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Memoir Contest VOTING! - CLOSED Feb 15, 2021 23:55:46 GMT -6

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Critiquing and Voting for our Memoir Contest is CLOSED!

Contest Judging

SCHEDULE: Voting closes March 1, 11:59 pm

WHERE: please proceed to the NONFICTION FORUM to check out the entries and begin critting.

Voting is open to all Legendfirians! Every contestant is REQUIRED to vote.

Unless excused for serious reasons, you must vote on all entries. You will receive 2 reminders of this requirement 1 week and again 3 days prior to the end of the voting period. If you do not vote on ALL entries, your entry will be disqualified.

Please follow these steps:

1. Judge each entry according to the following questions. Answer them as thoroughly as possible. Two sentences minimum per question. NOTE: voters who leave one-liner critiques to justify their vote will receive warnings according to our warning system. The purpose of commenting is to help writers improve their writing, so be thorough, please.

Technical writing elements: Which elements were technically sound in this entry? What still needs work? Consider things like spelling/punctuation/grammar, coherence, effectiveness of structure, etc.

Artistic writing elements: What appealed to me in this entry? What might benefit from revision? Consider things like how engaging the memoir is, effective word choice (prose style), universal appeal (theme), etc.

Prompt: How does this entry relate to the prompt?

2. After answering these questions, assign each area a numerical value: Rate each entry from 1 to 5, with five being the most favorable.

3. Add your scores and divide by 3 to get an average score. For example: 3.5 + 3 + 4 = 3.5 (The contest host will collect all the average scores for each entry and tally the averages to determine the winners.)

* You may vote for yourself to maintain your anonymity. This vote will not count toward the final score.

* All entries must have the same number of votes for each vote to count. For example, if over half the entries receive 7 votes, we will set the final vote requirement to 7 votes per entry.

Winners!

* 100 Hard Honor Points for all entrants, upon submitting their entry
* An additional 200 Hard Honor Points for 1st Place winners, for a total of 300
* An additional 100 Hard Honor Points for all other place winners, for a total of 200

(Please note that contestants must edit their Honor Points themselves within their profile settings)

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Memoir Contest VOTING! - CLOSED Feb 15, 2021 23:56:17 GMT -6

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Post by RAVENEYE on Feb 15, 2021 23:56:17 GMT -6

Contestants! Remember to add your 100 HP for submitting an entry. This was tough! You earned it.

And I think I got it all. If I missed a detail or an entry somewhere, please let me know pronto. I'm off to :zzz:

Best of luck to all of you!

