Hatrack River Writers Workshop: Apollyein.com Write-Offs!

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Posted by MTGchamp (Member # 2557) on :

Hello, all.

I am not quite sure if this belongs here, but it's the best place for it that I saw.

Apollyein.com is having it's own writing competition, of sorts. We have chosen our "gladiators", and are ready to duke it out with any comers!

If you are interested in writing against a competitive peer, for prizes and recognition, stop by and register!

Thanks,
Apollyein
Founder and Admin of Apollyein.com

Posted by pantros (Member # 3237) on :

Anyone with an established presence here know anything about this?

Until I hear from a trusted source, I'm not even willing to click on a link supplied by someone who is so tremendously proud of their ability to play cards and yet fails to introduce themselves on the introductions board.

Posted by Lord Darkstorm (Member # 1610) on :

Problem #1 is that the forum is open to anyone who chooses to browse it. So all first publication rights to the stories (which I didn't read but were definitly there) are pretty much gone. So there is a problem with security and protection of the people participating.

That alone is enough to convince me to stay away.

Posted by TL 601 (Member # 2730) on :

Well, you know, I hate to be a stick in the mud, but I went to your website and it made no sense. There doesn't seem to be anyplace where you say, 'Okay, here's who we are, and here's what we're doing, and here's why you would benefit from participating, and here's what our forum has to offer' etc.

Who on earth could possibly care about beating one of your admins?

And why would it be difficult? Who're they?

Posted by MTGchamp (Member # 2557) on :

*sighs*

OK, maybe I didn't explain myself well enough.

I'd rather not go into the history of Apollyein.com, but it seems inevitable that I will need to...

Way back when there was still a Young Writers Forums, I was part of it, along with thousands of other people. When OSC closed it down, I didn't want to let all those friends and contacts I had made drift away. So a group of about five or so of us all banded together and decided to contact everyone, and give them a new place to hang out.

First, we had a Proboards Account. After a while, a member offered to buy us webspace. We agreed, and Apollyein.com was born.

We started out on MBBS, because we had a Windows host. After a bit, we switched to a Linux host so that we could use PHPBB.

The Write-Offs are a simple competition to see if you can write competitively against another peer.

Admins have no part in this, other than selecting the prompts. You will be writing against "gladiators," the elite writers of the site.

The First Rights issue is one we are currently trying to find a workable solution to. Because we hop around as much as we do, we have a solid fanbase of about 20 members, and new members rarely stop by. We don't want to put off the new members, but we wish to offer protection to our current members as well.

MTGchamp is the name I used in the Young Writers Section. I used it again because I figured someone might recognize me.

I usually go by Apollyein or Polly.

I have introduced myself, but it was a rather long time ago.

I'll try to dig up the thread and link y'all to it.

Cheers,
Polly
Founder/Admin of Apollyein.com

Posted by mikemunsil (Member # 2109) on :

quote:
The First Rights issue is one we are currently trying to find a workable solution to. Because we hop around as much as we do, we have a solid fanbase of about 20 members, and new members rarely stop by. We don't want to put off the new members, but we wish to offer protection to our current members as well.

Well, that's simple. Require registration and set the permissions of the forums where stories appear to Registered[Hidden].

That is, if you're using phpBB2.

Best of luck, but do protect your writer's right.

Posted by MTGchamp (Member # 2557) on :

I don't wish to leave our writers high and dry. I do recall Hatrack YWF being open to guests, but I don't know what the deal with that is, and it's time we hopped out of Hatrack's shadow anyways. Not that it's not a perfectly good shadow to be in...

Anyways, several of our members have voiced opinions on this just this week, and, rest assured, they will be resolved today.

Thank you for being the catalyst in this change.

~Polly

Posted by MTGchamp (Member # 2557) on :

And... The Arena is open!

We have our first prompt answered by Vadon and Gladiator Grenye, so stop by and watch the interesting patterned blood splatters fly!

~Polly

Posted by benskia (Member # 2422) on :

To be honest, it looks like quite good fun.
I'm interested to see how the stories turn out & the critique / judging of them.

Hope it works out well for you.

Posted by MTGchamp (Member # 2557) on :

Thanks, and welcome.

If anything, it will be fun to watch me fall flat on my face .

~Polly

Posted by MTGchamp (Member # 2557) on :

And... we have our first submissions!

Come on in and judge!

~Polly

Posted by MTGchamp (Member # 2557) on :

Our first winner has been chosen!

Congratulations Gladiator Grenye!

View his story here.

Week 2 has started! Stop in and cheer on Gladiator Athena and TheFearedUnknown as they poke eachother with sharp, pointy words for our amusement!

~Polly