The official Authors' Hangout Summer Lovin' 2020 contest Support Thread

[oggbashan]

I have started this early because the Nude Day winners have been announced and some of us take a long time writing.

Summer Lovin'
themes: warm weather, summer activities, bikinis, etc.
starts: August 19 (Now changed to 21st!)
closes: The last day to submit is: September 6 at 11:59EST
winners announced: September 16


As usual, this thread is to SUPPORT and ENCOURAGE authors to enter stories in the 2020 Summer Lovin' Contest. Get your characters warm. sunburned and sexy.

There is an advantage to entering stories in one of Literotica's themed contests, apart from the possibility of winning, and that is that your story gets far more exposure and attention than it would normally do.

Some of that attention might be unwelcome, some abusive, but some could be appreciative and helpful.

Wait for Laurel's notice of the start of the contest as a sticky at the top of the Authors' Hangout before submitting and follow the instructions in that thread.

 

[NotWise]

I've got mine underway. It'll be my first contest story since Summer Lovin' last year.

 

[KeithD]

Mine's written.

 

[SimonDoom]

I've got several stories that are either partly written or are at the idea stage that would be good for this contest. There is one in particular that is far enough along I'm confident I'll get it done for the contest. As for the rest -- we'll see.

 

[Rustyoznail]

Mine's nearly finished. I started it in summer over here...

 

[Voboy]

Mine's done, but it needs a once-over I think.

Lots and lots of sweat. I think it'll be the last Covid-themed story I write for awhile.

 

[TxRad]

Uh, I think I need to get my ass in gear. I can't remember the last contest I entered.

My latest novel is two chapters short of being finished so...

 

[ChloeTzang]

Uh, I think I need to get my ass in gear. I can't remember the last contest I entered.

My latest novel is two chapters short of being finished so...

I better get one done. I’ve only done one story on lit this year. Too many unfinished ones.

 

[HeyAll]

I'm working on 4.

2 group sex. 1 lesbian. 1 mom/son.

 

[YDB95]

Finished mine last week, and not a moment too soon. My not-quite-finished novel got accepted for an agents' roundtable in October, so all my writing time between now and then will be devoted to finishing it!

 

[Rustyoznail]

Finished mine last week, and not a moment too soon. My not-quite-finished novel got accepted for an agents' roundtable in October, so all my writing time between now and then will be devoted to finishing it!

Congrats on finishing!

And about the novel...

 

[lovecraft68]

I might drop something in. I have a pile of work never submitted here. Summer and Winter are the loosest contests....its hot/its cold...its July/It's December, you're in.

I'm not saying people don't try harder and put much more thought into it than that, but it is the only requirement.

 

[sirhugs]

I have a big problem differentiating "summer lovin" stories from nude day stories, and had enough trouble coming up with a Nude Day idea- some might argue I never did. I so wish that the contest was Back to School...

 

[Voboy]

I so wish that the contest was Back to School...

That might be difficult, this year...

 

[SimonDoom]

I so wish that the contest was Back to School...

There's no reason you can't write about that (Voboy's apt observation notwithstanding). Anticipating the return to school is a big part of the end of summer for many, and the contest takes place at the end of summer. One of my summer stories (the one I am confident I will publish) takes place at the end of summer and at the end of it the two main characters go back to school.

I think the right way to see contest and event descriptions is that they should be springboards for your imagination to run free rather than straitjackets that limit what you can do. As long as it is, in some way or another, summery, go for it.

 

[oggbashan]

... I so wish that the contest was Back to School...

That might be difficult, this year...

And is always problematic on Literotica because of the age requirement.

Back to University might be better.

 

[SimonDoom]

And is always problematic on Literotica because of the age requirement.

Back to University might be better.

Good point. I had assumed that's what he meant.

The majority of US high school students going "back to school" for their last year are not yet 18.

My story is about two college/university students, finishing their summer.

 

[sirhugs]

And is always problematic on Literotica because of the age requirement.

Back to University might be better.

Back to school time also has impact on parents and teachers...
but alas, I have at least 4 in my pipeline already, and unless I plump up the "summer" aspects of my current story without end, I won't have time to submit...hmmmm...it is sex on the deck...

 

[lovecraft68]

Good point. I had assumed that's what he meant.

The majority of US high school students going "back to school" for their last year are not yet 18.

