SIW Feedback Contest!!! [prize list edit]

Dec 3, 201210 min read

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BloodrainFireDawn

Published: Dec 3, 2012

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I would like to announce the launch of the SIW Feedback Contest!

We are now accepting stories to be commented/critiqued for the entire month of December. Contest participants will then have the opportunity to leave feedback on those stories during the month of January for the chance to win prizes.

We will open the feedback portion of the contest on Jan. 1st. The feedback portion will be open for the entire month of January so there should be no conflict with holidays. You will want to leave the best feedback you can because at the end of the month, we will ask each author to select the two members who gave their story the best/most helpful feedback. We will tally these up and the member who was selected by the most authors will win the grand prize. All group members are encouraged to participate in leaving feedback, not just the writers.

To distinguish feedback left on stories for the feedback contest from other critiques or comments received during this time, participants must add "SIW FC" at the end of comments/critiques to alert the author that it is for the SIW Feedback Contest. Authors will be told not to consider comments/critiques lacking this tag.

A new journal will be posted at the beginning of January with the list of stories for feedback, some helpful guidelines for leaving feedback, and a reminder about the rules and prizes.

Here are the contest rules:

Note the group with the following information: thumbcode for the story you would like to enter, brief summary (3-5 sentences), and genre (romance, fantasy, sci-fi, horror, etc.). Entries must be received by 11:59 PM EST on December 31st.

One entry per group member. You may enter a story that you already have in our gallery, or you may write a brand new story.*

Must add "SIW FC" at the end of comments/critiques to be eligible for judging.

Must be a group member to participate.

Must leave feedback on at least 5 entries before you will be eligible for a prize.

There must be a minimum of 5 stories entered. If fewer than 5 stories are entered, the contest will be canceled.

*New stories must follow all group rules and standards to be accepted into the gallery and the feedback contest. All stories submitted to the group during this time will still be entered into the bi-weekly/bi-monthly contests.

Prize List:

First Place:
3 month premium membership from SIW
200

from SIW-pointpot
Journal feature in group journal
Journal feature by BloodrainFireDawn
Journal feature and llama from meryvamp
Journal feature and llama from Starija
Llama from justiceiskira

Second Place:
1 month premium membership from SIW
100

in reserve for prizes to be announced once the contest has ended. We don't want to give anything away too early.

EDIT: Thanks very much to our meryvamp for donating 300

to the contest! And thanks very much to thorns, one of the Lit CVs, for donating 100

We will decide how to divide them up among the winners and then update the journal.

We would also like to have smaller prizes for other winners, depending on what we have available, so please donate whatever you can and spread the word to your friends, watchers, and other groups to support this contest. Let us know what you would be interested in seeing as prizes. Journal will be updated as more prizes become available. If you have questions or concerns about the contest, please leave them in the comments or note me (Jade).
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The winner of the bi-monthly contest was:

Mature Content

by meryvamp

Congratulations, Mandy!

That's all for now, I think. Questions, comments, concerns - leave a comment on the journal or note me. And don't forget to send in your stories for the SIW Feedback Contest!