Post by James on Dec 29, 2011 22:49:03 GMT -5
1) It's all anonymous!
You PM your entry to the organiser and he posts it for you. At no point does your name appear beside it. At the end of the competition (and only at the end) you may reveal what entries you wrote, but that's up to you. Furthermore this rule also applies to your reviews. You PM your reviews to the organiser and he posts them in the correct thread.
2) Everyone's a judge!
The Arena is judged by a simple thumbs-up/thumbs-down voting system. To vote you must also write a review. Anyone can be a judge. People inside the competition and people not competing as well. The only two exceptions are the organiser (who serves as a tiebreaker) and you obviously may not vote in your match. Other than that, get reading and voting whether you're writing or not.
3) Complete Mystery!
As the competition progresses, you do not know who is going out and who has stayed in. Partly because it's anonymous and partly because the results are not revealed. After the votes have been counted, the organiser merely starts a new round by PMing out the new beginnings to those writers that have survived.
4) You Write the Prompts!
The Arena works by providing each match with a beginning or a blurb. These prompts are written by AWR members! So write something and see what other people can come up with from the idea. Look at some of the previous matches for examples of good beginnings. They should be between 75-250 words. PM your beginnings or blurbs to the organiser, who will pick the best for the matches.
- Will add as necessary.
You PM your entry to the organiser and he posts it for you. At no point does your name appear beside it. At the end of the competition (and only at the end) you may reveal what entries you wrote, but that's up to you. Furthermore this rule also applies to your reviews. You PM your reviews to the organiser and he posts them in the correct thread.
2) Everyone's a judge!
The Arena is judged by a simple thumbs-up/thumbs-down voting system. To vote you must also write a review. Anyone can be a judge. People inside the competition and people not competing as well. The only two exceptions are the organiser (who serves as a tiebreaker) and you obviously may not vote in your match. Other than that, get reading and voting whether you're writing or not.
3) Complete Mystery!
As the competition progresses, you do not know who is going out and who has stayed in. Partly because it's anonymous and partly because the results are not revealed. After the votes have been counted, the organiser merely starts a new round by PMing out the new beginnings to those writers that have survived.
4) You Write the Prompts!
The Arena works by providing each match with a beginning or a blurb. These prompts are written by AWR members! So write something and see what other people can come up with from the idea. Look at some of the previous matches for examples of good beginnings. They should be between 75-250 words. PM your beginnings or blurbs to the organiser, who will pick the best for the matches.
- Will add as necessary.
