Competition Idea

[Altissimus]

I have an idea for a competition. Does this need to be blessed off by Laurel, or is there another route for non-official Author challenges?

Thanks,

A

 

[RejectReality]

You can get a group of people to write a challenge at any time. What going through the official channel does is create the means for them to be released on a certain day/schedule, usually involves some twitter and front page advertising. Things like that. Lit basically gives a boost and additional options to challenges that go through the official channel.

 

[gunhilltrain]

You can get a group of people to write a challenge at any time. What going through the official channel does is create the means for them to be released on a certain day/schedule, usually involves some twitter and front page advertising. Things like that. Lit basically gives a boost and additional options to challenges that go through the official channel.

I believe official contests have to be approved by the site - Laurel, in other words. There might be some useful info here:

https://literotica.com/faq/literotica-contests

 

[ElectricBlue]

I have an idea for a competition. Does this need to be blessed off by Laurel, or is there another route for non-official Author challenges?

Thanks,

A

You need to PM Laurel with your idea. Anything run through the site needs to be agreed with the site.

Competition implies prizes - you might want to limit it to an Anthology

Author story challenges

 

[MillieDynamite]

I have an idea for a competition. Does this need to be blessed off by Laurel, or is there another route for non-official Author challenges?

Thanks,

A

And what is this earth-shattering, mind-blowing, orgasm-inspiring idea?

 

[lovecraft68]

And what is this earth-shattering, mind-blowing, orgasm-inspiring idea?

We're going to divide the AH into teams and play Jeopardy.

 

[MillieDynamite]

What's a foolish waste of time, Alex? (Yes, I know he's dead. But he's the only host I know)

We're going to divide the AH into teams and play Jeopardy.

 

[lovecraft68]

What's a foolish waste of time, Alex? (Yes, I know he's dead. But he's the only host I know)

We're going to do it lit style.

"This is the biggest gathering of incels in America."

Buzzzzzz

"What is the Loving Wives section."

 

[Voboy]

Competition implies prizes

This.

PM Laurel. The good news: she seems to like approving "authors' challenges." The bad news: the site already has about three times the "events" it probably ought to have.* The worse news: if you want Laurel to pony up $275, you'll need to make quite a case I'd imagine.





*I'd be curious to see your "hot take" on a challenge, though.

 

[MillieDynamite]

We're going to do it lit style.

"This is the biggest gathering of incels in America."

Buzzzzzz

"What is the Loving Wives section."

What is Literotica's Author's Hangout, Alex?

 

[MillieDynamite]

This.

PM Laurel. The good news: she seems to like approving "authors' challenges." The bad news: the site already has about three times the "events" it probably ought to have.* The worse news: if you want Laurel to pony up $275, you'll need to make quite a case I'd imagine.





*I'd be curious to see your "hot take" on a challenge, though.

What is the good news again? I lost track of it, with all the bad news crowded in there.

 

[lovecraft68]

What is Literotica's Author's Hangout, Alex?

"What is a place where people come to procrastinate"

 

[MillieDynamite]

Again, Alex, what is AH?

"What is a place where people come to procrastinate"

 

[MillieDynamite]

God this is a simple game.

 

[lovecraft68]

Again, Alex, what is AH?

"AH is an exclamation, "Ahhhh, I see."

 

[MillieDynamite]

What did the man say after he put on his glasses? Alex.

"AH is an exclamation, "Ahhhh, I see."

 

[MillieDynamite]

Okay, I'll stop now.

 

[lovecraft68]

Okay, I'll stop now.

So, I win, right?

 

[MillieDynamite]

What is, don't you always, lovecraft?

Resistance was futile. Just had to get in one more jab.

 

[Altissimus]

Thanks for the replies. I PM'd Laurel over a week ago, but given how busy she is I guess I'll give her another week.

No, I wasn't expecting prize money.

Yes, I'll tell you what the idea is just as soon as Laurel says 'yes'. Promise. First to know. Or...like... sixty-third to know. Depends a bit on when you see the thread.

 

[MillieDynamite]

If it is a competition, there are prizes, so it's for the winner and second and thrid place, not the creator of the thing.

Thanks for the replies. I PM'd Laurel over a week ago, but given how busy she is I guess I'll give her another week.

No, I wasn't expecting prize money.

Yes, I'll tell you what the idea is just as soon as Laurel says 'yes'. Promise. First to know. Or...like... sixty-third to know. Depends a bit on when you see the thread.

 

[Altissimus]

If it is a competition, there are prizes, so it's for the winner and second and thrid place, not the creator of the thing.

No I wasn't expecting Laurel to put up prize money for the competition.

And for the avoidance of doubt, I wasn't expecting to be paid for coming up with the idea either....

 

[lovecraft68]

What is, don't you always, lovecraft?

Resistance was futile. Just had to get in one more jab.

No one ever wins a fight-Dalton from Roadhouse, let's see Tilan come up with that quote.

 

[Seadog777]

There are too god damn many of them now!!!

There should be the normal Literotica contests and AT MOST, 3 author events.

We could rotate the "author events" on a yearly basis.

 

[Voboy]

There are too god damn many of them now!!!

There should be the normal Literotica contests and AT MOST, 3 author events.

We could rotate the "author events" on a yearly basis.

This is the point of view I was alluding to above.

FWIW, I don't really mind the profusion of challenges; some of them, I think, are kinda silly thematically, but nobody's forcing anyone to take part.

An excellent argument can be made, though, that by prioritizing contest/challenge submission approvals, these events probably create a backlog in approvals for normal, everyday, non-event submissions. And this forum contains plenty of threads complaining about that issue.