50-vote monthly contest eligibility

[JuanSeiszFitzHall]

I’d like to hear from authors who have either won monthly contests or found their stories listed as having a category’s highest rating in a month. To you I ask: Must the 50 votes required for eligibility be dated within that month, or is there a grace period (maybe a week or two into the next month) to give stories posted late in the month a chance to get enough votes?

This is something I shouldn’t fret about at all, as I have never yet written anything that scales the greatest heights of Lit popularity. But I’d like to leave open the possibility. Clearly, very popular stories can rack up 50-plus votes too quickly for this to matter. So what I’m asking (for a friend) (who is myself) is whether anyone, maybe with a story in a low-traffic category, saw that it had fewer than 50 votes at the end of the month, but eventually got honored, by crossing 50 votes early in the next month.

I just tried to get a story posted at the start of this month, but yesterday (after more than a week pending) it was sent back for typographical reasons (the incorrect use of reserved characters). The fix will be easy enough, but if I resubmit now, maybe half of this month will be gone before the story is published. And, yes, it’s going in a low-traffic category. And, yes, I’m a low-traffic writer. I’m wondering if I should aim for posting at the start of May, or go ahead and have it published soonest.

Again, I’m seeking data from people who have had experience with this situation. General discussion on this topic? Not so much.

https://www.literotica.com/stories/memberpage.php?uid=5116173&page=submissions

 

[MelissaBaby]

I’d like to hear from authors who have either won monthly contests or found their stories listed as having a category’s highest rating in a month. To you I ask: Must the 50 votes required for eligibility be dated within that month, or is there a grace period (maybe a week or two into the next month) to give stories posted late in the month a chance to get enough votes?

This is something I shouldn’t fret about at all, as I have never yet written anything that scales the greatest heights of Lit popularity. But I’d like to leave open the possibility. Clearly, very popular stories can rack up 50-plus votes too quickly for this to matter. So what I’m asking (for a friend) (who is myself) is whether anyone, maybe with a story in a low-traffic category, saw that it had fewer than 50 votes at the end of the month, but eventually got honored, by crossing 50 votes early in the next month.

I just tried to get a story posted at the start of this month, but yesterday (after more than a week pending) it was sent back for typographical reasons (the incorrect use of reserved characters). The fix will be easy enough, but if I resubmit now, maybe half of this month will be gone before the story is published. And, yes, it’s going in a low-traffic category. And, yes, I’m a low-traffic writer. I’m wondering if I should aim for posting at the start of May, or go ahead and have it published soonest.

Again, I’m seeking data from people who have had experience with this situation. General discussion on this topic? Not so much.

https://www.literotica.com/stories/memberpage.php?uid=5116173&page=submissions

The winner is not the story that got the highest score in the month. The cut off is on the 15th of the next month, allowing stories posted late in the month to have a chance.

I have, several times, had the highest score at the end of the month, but not won. I have also won with stories that were published in the second half of the month.

 

[JuanSeiszFitzHall]

The winner is not the story that got the highest score in the month. The cut off is on the 15th of the next month, allowing stories posted late in the month to have a chance.

I have, several times, had the highest score at the end of the month, but not won. I have also won with stories that were published in the second half of the month.

That's exactly what I wanted to learn! Thanks very much! I'd give you heart-eyed emojis, but we don't actually know each other.