2008 Survivor Literotica Contest: Rules and Registration

[AMY_Monaco]

Contestant

I'm in. This will be interesting...

 

[LadynStFreknBed]

Count me in! I came close to placing last year. I need to give it another shot.

-Sheila

 

[Intoxication]

I'm new to the site, but I'd like to give this contest a try...

 

[AJ_Smith]

Sounds Fun!

I am new to this, but definitely interested.

 

[writinggurl89]

Please count me in!

 

[where]

I'd like in as well...should have done this before my last submission I suppose!

 

[gradprof]

Count me in too

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

Count me in too

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[hmmnmm]

Yeah why not. Sign me up. See what happens.

...hoooh boy...

 

[rhyst_hatchyk]

Count me in, from here on out.

 

[tyche_types]

I'm down!

 

[dullblue]

sign me up!
i do hope that i'm going to have time to write

 

[sarahmonroe55]

Hi Lauren,
I would like to join the contest please

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

Hi Lauren,
I would like to join the contest please

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[RobFelle]

Enter RobFelle

Hi Lauren,

I'm in. Sounds fun =u)

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

Hi Lauren,

I'm in. Sounds fun =u)

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[timelessembrace]

This sounds like fun. I'll join the competition.

 

[cyclanokitt]

Joining the contest

I would like to join this year's survivor contest. I'm new to the boards, as a friend introduced me to them. And I look forward to the coming year

 

[EagleWriter]

Survivor Contest

Please enter me in the 2008 Contest.

 

[Ozilly]

Sign me up

I would like to be in the Survivor contest for 2008.

- Thanks -

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

I would like to be in the Survivor contest for 2008.

- Thanks -

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[sweet_escape]

I'm In

Hi Lauren,

Can I join too, please? I'm up for a challenge.

 

[dcornell]

sign me up

im keen for entering. it gets me writing again so im all for it.

 

[Dolunay]

count me in

 

[squirter1984]

Keep in mind that these rules are currently under review and may be altered within the next few days.



Official 2008 Survivor Literotica Contest Rules


Entering the Contest

• You may enter the contest any time before midnight, Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8:00) on October 31, 2008.
• You may officially enter by pressing "Post Reply" in this thread and giving notice of your intention to participate. You will be notified via Private Message (PM) once your scoring thread has been created, and you may begin tracking your scores immediately after. In order to enter the contest, you must have Private Messaging enabled in your User CP.
• You must enter the contest in order to be eligible for prizes.

Eligibility

• Open to all persons over the age of 18, where legal.
• Entrants found infringing copyright or cheating will be automatically disqualified.
• Literotica reserves the right to disqualify entrants for cause at any time without notice.

Objective

• To write as many new and original stories in as many different categories listed on the main story index in the course of the year as possible.

Winning the Contest

• The participant with the most points wins!
• Ties will break in favour of:
  1. the participant with more categories with at least one submission or immunity;
  2. the participant with more categories with at least 10 submissions;
  3. the participant with more submissions entered in the contest.
• Winners to be announced shortly after 1/5/2009

Prizes

[tr][td]Top Survivor ........................... [/td][td]$500[/td][/tr][tr][td]2nd-Placed Survivor ................ [/td][td]$250[/td][/tr][tr][td]3rd-Placed Survivor ................. [/td][td]$200[/td][/tr][tr][td]4th-Placed Survivor ................. [/td][td]$150[/td][/tr][tr][td]5th-Placed Survivor ................. [/td][td]$100[/td][/tr][tr][td]6th- to 15th-Placed Survivors ...[/td][td]$25 Amazon.com gift certificate[/td][/tr]​

Scoring

Stories

(except Novels and Novellas)

• First submission posted in each category: 3 points;
• Each subsequent submission posted in each category: 1 point;
• There is no limit for additional submissions eligible to receive points.

(Novels and Novellas only)

• Only submissions with 7500 words or more are eligible for points in this category;
• First submission posted in this category: 6 points;
• Each subsequent submission posted in this category up to and including the 10th: 2 points;
• Each subsequent submission posted in this category after the 10th: 1 point;
• There is no limit for additional submissions eligible to receive points.

Poems

• First poem posted in each category: 3 points;
• Each subsequent poem in each category: 1 point;
• There is a cap of 10 poems per poetry category eligible to earn points.

Bonuses

• For 10 categories filled: 5 points;
• For 20 categories filled: 10 points;
• For 30 categories filled: 15 points;
• For all categories filled: 30 points;
• For 10 stories in one category (each category eligible for one bonus): 5 points.

Immunities

• Weekly immunity: 2 points

Your ScoreCard

• All entrants will have a ScoreCard thread created in the Survivor contest forum for the purposes of tracking scores upon entering.
• Official ScoreCard Threads will be the basis for judging the winners of the contest.
• See the rules concerning Scoring below.

Rules

Stories and Poems

1. Stories and poems must be accepted and posted at Literotica.
2. Literotica reserves the right to reject a submission at any time. Entrance in the contest does not guarantee publication.
3. Literotica reserves the right to change the category under which a submission is entered, if it is judged not to correspond to the characteristics of that category.
4. Only stories and poems with posting dates on or between 1/2/2008 and 1/1/2009 are eligible for the contest.
5. Contest entries submitted after 12/20/2008 must be clearly marked SURVIVOR CONTEST in the notes field for the editor. Failure to do this may result in stories not being posted in time for the contest.
6. Multipart stories are posted one a day by Literotica rules. If you wish all parts to be entered into the contest, please make sure that you submit them to the site early enough for Literotica to publish them by 1/1/2009.
7. Stories and poems used for points in 2007 may not be used for points in 2008. Stories and poems that win or are entered in other Literotica contests are eligible for points in Survivor.
8. Each story or poem must be original work from the entrant for points to be awarded. Stories and poems that had already been posted at Literotica.com, as well as translated, illustrated, narrated, transcribed or templated versions of submissions already entered in the contest are not eligible for points.
   
