Official Crime and Punishment 2025 Story Event Support Thread

[FreyaGersemi]

Ugh!! I just saw this thread. I have crime stories already written that I could have submitted. Oh, well. I guess I need to log in to Literotica more often!!

I just submitted a story. Maybe it will be allowed in...

 

[NoTalentHack]

Xenia is up and doing pretty well out the gate at 4.51 in LW.

 

[ChloeTzang]

I just submitted a story. Maybe it will be allowed in...

Should be. It's not a competition so it's a lot more flexible. I just submitted mine last night so we'll see I guess.

 

[Actingup]

I seem to have the ‘new story not showing on profile’ bug. I don’t always check my profile page, but the numbers seemed slow so I went looking. Does anybody else have this? Below is a comparison of what I see at the top of my public profile page and my works page, both sorted by date.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

I seem to have the ‘new story not showing on profile’ bug. I don’t always check my profile page, but the numbers seemed slow so I went looking. Does anybody else have this? Below is a comparison of what I see at the top of my public profile page and my works page, both sorted by date.

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I have noticed that the alphabetical listing updates immediately but the sort by date doesn't

 

[TheRedLantern]

I checked what @Candy_Kane54 suggested and I can see your new story when i sort alphabetically, @Actingup

 

[Actingup]

I checked what @Candy_Kane54 suggested and I can see your new story when i sort alphabetically, @Actingup

golly - thanks heaps @Candy_Kane54 and @TheRedLantern. I wouldn’t have thought to check that. I think that ‘newest’ is the default sort when looking at somebody’s profile.

 

[Eisenloewe]

The stories are out! Fingers still crossed that the late entries get added later. Congratulations all and thank you @soflabbwlvr for this fun event! There's some great reading there (how will we ever keep up...)

Same here, I actually submitted mine a couple of days before the deadline and it's still listed as pending. Sad to not get in with the initial slate. Hope it's not a bad sign.

 

[Voboy]

Same here, I actually submitted mine a couple of days before the deadline and it's still listed as pending. Sad to not get in with the initial slate. Hope it's not a bad sign.

Based on the reception mine is getting, it's a great sign.

I hate when I have to settle for Erotic Couplings.

 

[Actingup]

golly - thanks heaps @Candy_Kane54 and @TheRedLantern. I wouldn’t have thought to check that. I think that ‘newest’ is the default sort when looking at somebody’s profile.

Just for the record.. it took about 36 hours for the story to show on my profile under 'newest'. My other story is still in pending. Clearly there's some sort of long-running industrial dispute involving the site maintenance elves, or else they've had some visa issues.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Same here, I actually submitted mine a couple of days before the deadline and it's still listed as pending. Sad to not get in with the initial slate. Hope it's not a bad sign.

Mine's still pending as well so you are not alone

 

[Jorunn]

Mine's still pending as well so you are not alone

What is worrisome about this is that these are entries for a challenge. Easy to identify by Notes and Tags. And they have a list with a scheduled date to go on. One would assume some urgency or priority.

 

[TheRedLantern]

What is worrisome about this is that these are entries for a challenge. Easy to identify by Notes and Tags. And they have a list with a scheduled date to go on. One would assume some urgency or priority.

That's what makes me think this is something behind-the-scenes and the best thing we can do is just sit tight and wait.

I also saw some strange data-related issues ... dates being wrong or switched, comments on iwatchus's "Cupcake Caper" story said they were posted 22 days ago, but his story went live 3 days ago with this challenge, differences in whether stories showed up on an author's story page depending on whether you sorted by "new" or by "alphabetical."

In my experience working in data, there's rarely ever only one problem. My guess is something went wrong on the back end of the site and they're trying to fix it. Also drawing from my experience working with data, getting irritated about that kind of thing only stresses the engineers out and makes them rush and make more mistakes.

I'm also a little bummed to still have my entry Pending, but I'll take that over having the extremely stressful challenge of trying to fix this kind of problem. Chloe and I worked on our stories together, and I can't speak for her but I had a GREAT time writing mine and editing hers, so that's how I'm choosing to think about my entry to this event.

 

[MelissaBaby]

I think it’s a pretty serious issue that the challenge list is posted and there are still stories submitted before the deadline pending.

In more than eight years on Lit, I have entered a lot of challenges and contests. I don’t recall that ever happening. I consider it a pretty major breach of trust between the site and the authors.

I strongly advise anyone submitting to the Halloween and Winter Holidays contests to get their entries submitted well before the deadline.

 

[FreyaGersemi]

I think it’s a pretty serious issue that the challenge list is posted and there are still stories submitted before the deadline pending.

In more than eight years on Lit, I have entered a lot of challenges and contests. I don’t recall that ever happening. I consider it a pretty major breach of trust between the site and the authors.

Giving the benefit of the doubt, maybe there's a bigger issue going on? I hope the site owners are well!

 

[MelissaBaby]

Giving the benefit of the doubt, maybe there's a bigger issue going on? I hope the site owners are well!

I’d gladly grant the benefit of the doubt in exchange for a simple notification that there is an issue.

I busted my butt to finish my story by the deadline, and it appears I need not have bothered.

 

[TheRedLantern]

Just checking to see if anyone has been released from Pending Jail yet. I am currently still serving my sentence for Tomfoolery and Shenanigans.

 

[dream_yahoozie]

Nope. I just pulled mine from pending back into drafts. I think of it as a blessing in disguise.

I rushed to get it in on the 17th and it sat pending for 8 days. At this point it's handicapped for winning the event by losing all that time.

So I'll just save it for a later date and clean it up first.

Not sad, just disappointed.

 

[FreyaGersemi]

At this point it's handicapped for winning the event by losing all that time.

I believe this is an author's challenge, not a competition. So, we're all winners in this one!!

 

[MelissaBaby]

Nope, still waiting. I wrote to Laurel yesterday, but have not heard back yet.

 

[FreyaGersemi]

Has anyone heard from any of the site owners/managers on or off of the Literotica site? Social media or otherwise?

 

[MelissaBaby]

Has anyone heard from any of the site owners/managers on or off of the Literotica site? Social media or otherwise?

If I don’t hear from Laurel today, I’ll try her on BlueSky.

 

[FreyaGersemi]

If I don’t hear from Laurel today, I’ll try her on BlueSky.

I just checked and it looks like the last activity Literotica had on Bluesky and on Twitter was five days ago. That's unusual. I hope they are okay. Does anyone have any way to personally contact them? Like in the real world?

 

[ChloeTzang]

Well, at least I am not alone. I submitted my Crime and Punishment story on Sunday 21st - still in pending and hasn't been looked at. Messaged Laurel but no response so what the heck, I'm not going to bug her. She has enough on her plate.

Not worrying about it because I've been editing away on it and its a lot better for it. As soon as my edits are done, I'm going to delete and resubmit.

 

[iwatchus]

Well, at least I am not alone. I submitted my Crime and Punishment story on Sunday 21st - still in pending and hasn't been looked at. Messaged Laurel but no response so what the heck, I'm not going to bug her. She has enough on her plate.

Not worrying about it because I've been editing away on it and its a lot better for it. As soon as my edits are done, I'm going to delete and resubmit.

If you are definitely going to replace it anyway, it seems nicer to Laurel to delete it now before she might start reviewing it.