did you notice who’s writing this post?

Okay, it’s not Samantha, your kinder gentler vote post person. It’s me, Stacie. Yeah. I’m the one that strips the votes from cheaters. I basically know what everyone’s up to, and I’m keeping the yeah write naughty list. Most people vote fairly, and that’s part of what makes yeah write so awesome. But every week, there are a couple of people that try to sneak cheats past me. Please don’t. I can always tell. It’s just more work for me. Sometimes it’s not intentional, I know. So please tell your friends to vote fairly too. See below for more details–everyone vote on merit! Let the best writing win!

vote on merit!

Here at yeah write, we vote on artistic and technical merit, and we read ALL the posts before voting. Yep, that means every single one. Those little green check marks in the upper left-hand corner of each thumbnail will let you know if you’ve been there, done that. Then you get to think back on your absolute favorites.

But wait–don’t vote just yet. Think for a minute. Do your picks have a story to tell? Do they have clear, central conflicts? Is the writing concise, compelling, and free of grammatical and structural errors? Seriously–is it? When you’re ready (when you’re really ready), click on the heart in the upper right corner of a thumbnail to give it your vote. Think of each vote as an endorsement of a well-written piece, not as a favor to a friend. Targeted votes and campaigning for your own entries drive us a little nuts.

Share the fun of our friendly competition by inviting your friends to read and be read. Remember Comment Bob! He’s not creepy or anything–he just can’t wait to cheer you on because of all the thoughtful comments you’ve left for your fabulous gridfolk.

Kevin is on pause this week

We love Kevin so much, but here’s the thing: we got 30+ 0n the grid! So, hello editors’ invitational, goodbye Kevin (for now). This means the best of the best will be selected onto a special invitational grid, then the editors will pick a favorite for the coveted jury prize. Although we loves us some Kevin the kiwi (recipient selected by our submissions editor), the jury prize is awarded by the panel of editors, and that’s just like winning an Oscar.

the invitational, right here

Here’s where the magic happens during the invitational, but our editors are the wizards. Do you happen to see a little blue “add your link” box? That’s not for you, sorry! Scroll down the page until you see the challenge grid and use those voting icons to vote for the four best entries.

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challenge grid voting starts here

The challenge grid crowd favorite and top row will be determined by popular vote. Read them ALL before deciding. I can tell if you don’t  and then you’re not only busted, your votes count for nothing! Don’t test me. I’m watching.

Everybody gets FOUR votes

Click on each thumbnail to read the posts before voting. Click on the voting icon to vote for a post after reading. Do not vote for your own post, please. I’ll know if you do, and it won’t count. It’s a wasted vote.

Read the posts before voting

We are responsible voters here at yeah write. Read, evaluate, vote on merit. We’re still writing the yeah write way, and we want the votes to reflect it.

Voting is open until Thursday, 10:00 p.m. EDT

Winner’s post published Friday by noon EDT

Once the voting ends, the challenge grid will sort itself from highest number of votes to the fewest. Ties are broken by number of page views. Until the winner’s post is published, none of the sorting will be official, but you can still get a good idea of where everyone ended up until the votes are validated. New vote proctor in town Yeah write editor Stacie has taken over the vote monitoring from Erica M. Stacie places justice before mercy, so think twice before voting for yourself or attempting to vote more than once by using another IP address. It’s one voting round per IP address, one voting round per person. Thank you! Yeah write #164 voting is open… [hr]