$50??
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Topic: $50??
Posted By: tmoraca
Subject: $50??
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2009 at 6:05am
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Well, $49, or $44 with the discount. Sup with that, NYC? ------------- Short Story Challenge 2012 Round 2, Group 3, http://forums.nycmidnight.com/r2-g3-what-i-remember_topic6326.html" rel="nofollow - What I Remember |
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Posted By: londongirl
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2009 at 11:08am
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It's a regular beef here, the steep entry fees. In NYC's defence: it is about $10 cheaper if you register early; you are getting at least two rounds in this competetion and possibly four; you get feedback from the judges; and last but definitely not least, you get the input of the lovely people here on this forum. So, yes $50 is pricey, but we're worth it *flicks hair as if in hair commercial*. |
Posted By: topangarose
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2009 at 12:44pm
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Topanga chimes in, "Yes, we are sooo worth it." *hands on hips facing a little to the side, front leg knee bent slightly, toe pointed, in modeling stance --flicks hair a second later than London, for extra emphasis* ------------- https://forums.nycmidnight.com/r1-grp-23-a-light-dinner-for-dragons-fairytale-fan_topic62408.html" rel="nofollow - 250 wrd-2024 A LIGHT DINNER FOR DRAGONS |
Posted By: sutekh137
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2009 at 5:52pm
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Too many chicks on this board... *** JoeK stands stoutly, looking slightly to the Southwest. Perhaps there is something there for him. Something _worthy_ of him. But probably not. I mean there's just nothing there. Not that it isn't worthy. Even "nothing" is worthy of Joe. He thinks so, anyway. He could be wrong. *** JoeK |
Posted By: sootfoot5
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2009 at 8:00pm
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First - Hellow Joek! Missed tweeting with you!
Second - what's this with too many chicks on this board? Got news for you -there's one more now! Third - certainly don't want to sound as if I've got loads of dough to throw around, because that's far from the case, but I've been in quite a few contests and I don't recall any being less than $45. Granted, they were all screenwriting contests, but I don't know why short story contests would be any different. Everyone has got to live, even people who sponsor contests. ------------- https://forums.nycmidnight.com/r2-gp34-the-emperors-new-house_topic64419.html" rel="nofollow - My SS R2 Link |
Posted By: burstandbloom
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2009 at 9:20pm
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this is my first time in the Creative Writing Championsip or any NYC competition or being on this forum but $50 sounded reasonable to me for a competition with cash prizes and guaranteed feedback and easy setup a lot of magazines and chapbooks charge a fee to just submit for consideration to be printed and you arent even guaranteed a rejection letter so $50 for this sounded good to me and im hoping it kicks me into a writing mood good luck peeps ------------- FFC 2017 Rnd 2 http://forums.nycmidnight.com/rd-1-ch-2-the-good-people-of-harvey-group-25_topic16004.html" rel="nofollow - The Good People of Harvey |
Posted By: sootfoot5
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2009 at 9:28pm
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But back to a more important point -
Tops really is so worth it. I mean, look at how she's standing! And Londongirl with her flicking hair, my, my, my, those two! They're going to get arrested if they're not careful! ------------- https://forums.nycmidnight.com/r2-gp34-the-emperors-new-house_topic64419.html" rel="nofollow - My SS R2 Link |
Posted By: topangarose
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2009 at 3:34am
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...not to mention Soot, who after seeing how stoutly JoeK is standing, has locked her husband in the basement... ...and welcome to the looney bin, burstandbloom! ------------- https://forums.nycmidnight.com/r1-grp-23-a-light-dinner-for-dragons-fairytale-fan_topic62408.html" rel="nofollow - 250 wrd-2024 A LIGHT DINNER FOR DRAGONS |
Posted By: londongirl
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2009 at 5:28am
| Hi Joe, welcome back. How was the move? Joe, Joe? Are you there? Oh, he can't hear me. He's gone to fly a jet plane after having a satisfyingly close shave and stroked his manly chin appreciatively. Which gives me an idea for my bathroom romance ... |
Posted By: sootfoot5
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2009 at 6:11am
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wow - a basement in Mobile Alabama. What a concept. Ask your insurance company why I'm strapping him to the roof instead. (besides the fact that he likes it.) ------------- https://forums.nycmidnight.com/r2-gp34-the-emperors-new-house_topic64419.html" rel="nofollow - My SS R2 Link |
Posted By: linguist
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2009 at 3:27pm
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Hey, for fifty small buck you get....well....harassed by all the chicks on the forums, review by fellow writers, late results, really late judges feedback and the thrill and the glory and the vomit-inducing task of writing 1000 words in 48 hours.
Wait...what was my point again? |
Posted By: londongirl
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2009 at 3:02am
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Getting harassed by me is worth fifty of your American dollars any day - and then some. I consider it a bargain. |
Posted By: cabridges
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2009 at 12:48pm
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Or you could be really cheap and get in for free by placing in the Tweet contest...(coughs quietly into fist) Just sayin'. There are options. :) |
Posted By: linguist
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2009 at 2:49pm
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Uh...placing? How about taking the whole damn shooting match!
Congrats on your first place finish, btw. |
Posted By: cabridges
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2009 at 4:09pm
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The audience win was great and I love it, but it could also mean I have a lot of friends. Placing in the top ten on the judges' list made me as happy as winning the audience award. Does that make sense? |
Posted By: linguist
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2009 at 6:33pm
Absolutely. We're writers. We need validation! I totally get it. |
cabridges wrote:Posted By: topangarose
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2009 at 9:21pm
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Huzzah!!!!!! ------------- https://forums.nycmidnight.com/r1-grp-23-a-light-dinner-for-dragons-fairytale-fan_topic62408.html" rel="nofollow - 250 wrd-2024 A LIGHT DINNER FOR DRAGONS |