2005 Survivor Contest Announcement!!

[Brinnie]

Omg, I won!

 

[Miss_Jones]

Please Add Me As Well.

I would like to join the contest as well. Thank you.

MJ

Attention All Authors: It's the 2005 Survivor Literotica Contest!

Much like the original Survivor game that inspired our contest, the Literotica Survivor Contest has hit the "big time." The 2004 edition attracted many contestants and the competition was fierce, with the any of the top four scores more than doubling the winning score from previous years.

Of course, big scores mean a lot of stories and poems, and as Laurel announced recently, the top three contestants posted nearly 1,000 submissions.

This success made for a great contest, but created some problems for the 2005 contest. First of all, similar to the TV Survivor, this contest calls for commitment and endurance to compete, a significant commitment and endurance to finish in the top three.

Lauren Hynde and I, as contest moderators, realized we needed to award commensurately the level of endurance it took to finish in the top positions in the game, while at the same time, recognizing all contestants for their commitment. We contacted Laurel in the hopes that providing more prizes and recognition, not just to the top three finishers, but to all who took the time and made the effort to compete, would help maintain interest in the game. Laurel agreed and, in an astounding show of interest and generosity to the writers at Literotica and more specifically the Survivor contestants, presented the following award structure for the 2005 Literotica Survivor Contest:

Top Survivor...............$500
2nd Place Survivor.........$250
3rd Place Survivor.........$200
4th Place Survivor.........$150
5th Place Survivor.........$100
6th-15th Place Survivors...$25 Amazon gift certificate

And as Laurel told me, "There are no losers because everyone who completes the challenge is guaranteed some sort of prize, even if they're past the 16th place."

Suddenly, this contest is wide open, not just to the die-hard, story-a-day competitors, but also to the writers who just don't have the time to write lots and lots of stories. The recent changes in Literotica's index structure also mean that the Contest is now open to authors and stories in any language. These changes and this new prize structure recognize and award all the writers who decide to compete.


Not familiar with the Survivor Contest?

At its simplest, the 2005 Survivor Contest is a game where you get points for each new story or poem you write, submit and have accepted at Literotica between January 2nd, 2005 and January 1st, 2006.

To write as many new and original stories and poems in as many different categories listed on the main story index in the course of the year as possible. In addition to the points you earn for each submission, there is a structure of bonuses that increase as you fill more and more categories with more and more submissions.

Once you have registered as a contestant, all you have to do as your stories and poems are accepted at Literotica is simply to keep track of them on the scorecard that is provided for you in the 2005 Survivor forum.

To read more details and to register as a contestant, visit the Official 2005 Survivor Literotica Contest Rules thread. Take also a peek at the Discussion and Announcements, if you want a better feel for the game.

If you have any questions about how the contest works, ask them there or in the Survivor F.A.Q., or simply PM Lauren Hynde or jthserra.

The most important thing, thought, is that it can be an extremely fun and, considering the new prize breakdown, very rewarding experience.

Good luck,

jim and Lauren Hynde

 

[Lauren Hynde]

I would like to join the contest as well. Thank you.

MJ

To register as a contestant, visit the Official 2005 Survivor Literotica Contest Rules thread and post the same thing you did here.

 

[SportPumper]

New submissions

What is the current lag time between submitting a story and having it posted? I submitted my first story on 7/25 but it is still pending. Is this due to the overwhelming amount of submissions?

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Yes, very likely. From what I can tell, the waiting period has been around 10 days. It's not unheard of.

Don't panic.

 

[Brinnie]

What is the current lag time between submitting a story and having it posted? I submitted my first story on 7/25 but it is still pending. Is this due to the overwhelming amount of submissions?

who cares, I won.

 

[Lauren Hynde]

Why post, or read, thousands of poorly crafted stories. I just want a few good ones that are truely erotic.

The stories are only poorly crafted if they're from poor writers.

I posted this somewhere else in April when someone tried to make the same argument you are making now:

in January 2005's Category Nominees:
Chain Stories – It's Just Sex! Ch. 03 / Sexxy Vixen
Erotic Horror – Sexual Sacrifice / Sexxy Vixen
How To – Figging / Sexxy Vixen
Reviews & Essays – Anal Diaries / Sexxy Vixen
Toys & Masturbation – Jake / impressive 1
Transsexual & Crossdresser – Lover's Surprise Ch. 01 / Sexxy Vixen
Illustrated Poetry – Inheritance / annaswirls 2
Non-Erotic Poetry – Late Correspondence / foehn

