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Announcements pertaining to Writing.Com! |
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The following winners for the June 2020 running of "Journey Through Genres: Official Contest" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Continued thanks and appreciation for Jeff ![]() 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 May 2020 running of "Short Shots: Official WDC Contest" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() My ongoing thanks and appreciation for Jeff ![]() 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 April 2020 running of "Quotation Inspiration: Official Contest" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Woohoo's and thank you's go out to Jeff ![]() ![]() ~~SM |
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! ![]() 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 2022!" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For every order placed in "The Writing.Com Shop" ![]() ![]() ![]() * 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. ![]() 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" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() http://www.Writing.Com/main/my_gifts/tab/shop ![]() 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. ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() |
Eight Months of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" ![]() ![]() I'll be contacting the winners and honorable mentions about their prizes. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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" ![]() 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" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thank you to Jeff ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ~~SM |
The following winners for the February 2020 running of "Journey Through Genres: Official Contest" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Continued thanks and appreciation for Jeff ![]() 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" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() * This is Jayne ![]() ![]() ![]() Thank you to Jeff ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ~~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: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() PS... Please don't judge me on any found grammatical errors or typos this morning. ![]() |
The following winners for the December 2019 running of "Short Shots: Official WDC Contest" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Special thanks, as always, to Jeff ![]() ![]() ![]() ~~SM |