The Official Authors' Hangout National Nude Day 2015 Contest Support Thread

[Kethandra]

Sci fi also tends to be lower voted, which is its advantage. Romance of course the advantage is pretty much 'soft voting' if you go HEA they're happy and it generally contains no squick factor; it is a widely accepted category.

On the topic of soft voted I am amazed to see only three NH winners because that category is very high voted(score wise), then again I don't recall very many entries from that category recently.

I'm surprised group isn't higher. Its a friendly category and one that's fairly easy to deliver in.

These categories confuse me. Not Romance (minimize the squick, maximize the squee. HFN if not HEA).
NonHuman: this includes vampires and werewolves which - depending on the story - might be more easily considered erotic horror, but would not include extraterrestrials since they are SF even if decidedly nonhuman? SF is supposed to include fantasy type stories, I believe, so does that include elf sex and faery erotica or is pixie-shtupping NH? Unless, of course, the pixie is Tink. Then it's Celebrity.

 

[DG Hear]

small cleaner went through. Lost fourteen votes but my score didn't change

 

[RejectReality]

My personal bar is that stories which focus on the setting -- especially when the sex is between humans or more-or-less human looking characters -- go in Sci-Fi&Fantasy. NonHuman stories should involve sex between a human and an obviously not-human creature.

That's why Steward of the Wood is NonHuman, while the rest of the series so far is in Sci-Fi&Fantasy. While the dryad blood breeds true in all the members of the family the later stories focus on, as if they were all half-bloods rather than the much thinner mix it really is generations on, they still look essentially human and live as humans -- if quirky ones.

The first story is about a full dryad with green hair, golden-hued skin, and magical powers. That's why it's non-human.

Erotic Horror has to be actual horror, IMO. It has to end badly. A vampire romance is non-human. A vampire stalking you is horror. The erotic elements are probably going to be uncomfortable or at least be that way in hind sight once you know what the creature is and the end that's coming.

And you have the point of trademarked characters correct. Sex with naughty pixies goes in NonHuman. Sex with Tinkerbell is Celebrities.

That's only my opinion, though. Laurel seems to let stories cross over between the categories without making too many distinctions -- other than the celebrity angle. The readerships aren't overly picky about it either, except when it comes to some readers marking down stories in Erotic Horror that aren't horror enough for them.

These categories confuse me. Not Romance (minimize the squick, maximize the squee. HFN if not HEA).
NonHuman: this includes vampires and werewolves which - depending on the story - might be more easily considered erotic horror, but would not include extraterrestrials since they are SF even if decidedly nonhuman? SF is supposed to include fantasy type stories, I believe, so does that include elf sex and faery erotica or is pixie-shtupping NH? Unless, of course, the pixie is Tink. Then it's Celebrity.

 

[Kethandra]

Great explanation. Thank you.

My personal bar is that stories which focus on the setting -- especially when the sex is between humans or more-or-less human looking characters -- go in Sci-Fi&Fantasy. NonHuman stories should involve sex between a human and an obviously not-human creature.

That's why Steward of the Wood is NonHuman, while the rest of the series so far is in Sci-Fi&Fantasy. While the dryad blood breeds true in all the members of the family the later stories focus on, as if they were all half-bloods rather than the much thinner mix it really is generations on, they still look essentially human and live as humans -- if quirky ones.

The first story is about a full dryad with green hair, golden-hued skin, and magical powers. That's why it's non-human.

Erotic Horror has to be actual horror, IMO. It has to end badly. A vampire romance is non-human. A vampire stalking you is horror. The erotic elements are probably going to be uncomfortable or at least be that way in hind sight once you know what the creature is and the end that's coming.

And you have the point of trademarked characters correct. Sex with naughty pixies goes in NonHuman. Sex with Tinkerbell is Celebrities.

That's only my opinion, though. Laurel seems to let stories cross over between the categories without making too many distinctions -- other than the celebrity angle. The readerships aren't overly picky about it either, except when it comes to some readers marking down stories in Erotic Horror that aren't horror enough for them.

