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Vote for your favorite nonfiction, fiction and microstories here
You know what’s awesome? Unmoderated weeks. We’ve got a few more of em coming up, too, not just our usual holiday week. If submitting makes you nervous, or you’re just not sure if you’re ready to make the jump from the moonshine to the big time, take advantage of these weeks. You still have to meet the word count, date and subject matter requirements, but most of the substantive requirements are relaxed while we… um… relax. See what I did there? If this was a moderated week I’d’ve had to find a synonym, because word choice matters.
If you’re new in these parts, here’s how our schedule works every week, whether it’s moderated or not: our three challenges open on separate days – Monday for nonfiction, Tuesday for fiction and poetry, and Wednesday for microfiction – but instead of separate days for voting, we’ve combined them all into one big voting post every Thursday.
All three challenges are open below for your voting pleasure. If you want to vote on a grid, please take the time to read all the entries on the grid before voting for the best three. To do that, you might have to take a step back and read the rules for each grid: for example, does that microstory really answer the ultimate question, or did it just make you laugh?
You get three votes on each separate grid. If you’d like to reveal the current vote tallies, just refresh the page after you’ve finished voting. Just a reminder: if you want to see the vote tallies, please use the device you voted from originally. Don’t double-vote just to see how your post is doing; it’s not fair to anyone and we’ll remove your votes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Thanks to those of you who took the time to write and submit to our grids this week. Thanks also to those of you who may not have had the time or inspiration to write a new post but who dropped by to read and vote – we love you! And welcome to those who may just be showing up to our little corner of the web. As always, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email us or hit us up on Facebook or Twitter.
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Writers: thank you for entering this week’s challenge! If you see your post below, you’ve made it into the voting round. Please make the rounds: read the other entries and leave a footprint for the writers. You love comments? So do they!
If you don’t see your thumbnail, please check your email for a love letter from our submissions editor. Your letter will contain valuable, detailed feedback you can use for your next submission. Thank you for sharing your hard work; please stick around as a reader and voter.
Readers and voters: thank you for dropping in on this week’s challenge! Remember that you need to read all the entries on a grid before voting for your favorite three. Click on the thumbnail to read, then click on the heart icon to vote. Can’t decide between two entries for your third vote? Technical merit (such as compelling narrative or persuasive writing) wins over emotional subtext. But you can (and should!) leave your fourth place finisher a very nice comment.
Remember: targeted voting or voting for your own entry is not allowed.
What does this mean?
First, please don’t tell your friends to come and vote for your piece without reading the others. We love to see new faces reading and voting, but they should only vote for your submission if, after reading everything, they think you’re one of the best three.
Second, don’t vote for yourself. If you vote for your own submission, we’ll remove your vote. If it happens too often, we may have to ask you to take a break from the grids. If you vote for your own submission accidentally, please send us a message letting us know what happened and who you would like to vote for instead. Mistakes happen to everyone!
We monitor the vote to make sure our writing challenge isn’t inadvertently turned into a clicking contest, and we will remove any targeted or self votes.
Good luck in the challenge, everybody! Voting closes on Thursday at 10 p.m. US eastern daylight time. [-4 GMT] The winners’ post, including our editorial staff picks, will be published by Friday at noon.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Voting closes on Thursday at 10 p.m. US eastern daylight time. [-4 GMT]
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