the Authors’ Hangout LITEROTICA/A.I.R. 2012-2015 Themed Contests Support Thread…

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Yes this is the AHland home of A.I.R.!

A.I.R. - tthe association representing erotic rreaders worldwide. Sponsor of (among other things):

A.I.R. Themed Contests

Author of the year award– the FREDDIE!

the MANU Awards

the MOST COMMENTS list

the MOST VOTES list

...and that's not all!​

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2012 Xmas/New Years Contest

HURRY! You have only 40 minutes left to submit! Winners will be announced this weekend. ​

Thank you for your quick reply boxy! We’re all delighted that your masterpiece slipped over the 3000 vote barrier and you made it. The list should be out sometime in the next few days.

as you can see pauletta’s delighted with the news…

In fact the next few days are going to be very busy ones for everyone at the ASSOCIATION of INDEPENDENT READERS (A.I.R.) – we have all sorts of things on our plate. Like announcing the winners of the:

A.I.R. Winter Contests

Author of the year award– the FREDDIE!

the MANU Awards

and publishing the updated:

MOST COMMENTS list

MOST VOTES list

Stay tuned!!!!​

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LITEROTICA’S LIFETIME ACHIEVMENT AWARD

The Board of Directors of the ASSOCIATION of INDEPENDENT READERS (A.I.R.) decided some time ago that it would be appropriate to honor one of the giants of LITEROTICA fiction at the end of each of the Special Themed A.I.R. Contests.

They decided to call this new prize, one they believe will soon become emblematic of erotic fiction excellence and the most respected author’s award in the genre, the MANU. This name of course honors the first PRINCE of erotic fiction, a man who’s become a giant in the field of erotic publishing.


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These prizes will be awarded based on the author’s complete body of work. This is the seventeenth MANU to be awarded.

He joined Literotica site way back in 2005 and over the years has become one of the most beloved authors on LITEROTICA. While best known for his tender Romance and Loving Wife category stories the good doctor hasn’t been afraid to try other categories.

A member of both the “Most Votes” and “Most Comments” Clubs he’s also won numerous A.I.R. Awards and LITEROTICA W’s. As well as being the THREADMASTER of the popular Humor Thread. If you haven’t yet read any of this man’s work I suggest you immediately head to his story page and click open one of his excellent stories.

He’s the 17th winner of the MANU, a great writer and gentleman, ”with respect” please join me and millions of A.I.R. readers worldwide in honoring the one and only:

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DG Hear

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the MANU

LITEROTICA’S LIFETIME ACHIEVMENT AWARD

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In association with:

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presents:

The Most Excellent Order of the LITEROTICA Vote Getter
- ALL-TIME MOST VOTES RECEIVED LIST

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In association with the:

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presents:

LITEROTICA’S TOP STORIES ALL-TIME
MOST COMMENTS RECEIVED LIST

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965 ”Daddy", I Whispered scouries
880 Words On Skin PacoFear
638 Thread: The Island JammyJimmy
573 ”Mommy”, I Groaned scouries
When We Were Married DanielQSteele1
(15 different chapters of this story have received over 100 votes)

471 Nothing Between Us M-Y-Erotica
412 Colleen Ch. 3 Texas Refugee (and other chapters)
386 Hunted furrybert
385 My Virgin Sister samslam
343 Laura’s Vineyard ronde
What You Wish For Rehnquist – multiple chapters with over 100 votes ch 6 - 246
343 Snap Shot M. Millswan

A.I.R. WINTER HOLIDAY CONTEST 2012

On behalf of all of us associated with the ASSOCIATION of INDEPENDENT READERS I'd like to offer congrats to the OFFICIAL LITEROTICA winners (except for the cheaters).

I’d also like to post the WINTER HOLIDAY CONTEST winners as picked by the ASSOCIATION of INDEPENDENT READERS. These selections are not official LITEROTICA winners. Instead they were designed to reward stories that were the true #1 choices of our readers. Least read stories don’t make it over here!

Not surprisingly in a contest that is decided by the votes of our readers, the A.I.R. winners list for the WINTER contest is again dominated by some of erotic writings all-time greats. alwayswantedtoo is the #1 author in LITEROTICA’S most popular category – mothers! james r scouries, MANU Award winner and author of the most voted on erotic story of all time,, is a previous A.I.R. winner and Top 10 “most favorited”. The StarStang06 is the #1 LW author on the site.

