We like the good ones!

…readers and voters, that is, but we also really like good, strong posts. After a busy summer series, we’re cozying up this week with a tight grid, meaning we each get only three votes to hand out to our favorite posts. It’s not about popularity or politics, font styles, or the number of 80s sitcom references–we’re talking about the best writing. You’ve read this far, so keep on going.

End of Summer Invitational

We’ve been watching you over the summer. Not in a creepy way, though. We were excited about our summer series and you were too- you brought your work to the three critique lounges, accepted constructive criticism with grace and aplomb, and made your revisions. We’ve collected a shortlist of pieces we think really showcase the hard work you’ve done, and we’ll be placing them all in a special invitational grid.

Making your votes count

Here at yeah write, we vote on artistic and technical merit, and we read all the posts before voting. 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. Don’t believe we’re really watching? Read this.

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 da-dang da-dang kiwi

Watch out for the editor’s kiwi badge! We’re under 30 entries on the grid this week, so one lucky post will be awarded this week’s kiwi. That means that in addition to the popular vote, we’ll let one of our editors choose her very favorite post.

Challenge grid voting starts here

The challenge grid crowd favorite and top row will be determined by popular vote.

Everybody gets three 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.

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

• If it’s after 10:00 p.m. EDT [-5 GMT] on Thursday when you’re trying to vote, voting is closed. There will be no more voting icons on the thumbnail and voting will not work.
• Once you’ve voted for your favorite posts, you’re done voting. The voting icons will disappear.
• Voting for your own post should be disabled. If it’s not, please don’t vote for your own post.
• Once you’ve voted for the best posts on the grid, you are then free to campaign for votes for your favorite entries.
• If you’d like to see the current vote tallies after you’ve voted, refresh the page.
• If you ask your people to vote for your entry, please let them know they have a set number of votes, and they should vote for yours only if it’s one of the best on the grid. Campaigning for your own targeted votes is highly discouraged.
• Yeah write and the Inlinkz app allow only one set of votes per IP address. When campaigning for votes for your favorites, please ask outside voters to read this section before voting. It will lessen their confusion and curb their clicking enthusiasm.
• Refreshing the page, watching the votes go up and down? First, don’t do that. Second, if you see the votes on each entry fluctuating throughout the day, that’s the vote proctor adjusting each tally for enthusiastic clickers and non-reading voters. Don’t you want your entry to win because it’s the best on the grid and not because you have the greatest social media influence? Write well, campaign for others, leave encouraging comments.

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 editors Stacie and Arden have taken over the vote monitoring from Erica M. We place 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 #176 voting is open…

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