Proposing a New Theme Contest

[D_Lynn]

Yes

I'd be more likely to participate in a Spring theme than an Earth Day theme. I would imagine I'm not the only one.

 

[ScouriesWorld]

so boxy would this be like last years A.I.R. Contest?????

... to remind you...

POST 376 last year on the A.I.R. Thread:

[size=+2]ASSOCIATION of INDEPENDENT READERS (A.I.R.)[/size]

Yes the readers have gotten tired of the EARTH DAY Contest and have let the Board of Directors know it! And we’ve listened to the readers. And have acted.

EARTH DAY is out this year at A.I.R. No more of the old same old, same old stories foisted on our reading public by the db’s of our little world.

APRIL IS IN!!!!

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APRIL: The traditional etymology is from the Latin aperire, "to open," in allusion to its being the season when trees and flowers and virgins begin to "open".

Yes, A.I.R. is sponsoring the first APRIL contest in its history. Here are just a few of the possible April themes you can incorporate into your story:

April Fools Day… (for our AHers?)
Passover… (for our Jews and Sci-Fi writers)
Buddha’s Birthday or Thai, Burmese, or Khmer New Year… (for our short authors)
Good Friday and/or Easter… (for our Christians)
Tax Day… (for the TEA Party members among us)
Boston Marathon… (for you know who!)
Chocolate bunnies… (for the Interracial gang?)
ANZAC Day… (for those Down Under)
Opening Day in Baseball… (for writers with big bats?)
Avril Lavigne… (for everybody else?)​

 

[ScouriesWorld]

here was the next post on last years tthread...

[size=+2]ASSOCIATION of INDEPENDENT READERS (A.I.R.)[/size]

2012 Sexy April Contest

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You can begin submitting your stories on the weekend starting March 30th
The winners will be announced on or around April 21st

You can discuss this special contest on this thread.​

RULES (for the A.I.R. APRIL contest):

- All submissions must be stand-alone stories created for this contest theme. We will not accept individual chapters of a larger work submitted separately.

- Nor will stories featuring characters, locales, plot lines, etc., that have been previously used by the author be accepted.

- Prizes will be awarded in the following categories (a story can only win one prize in each contest):

1) Best Overall Story
2) Most Views
3) Most Comments
4) Most Votes
5) Highest Score
6) Most Favorites (both author and story favorites)

- A story has to accrue a minimum of 300 votes to be eligible (higher in some categories). The vote, comment, view, favorite, and score numbers that are reported by LITEROTICA will be used subject to final verification by the A.I.R. Computer Center.

- Story must have an April Theme.

- It must be erotic in content.

- Non-Humans are not erotic and NH category stories will not be accepted.

- No character may be named Pauletta.

- Don’t just submit some rehashed story you’ve been working on for years. We want something fresh. Be creative!

- A.I.R. reserves the right to disqualify without notice or explanation any story in which any kind of cheating or vote-tampering is suspected.

- Every story that meets the above criteria and is submitted to LITEROTICA during the contest period will be automatically entered into the A.I.R. contest. No special submission form must be filled out. We believe in inclusivity!

- If you have any questions regarding any of the above or anything pertaining to our contests, feel free to contact me by PM or email, or post any questions you have on this thread.

Good Luck!!!

 

[Stella_Omega]

JUST IN CASE some newcomer does not realise this, there is NO AIR contest, it's all a figment of scouries mind. He has NO Authority to tell anyone what they can and can't post.

 

[Darkniciad]

And yet another thread circles the drain as scouries sinks it with a load of garbage.

 

[electric1]

Great suggestion, Box. It opens the creative writing field and I think that's why Laurel and Manu has theme contests. I mean, how many stories can we read, let alone write about sexy recycling and planting trees before it's dick-in-the-dirt writer's block?

I've entered every Earth Day contest for the last 4 years and have yet to even touch upon recycling or planting trees, and I'm not having writer's block. The whole point of the contest is to reach for new ways to tie sex with Earth Day. If you can do it, you enter. If you can't, you depart the field and let those who can enjoy the spotlight.

 

[3113]

I've entered every Earth Day contest for the last 4 years and have yet to even touch upon recycling or planting trees, and I'm not having writer's block. The whole point of the contest is to reach for new ways to tie sex with Earth Day. If you can do it, you enter. If you can't, you depart the field and let those who can enjoy the spotlight.

And if you want to expand the field so that there are more spring options than Earth day, you suggest it to Laurel and start a poll.

 

[scouries]

I voted yes but:I would like to see the theme narrowed down. Maybe fathers day one year, next year maybe graduation, the following something else. Just an opinion.

I too voted yes (surprise, surprise). As I’ve posted oft before, we all need a break from the EARTH DAY contest – both authors and writers!

I also agree with the good Doc Heat, btw a recent MANU Award winner, that we should narrow the theme down. Not only in this contest but in all the contests.

But then, after hearing the wisdom of a brilliant man like Doctor Heat, of course we have to hear from our naysayers – our radical, feminist nut who never posts stories only negativity and our cut-and-paste champion whose stories never get read but somehow win the EARTH DAY contest.

