More entries have been posted. Still plenty of time. How will yours stack up?
Posted by genevive42 (Member # 8714) on :
Don't forget to write your entry this weekend. You have until Sunday night.
Posted by genevive42 (Member # 8714) on :
Thirteen and a half hours and counting. That's plenty of time to come up with a wee little opening. Posted by genevive42 (Member # 8714) on :
This challenge is now closed. Voting begins noon today PST.
We have 27 entries from fifteen different authors. Check them out. Any Hatracker can vote even if you didn't enter. Send your votes to me.
If you missed this one, there will be another shortly after voting for this one closes. I'll keep you posted.
Edited to add: If you didn't enter the challenge but want to vote, you must also provide critiques.
[ March 18, 2013, 02:01 PM: Message edited by: genevive42 ]
Posted by Brendan (Member # 6044) on :
Do we send critiques to you too, or just post them?
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
quote:Originally posted by genevive42: Any Hatracker can vote even if you didn't enter.
That wasn't in the original rules was it?
Posted by genevive42 (Member # 8714) on :
All votes and critiques get sent to me, to maintain anonymity.
I didn't mention the open voting one way or another in the rules. I'm on another forum where that's the accepted practice and I think it's a good one. More critiques and votes can only give you a better picture of how your piece might be received. More opportunity to learn.
Open voting also encourages participation from people who are interested in the challenge but didn't have time to write something last week.
BTW, I will not be voting because that would break the idea behind it being an anonymous challenge, but I will be including my critiques along with everyone else's.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
I don't mind the extra crits, just not sure if someone who didn't take part should get a vote. They could just as easily vote and not crit, which gives those who did participate nothing much really.
Still, it's your challenge and I'm not really fussed either way.
Posted by genevive42 (Member # 8714) on :
pdblake you have a good point. I'll amend that rule now.
If you did not enter the challenge but you want to vote, you must also provide critiques.
I'll change that above when I'm not typing on an iPod.
Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
I didn't even know you could type on an iPod:)
Posted by genevive42 (Member # 8714) on :
The iPod Touch has all the capabilities of the iPhone except the phone, because of that it needs wifi. There are even apps that will let you use it as a phone for free.
Posted by genevive42 (Member # 8714) on :
Just some notes:
Please do your crits in numerical order.
Also, you can't vote for your own entry.
Posted by genevive42 (Member # 8714) on :
The first three sets of votes are in. One entry already has two first place votes. Another has a second and third place vote. The rest are all over the place. I have a feeling the results are going to be very interesting in the end.
Posted by genevive42 (Member # 8714) on :
Okay, only one person voted on Tuesday and no one voted on Wednesday. Y'all have me a little worried. I know that you know that voting is an essential part of the challenge. And if you don't vote, your entries will be dq'd and all that work will have been for nothing. So:
Please remember to vote.
This has been a public service announcement. Thank you for listening. Posted by pdblake (Member # 9218) on :
Did you get mine alright?
Posted by genevive42 (Member # 8714) on :
I did get yours, pdblake. Thank you.
Posted by tesknota (Member # 10041) on :
I've been craaaaaaazy busy this week, but if I survive til the weekend, you'll have mine!
Posted by genevive42 (Member # 8714) on :
You do have until Monday, 6pm PST. My plan is to tally everything and post after I get home from work on Monday night, or maybe Tuesday morning.
This is just a friendly reminder.
Posted by genevive42 (Member # 8714) on :
Awesome, five more people voted last night. I haven't tallied yet but I am seeing one title appear on a few lists. And it's not one I would have entirely expected.
Very interesting.
Posted by genevive42 (Member # 8714) on :
Only need one more voter to check in. You all rock!
Posted by genevive42 (Member # 8714) on :
If all goes well, I'll post the results tonight. I will announce Part 2 of the challenge on Thursday.
Posted by genevive42 (Member # 8714) on :
Winners and comments are posted. Thank you to everyone who participated. Stay tuned for the next challenge - coming Thursday.
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