 

[RejectReality]

Great explanation. Thank you.

No problem

I probably should have added that NonHuman readers may balk if the only sex is between human characters, regardless of the menagerie of other creatures that might appear in the story.

Sci-Fi&Fantasy readers are the most accepting of all. A story that could easily be NonHuman or Erotic Horror won't be penalized by readers if it posts in Sci-Fi&Fantasy. So long as the story has some fantastic element at work at its core, they accept it as belonging.

When in doubt choosing between the three, it's the safe choice.

 

[LesLumens]

A wee bump to bring this back to the top, above the fraud's threads. Closing in on the finish.

Hold onto your hats for the final Hoovering.

 

[sr71plt]

I've seen votes swept on almost a daily basis on this contest, so there may not be a large-scale hoovering at the end. Doesn't matter much to me. I won't have the minimum votes left after the sweeping that's been done.

 

[RejectReality]

It's always possible, but back when daily sweeps were normal during contests, there was still a bone-cutter at the end. I'd say getting into crash position is probably still a safe bet.

 

[CyranoJ]

I've seen votes swept on almost a daily basis on this contest, so there may not be a large-scale hoovering at the end. Doesn't matter much to me. I won't have the minimum votes left after the sweeping that's been done.

Much as I hate to say it, I'm relieved not to be alone in this.

(EDIT: Uh, wow. Or not? I seriously can't believe I made it on the podium. Grats to Kethandra -- who I had zero doubt would be the first-place winner -- and to Bucky. And much love to whomever's last-minute vote got my story across the line. )

 

[oggbashan]

Congratulations to the winners!

* 2015 Nude Day Contest Winners *

First Place ($150 Cash Prize Winner):
Nudity is For The Birds
by Kethandra

Second Place ($100 Cash Prize Winner):
Filled with Joy
by BuckyDuckman

Third Place ($75 Cash Prize Winner):
Heart Like a Lion
by CyranoJ

Congratulations for winning with some great stories.

 

[JKendallDane]

Congrats to all the winners! Some superb writing in this one and well-deserved wins.

 

[yesterdays]

Kethandra: Congrats! Truly Enjoyed your story. Looking forward to more of your work....

 

[SamScribble]

All hail to the victors!

 

[lovecraft68]

Well this was as planned.

This story here just received a royal screw job

https://www.literotica.com/s/saturday-night-school

well past 4.85 the entire time, 4.89 yesterday and somehow bumped Somehow this story didn't get any help in the sweeps

Cyrano J just won with a story that according to the NC thirty day top list(which is probably a day or so behind) showed 24 votes.....how many did it finish with?

I think we have a what...40 vote winner? if that many

And Bucky,,,,called this on day one and everybody knows I did

80 votes...but better than that his story which I watched very closely lost at least 60 votes during sweeps.
lost almost as many votes as it finished with...I guess low voted stories all seem to have 50% suspicious votes

The story I linked above had over 300 votes hence why it did not place.

My story which was in the running most of the time finished 4.86 on 423 votes.

There was no final sweep for me, My last sweep was Thursday....Thursday. Not one vote change in the 'final sweep'

But nothing is wrong here, right?

Two winners with less than 90 votes one with less than fifty(unless the NC top list is broken and I am seeing very old numbers , but I doubt it went near a hundred.

And this on the heels of the 70 vote or so AF winner.

Notice a pattern? OF course not.

The sweeps have devolved to where they are totally skewing this contest toward stories no one reads.

And we have a collaborative group that has just pulled wins in back to back contests with that formula in mind and I'm sure we'll see one in summer loving.

Meanwhile I made a lot of noise about this and did not receive a sweep for the last two days while all the other contending stories did.

Isn't that odd?

And I'm the only one that will say this of course. I'm the only one who will say something is beyond broken in these things and they are no longer even remotely fair.

