Official Crime and Punishment 2025 Story Event Support Thread

Finally, a month after the deadline, my C&P story has been published!
Congratulations!! Did you resubmit it at any time? I have one that's getting to about a month, but it sat for a week, I took it out and resubmitted it, after another 4-5 days I took it out and made a couple of minor edits (just so maybe a "new" version would trigger something) and resubmitted it, and now it's been almost two weeks since that resubmission. At this point, I'm just going to let it sit there. 🤷‍♀️
 
Congratulations!! Did you resubmit it at any time? I have one that's getting to about a month, but it sat for a week, I took it out and resubmitted it, after another 4-5 days I took it out and made a couple of minor edits (just so maybe a "new" version would trigger something) and resubmitted it, and now it's been almost two weeks since that resubmission. At this point, I'm just going to let it sit there. 🤷‍♀️
I resubmitted 3 times, but I don’t think I was doing it right. Because I c/p my submissions rather than upload a file, you can’t really delete the story without cancelling it completely. You are only changing the text, not removing the submission.When I did cancelled it completely and resubmitted , it was scheduled for publication in a couple of hours.
 
I c/p my submissions rather than upload a file, you can’t really delete the story without cancelling it completely. You are only changing the text, not removing the submission.When I did cancelled it completely and resubmitted , it was scheduled for publication in a couple of hours.
I copy and paste, too. Maybe I'll try your option. Or just let it sit and see what happens. I've missed the challenge anyway. I'm also getting a bit dismayed at seeing my work (as of late) get trashed with ratings. In 2024, 84% of my stories had a rating over 4.5. For 2024, it's 37%. Not only do I doubt that my writing has suddenly tanked for no reason, but some of these newer stories have won awards on other sites. I think the trolls have taken over and it's discouraging, to say the least.
 
After more than a month in pending limbo, I think these are the lousiest Day One numbers I've ever received. If the story had been published while the event was live, they'd all be significantly higher.

Thanks a fuck ton, Lit.


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I got lucky, I think. My 2nd entry for the event just got published (yes, a month later) and the engagement numbers are great after 18 hours, perhaps because it's in LW and because the system problems are being fixed up. Previous stories included below for comparison - the other Crime & Punishment story was 'Jade', and the other two listed were for the Halloween and Summer Lovin comps. @MelissaBaby, they also kindly updated the event story list to include my story - is it worth you pressing the case for that to happen with yours? It may not make much difference to the stats, but it all helps since the event is still prominent on the 'Spotlight' bit of the home page.

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