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

Noel wrote...

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

[font=Verdana][color=green]Heh...you do have a point. I'll try to get some done.

Cinia Pacifica Ojou-sama Writer

13 years ago

Why did it got unstickied so suddenly?

Toxic Influence

13 years ago

Rise-chan wrote...

Why did it got unstickied so suddenly?

Probably because it's essentially over, and it's now April, more than a month after we started.

Cinia Pacifica Ojou-sama Writer

13 years ago

Well, its been "due Friday", after all lol.

Still waiting for the announcement of the prose winner.

Noel

13 years ago

I GOTS MIDTERMS AND SHIT! SADFACE!

Coffee wins then. The Prose side. Derp~

NAO I KNOW!

Xenon FAKKU Writer

13 years ago

Congratulations Coffee and Toxic, you win one coupon for an IOU 1 editted manga of your choice from Noel. Please provide raws and forward them to P.O. Box 32558 aka Fakku. Don't wait up on them, trollololol.

If you would like suggestions, I highly recommend D.L. Action 32 and
D.L. Action 33.

They're fucking unbelievable, I don't know why they haven't been translated yet.

Disgusting

13 years ago

A well deserved winner. I don't understand why you thought your story was terrible though, Coffee, for I enjoyed it.

Jericho Antares FAKKU Writer

13 years ago

Props to you both. I'm keen to see Coffee's "better story" though.

high_time

13 years ago

Well congratz to Coffee and Toxic for winning the contest, I'm looking forward to see more of your works on this section!

TwilightEngel

13 years ago

Congratulations to both of the winners, and to everyone who participated in the contest! Now, I'm wondering what naughty doujinshi you're going to ask to be translated. ;)

Cinia Pacifica Ojou-sama Writer

13 years ago

Congratz Toxic and Coffee!!

Coffee, try to have some more confidence on your works would ya?

CoffeePrince

13 years ago

^_^ YEY! I tend to pound my own work down if I can see places of improvement. I'm currently rewriting it to make more sense (in a way). Thanks everyone! Now all I have to do is ask for a full manga!

SamRavster

13 years ago

[font=Verdana][color=green]Oh wow, a winner was declared. Congratulations Coffee and Toxic.

rober2

13 years ago

*sniff* Congrat... TULATIONS! ;A; Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah...

electronicmaji

13 years ago

Guess I got my resubmission in too late.

CoffeePrince

13 years ago

Actually, Noel, when are we getting scores?

mibuchiha Fakku Elder

13 years ago

I'm gonna assume we won't. Chances are she just read and chose whatever that "clicked" the most. :3

Toxic Influence

13 years ago

Here's my scores, at the very least. If you story wasn't resubmitted, it didn't get scored (I graded prose after the server clusterfuck) but all the poems are there.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AmynqCm52YwwdEtvbU5VWWZvRlZ0WUdyUGNDZDZfWVE&authkey=CIP00bkL&hl=en#gid=1

Feel free to ask about any of them, I'd be happy to elaborate on what I gave.

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