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Jennk wrote: cjr169 wrote: I do this one, short story and flash fiction only. The super short forms are not really my jam.  Tried Writing Battle, got a little annoyed that all the feedback was around how my story wasn't "winter enough" for winter survival.  Tried my hand for the first time at Writers Playground. We'll see how that goes. Curious what else is out there?  Consider giving WB another try! I mean this is a kind way possible, but perhaps it was valid feedback (especially if more than one person cited it). All the WS stories I read leaned into the cold weather! But, yes, peer feedback isn't always helpful. The current iteration of WB uses a new format so no one story can knock out another. It's all about winning against a variety of stories. This new system, Swiss-style, is fairer and every story can get 10 pieces of feedback no matter how it does. But beyond WB and NYCM, Globe Soup and Writers Playground are new ones I'm trying for the first time. We'll see.

I'll be back for the autumn short story battle. I'm not really into the micro/nano stuff. I always feel like I end up with a crummy haiku once I edit it down. 

I'm definitely not a screenwriter so don't do that.

Done most of the writing battles so will continue with that.

Just starting with Globe Soup - hoping to find the time to do the 7 day challenge this week.

Used to do furious fiction quarterly. Haven't done a Writer's Playground yet or YeahWrite.

I'd so love to have the time and luxury to just focus on writing!, do all the contests, spend proper time refining them all, seriously subbing everything.

Maybe after my upcoming maternity leave period when we are through the all consuming baby toddler time, if we are surviving okay financially then maybe I'll be able to give it a go at home for awhile - can dream anyway!

I entered Writers Playground for the 3rd time last comp. And actually managed to submit this time. Go me!  The 1st time I entered, I just couldn't find a combination of the prompts that inspired me. The 2nd time, I got a great story idea, but over procrastinated. I hit a major snag and couldn't get the story to "flow". I tried to make it work, and it fought me at every turn. So I just gave up and went to sleep. When I woke up, I realized that all I needed to do was back the timeline up maybe 15 minutes from where I started it, and shift perspective to a different MC. Which would have been an easy fix, but I had this epiphany less than 2 hrs to deadline, and minutes before I had to go to work. This year I still procrastinated, but managed to finish my entry and submit. (And then went to work on less than an hour of sleep LOL)

I'll have to check out some of the other competitions that have been mentioned.