Contest Entry Discussion

[Ricky]

I doubt there is a way to do this, but it would be great if each person had 3 votes (that have to be for 3 different stories), since there will be 3 winners.

That's how I thought it was going to be a first. I know you can set up boxes to tick off instead of a single vote, but I wouldn't know how limiting three ticks per person could be enforced.

[Nik Houser]

I have an idea. It would mean voting couldn't be anonymous, but you could have a voting thread where people post the names of their top three stories. I don't think non-anonymous (would that be "nonymous"?) voting is a big deal, especially since online forums can be pretty anonymous anyway, but that's just me. I certainly understand how someone might feel differently. Thoughts?

[bsaenz24]

Good luck to all of the authors. I'm afraid I won't vote because I don't have time to read through many and I don't think it would be fair to vote on the few I get time to read. So, best of luck to all!!!!

[chantal]

I'm sorry, very stupid question.. Where do we view the stories once published?

[C.W. LaSart]

I'm sorry, very stupid question.. Where do we view the stories once published?

They are in the grey sub-forum box at the top of the Writer's Corner page

[ozmosis7]

Thank you very much for pulling this opportunity together. I agree with some of the previous posts too. With this being a non-anonymous submission contest, you are almost best off either requiring everyone to post their top 3 choices in their own thread. Either that, or you create a voting committee that would determine the end results based on the vote. Just throwing this in to see if it helps. Other than that I hope you all enjoy all the tales, and good luck to everyone involved.

[Pooks]

Not long, unless all the moderators are asleep at the wheel. I know I check back every fifteen minutes or so.

Thanks Dan for all your support today. Everything is as it should be. Again, another found great employee of Cemetery Dance.

[Kenwood]

Not sure it's wise to change the rules now that the contest has begun, even if a change would be better. Best to live and learn.

[Eldritch]

What do the yellow stars mean, and how did they get there?

[Ronové]

Apparently this forum has a feature that lets you "rate" threads.

[Kenwood]

Looks like someone started a trend.

[Dan Hocker]

The thread rating system won't work as a voting method, as there is no way to limit the number of votes. I've gotta talk it over with Brian and see what we want to do. I may just use a google doc or something like that to do the vote.

[C.W. LaSart]

Looks like someone started a trend.

Looks like we all get 3 stars! Yay for mediocrity! Seriously, it does look like the stories are evening out!

[Kenwood]

Looks like we all get 3 stars! Yay for mediocrity! Seriously, it does look like the stories are evening out!

And I imagine that's how it'll stay. Every author will give his own story five stars, then others will give it less to knock it out of the four- or five-star rating. Haha.

[Draven Ames]

Is it copyright infringement to quote a TV show? If so, I think I need to fix my post.