The Official Authors' Hangout Halloween 2022 Contest Support Thread

[DarkRaven13]

The downside is I cant publish this killer Christmas story I wrote.

Why not?

 

[Emotional]

Why not?

You cant place in two contests in a row.

 

[DarkRaven13]

You cant place in two contests in a row.

Ohhhh I see. However, can't you still publish in it, and just not be in the running to win? You would still get your story read

 

[Emotional]

Ohhhh I see. However, can't you still publish in it, and just not be in the running to win? You would still get your story read

What fun is that?

 

[NotWise]

What fun is that?

That's what most people are in it for.

 

[Voboy]

Thank you all.

I am very humbled.

The downside is I cant publish this killer Christmas story I wrote.

Post it.

So you can't win. Big deal. If you believe in it, post it.

Congrats to all the winners!

 

[Rustyoznail]

What fun is that?

Put it in. The chances of winning are low, but look at it this way - competitions give you more exposure, and potentially more followers who will vote for you for your next entry.

 

[PrincessArianrhod]

What fun is that?

The tantalising uncertainty of reader reception, the comments it will inspire, the new followers it may attract...? It isn't a race, its a creative melting pot of vision and inspiration. [/gushing]

 

[Imstillfun]

There’s no way I’m going to win, but for a loving wives story I’m pretty happy with the score and favorites. I admire those of you with 4.7 and up, you are all to be congratulatEd.

 

[HBuff]

Congrats to the winners!

This was my first Literotica contest and it was really interesting. I greatly enjoyed writing the stories and I had quite a shock once the big sweep was done.

 

[Bskylord]

Congrats to the winners and all who participated! You all make this a great place to hang out.
Cheers!

 

[Bazzle]

Just had a "random" thought.

We all worry about 1 bombs and then get excited by the sweeps.

Maybe, just maybe in competitions the votes should be kept secret until the last sweep?

The reason behind my hypothesis is my own poor performance. Yes my story wasn't a winning entry. I get that, there are at better authors.

However for 90% of the competition my story bounced between 3.5 and 4. Yet on the last day it lost 6 votes and jumped to 4.55.
So if people are selecting stories to read on high votes, mine would not be looked at? If you are being led by other scores skewing your view on the story - "oh this one must be shite, it's 3.75. Here is a 4." Compared to "this one is 4.75 it must be amazing, and I will give it a 5?"

Again just musing from a loser!

 

[Voboy]

Just had a "random" thought.

We all sorry about 1 bombs and then get excited by the sweeps.

Maybe, just maybe in competitions the votes should be kept secret until the last sweep?

The reason behind my hypothesis is my own poor performance. Yes my story wasn't a winning entry. I get that, there are at better authors.

However for 90% of the competition my story bounced between 3.5 and 4. Yet on the last day it lost 6 votes and jumped to 4.55.
So if people are selecting stories to read on high votes, mine would not be looked at? If you are being led by other scores skewing your view on the story - "oh this one must be shite, it's 3.75. Here is a 4." Compared to "this one is 4.75 it must be amazing, and I will give it a 5?"

Again just musing from a loser!

Seems like it would make sense, but that still wouldn't create a level playing field. Without a score, all you'd have would be the category, the tags, and the writer, and I'm not convinced the casual reader pays much attention to those. Compared to the score, anyway.

I'm thinking you'd see an overall decline in readership, especially in less-popular contests like April Fools. Like it or not, scores attract readers.

 

[SouthernCrossfire]

Congratulations to everyone who entered and to the winners.

 

[careythomas]

Yeahhhhhh!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS @MrEmotional and @careythomas and @PrincessArianrhod and @emmafielder & @lunarhiccups

Well done and great stories.

Also, I think everyone did well...the submitters and the voters and the readers and Lit for hosting the contest.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!