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Congratulations to the following three winners of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in October 2023! First ($50): Review of "Moving In, 1987" by Tileira Second ($25): Review of "Black Ice" by ~SilverMoon~ Third ($10): Review of "The Cycle of Sorrow" by Elisa: Middle Aged Stik Thanks to all of our October reviewers... We appreciate your feedback! ~~SM |
The following winners for the September 2023 running of "Journey Through Genres: Official Contest" were chosen from the 14 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided below. Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Shady Rest " by Bobby Lou Stevenson Second Place - "Unprepared" by Cub-bee Third Place - "Vapor Lock" by D. Reed Whittaker Thank you to our pool of official contest judges, and to Jeff for continuing to keep Writing.Com's official site contests running smoothly! |
New... What I'm about to post below has been tested only by me. Ya'll are far better at finding ways to break things than me. So be warned: It is new and bugs may exist. If you find one, please report it to me. Merit Badges in the shop, now have descriptions and genres! These are just intended to add some depth and interest to badges. With this change, the backend system for Merit Badges has been revamped... which opens the door for other additions to the system in the future. (I'm still filling in some of the "WDC" badges... There's a lot!) And ... with this change comes a really cool update for Group Merit Badges... Group leaders (level 15 only) can now edit parts of their group Merit Badges! Add a short description of the badge. Set up to 3 genres on your badge. Manage who can award your badge. Plus, find some badge stats! Head to your Group Badges from the newly refurbished group navigation: Psssst Lilli 🧿 ☕ - don't miss it this time... Look for the icon on the badge, under the . (BTW, the links to a search for that one badge.) Click the gear and you'll get a badge editing screen: * As you can see, with this update, we now have the ability to change Merit Badge names... something that was very complicated in the past due to the system (or lack thereof). This should be used very sparingly and is intended only to correct typos, which sometimes happen with new badges. If you need a badge name changed or have been holding off requesting a correction, please contact myself or SMs. That's all for now... but more to come! Enjoy! |
The WritingML editor button bar now plays better with live preview on Newsfeed. ... and it's generally "smarter"! For example, if you select text and click the center icon, it will immediately center in the preview. Before, you had to fiddle with it a little get the live preview update to happen. And now if you select some text and add a color, you can click different colors to change the text color and it just works, replacing the previous color with the new one... Before, the editor just continued to add and stack MORE colors, rather than replacing with the new. And the same goes for changing font faces and font sizes. Enjoy! |
Congratulations to the following three winners of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in September 2023! First ($50): Review of "The Devil Went Down to Midtown" by Jeremy Second ($25): Review of "That Haunting Love Story" by Max Griffin 🏳️🌈 Third ($10): Review of " A Wasted Life" by Mad Jack Thanks to all of our September reviewers... We appreciate your feedback! ~~SM |
The following winners for the August 2023 running of "Short Shots: Official WDC Contest" were chosen from the 22 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided below. Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "The Library Finder" by Beholden Second Place - "A Mother's Gift" by Joey's So Hot He's Melting Third Place - "The Forbidden Library" by Graham B. Thank you to our pool of official contest judges, and to Jeff for continuing to keep Writing.Com's official site contests running smoothly! |
Congratulations to the following three winners of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in August 2023! First ($50): Review of "Ceri " by Nostrum Second ($25): Review of "Whose Side Are You On?" by Shaye Third ($10): Review of "Chronos" by WriterRick Thanks to all of our August reviewers... We appreciate your feedback! ~~SM |
The following winners for the July 2023 running of "Rhythms & Writing: Official WDC Contest" were chosen from the 16 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided below. Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor Second Place - "Facing my Flaws" by Tegs Third Place - "Can't Break Free" by intuey Thank you to our pool of official contest judges, and to Jeff for continuing to keep Writing.Com's official site contests running smoothly! |
Congratulations to the following three winners of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in July 2023! First ($50): Review of "My Mother and Me." by Jeremy Second ($25): Review of "What Calls To Us" by Osirantinous Third ($10): Review of "Arcane Ascension: Prologue " by Graham B. Thanks to all of our reviewers in July. We appreciate your feedback! ~~SM |
The following winners for the June 2023 running of "Quotation Inspiration: Official Contest" were chosen from the 17 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided below. Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Dreamer" by Beholden Second Place - "Angel" by deemac Third Place - "The Dream Recorder" by PureSciFiPlus Thank you to our pool of official contest judges, and to Jeff for continuing to keep Writing.Com's official site contests running smoothly! |