Lauren Hynde
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Hello, Survivorphiles, and welcome to the 2007 Survivor Literotica Contest. We hope this will be an enjoyable year-long challenge for all of you, regardless of final score. Survivor is above all a great opportunity for authors to challenge themselves and stretch their own limits, encouraging them into writing territory where they wouldn't normally venture.
Last year's edition went very smoothly, so there will only be one change introduced to the rules this year, but an important one:
For the Novels and Novellas category only - all submissions made to the Novels and Novellas category must be 7500 words or more to be eligible for the contest. Any submissions made to the Novels and Novellas category that aren't at least 7500 words, will not be considered for Survivor.
The first valid (with 7500 words or more) submission made to Novels and Novellas, will be worth 6 points, instead of the 3 that the first submission in any other category is worth.
The nine valid submissions subsequently made to Novels and Novellas after the first, will be worth 2 points, instead of the 1 that subsequent submissions in any other category is worth.
Any further valid submissions made to Novels and Novellas after the tenth, will be worth 1 point as usual for all story categories.
The reasons behind this change should be obvious, I think. The break-point between what is considered a short-story and what is considered a novelette or a novella, especially for on-line reading, is never under 7500 words. The establishment of this minimum tries to guarantee that each submission corresponds, at least to some degree, to the "erotic fiction with a broader scope" description that defines this category, a category that should be the more apt representation of the literary half of Literotica's name.
All other rules and principles are as in previous years. There is a dynamic cap for immunities, which means that by the end of the year, any immunities you won will only be considered valid if you have regular submissions in two categories for each immunity. The use of images in the production of which you were not directly involved, either by creating or by being portrayed in them, will make submissions in the Illustrated and Illustrated Poetry categories ineligible for points. All audio stories must be 750 words or more to be eligible for Survivor, and the accompanying text must be an accurate transcript of the submitted audio.
Every year, there are concerns about multichapter stories and about the quality of some submissions. Once again we must remind all contestants that the only quality control in place is Laurel, at the moment of approval of the submissions. If you read a story that cannot be understood without reading the others in the series, if it doesn't make sense on its own, or if it doesn't correspond, on its own, to the minimum that can be expected for the category it is placed in, please report the story. If you think that any story you read in Literotica is substandard, please report the story. Let Laurel know about it. That's the only way a quality control can be implemented.
The 2007 Survivor Literotica Contest: Rules and Registration thread and the January 2007 Immunities thread are already posted and you can sign up immediately. To avoid confusion, we'll put creation of new ScoreCard threads on hold until 2006 winners are announced on the 5th and all the mess is cleared, but we'll put them up right after that.
Good luck to all!
Last year's edition went very smoothly, so there will only be one change introduced to the rules this year, but an important one:
For the Novels and Novellas category only - all submissions made to the Novels and Novellas category must be 7500 words or more to be eligible for the contest. Any submissions made to the Novels and Novellas category that aren't at least 7500 words, will not be considered for Survivor.
The first valid (with 7500 words or more) submission made to Novels and Novellas, will be worth 6 points, instead of the 3 that the first submission in any other category is worth.
The nine valid submissions subsequently made to Novels and Novellas after the first, will be worth 2 points, instead of the 1 that subsequent submissions in any other category is worth.
Any further valid submissions made to Novels and Novellas after the tenth, will be worth 1 point as usual for all story categories.
The reasons behind this change should be obvious, I think. The break-point between what is considered a short-story and what is considered a novelette or a novella, especially for on-line reading, is never under 7500 words. The establishment of this minimum tries to guarantee that each submission corresponds, at least to some degree, to the "erotic fiction with a broader scope" description that defines this category, a category that should be the more apt representation of the literary half of Literotica's name.
All other rules and principles are as in previous years. There is a dynamic cap for immunities, which means that by the end of the year, any immunities you won will only be considered valid if you have regular submissions in two categories for each immunity. The use of images in the production of which you were not directly involved, either by creating or by being portrayed in them, will make submissions in the Illustrated and Illustrated Poetry categories ineligible for points. All audio stories must be 750 words or more to be eligible for Survivor, and the accompanying text must be an accurate transcript of the submitted audio.
Every year, there are concerns about multichapter stories and about the quality of some submissions. Once again we must remind all contestants that the only quality control in place is Laurel, at the moment of approval of the submissions. If you read a story that cannot be understood without reading the others in the series, if it doesn't make sense on its own, or if it doesn't correspond, on its own, to the minimum that can be expected for the category it is placed in, please report the story. If you think that any story you read in Literotica is substandard, please report the story. Let Laurel know about it. That's the only way a quality control can be implemented.
The 2007 Survivor Literotica Contest: Rules and Registration thread and the January 2007 Immunities thread are already posted and you can sign up immediately. To avoid confusion, we'll put creation of new ScoreCard threads on hold until 2006 winners are announced on the 5th and all the mess is cleared, but we'll put them up right after that.
Good luck to all!