   
9. Novels and Novellas: All submissions made to the Novels and Novellas category must be 7500 words or more to be eligible for the contest.
   
   
10. Audio stories and poems: All audio stories must be 750 words or more to be eligible for the contest. There is no minimum length for poetry submissions. The accompanying text must be an accurate transcript of the submitted audio, and must be posted in the Text With Audio or Poetry With Audio categories as applicable. See Audio Story FAQ for information on submitting work.
    
    
11. Illustrated stories and poems: All illustrated stories must be 750 words or more to be eligible for the contest. There is no minimum length for poetry submissions. All submissions, including the illustrations, must be original work of the entrant, i.e. photographs taken, or drawings or paintings created by the entrant. The use of royalty-free and/or public domain images will make a submission ineligible for points. The use of the same illustration in more than one submission will render all said submissions after the first ineligible for points. The use of images in the production of which the contestant was not directly involved, either by creating or by being portrayed in them, will make submissions in the "Illustrated" and "Illustrated Poetry" categories ineligible for points in Survivor. That means that you can use photographs that you yourself took or that were taken of you, or paintings or drawings that you yourself created. It also means that you cannot use royalty-free or public domain images, or images pulled from somewhere off the web. See Illustrated Story FAQ for information on submitting work.
    
    
12. Non-English stories and poems: Submissions in all languages are eligible for the contest and must be posted in the corresponding categories as applicable. There will not be a specific non-English category in the scoreboards. All submissions must be original work of the entrant, and subsequent translations in any language are not eligible for points.
    
    
13. Chain Stories must comply with Literotica guidelines. See Chain Story FAQ for more information.
14. If a new category is created in the course of the year, it will be added to the contest.

Immunities

1. Immunity points are awarded on a weekly basis.
2. There is no requirement to participate in Immunities. An entrant may forego all Immunity activity.
3. Immunities must be posted in an official immunity thread. Posts in any other threads will not be eligible for points.
4. Immunities are won based on the weekly Wednesday Lottery available here: http://lottery.merseyworld.com/
5. Entrants can select a single number between 1 and 49. The selected number must be posted by the entrant prior to 7:30 PM GMT on Wednesday for the number to be consider for that day's draw. That is 7:30 PM in London on Wednesday. For the timezone illiterate: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html
6. Immunity will be awarded if entrant's guess matches any one of the winning numbers or the bonus ball listed at the top of the page at http://lottery.merseyworld.com/
7. Immunity points must be used by 7:30 PM GMT on the following Wednesday.
8. Immunity points are only available for use in a category that has not been filled by a story or poem. For example, if you do not want to write an Incest/Taboo story, use your immunity in that category.
9. Immunities will irreversibly disqualify any future story from that category. Once the immunity is posted, that category is closed to submissions.
10. If you've won an immunity, the first thing to do is make a post in the official immunity thread corresponding to that month (and only that thread) that you've won an immunity and which category you will use it for. This is the only way you will earn the immunity.
11. Do not edit the post after 7:30 PM GMT on Wednesday. If you do so, your immunity will be invalidated. This post is the only way we have to verify the immunity and the category you choose.
12. When an immunity is scored in your ScoreCard, please list the date the immunity was won and the category it fills. For example, if you win an immunity on the 2nd of January, please list it: Immunity 1/2/2008.
13. At the end of the year, all immunities claimed will be considered valid, as long as there are two categories filled with regular submissions for each immunity. e.g.: If a contestant has 7 immunities won, but has only regular submissions in 12 different categories, only the first 6 immunities will be considered valid.

Scoring

1. Stories must be published at Literotica in order to earn points. Stories that are pending review or in submission do not count for points in the contest.
2. Each contestant will have his or her own ScoreCard thread to keep track of scoring.
3. Entrants must track immunities as soon as they elect to use their immunity.
4. It is the entrant's responsibility to accurately track story scores, immunities, and bonus points.
5. Entrants are encouraged to track their points regularly and maintain their ScoreCards updated at all times.
6. Entrants have until midnight, Pacific Standard Time, on 1/4/2008 to make any changes to their ScoreCards. Winners will be announced on or shortly after 1/5/2008.
7. Scoring is subject to random checks by the moderator without notice for purposes of quality control.

Miscellany

1. All entrants will be responsible for tracking their own progress through the Contest.
   
2. Entrants and winners retain copyright to all works submitted.
3. Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 of Official Monthly Contest Rules apply.
4. Plagiarism or cheating will result in expulsion from the Contest and potentially other actions taken by Literotica.
5. Rules are subject to change without notice.
6. Questions should be directed to the moderators. You may privately contact the moderators at any time by pressing the PM button at any of their posts.
7. Questions may be directed to the webmaster at contests@literotica.com. Questions may be referred to the moderators.
8. This contest is sponsored by Literotica.com. Literotica.com claims no liability in the administration of this contest.

Notice:
Please do not request immunity numbers in this thread. They will not count. All immunities must be dealt with in official immunity threads.

Hi - I just joined the site today for the writing contest. I am interested. Because I am a new member, is there anything additional I need to do? Please advise. Thanks! Count me in.