The Official Authors Hangout Winter Holiday 2023 Contest Support Thread

[Devinter]

You sucked me in on the first page and I couldn't let go. Wonderful story, Melissa Baby.

My mind read this as " you sucked me off "..

Apologies.

 

[Priscilla_June]

Sadly, I was so proud of this stuff for this contest, but it ended up my lowest rated story yet.

I feel this :/

 

[MelissaBaby]

My mind read this as " you sucked me off "..

Apologies.

I’ll do what it takes to get those 5 stars

 

[Smuttyandfun]

My entry, A Perfect Christmas is being published on December 7th. It took a few days, but it's finally going to be posted.

 

[NoTalentHack]

I've submitted it. We'll see how long it takes to get posted. New Year, New Experiences, about a younger unmarried and an older married couple that meet at a New Year's Eve party and take the celebration back to the older couple's home.

 

[Kethandra]

What is the minimum length for a contest story? I’m usual long winded, so Ive never really thought about it here, though I’ve written for ‘60-word fiction’ contest and the like. Thanks.

 

[Devinter]

What is the minimum length for a contest story? I’m usual long winded, so Ive never really thought about it here, though I’ve written for ‘60-word fiction’ contest and the like. Thanks.

Same as any other story, I believe. That is, 750 words.

 

[Rustyoznail]

Yep. 750 word minimum, and as long as you like.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

My story has been accepted, so will be live at 7am GMT.

I don't expect it to score highly for various reasons, though not many people will want to read 31,000 words, so who knows?

 

[Pluna]

Success!! I resubmitted it as a new story, made some small edits to the actual text and then added a paragraph of gibberish at the end after the story to hopefully push it past the ai detection. Also added a link to the image of my version history from google docs as proof. Not sure which thing did it, but it’s slated to go live tomorrow!!! So if anyone has trouble with false ai detections, those are some things you can try to get your story through with minimal/no edits to the actual writing!!

 

[Trionyx]

Hmm, now something for Valentine's Day 2024 ?????

Finished my first draft. Still looking for a good idea for a second story. And then there’s April Fools, Pink Orchid, 750 words and……

 

[Pluna]

My story is published, I can breathe easy. Bad news though: it doesn't seem to be included in the contest list. I know I copied and pasted the thing into the notes to admin, and I submitted a day before the deadline. I think I'm just tired of fighting with this story at this point, so I'm just gonna leave it be haha. I will post it here though! https://www.literotica.com/s/whipped-cream-winter I've been writing my holiday stories with these characters for three years at this point! Let me know what you think if you decide to read it!

 

[StillStunned]

My story is published, I can breathe easy. Bad news though: it doesn't seem to be included in the contest list. I know I copied and pasted the thing into the notes to admin, and I submitted a day before the deadline. I think I'm just tired of fighting with this story at this point, so I'm just gonna leave it be haha. I will post it here though! https://www.literotica.com/s/whipped-cream-winter I've been writing my holiday stories with these characters for three years at this point! Let me know what you think if you decide to read it!

It might take a moment for the list to be updated.

That said, I know that for the Halloween contest some stories weren't added to the list. Another author managed to get theirs added by PMing Laurel, but mine never made it on.

 

[FeralSmile]

My new story "I Saw Stepmom Kissing Santa Claus" got in a few hours before the deadline. I fear I have a bad habit of submitting contest entries on the last day possible, and missing out on early votes and views from appearing on the contest list. Ah well.

 

[Pluna]

It might take a moment for the list to be updated.

That said, I know that for the Halloween contest some stories weren't added to the list. Another author managed to get theirs added by PMing Laurel, but mine never made it on.

Oop, you were right, I just saw that it's on there, I was too hasty! I don't usually look at my stories right when they come out haha, now I know for next time!

 

[MyBareTorso]

I have just submitted my story. This is the first time I've submitted a story for a contest so I'm quite excited.

I always get higher views on the contest stories...hope this works for you too!

 

[NoTalentHack]

New Year, New Experiences has been approved and goes live tomorrow.

 

[StillStunned]

"Too Early Not to Fuck" has been approved for publication tomorrow. Hopefully that's enough time to get a decent amount of exposure before the score levels out.

"Fairytale of New York" has reached the required 25 ratings, but the score is nowhere near high enough to be a challenger. "Too Hot Not to Fuck" has stabilised at around 4.53.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

A Tale of Two Christmases is up - a few hundred views, no votes yet because it's 10 pages.

It would have been nice to have time to edit some clunky wording, but it is OK for typos etc, until near the end when I managed to use the name of the wrong male character. Ah, well. It's a heartwarming happy-end tale, with a slight obsession with Christmas food. Hope some people enjoy it, not just those who asked for more stories with Richie and Laura.

 

[Nellymcboatface]

My story went up this am.
UK time... I looked and regretted it..
Looked again just and it's recovering...
Phew...

 

[StillStunned]

My story went up this am.
UK time... I looked and regretted it..
Looked again just and it's recovering...
Phew...

"Christmas Ripples"? When on earth did you find time to write 72.5k words?! Did you start last Christmas or something?

 

[Nellymcboatface]

"Christmas Ripples"? When on earth did you find time to write 72.5k words?! Did you start last Christmas or something?

I got bored about July...I think...

 

[StillStunned]

My third entry is up: Too Early Not to Fuck. It's a sequel to my first entry, and has a reference to Fairytale of New York as well (the song, not my second story in the contest).

 

[Smuttyandfun]

My second entry 'A Christmas Miracle' just went up in Humor & Satire.

 

[StillStunned]

My second entry 'A Christmas Miracle' just went up in Humor & Satire.

Link?