Want to win? Write a story in letters and transcripts next time and make sure you get a few friends to vote for you.

There was one legit winner in this group. So congrats to Kethandra for writing a hell of a story that people actually read.

Congrats to Cyrano, this is not a personal attack on you, I am pointing out a huge flaw in this system that no one else seems to care about

And Bucky...question...do you split the hundred with the group? Enjoy your 'well earned' money you manipulative cheat. Buy a round of drinks for the group and have a toast in my wife's name and say you hope she dies.

For anyone else reading this again am I going to be the only one who says this is BS at this point?

50 vote winners, sweeps that only reward stories that low and a group who is going to use that to their advantage in every contest moving forward until a change is made? Not that one would be, but people could at least voice it.

At this point if anyone here thinks these things are fair-and I'm not talking personal bias I'm talking a totally fucked up sweeping system- are either naive, too afraid to say anything and get 'tin hatted', a kiss ass, or just plain dumb because you can't get more obvious than this.

But although I said no bias...isn't it strange I never received a final sweep?

 

[RejectReality]

Congratulations to the winners

Ended with 4.73, 789 votes, 13 comments, and 38 favorites. I have two more votes than I had last night when I went to bed, so no sweep here.

As far as the earlier 2010-Present data goes, this contest adds one early entry, two middle entries, and two brand new winning categories to the mix.

 

[HuckPilgrim]

Congrats to the winners!

 

[yesterdays]

That Saturday Night School story by jessica tang vonharper was very hot. And just her second story! A star is born. I hope she's reading this and hears our praise, although she certainly got lots of comments, favorites, and votes.

 

[BuckyDuckman]

Congratulations Kethandra and CyranoJ!!! Great job writing!

 

[ElectricBlue]

see you at the disco

"Hey boss, how did we go?"

Pretty good score, made a couple of people laugh, got several thousand reads, fuck all votes. Got to see Ella's sweet little snatch at a cafe table. Can't ask better than that.

Ella pouts, "no fair, Kethandra's hot little chick got a bird's name, why couldn't you have done that for me?"

Gotta remember, Ella, Yankee birds can't surf. Only Aussie chicks surf.

"You hoping to meet some American surfer chicks, boss? That'll do it."

Luv yaz all.

 

[legerdemer]

Congratulations to all the winners!

To CyranoJ: awesome for winning a contest with a non-consent story; hasn't happened very often. Great start, dude.

To Lovecraft: I loved your memoir. It was a great story, written from the heart. I'm very sorry it didn't win. It chronicled a hard-won real-life victory for you and especially for your wife against a very experienced killer, and that can't be beat! Congratulations to both of you!

For what it's worth, I didn't get a sweep in the last two days or so either, but had two 1-bombs in that time. I can tell with my measly 50 final votes. So I am skeptical that there's a conspiracy, but then, I'm a data-driven knee-jerk skeptical cynic anti-conspirator.

 

[Kethandra]

Thank you all. Congrats to Bucky and Cyrano. And huzzah to less-represented categories holding the podium.

I had no final sweep either. Nothing after Thursday. I don't think Cyrano did or he wouldn't have made the 25 cutoff. Cy, please correct me if I'm off base.

When I checked the stories a bit after midnight EST this morning, there were five entries within .03 vying for two spots. Three of them had votes under 100, two hovering right near 25. Close enough that only one or two votes at the last minute could swing things.

 

[HeyAll]

Laurel,

If you're reading this, can you increase the minimum number of votes to 100, or even 150? It would make for a fairer contest.

thanks for reading.

 

[sr71plt]

Congrats to the winners and all others who entered.

And, per my recent comment that I thought there wouldn't be a big sweep at the end this time, my story didn't get swept in the last two days of voting either.

 

[RejectReality]

Why not increase the minimum to 500 or 600? Wouldn't that be even more fair?

to the most popular categories and authors...

 

[ScouriesWorld]

sometimes you just have to laugh!!!! ​