We also like to take a second and ask all of you to remember the brilliant BOSTONFICTIONWRITER who was murdered over two years ago. RIP big guy.

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A.I.R. 2012 WINTER HOLIDAY STORY CONTEST AWARD WINNERS

A.I.R. 2012 Winter Holidays Story Contest
BEST STORY IN THE CONTEST

It Started With a Slip of the Hand by alwayswantedtoo

A.I.R. 2012 Winter Holidays Story Contest
MOST VIEWS RECEIVED WINNER

A Moment in Time by sanilas

A.I.R. 2012 Winter Holidays Story Contest
MOST COMMENTS RECEIVED WINNER

The Pinion Pine Tree by sophist801

A.I.R. 2012 Winter Holidays Story Contest
MOST VOTES RECEIVED WINNER

Leave Me Breathless by StangStar06

A.I.R. 2012 Winter Holidays Story Contest
MOST FAVORITED STORY/AUTHOR FOR THE MONTH WINNER

scouries


Thank you boxy for sparing our readers the tiresome and odious pauletta.

Certain stories were disqualified for category problems, failure to follow the theme, or other major infractions. Various authors who broke the one contest-one story rule had their entries thrown out (except for top 25 “most favorite”).

All Non-Erotic stories were disqualified as well as the twenty-two stories identified by our association computers as ALT authored stories. All SURVIVOR CONTEST stories were also disqualified.

Congratulations to our winners – well done!​

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the "Freddie"

2012 Author of the Year Award

And, after one of the closest votes in the history of A.I.R. we are pleased to announce that the 2012 author of the year award, the Freddie, is going to

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Loving wives is a tough category? Not for this guy! In a category that has attracted some of LITEROTICA’S greatest authors our starman stood out as his many stories repeatedly led the “most votes” and “most comment” lists for this category. He produced a great story every week in 2012 and now promises to take it to an even higher level in 2013.We at A.I.R. can’t wait!

A few words our winner recently penned:

“Hi folks… As I look back over this year and what I wanted to do, I think that for the most part I was successful, but I failed in others. I think that this year I wanted to take a step towards growth and becoming a better storyteller. I've been here for a little bit over 2 years now and I started the year thinking that I wanted to write a few stories without all of the gimmicks like time travel or stories set in the future or the past. I wanted to write stories about regular people like those two writers here that I look up to. So in that aspect maybe I was successful. But I think that next year all bets are off. we are going to get bizarre in 2013. SS0”6

I’d also like to congratulate all the other finalists – it was definitely one of the most competitive years ever. Which is great for our readers – good stories from many sources. Let’s all hope that 2013 produces the same…​

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2013 Valentines Day Contest

You can begin submitting your stories on January 17th and up until February 10th . We encourage all contestants to submit their stories as early in the submission window as possible. Those authors who try to abuse the system by entering their stories at the very last hour (using the infamous darkboy technique) will risk having their stories disqualified.

The winners will be announced on or around February 14th

You can discuss this special contest on the tigerlady’s AHland toady thread, or of course here on the A.I.R. thread.

PLEASE NOTE: While the LITEROTICA Valentines Day Contest runs at the same time as the A.I.R. Contest the two are totally separate and run under a different set of rules.​

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2013 Valentines Day Contest

am I going to be in your valentines day story?

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2013 Valentines Day Contest

the heroine of mr scouries valentines day story?

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2013 Valentines Day Contest

all i do is wait! when are my A.I.R. valentines contest stories going to get here anyway?

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2013 Valentines Day Contest

In 1797, a British publisher issued The Young Man's Valentine Writer, which contained scores of suggested sentimental verses for the young lover unable to compose his own. Printers had already begun producing a limited number of cards with verses and sketches, called "mechanical valentines," and a reduction in postal rates in the next century ushered in the less personal but easier practice of mailing Valentines. That, in turn, made it possible for the first time to exchange cards anonymously, which is taken as the reason for the sudden appearance of racy verse in an era otherwise prudishly Victorian

Paper Valentines became so popular in England in the early 19th century that they were assembled in factories. Fancy Valentines were made with real lace and ribbons, with paper lace introduced in the mid-19th century.

The reinvention of Saint Valentine's Day in the 1840s has been traced by Leigh Eric Schmidt. As a writer in Graham's American Monthly observed in 1849, "Saint Valentine's Day... is becoming, nay it has become, a national holyday." In the United States, the first mass-produced valentines of embossed paper lace were produced and sold shortly after 1847 by Esther Howland (1828–1904)​