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Athelstone replied to the topic Writers & Artists short story comp in the forum Podium 7 years, 4 months ago
Oh, Raine, that’s just fantastic. You deserve recognition.
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Athelstone posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Goodbye, Ranking Roger. You made me feel cool, which took some doing, when I listened to you.
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Seagreen replied to the topic Writers & Artists short story comp in the forum Podium 7 years, 4 months ago
Absolutely brilliant!! 😁😁
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Raine started the topic Writers & Artists short story comp in the forum Podium 7 years, 4 months ago
Ello. Found out yesterday that I am one of two runner-ups in this comp, for a short story called ‘Gold’. Lovely bit of news and they give a nice comment on it. The winning story is impressive though. Very bleak, and original.
Link, if you’re interested
…https://www.writersandartists.co.uk/2019/03/short-story-competition-2019-winner-revealed
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Daedalus replied to the topic Regular Den competition – where next? in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 4 months ago
Sorry, final thought – I personally like the competitive aspect, and I think the peer judging takes the subjectivity out of it somewhat, but how does everyone feel about Squidge’s suggestion of just making it a prompt/challenge? Could/should we make it non-competitive every so often?
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Daedalus replied to the topic Regular Den competition – where next? in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 4 months ago
The peer judging might be nice, so it’s only a case of totting up the votes. They do it this way on the Fantasy Faction monthly competitions and that seems to work OK. And then I suppose people can offer whatever feedback they like on any of the entries. A PM to the setter should do it.
OK then, the balance of opinion seems to be to go for two…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic Regular Den competition – where next? in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 4 months ago
Every couple of months sounds good. I think it’s good not to have critique on the comps – if you post and you’re not looking for crit, then getting someone’s comments (however well intentioned) can be bruising if you’re not used to it.
Failing that, do we want/need it to always be a comp? There are other writing sites that post a topic/prompt and…[Read more]
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Raine replied to the topic Regular Den competition – where next? in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 4 months ago
Every two months seems like a good thing to try. As long as we remind ourselves from time to time on the main wall, I think there’s more chance of us remembering to enter. I must admit, while the comp entries are definitely fewer here than on the cloud, it does make judging less onerous!!
I do like the random prompts things as they make me write…[Read more]
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Not for me. I would love to see everyone but that price tag is not a great inducement.
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It’s my biggest disincentive. Last year it ruled things out plain and simple. I’ll be honest, I’m thinking about it this year because I may have a viable book to take. That hasn’t been a reason for any of my previous visits,
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Also, I’m going stir crazy as I haven’t been out more than ten times since mid January
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The jury’s out for me as yet, Athers. It depends on whether I get a reply from DHH re Doris. If he doesn’t want it, I might be tempted to take it to York. I’m also mulling over going only Saturday and meeting old friends, though it depends on how many are going.
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I would love to see everybody and if enough people were going and I could combine it with seeing family in the UK, I might think about it…
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I’ll be deciding before the ‘early bird’ offer expires because the cost of the full weekend without the Friday mini-course is actually £40 LESS than I paid 5 years ago.
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Not for me, this year @Athelstone. I’ve actually applied for a bursary for Mslexicon, which is Mslexia’s new writing conference. It’s just as expensive as YOrk but there seems to be a bit more on offer, and the bursaries are open for people like me (chronic illness). We’ll see, would be fun to try a new event, but not at full price.
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@raine Mslexicon looks absolutely brilliant and I wish you luck with the bursary!
In other news, I spotted an agent I’d really like to snag and I have now (impulsively) booked a place at York. Later in September my nephew is getting married in Edinburgh and I have to book flights for family. I WILL BE BROKE BIG TIME.
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Oooh, but if you have time whilst in edinburgh, we might be able to have a wee writer meet-up!! I’m sure @seagreen will come in (if she is in the UK, obv).
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Probably a really packed schedule but it would be sad not to fit in a tea/coffee and a doughnut perhaps!
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Include me too in any Edinburgh meet, please! Bursary sounds fantastic, Raine, best of luck with that, and, Ath, that you’ve a novel ready to go is brilliant. Seems ages since I had contact with writers in person 🙁
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No York for me, but Edinburgh is definitely do-able.
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Do let me know if you do plan that. I am a flight away
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Not this year, I’m afraid.
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Regular Den competition – where next? in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 4 months ago
Love the idea of having something a bit easier thrown in from time to time such as excerpt from something already written…
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Daedalus started the topic Regular Den competition – where next? in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 4 months ago
Hi all, as we’ve discussed on the current competition thread (here, btw – please have a look at the prompts and consider entering https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-comp-feb-2019/ ), many of us have found it a bit difficult to maintain an entry on top of everything else we have going on. And yet I think most people would agree that…[Read more]
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Philippa East posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Currently displacing my editing angst and self-medicating by watching the counter on the Revoke Article 50 petition.
It’s not a great look. *sigh*-
I’ve been exhibiting the exact same displacement activity!!
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I know, it fools me into thinking im achieving something / something is being achieved. Such fallacy, but there we go!
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Daedalus replied to the topic Monthly comp: Feb 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 4 months ago
Good idea
I think we probably need to have a wider conversation about how we run the competition, as the monthly flash thing doesn’t seem to be working as well as it did on the Cloud (and even there, there were some thin months). I know it’s difficult. I have been struggling for inspiration lately, and life has got in the way more than usual (new…[Read more]
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Monthly comp: Feb 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 4 months ago
Yes!
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Raine replied to the topic Monthly comp: Feb 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 4 months ago
Okay folks, I think Feb and March have kind of got the better of most of us. Sorry @jd73 for the floundering of this comp. Your prompts are great & if you are happy to still judge, how about we make this the April comp, and get everyone going again?
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Interesting article about developing your voice in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 4 months ago
Thanks @daedalus. It is very interesting!
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Daedalus started the topic Interesting article about developing your voice in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 4 months ago
We talk about voice a lot as writers but I rarely see resources specifically about developing it. This is interesting from Kirsty Logan
https://www.bridportprize.org.uk/news/six-ways-develop-your-writers-voice-kirsty-logan
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WOW! Well done. Who, where, what?
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Brilliant, well done Raine!! I’ve still had rejections quicker, but this is good anyway
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Cracking news! Where?
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Anti-hero Anti-Heroin Chic. It was a flash from the monthly comps – the flower and the bee. Not paying, but I don’t mind that for flash. Nice wee surprise. 😊
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Stupid phone tiny typing window. Ignore the ‘Anti-hero’ bit…
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Talking of the monthly competition. We all, I think, failed to enter in February so it’s in abeyence/abeyance/halted. Could we do something? Extend the deadline to the end of March?
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@janeshuff Yes, I’d been thinking that. I’ve just posted a comment along those lines, although I suggested to end of April, as March is running away with us.
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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