Oh, good. I'm gonna snatch that coveted Last Place Award from the clutches of that upstart newbie...
Adorable upstart newbie?
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STORY REJECTED AGAIN!!!
Yes, I just checked and my nude day contest story was rejected a second time. What a surprise!
And the reason: STORY REJECTED: Please remove the " XXXXX CENSORED BY LITEROTICA XXXXX" from your story or we will not post it. The rule is: "Turning off voting on a story at any point - for any reason - disqualifies a submission from any and all contests." This means the story cannot win the contest. Neither can those who won in the previous special contest. This does not mean that author can't submit. We have neither the time nor the inclination to deal with personal forum squabbles, drama, lies about the site, and gossip games. If you want to enter the contest, fine. If you want to use the contest to play drama games and cause problems for us, then we will keep rejecting this submission. It's your choice.
The good news is that at least the rejecter wrote something this time. But “gossip games”? What the heck is a “gossip game”? Or a “drama game” for that matter. And let’s face it, this whole charade could have been diffused weeks ago. Announce you’re going to change the rule (and why) or enforce it. Pretty simple. One post!
What I believe is that forum squabbles have always been fine with the boss, But my writing about the D.K.MOONS contest story having its voting turned off in my intro meant that actual readers would learn they’d be disenfranchised – a completely different problem.
Anyway I've resubmitted the story. If the QUEEN
I did write the following in the NOTES field when I resubmitted (it won't be seen by the readers):
"NUDE DAY STORY CONTEST 2010"
RESUBMITTING REJECTED STORY:
Okay, YOU WIN. Whoever you are! Unfortunately no signature came with the rejection. The offending line is gone. You've censored the entry but are unwilling to allow readers to know that it's been censored. So be it.
As to the rule itself: If that is really what you meant when you wrote the rule I suggest you rewrite it. Quite frankly I don't believe it was what you meant.
And I think we both know your decision makes no sense at all. You've been trying to encourage more reader participation for years (voting, comments, contest judging etc.) Now, after inviting readers to judge the stories in a contest, you allow certain of your favorites to bend the rules and exempt themselves.
I think you'd be hard pressed to find any contest anywhere that was designed to be judged by the public that would allow an entrant to unilaterally decide that he would be in said contest but HE wouldn't subject his entry to judging. It's ludicrous.
I can just see Mr. Moon on a reality tv show telling the producer that he wanted to perform "ON AIR" but he wouldn't allow his performance to be voted on.
"Sure Buddy!"
Have a good day, jim
Hopefully the LITEROTICA reading public will soon have the opportunity to read it... they better, I sent out over 2000 e-mails last night asking people to read and vote on the bloody story… I definitely don’t need to receive a thousand emails this weekend asking me where the heck it is…
jrs
I'm crushed by your stinging repartee.Thanks but the attack was already launched on the other thread!
Ouch, the sarcasm! It burns us...I'm melting.....
Goodnight Glynndah, thanks for all the fun today!
Your story's still better
Mia
That said, you can submit up until midnight EST on the day of - July 11, in this case. I've done it. Procrastinator that I am.
I lost one vote but my score didn't change. So I guess I'm in the same boat.
