Rule Clairification

[Dan Hocker]

It certainly turned into disagreement during the conversation I had with him, but at that point it was way to late for him to be voicing his opinions on the matter (seeing as the contest is already under way). The biggest problem are the hostilities from said person that came with the discussion, those hostilities are what eventually got him banned from this forum. My theory on the subject (and maybe I'm wrong) if you don't like the rules of the contest, don't enter the contest.

[the_last_gunslinger]

Yeah, it would be one thing if his objection had come from his disagreement of the rules as defined by Cemetery Dance. But complaining over misunderstood rules can become annoying.

[RJK1981]

It'd be so much easier if people would read all the rules. It would eliminate quite a few questions I think because I think everything was spelled out pretty clearly myself, except maybe if you read the rules the day they were posted and then didn't look at the threads at all after that since I don't think amateur was clarified initially, but was soon after it started.

[Dan Hocker]

A former member of this forum, who is now banned for breaking the terms and services of this forum, has expressed his express concern with the rules of the writing contest. His concern comes from the fact that he did not read the rules before entering and was surprised to find out that published authors where allowed to enter the contest. Below is quoted text from two different places in the rules of this particular contest. This thread is to make sure everyone understands this, so this can be avoided going forward.

Definition of "Amateur" clarification.

In this instance, when we say "Amateur" we mean both unpublished writers and / or author's we do not publish on a regular basis. I say regular basis to give a little room, as I would not want to deny someone who may have only been published in say the magazine once or twice. I would also go so far to say that if Cemetery Dance has published one of your books you would not fall into the "Amateur" category.

Thank you everyone and good luck in the contest!