Valentine's Day Writing Contest

Noel · 2011-01-12T21:10:37-01:00

Seeing as we had one for Christmas and New Years, I figured, why not have one for the most romantic day of the year, Valentine's Day!!! Ahh... Such a sweet holiday. Full of love and tragedy... and Hallmark Cards! Spread the love. Make someone happy this year! Win or lose, just have fun writing a story. Deadline for all entries is 11:59 PM (0:00 GMT), February 14th, 2011. But hey, it's Valentine's Day, so who knows what can happen to this. Haha. Judging Who will do it...? I dunno... Me and possibly others...? We'll see... Anyway! We need something concrete, so.... We'll use a point system! So.... We'll make the readers rate the stories! Use this point system! Use spoilers for the scores! 1. Rules - (-5) points ---- Obvious. Don't use banned words if Poetry, Line and word limits, etc. Docking 5 points for every rule broken. =o 2. Imagery - 25 points ---- Imagery. Make us imagine! XD 3. Rhythm and Flow - 20 points ---- Read it! If you cringe, it sucks! Minus points! Portray your love! Gotta flow like water... Or something... 4. Overall Feel - 20 points ---- Just how much a person likes it really. It'll vary per judge, but hey... What can you do? 5. Emotion - 20 points ---- Does your story/poem illicit some sort of emotional response? Will I feel good at the end? Will I cry? How will I feel throughout reading this piece? Make it awesome! 6. Coherency - 10 points ---- Does it have a point? Do they sound like they're from the same poem/story? Does the theme tie your story together? Can I say... "That was great! Especially how this part and that part go together so well." 7. Grammar - 5 points ---- Use proper grammar. Spelling, punctuation, all that good stuff. 8. Title - 5 bonus points ---- Is it an awesome title? Does it make me want to read it? Hahaha... I love creative titles... Total: 105/100 points FAQ Q - How do I enter? A - Make a new thread in the Writing (and Lemons) Section. Then copy the url in this thread. Q - Can I enter multiple times? A - Only one entry per division please~ Q - Can I change my entry? A - Anytime before the deadline! Q - How do I write a love poem without love words!? A - Use your imagination! You can do it! We believe in you! Q - Can I use your scores and critique to change my submission? A - Yes! You can! No score is final until after the deadline! I want to read your best and most romantic piece! Q - I want to judge! Can I!? Can I please!!? A - Yes. Yes you can. All readers are judges. If you like it, rate it as such. Please rate it as how you feel and not because they're your friends. Do spoiler your scores as well. Q - Does it have to be under/over the line/word limits? A - Yes... Yes it does. Q - How will the winner be decided? A - We will see which was scored the highest in the end. Some stories will have more people read and score more, so we'll probably just take random reader scores, like, 10 of them or whatever and average them out... We'll see how that goes... Haha. I don't want this to be a popularity contest. I want this to be about who wrote the best! Submissions: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ArNiF3Jj5fIAdFY0UXZLNHVlWFNNTnFuVi0yR0R2OHc&hl=en&authkey=CNijjtQO

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SamRavster

13 years ago

[font=Verdana][color=green]I've been meaning to do this for a while. I'm just glad that it still running at the moment. I will try to post some scores, but I can't promise anything.

Noel

13 years ago

I will do all scoring next week during Spring Break. Guaranteed.

Classy

13 years ago

Noel wrote...

I will do all scoring next week during Spring Break. Guaranteed.

7 days later lol

CoffeePrince

13 years ago

^lol reading stuff during spring break sounds stupid if you ask me. You definitely shouldn't just sit in your room and read stuff for the duration of one of your only breaks from school within four months. Noel was probs too busy getting drunk and partying...

Toxic Influence

13 years ago

CoffeePrince wrote...

Pfffft social lives. Reading is the only party you need.

Cinia Pacifica Ojou-sama Writer

13 years ago

Classy wrote...

Noel wrote...

I will do all scoring next week during Spring Break. Guaranteed.

7 days later lol

I lol'd.

But seriously though, this needs to be dealt with and the winner must come out...

CoffeePrince

13 years ago

How about we all just vote on a manga we want translated? That way Noel can begin working on something without worrying about grading.

Noel

13 years ago

Winner for Poetry will be Toxic Influence.
Prose will be... Determined... Friday... 20,000 words is too much... I'm so retarded. Lol.

SamRavster

13 years ago

Noel wrote...

Prose will be... Determined... Friday... 20,000 words is too much... I'm so retarded. Lol.

[font=Verdana][color=green]I swear that I did mention this before. Lesson learnt.

Jericho Antares FAKKU Writer

13 years ago

Noel wrote...

Winner for Poetry will be Toxic Influence.
Prose will be... Determined... Friday... 20,000 words is too much... I'm so retarded. Lol.

Return from Spring Break.
Boot up computer.
Type for ~1 hour.
Visit Fakku.
See Noel get owned by her own hubris.....

Spoiler:

Cinia Pacifica Ojou-sama Writer

13 years ago

Jericho Antares wrote...

Noel wrote...

Winner for Poetry will be Toxic Influence.
Prose will be... Determined... Friday... 20,000 words is too much... I'm so retarded. Lol.

Return from Spring Break.
Boot up computer.
Type for ~1 hour.
Visit Fakku.
See Noel get owned by her own hubris.....

Spoiler:

Ahahaha, that had to happen I guess.

This has been brought upon himself.

SamRavster

13 years ago

[font=Verdana][color=green]-coughs-herself-coughs-

I swear she made that clear a few pages back, back when she still thought 20,000 words was a good idea XD

Noel

13 years ago

Hey, I still think it's a good idea. It's just time consuming. XD

rober2

13 years ago

..Sooo... Will you still review the 10k-word story I made? >_

CoffeePrince

13 years ago

Noel you really should have done only like 5k words. It'd be a quick and easy read.

Toxic Influence

13 years ago

CoffeePrince wrote...

Noel you really should have done only like 5k words. It'd be a quick and easy read.

I think we can all agree on this.

doswillrule

13 years ago

"I can see romance being pretty popular, so I'd advise against the 10k word limit"

"20k it is!"

Good times, good times...

Noel

13 years ago

Such haters. I don't see anyone else grading stuff. XD

Cinia Pacifica Ojou-sama Writer

13 years ago

Ahaha, okay, I'll get to reading again and grade some works and PM them to you. Happy now? ^_^

Edit:

Noel wrote...

Deadline for grades is White Day-ish.

Deadlines for stories was V-Day.

Ignore anything that hasn't been reposted or whatever.

Ummm.... is it really possible to even grade anymore?

Toxic Influence

13 years ago

Noel wrote...

Such haters. I don't see anyone else grading stuff. XD

In my defense I had all my grades in early.

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