The Official Valentine’s Day Contest Support Thread 2026

Here’s more detail than usual in a support thread, but I’m providing it in case other folks are trying to work out their situations. I see 38 stories entered in the contest, on its sixth day. This seems like fewer than would be common at this stage of a Val’s Day contest. Maybe this means that there’s a logjam, and I do not say this as an accusation, or a hint of larger issues within Literotica. Just an observation.

Anyway. I submitted a story for the contest on Monday the 12th. When I shut down the computer last night, it was still pending. When I logged on today, the story showed as scheduled for publication tomorrow, the 16th. So the time between submittal and the notice of scheduling is between 56 and 66 hours. If you have a story pending, this may or may not indicate your situation. That darn mileage, it sure can vary.

A few more indicators: My story is 10.8k words, and it’ll be in Erotic Couplings. I’ve been posting here for six and a half years. Among my many items, there have been only two that were sent back, and the issues were eventually resolved. I don’t think I’m part of a clique or a cabal, but maybe I’ve been made into a sleeper agent without my knowledge.

I hope this info is helpful. Enjoy the contest.
 
I finally have made enough progress with my second story (the first stalled out - I may recover it, but not for Valentine's Day) to feel confident that I can get it to a finish point. Of course, I'm 18k words in and they just kissed, so I'm not quite there yet. :)
 
17th January

Your story has chocolate and roses
And ultra-romantic your prose is
Its so sweet and soft
Til the woman strips off
At the end when her guy proposes

*Nods along knowingly damn well that her story is for LS.*

12/20. I put a progress track on another thread. I hope to send it somewhere next week now that D&D got cancelled tomorrow JUST when I was starting to prep.
 
Man! You can play if a player misses, but you gotta show up - or at least let people know if you're not going to make it.
I actually think a D&D group from AH could be a lot of fun. I haven't played since college, but have a certificate around here somewhere from the old Tex-Con(Pax but a lot smaller, and a long time ago), at which me and my group emerged gloriously triumphant. :)
 
I actually think a D&D group from AH could be a lot of fun. I haven't played since college, but have a certificate around here somewhere from the old Tex-Con(Pax but a lot smaller, and a long time ago), at which me and my group emerged gloriously triumphant. :)
I played a lot starting shortly after college, maintaining the same group for about a decade until kids and careers broke us up. The poker playing friends in my original story are very closely based on that D&D group. Our DM from those days (Frank in the story) currently DM's (over zoom) for a group that includes my son and the kids of another one of our tight group (Tim in the story). Sadly, this new group only started after the real Tim had passed away.
 
18th January

This ode is brought you by Nine
A member of Penny’s design
It’s size is a shock
And a girl with a cock
Is deserving of building a shrine

With apologies to @PennyThompson ❤️
 
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