National Nude Day Challenge cancelled?

[Sunadmire]

Good day
Just checking if the July National Nude Day challenge was removed from the 2023 events calendar? I've been working on ideas for a submission, which will have to wait...
Best regards
Sun

 

[ElectricBlue]

It's still listed in this thread:

2023 Contest Schedule

 

[Sunadmire]

Thank you - I was looking in the list of Author-organised challenges.

 

[KeithD]

Funny that just this morning my muse was dropping a plotline for a Nude Day contest story, even though each year I think I've gotten just about every storyline out of this one that I can.

 

[SimonDoom]

Since I like reading and writing exhibitionist stories, this is probably the easiest contest for me. I've got one teed up, and it's about half done. Of course, it's been about half-done for about a year, so it's going to take a push to get it done-done for the contest.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Since I like reading and writing exhibitionist stories, this is probably the easiest contest for me. I've got one teed up, and it's about half done. Of course, it's been about half-done for about a year, so it's going to take a push to get it done-done for the contest.

And that is different, how exactly?

 

[Djmac1031]

I started working on one that fits the theme before I knew this contest existed lol.

Hoping to finish it in time.

That reminds me; I should be writing.

 

[MrPixel]

I thought I had a reasonable story in the can for Nude Day... but then I looked at last year's contest winners. None were shorter than six LitE pages, the winner an eye-popping fourteen! Way, way out of my league. What I have at the moment would amount to, oh, hardly two LitE pages, and I don't have the heart/motivation/whatever to puff it up into anything more than it is. Maybe it's because my wife and I originally connected realizing we were social nudists, so our first date was at a nudist park. So it's all old hat to us, where's the story?

Anyway, how in the world does a 14-pager win contests when the consistent advice (or opinion, rather) around here is the ideal story lands somewhere between 8 and 10K words, or, roughly, three LitE pages? This is said being the author of 100K+ word stories, but chaptered, broken down into comfortable chunks that can be digested and enjoyed in a single sitting. I'm mystified.

 

[SimonDoom]

Anyway, how in the world does a 14-pager win contests when the consistent advice (or opinion, rather) around here is the ideal story lands somewhere between 8 and 10K words, or, roughly, three LitE pages? This is said being the author of 100K+ word stories, but chaptered, broken down into comfortable chunks that can be digested and enjoyed in a single sitting. I'm mystified.

I think the data shows that 8-10K words is the ideal MINIMUM if your goal is to get the highest score. There's no real upper limit on story length as far as scores are concerned. Logically, the longer the story the higher the probable score, because the only people who stick around to finish it are those who like it.

The way I see it, why NOT submit it to the contest as opposed to not submitting it to any? At the least you'll get added exposure for your story.

 

[MrPixel]

...because the only people who stick around to finish it are those who like it.

You made me laugh. That's got to be it.

Still plenty of time for my exhibition story to fester. Essentially a single scene, it's closer to a 750-word tome than something "real" I'd want to hang under my byline. We'll see.

 

[Bramblethorn]

I think the data shows that 8-10K words is the ideal MINIMUM if your goal is to get the highest score. There's no real upper limit on story length as far as scores are concerned. Logically, the longer the story the higher the probable score, because the only people who stick around to finish it are those who like it.

The way I see it, why NOT submit it to the contest as opposed to not submitting it to any? At the least you'll get added exposure for your story.

If the documentation is up to date, there's a requirement for 50 votes minimum, so the "ideal" contest story would drive off all but those 50 readers.

 

[Rustyoznail]

Anyway, how in the world does a 14-pager win contests when the consistent advice (or opinion, rather) around here is the ideal story lands somewhere between 8 and 10K words, or, roughly, three LitE pages?

As you said, 8-10k is an opinion, not a rule. I picked up a 3rd with a 29k story, but ChloeTzang won the 2019 Winter comp with an 89K (!) bloodthirsty tale. Long stories have their appeal.

I'd modify the above general opinion to "you're unlikely to win with a story of less than 8-10k words."

 

[Trionyx]

I thought I had a reasonable story in the can for Nude Day... but then I looked at last year's contest winners. None were shorter than six LitE pages, the winner an eye-popping fourteen! Way, way out of my league. What I have at the moment would amount to, oh, hardly two LitE pages, and I don't have the heart/motivation/whatever to puff it up into anything more than it is. Maybe it's because my wife and I originally connected realizing we were social nudists, so our first date was at a nudist park. So it's all old hat to us, where's the story?

Anyway, how in the world does a 14-pager win contests when the consistent advice (or opinion, rather) around here is the ideal story lands somewhere between 8 and 10K words, or, roughly, three LitE pages? This is said being the author of 100K+ word stories, but chaptered, broken down into comfortable chunks that can be digested and enjoyed in a single sitting. I'm mystified.

The way they win contests with very, very long stories is few people read them all the way and those who do obviously like them and give five stars. Those who get bored quit and don’t give a score. All the winner needs is 25 votes. A 15 page winner is worth ten dollars per page. Nice work if you can get it.