Miss Omega is starting 2013 as she’s started every year since she’s been on the site – with lies and misinformation! There of course is an A.I.R. and it has run successful contests for over three years. For those seeeking info on the A.I.R. Contests I invite you to visit the A.I.R. Themed Contest Support thread.

And darkboy can’t hide the bitterness he’s feeling at the possible loss of his beloved EARTH DAY contest. So he lashes out in his typical mindless manner. I invite you to read Jacqui’s post again dear boy, one made almost a year ago. Almost prescient when compared to the subject of this thread and the posts many have made on the subject isn’t it?

The load of garbage is coming from you two, not from people who are making suggestions to improve the site.

Why don’t the two of you make resolutions to try to be more positive this year? To contribute and not tear down…Surely you can do better than this:​

there is NO AIR contest, it's all a figment of scouries mind.

And yet another thread circles the drain as scouries sinks it with a load of garbage

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

And if you want to expand the field so that there are more spring options than Earth day, you suggest it to Laurel and start a poll.

*hear here*

Wasn't sure which hear to use so I used one of each.

 

[TxRad]

Just because you keep running fake contest supposedly from a fake organization does not make them any more real. There is no such thing a AIR except in your head. You are the only one who has a say in who wins your fake contests. Most of your fake winners aren't even entered in the real contest and aren't on any of the themes. You even won one without posting a story.

Why don't you make a resolution to cut out the lying and bullshit.

Yes, both Stella and Dark are right with what they said. We all know who the real liar is around here.

 

[scouries]

Tex Ah and now we hear from the third member of the no-no gang! I’d actually been hoping for better from him but…

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our troika of nonstop negativity?

I’m sure all three have voted against the proposed change.

miss omega just to be difficult (wtf – she never posts contest stories)

darkboy to protect his woodsy earth day stories from going extinct and of course because he’s not man enough to concede that A.I.R. had a very good idea last year. Even as boxy and others embrace it…

tex probably agrees with the idea but again, like db he just can’t support a scourian idea no matter how good it is. But he’ll probably have one of his many ALTS vote yes to cancel out his negative no!

[size=+5]Support Change! Vote for Boxy![/size]​

 

[TxRad]

Scouries, as usual your reading comprehension or lack there of is showing.

Stella made no reference to the new proposal and Dark said he didn't care one way or the other. As for me, I voted for it and said so.

And this is no idea of yours, it came form Boxlicker. You bitch and moan but never do anything. The main reason is because the site owners ignore you for the most part. Between your fake royalties, fake contests, fake awards, and fake lists, who would take you seriously.

So try reading something for a change instead of just running off at the mouth.

 

[Edward Teach]

Good idea, Box.

 

[Darkniciad]

Like I said, I couldn't care less about this one. Six o' one, half a dozen of another to me.

The one that I find stifling is Nude Day. Trying to come up with an idea that I find remotely plausible and on theme is something that more or less eluded me until a couple of years ago.

Even then, I'm still trapped in a box of my own making, because nothing seems to meet my own personal criteria unless it involves nudists and non-nudists brought together in an environment safe for the former.

Unlike Earth Day, there's no real alternative, broader season to assign to the theme, though. Summer Lovin' covers most of the potential ideas. About the only thing that's outside the scope of Summer Lovin' is U.S. Independence day and Memorial day, because the contest starts well after both of those holidays.

On an international website, neither of those themes is really appropriate.

Technically, you could use them both in Summer Lovin', but it just feels weird to me setting a story for either day a month and a half or more after it's already come and gone.

If you move Summer Lovin' back and replace Nude Day with it -- because you can include Nude Day in it -- you catch Independence Day, and Labor Day is still in the future.

What do you replace Summer Lovin' with, then? Nothing seasonal comes to mind. "Back to School" would seem to send the wrong message on a site with an 18+ rule.

Could be a place to put a yearly category-based contest where the category rotates every year, since nothing seasonal is appropriate.

Likely to cause problems, though. Do you include illustrated and audio in the rotation, when so few people contribute those? "The Literotica Non-Con/Reluctance Contest" doesn't sound like something that would make a good tweet or status. People are going to scream bloody murder if their favorite category is excluded from the rotation.

Suppose they could pass it off as "We just haven't gotten around to it yet." There are enough categories that an annual one could hold that line for a decade or so before getting down to the edgier categories like Non-Con and Incest, or the specialized categories like Audio and Illustrated.

*shrug* I just can't force myself to stick some naked people in a story, mention "Nude Day" once, and call it on theme.

I'll quit rambling now.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Good idea, Box.

Thanks, Eddie. I haven't seen your AV for a long time.

 

[MatthewVett]

I've never felt constrained by any contest theme. They inspire me rather than limit me. None of my entries for contests based on a specific day, e.g. Earth Day and Nude Day, have even mentioned the days in question. That being said, it would be nice to have, perhaps, a biyearly schedule, rather than a yearly schedule. Double the topics, but keeping the regularity that encourages us to save ideas for future contests rather than toss them into the garbage bin of our minds.

