Well...

[Average_Writer]

I have just looked at my story index page and I have a green 'W' by one of my stories.

"A Letter to my Ex-wife."

I will admit I didn't know what it meant or why I would have such a thing. I don't write on this forum, there are too many far better writers and commentators than me in this area of LIT for me to put out any ideas or even comment on anyone elses thread. Or start one of my own.

Anyway the point is it seems I am 'joint winner' of the 'Letters and Transcripts' category.

(I will at this point say I didn't even know I had a story in the contest.)

I am very surprised about getting any votes, but to be joint winner with a writer of the caliber of KarennaC is very pleasing if undeserved. And for the record her story is FAR better than my story.

Anyway thank you to anyone who did vote for me and to whoever put the story forward. I have no idea how that works, anyone know?

Thanks again

Regards

Average_Writer

 

[Zeb_Carter]

That's a blue W and means you won a contest. There could be money involve, I don't know, but you might want to check with Laurel or Manu.

Best Letters & Transcripts:
** TIE VOTE!! **
A Letter to My Ex-Wife / Average_Writer
- AND -
Grandmother's Secret / KarennaC
Also Nominated:
Dear John / Bakeboss
Mall Walkers / Middleagepoet
Seriously, Just Give In! / nbaren

Yep...here's the link...http://www.literotica.com/contests/2010/11thannualawards_p2.html

 

[Average_Writer]

Thanks Zeb.

I must be going colour blind.

That's a blue W and means you won a contest. There could be money involve, I don't know, but you might want to check with Laurel or Manu.

Best Letters & Transcripts:
** TIE VOTE!! **
A Letter to My Ex-Wife / Average_Writer
- AND -
Grandmother's Secret / KarennaC
Also Nominated:
Dear John / Bakeboss
Mall Walkers / Middleagepoet
Seriously, Just Give In! / nbaren

Yep...here's the link...http://www.literotica.com/contests/2010/11thannualawards_p2.html

 

[oggbashan]

I must be going colour blind.

It might be some faulty pixels. Every screen has some flawed or dead pixels. We can all blame the pixels.

But congratulations on your sort-of-blue W.

Og

 

[Average_Writer]

It might be some faulty pixels. Every screen has some flawed or dead pixels. We can all blame the pixels.

But congratulations on your sort-of-blue W.

Og

Thanks Og. Of course it could be I'm too old to see colours clearly and need glasses. After all I am nearly middleaged.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Thanks Og. Of course it could be I'm too old to see colours clearly and need glasses. After all I am nearly middleaged.

And I'm a grandfather seven times over and color blind (shades of red and green) and it looks blue albeit a sky blue.

 

[Erotic-Kiss]

Congratulations AW. That's fantastic!

I also wanted to comment that this forum is for ALL writers. The best can share their knowledge and the rest can certainly learn and grow here.

Hope to see you continue to post!

 

[Boxlicker101]

A W is better than an E because the former is won by being highly regarded by readers to get nominated and highly regarded by other authors or poets to win. The latter just represents one person's opinion.

I won two W a couple of years ago, and the prize was a $25.00 Amazon gift certificate for either of them. There is a deadline to claim the prize, but you should have plenty of time.

The way you get nomninated is by having the highest ranked new story in that category for that month. If your story is one of the five highest ranked nominated stories, you are entered in the final contest that ended a few days ago.

Congratulations on your win.

 

[Average_Writer]

Congratulations AW. That's fantastic!

I also wanted to comment that this forum is for ALL writers. The best can share their knowledge and the rest can certainly learn and grow here.

Hope to see you continue to post!

Thank you Erotic Kiss. But like I say this really isn't my scene. So this will probably be the last thread in this forum from me.

A [COLOR="Blue"W[/COLOR] is better than an [COLOR="SeaGreen"]E[/COLOR] because the former is won by being highly regarded by readers to get nominated and highly regarded by other authors or poets to win. The latter just represents one person's opinion.

I won two W a couple of years ago, and the prize was a $25.00 Amazon gift certificate for either of them. There is a time limit to claim the prize, but you should have plenty of time.

The way you get nomninated is by having the highest ranked new story in that category for that month. If your story is one of the five highest ranked nominated stories, you are entered in the final contest that ended a few days ago.

Congratulations on your win.

Thanks Boxlicker. I guess I should ask Laurel or Manu about the prize. And thanks for explaining things.

Regards

AW

 

[oggbashan]

Thanks Og. Of course it could be I'm too old to see colours clearly and need glasses. After all I am nearly middleaged.

I don't think I'm middleaged, and I was around before Noah's Flood. In real life I'm an OAP and a grandfather. My AV is a few years old and even then I had to colour my white beard for the part.

But I do need glasses to look at a computer screen, if not for driving nor for reading, except a complete book in small print. The glasses prevent headaches and mean I can spend longer at the computer than I could without them.

An eye test is quick, painless and will identify any problems with colour as well as general vision. Thanks to the UK's National Health Service, my annual eye-tests are free because of my advanced age.

Og

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

These skanks and eunuchs are pulling your leg.

The "W" means George Dubya Bush read your story and approved it.

 

[R. Richard]

Well...

That's deep!

 

[Average_Writer]

This is why I don't post here on this forum. People like the two previous posters. This thread will hopefully be deleted soon. And yes it will be the first and last time I write a thread in this forum.

 

[TxRad]

This is why I don't post here on this forum. People like the two previous posters. This thread will hopefully be deleted soon. And yes it will be the first and last time I write a thread in this forum.

JBJ is our local troll so most have him on ignore. The second post is just a flippant remark. Thick skin is a necessitate for a writer.

Not posting here will be your loss I'm sorry to say. There are a lot of good, caring, helpful people here. Don't let a few assholes ruin it for you. The ignore button is your friend.