My story is about two college/university students, finishing their summer.

Not really a good point. Many seniors are 18, and I would stress that age in a disclaimer and double down early in the story with something that mentions it. If you took high school naughty school girl out of erotica along with HS teachers seducing students you'd be losing a classic tropes

But, don't take my word for it

https://search.literotica.com/?query=high school

Same thing for baby sitters...many baby sitters are under 18, right? But you'd die of old age before you could read every baby sitter story on this site.

Back to my publisher telling me about how many erotica writers are uptight morality police.

 

[SimonDoom]

Not really a good point. Many seniors are 18, and I would stress that age in a disclaimer and double down early in the story with something that mentions it. If you took high school naughty school girl out of erotica along with HS teachers seducing students you'd be losing a classic tropes

But, don't take my word for it

https://search.literotica.com/?query=high school

Same thing for baby sitters...many baby sitters are under 18, right? But you'd die of old age before you could read every baby sitter story on this site.

Back to my publisher telling me about how many erotica writers are uptight morality police.

If you are suggesting that I'm part of the "morality police" then you haven't paid attention to anything I've ever written in these forums. I'm not.

I'm well aware of all the high school stories, and I have no problem with them. Anybody who thinks that high school and sexuality don't go hand in hand lives on another planet. I spent a lot more time in high school thinking about sex than calculus (although I did a lot more calculus than sex).

My point was more practical, based on Literotica's restrictions. Most students entering their senior year of high school are not 18 yet. Some are. But, let's face it, if you write a story about characters at that age but put in a disclaimer "But they're 18!" you are, for all intents and purposes, dodging the Literotica requirement. It's not a moral issue for me. I think the whole under-18 squeamishness here is a little silly even though I fully respect Laurel's right to enforce it for her own reasons, and I think she does a pretty decent job enforcing a difficult rule. But I think it's perfectly appropriate to point out what one is REALLY doing writing a story of that kind. Depending on how it's written it may or may not be accepted by Literotica.

 

[davion2308]

Spill Over

I feel like this is a spill over from what I usually write since I tinker in the Ex/Voy category more than anything.

I had a blast with the last contest and I had viewership with my other stories too, getting some updated comments on old stuff. That's never a bad thing.

Thanks for the contest. I have two ideas that may work out in the end.

Good luck, writers!

 

[Voboy]

Most students entering their senior year of high school are not 18 yet. Some are. But, let's face it, if you write a story about characters at that age but put in a disclaimer "But they're 18!" you are, for all intents and purposes, dodging the Literotica requirement.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Requirements exist. So of course people dodge them; their tendency to do so would be the reason why the requirements exist. Leading people to find ways to dodge them. It's a cycle.

And so it goes, with Lit restrictions and society's laws. Nothing says the dodge is automatically wrong, anymore than anything says the requirements are automatically right. But, as I said, they exist. Therefore we agree to abide by them.

So? We do. But we find workarounds, and judging from the search results lovecraft68 just posted, there are at least 11,000 workarounds. So far.

Viva, for the free-ish exchange of ideas and stories!

 

[TxRad]

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Requirements exist. So of course people dodge them; their tendency to do so would be the reason why the requirements exist. Leading people to find ways to dodge them. It's a cycle.

And so it goes, with Lit restrictions and society's laws. Nothing says the dodge is automatically wrong, anymore than anything says the requirements are automatically right. But, as I said, they exist. Therefore we agree to abide by them.

So? We do. But we find workarounds, and judging from the search results lovecraft68 just posted, there are at least 11,000 workarounds. So far.

Viva, for the free-ish exchange of ideas and stories!

The only problem with all that logic is the lady that owns the site and vets all the submissions. Laurel has the last and final word. Get on her wrong side and things can get a little sticky, shall we say.

 

[SimonDoom]

You say that like it's a bad thing.

No, a thousand times no. That's not what I said. That's not what I meant.

I mean only this: be mindful of what you are doing. Do it with eyes wide open.

If you want to find clever ways of circumventing the rules, go ahead -- it's not a moral issue to me. But be mindful that you may run afoul of the Site owner, who is the one that makes the ultimate decision.

 

[geronimo_appleby]

Uh, I think I need to get my ass in gear. I can't remember the last contest I entered.

My latest novel is two chapters short of being finished so...

it was when you were in da nang and perving on china beach.