Last Edit: Feb 15, 2021 23:59:52 GMT -6 by RAVENEYE

ScintillaMyntan Project Aide Posts: 354	Memoir Contest VOTING! - CLOSED Feb 16, 2021 7:59:09 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ScintillaMyntan on Feb 16, 2021 7:59:09 GMT -6 Agh, people have actual misadventures! This is kind of embarrassing!
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RAVENEYE Administrator Deus Ex Machina "To unpathed waters, undreamed shores." ~Shakespeare Posts: 2,357 Preferred Pronouns: She/Her HARD: 3530 MEDIUM: 550 EASY: 650 Member is Online	Memoir Contest VOTING! - CLOSED Feb 16, 2021 9:27:14 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by RAVENEYE on Feb 16, 2021 9:27:14 GMT -6 No self-condemnation! "Comparison is the thief of joy," said one Roosevelt or other. Anything counts as a misadventure if plans went awry. Any kind of plans. Your experiences are valid, no matter what!
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RAVENEYE Administrator Deus Ex Machina "To unpathed waters, undreamed shores." ~Shakespeare Posts: 2,357 Preferred Pronouns: She/Her HARD: 3530 MEDIUM: 550 EASY: 650 Member is Online	Memoir Contest VOTING! - CLOSED Feb 22, 2021 11:44:10 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by RAVENEYE on Feb 22, 2021 11:44:10 GMT -6 Gosh, I am enjoying reading your experiences so much! Can't wait to see how this turns out. I have one more to critique, then I'll post up my votes. How is everyone else doing?
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RAVENEYE Administrator Deus Ex Machina "To unpathed waters, undreamed shores." ~Shakespeare Posts: 2,357 Preferred Pronouns: She/Her HARD: 3530 MEDIUM: 550 EASY: 650 Member is Online	Memoir Contest VOTING! - CLOSED Feb 24, 2021 12:00:20 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by RAVENEYE on Feb 24, 2021 12:00:20 GMT -6 *** * FIVE DAYS TO POST YOUR VOTES * *** (I swear I'm doing my part, will post them all at once near the end)
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RAVENEYE Administrator Deus Ex Machina "To unpathed waters, undreamed shores." ~Shakespeare Posts: 2,357 Preferred Pronouns: She/Her HARD: 3530 MEDIUM: 550 EASY: 650 Member is Online	Memoir Contest VOTING! - CLOSED Feb 25, 2021 12:17:22 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by RAVENEYE on Feb 25, 2021 12:17:22 GMT -6 LAST WEEKEND TO VOTE!
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Alatariel Moderator Full of Sound and Fury Posts: 727 Custom Title: Quintessence of Dust Preferred Pronouns: She/Her HARD: 800 MEDIUM: 550 EASY: 50	Memoir Contest VOTING! - CLOSED Feb 25, 2021 19:53:45 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Alatariel on Feb 25, 2021 19:53:45 GMT -6 That came fast!! Vote vote vote! Gotta finish mine, too.
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Bird Counselor Posts: 282 Custom Title: World Creator and Destroyer Preferred Pronouns: they/them/their HARD: 1200 MEDIUM: 400 EASY: 110	Memoir Contest VOTING! - CLOSED Feb 25, 2021 21:18:05 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Bird on Feb 25, 2021 21:18:05 GMT -6 Wait. What happened to time. Time is an illusion go vote rah rah rah!
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FoxxGlove Blaze Condition Grounded But Determined To Fly Posts: 535 Custom Title: Mosaic Gypsy HARD: 2500 EASY: 1020	Memoir Contest VOTING! - CLOSED Feb 27, 2021 10:34:50 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by FoxxGlove on Feb 27, 2021 10:34:50 GMT -6 Ye Gods, this is coming down to being really nit-picky in order to differentiate between the entries in terms of casting a vote. I expect the scores are going to be unimaginably close.
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Memoir Contest VOTING! - CLOSED Feb 27, 2021 20:26:31 GMT -6

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Post by Alatariel on Feb 27, 2021 20:26:31 GMT -6

Feb 27, 2021 10:34:50 GMT -6 FoxxGlove said:

Ye Gods, this is coming down to being really nit-picky in order to differentiate between the entries in terms of casting a vote.
I expect the scores are going to be unimaginably close.

I was just thinking the SAME exact thing! These are all super well written and fantastic. It's gonna come down to decimal points to figure out who got which place.

RAVENEYE Administrator Deus Ex Machina "To unpathed waters, undreamed shores." ~Shakespeare Posts: 2,357 Preferred Pronouns: She/Her HARD: 3530 MEDIUM: 550 EASY: 650 Member is Online	Memoir Contest VOTING! - CLOSED Feb 28, 2021 14:09:03 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by RAVENEYE on Feb 28, 2021 14:09:03 GMT -6 Yes! I felt bad, honestly, that too many of my comments were nitpicky, but that's GOOD!!! Such wonderful entries. I hope there are ties for the prizes.
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RAVENEYE Administrator Deus Ex Machina "To unpathed waters, undreamed shores." ~Shakespeare Posts: 2,357 Preferred Pronouns: She/Her HARD: 3530 MEDIUM: 550 EASY: 650 Member is Online	Memoir Contest VOTING! - CLOSED Mar 1, 2021 12:45:55 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by RAVENEYE on Mar 1, 2021 12:45:55 GMT -6 THE CLOCK IS TICKING 10 HOURS LEFT TO VOTE
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RAVENEYE: Desserts <--> Stressed = Brilliant! How have I not heard this before ... or noticed it? Why, of course, that explains it. :lshic:

Jan 31, 2023 13:17:52 GMT -6

Caulder Melhaire: Yes! The February contest is almost upon us, and it continues its nature of being wild and unpredictable LOL Jan 31, 2023 17:46:24 GMT -6 *

ScintillaMyntan: Namely how to determine the actual ranking of the pieces when the top three were 'tied' in the end of the ranked-choice voting procedure, but received their votes at different 'stages' in the counting process. Jan 31, 2023 20:49:32 GMT -6