Submission Guidelines

[Edward]

Quick question: for the short stories, is the word count the same as the weeklies?

[Edward]

Well, now you have! :D

This is very exciting! Alhough it means I've got to come up with an extra story a month! Pooh!

[Arun]

[Ryan]

Are previously used entries ok for the monthly submission? (I know we aren't allowed to re-use for the weekly comps).

Nice idea, by the way :)

[Angie]

This is so exciting! My only question is, if we win a contest during the month, does that count as our entry for that month's issue?

[C.P., Windrunner]

This is a great idea! Very exciting.

[Anne]

Just to clarify:
1) Monthly contest submissions CAN be from previously submitted weekly contests, but ONLY if...
2)They are not submitted at the same time ( during the same week? or during the same month?) as the submission to the monthly contest? (i.e. how far in the past is "past"?)
3) What do you mean when you say weekly contest winners' stories will be "put up anyway"? That sounds like they'll automatically be included as contenders for the monthly contest. But then it sounds like they wouldn't be unless specifically submitted...

(Sorry for all the questions.. I guess I"m still confused..)

[Anne]

A wrote: "Haha, it's ok!

We have a weekly feature for the winners and then we have a monthly issue for all members. If you go to the Wordpress site, you will see tabs for "weekly winners" and "issues".

If ..."

Yes! that helps a lot. thanks!

[Edward]

If someone wins, can they still post a story / poem the next month and simply be ineligible to win?

[Edward]

A wrote: "Sure! You can just stat that you were a winner last month somewhere in your post. :] I'd love for everyone to participate and write anyway and share! I enjoy reading your guys' writings!"

My OCD wouldn't allow me NOT to enter in the event I ever won a month. :D

[Edward]

Another silly question: if someone wins the poetry one month, are they eligible to win the short story the next month? Or vice versa.

[Edward]

A wrote: "Yes! :]"

Thanks for the confirmation. ;-)

[Rabindranath]

can I post a short story which I had penned and published as a book of short stiries?

[C. J., Cool yet firm like ice]

Rabindranath wrote: "can I post a short story which I had penned and published as a book of short stiries?"

If you are wondering about the "Monthly" submissions and you are interested in it, I will have to confirm with the other mods about whether this will continue or not (it is currently not going on because of mods being busy- mainly me- and unable to take on contests such as that on top of what we already do).

But if you are wondering about the weekly contest, yes you can post a short story that was previously published from a book as long as the story in mention was not posted in this group before.

[C. J., Cool yet firm like ice]

Just flat out saying here (I might close this thread unless there is a person who wants to be a mod to give us a helping hand!) I might close this part of the WSS. It will be indefinitely.