 

[4glory6]

A W is better than an E because the former is won by being highly regarded by readers to get nominated and highly regarded by other authors or poets to win. The latter just represents one person's opinion.

LOL. What evidence do you have that "highly regarded" has anything to do with it? I sounds more like you have Ws but no Es. The E is given by the selection editor who posts all of the stories, isn't it? Who knows better what is good and what is not than the submissions editor?

There's probably no real correlation between the two on one being better than the other at all. I doubt either one of them is turned down.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Boxlicker101
A W is better than an E because the former is won by being highly regarded by readers to get nominated and highly regarded by other authors or poets to win. The latter just represents one person's opinion.

LOL. What evidence do you have that "highly regarded" has anything to do with it? I sounds more like you have Ws but no Es. The E is given by the selection editor who posts all of the stories, isn't it? Who knows better what is good and what is not than the submissions editor?

There's probably no real correlation between the two on one being better than the other at all. I doubt either one of them is turned down.

It's sort of self-evident, isn't it? New stories, essays and poems are posted every day, and are read by those who are interested in them. Assuming most readers are not trolls, they vote their opinion of what they have read. At least some of them do. The story, poem or essay that is most favored by readers for every month is nominated, but the contest continues. The 12 or so entries that have been nominated continue to pick up votes, and the five in each category that have the highest scores are entered in the final contest. Members of Literotica, including authors and poets vote on them and the entry which receives the most votes rates aW besides winning a prize for the creator.

The submissions editors might or might not be qualified critics. Mostly, they just watch for content that would cause rejection, and an E is based on personal criteria.

What I'm saying is that a W is awarded and represents the opinions of dozens, maybe hundreds of members, including authors. The E is still only one person's opinion.

The E is kinda nice to have, but isn't worth anything, and is sometimes a target for trolls, as is a H. The W is a target too, but at least it has earned a prize for the author or poet.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Boxlicker101
A W is better than an E because the former is won by being highly regarded by readers to get nominated and highly regarded by other authors or poets to win. The latter just represents one person's opinion.



It's sort of self-evident, isn't it? New stories, essays and poems are posted every day, and are read by those who are interested in them. Assuming most readers are not trolls, they vote their opinion of what they have read. At least some of them do. The story, poem or essay that is most favored by readers for every month is nominated, but the contest continues. The 12 or so entries that have been nominated continue to pick up votes, and the five in each category that have the highest scores are entered in the final contest. Members of Literotica, including authors and poets vote on them and the entry which receives the most votes rates aW besides winning a prize for the creator.

The submissions editors might or might not be qualified critics. Mostly, they just watch for content that would cause rejection, and an E is based on personal criteria.

What I'm saying is that a W is awarded and represents the opinions of dozens, maybe hundreds of members, including authors. The E is still only one person's opinion.

The E is kinda nice to have, but isn't worth anything, and is sometimes a target for trolls, as is a H. The W is a target too, but at least it has earned a prize for the author or poet.

You know I have 'E's and while I will admit the stories that have them aren't all that spectacular I am proud of them. So don't diminish my 'E's by saying they aren't worth anything.

Personally I don't enter contests, nor do I write for the readership, except in the case to poke trolls with a stick, to garner a vote. I personally don't give a crap if they vote or not. But if they read what I write and it evokes an emotion, a feeling, a rage so that they comment, then my job has been done.

 

[sr71plt]

I agree with R. Richard. The contests here are so corrupted with "vote for the person rather than the story" that I'll take my Es over a W any day. The Web site was presumably founded on the basis of enjoying a good dirty story. And Laurel, the one presumably giving the Es, sees everything flow through. I'll accept her as an authority on story quality over any kaffe klatch friendship voter any day of the week.

That said, I think an author can be happy with any superlative flag they get. Any of them will increase readership.

 

[Boxlicker101]

I agree with R. Richard. The contests here are so corrupted with "vote for the person rather than the story" that I'll take my Es over a W any day. The Web site was presumably founded on the basis of enjoying a good dirty story. And Laurel, the one presumably giving the Es, sees everything flow through. I'll accept her as an authority on story quality over any kaffe klatch friendship voter any day of the week.

That said, I think an author can be happy with any superlative flag they get. Any of them will increase readership.

There are six theme contests every year, meaning six winners. I don't know if the second and third place finishers rate a W or not. There are 35 W's awarded to the top vote getters in each of the categories. In order to be nominated, a story or poem or essay has to have the top score among new items in its category for the month and be one of the five top ranked nominees for a given year. It has to be given highly favorable scores by a multitude of readers over the period of up to one year.

Once a story or poem or essay reaches that point, the kaffe klatch voters do kick in, but reaching that point takes impressing individual readers, including trolls.

Whether Laurel alone awards E's or there are several persons, they still represent the opinion of only one person.

Either is nice to have, but a W results in a prize and an E results in nothing but a target for trolls.

 

[sr71plt]

I don't see where your response is responsive in the least, Box. It looks more and more like you are being defensive about what you don't got.

You have been offered various forms of "they are both meaningful" and have rejected them with empty supposition.

I think I've quite clearly indicated my view that the contests here are totally corrupted and the results not worth squat in the terms of story quality. So, I'll stick with any flag being nice to have and consider that I've met your view more than half way.

 

[Boxlicker101]

I don't see where your response is responsive in the least, Box. It looks more and more like you are being defensive about what you don't got.

You have been offered various forms of "they are both meaningful" and have rejected them with empty supposition.

That's not so. In my last two posts, I have described them as both nice to have, but have pointed out that one results in a prize and the other does not.

ETA: I will concede there is considerable corruption in theme contests, and some in the final annual voting on stories, poems and essays nominated for prizes, but I think "Totally corrupted" is a major overstatement.