What stops us from organizing unofficial contests, though? I certainly don't enter contests for the chance of money. I dare say that even an unofficial contest might be able to garner a bit of extra attention if every participating author advertised the contest in whatever media they use, for instance, blogs, social media pages, &c. It might be a happy medium between contests we're tired of and nothing at all.

 

[Stella_Omega]

The proposal -- which I did vote on-- has its own merits.

Scouries's lies have none.

No comparison.

 

[Stella_Omega]

I've never felt constrained by any contest theme. They inspire me rather than limit me. None of my entries for contests based on a specific day, e.g. Earth Day and Nude Day, have even mentioned the days in question. That being said, it would be nice to have, perhaps, a biyearly schedule, rather than a yearly schedule. Double the topics, but keeping the regularity that encourages us to save ideas for future contests rather than toss them into the garbage bin of our minds.

What stops us from organizing unofficial contests, though? I certainly don't enter contests for the chance of money. I dare say that even an unofficial contest might be able to garner a bit of extra attention if every participating author advertised the contest in whatever media they use, for instance, blogs, social media pages, &c. It might be a happy medium between contests we're tired of and nothing at all.

You've reminded me of this one; The Cardinal Sins of Carnal Writing

 

[damppanties]

You've reminded me of this one; The Cardinal Sins of Carnal Writing

Or the Rainy Day Challenge, which kind of can be seen as the birth of Coming Together.

Or so many of the challenges and fun stuff that used to be a part of this forum on a regular basis.

Ah, well. I'll go away now.

 

[DeeZire]

And yet another thread circles the drain as scouries sinks it with a load of garbage.

For those who don't have Dickhead on ignore, in the photo of the woman reclined on the bed. what's she doing with her left leg? Holding it up so she can fart? Does Scouries fantasize about smelling lady farts? How very strange.

My suggestion for a new contest theme: Wheels, including motor vehicles, motorcycles, bikes, trains, skateboards, dollies and hand trucks, the wheels on a desk chair? (if the movement of the desk chair is an integral part of the story.)

Seriously, I don't see much difference between Spring and Summer Lovin' other than 10 or 20 degrees, depending on the locale.

I like the other suggestions - weddings, sports. It would be nice to have at least one theme slot changing every year.

What I'd really like to see is a Religion theme. I love it when priests and nuns and Bible-quoting hypocrites do bad things, but I'm afraid this might be a niche category with a very small audience. Remember when that dude had the religious cult out in the boonies in Texas, and he was screwing all the women? Oh nevermind.

 

[Boxlicker101]

For those who don't have Dickhead on ignore, in the photo of the woman reclined on the bed. what's she doing with her left leg? Holding it up so she can fart? Does Scouries fantasize about smelling lady farts? How very strange.

My suggestion for a new contest theme: Wheels, including motor vehicles, motorcycles, bikes, trains, skateboards, dollies and hand trucks, the wheels on a desk chair? (if the movement of the desk chair is an integral part of the story.)

Seriously, I don't see much difference between Spring and Summer Lovin' other than 10 or 20 degrees, depending on the locale.

I like the other suggestions - weddings, sports. It would be nice to have at least one theme slot changing every year.

What I'd really like to see is a Religion theme. I love it when priests and nuns and Bible-quoting hypocrites do bad things, but I'm afraid this might be a niche category with a very small audience. Remember when that dude had the religious cult out in the boonies in Texas, and he was screwing all the women? Oh nevermind.

You know, you can start chain stories about those two themes you mentioned.

 

[DeeZire]

You know, you can start chain stories about those two themes you mentioned.

I'd rather just complain that they're not contest themes. It's easier.

 

[3113]

Seriously, I don't see much difference between Spring and Summer Lovin' other than 10 or 20 degrees, depending on the locale.

No difference?!? Not so! Spring is when we come yawning out of winter. We stretch and rediscover our energy--rediscover everything that's been asleep under the snow. Like the flowers we shyly, at first, flirt with each other, then bloom and shower our petals everywhere

Summer...Summer is what comes after all that renewed exercise and energy. We may still romp in the cool, early part of the day, take a dip in a pond or ride bikes down dappled lanes, but when the sun is high and hot, we retire for a nap in the shade. Refreshed, we stay up through the warm nights, laughing around campfires, enjoying fresh summer fruits and starlit skies.

Totally different

 

[Neonurotic]

I've entered every Earth Day contest for the last 4 years and have yet to even touch upon recycling or planting trees, and I'm not having writer's block. The whole point of the contest is to reach for new ways to tie sex with Earth Day. If you can do it, you enter. If you can't, you depart the field and let those who can enjoy the spotlight.

I and others would rather a change. There's a whole wellspring of holidays and a season that's missing if it's just Earth Day contest. Besides, Earth Day is still included so there you go, some spotlight for you too.

 

[DeeZire]

No difference?!? Not so! Spring is when we come yawning out of winter. ...

You're probably right. I live in Arizona where there are only two seasons: summer and a couple of months of chilly weather.