contest" . Congratulations to the following three winners: First: "Dear Me WINNER: Crossroads" by Shh…singing Brian to sleep Second: "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor Third: "Dear Me (2014)" by 🌕 HuntersMoon Thanks to everyone who entered and special thanks to our judges for a tough decision. I hope the letters helped entrants to think about what they want to accomplish in 2014 and will act as a reminder of those goals throughout the year. ~Diane The contest for February is "Short Shots: Official WDC Contest" . Write a poem using the photo prompt provided. |
Congratulations to the following three winners of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" ! First ($100): Invalid Review by Anonymous Second ($50): Review of "A Bushy-Tailed Intruder" by Jeannie Third ($25): Review of "The Book of Eve" by Maryann To select the winners, we randomly choose ten of the entries to the contest and then SMs, SM and I individually rank those ten reviews according to "Guidelines To Great Reviewing" . I combine our rankings and from that we get our top three winners. Thanks to everyone who reviewed and entered this month. Thanks to everyone who took the time to send a review last month. This month, remember to enter your reviews into the contest for your chance to win! ~Diane |
The following winners for the December 2013 running of "Short Shots: Official WDC Contest" were chosen from the 19 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in "Short Shots: Official WDC Contest" . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Conquering Dragons" by 🌕 HuntersMoon Second Place - "'It's a Wrap' - or 'One for the Make Up'" by THANKFUL SONALI Now What? Third Place - "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor Thanks to all who entered and to the judges for their time. ~Diane Remember to write your entry for the January contest: "Dear Me: Official WDC Contest" |