in 2005 Valentine's Day Reader's Choice Contest Winners:
Top Rated Story ($100 Cash Prize Winner):
Prince Charming? Ch. 07 by brightlyiburn 3

in February 2005's Category Nominees:
Anal – The Taming of the Shrew Ch. 03 / brightlyiburn 3
Chain Stories – It's Just Sex! Ch. 06 / impressive 1
Exhibitionist & Voyeur – The SEAMsters / Slickman 4
How To – Anal Sex? Yes! Yes! YES! / Sexxy Vixen
NonConsent/Reluctance – The Taming of the Shrew Ch. 02 / brightlyiburn 3
Toys & Masturbation – Toy Time / Goldeniangel
Poetry With Audio – The Commercialization of the Penis / CharleyH 5

in March 2005's Category Nominees:
Chain Stories - Whispers in the Dark Ch. 04 / brightlyiburn 3
Erotic Horror - Sexual Sacrifice Ch. 02 / Sexxy Vixen
How To - Male Multiples / Goldeniangel
Illustrated - Dressing Room Slut / geronimo_appleby
Novels and Novellas - The Furies / Colleen Thomas 6
Erotic Poetry - Café au lait Casanova 2 / neonurotic 7
Illustrated Poetry - Sasebo / neonurotic 7
Poetry With Audio - For Justin / lindiana

in March 2005 Reader's Choice Award Winners:
Runner Up Story ($75 Cash Prize Winner):
The Furies by Colleen Thomas 6

1 - Most Influential Poet 2004 nominee; Best Erotic Poetry 2004 nominee
2 - Most Influential Poet 2004 nominee
3 - Most Influential Writer 2004 nominee; Most Literary--Genre Transcending Story 2004 nominee; Best Romance Story 2004 nominee
4 - Best Exhibitionist & Voyeur Story 2004 nominee
5 - Best Chain Story 2004 winner; Sexiest Female Character in a Story 2004 nominee; Most Literary--Genre Transcending Story 2004 nominee; Best Anal Story 2004 nominee
6 - Best How To Story 2004 winner; Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Story 2004 winner; Most Influential Writer 2004 nominee; Best Lesbian Story 2004 nominee
7 - Best Illustrated Poetry 2004 nominee; Best Non-Erotic Poetry 2004 nominee

and also in 6th Annual Literotica Author Awards: The Best of 2004:
Most Literary--Genre Transcending Story 2004 winner: Poirot's Chronicles - Hercule Ch. 01 by velvetpie
Most Original Sex Scene 2004 winner: from "Geisha Training Ch. 03" by velvetpie
Best Anal Story 2004 winner: "Catwoman's Treat" by jessy19
Best Celebrities Story 2004 winner: "Wicked Game Ch. 03" by velvetpie
Best Erotic Horror Story 2004 winner: "M.I.K.E." by doormouse
Best Nonhuman Story 2004 winner: "Velvet's Little Red Riding Hood" by velvetpie
Best Letters & Transcripts 2004 nominee: "Wicked Game Ch. 21" by velvetpie
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These are only stories and poems posted during the first three months of this year. By now, the list of Survivor submissions that have won reader choice awards and honours has increased many-fold.

Remember: Being in Survivor doesn't make you hurry your writing, lower your standards, or put extra pressure on your shoulders. What it does is give you an incentive to write - force you to have some discipline and write at times that would otherwise be wasted; it gives you some drive to write when you don't know what to write about - by proposing new categories for you to explore. If you're a bad writer, of course the stories will be poor. But if you are any good, it can help you widen your horizons and grow.

 

[Avalanche Man]

Lost, but still happy

count me in........although a rookie, and searching for daylight somewhere.......I'll try anything once, and the easy ones twice

 

[Lauren Hynde]

count me in........although a rookie, and searching for daylight somewhere.......I'll try anything once, and the easy ones twice

To register as a contestant, visit the Official 2005 Survivor Literotica Contest Rules thread and post the same thing you did here.

 

[cestbelle]

Submitting my vote for story of the month.

I would like to submit a vote for A wonderful author I have discovered on here. known as Singularity. and I think his current submission is wonderful.
Entitled. To Love Honor and Obey. The first and Second chapters were intense. I really think he should be writing professionally. Quit the day Job!

 

[sweet_marie]

2006

I'm too late for this year, but will there be another one for next year?
thanks
Marie

 

[Lauren Hynde]

I'm too late for this year, but will there be another one for next year?
thanks
Marie

We haven't discussed it with Laurel and Manu yet, but I believe so.

And it's never too late! There are people who arrived at the site only days ago and are on the verge of entering the top 15 and the prizes, and still with almost 4 months to continue the climb.