Feb 21 AN ASSTR WRITING CONTEST UPDATE

                

AN ASSTR WRITING CONTEST UPDATE

More specific information about the conditions of the competition, the genre allowed, story codes permitted, sexual content and limitations, and how much literary license a writer should take need to be provided.

There's a lot of varied and potentially risqué stuff posted on ASSTR, so what bounds will the writers be under?

Before I'd consider participating I'd need to know who the audience was, if it was strictly an adult's only playground, and what restrictions would be imposed.

Also, is the contest open to existing stories, unpublished works, or a completely new piece of fiction based on a set of guidelines to be announced later?

More details, please ...

An interested Asstr author

Here are the ideas we've discussed. While they aren't definite yet, we're leaning in this direction.

1. The competition should be open. (Anything legal) We will probably require submissions be posted to Asstr since it is a contest for Asstr authors. If your post is deleted by Asstr, we'll delete it too.
   But we're aware that submissions will have to be separated into Adult material, Moral Majority fare, PG16 and children's stories.
2. We want submissions to be rated by the free market. This would include the appeal of the Title, the interest of the story, the quality of the writing, the choice of sponsor and anything else that might make a submissions marketable (even cheating).
3. We like the idea of a point system. We're leaning towards 10,000 point = $1.00. A submission would earn points by being accessed, by referring readers to a sponsors link, by gifts from appreciative readers, and from royalties paid by the sponsor who sell's something to a referred reader.
4. Readers would receive 100 points for registering and points for a useful review or critique. (Gifted from the contest)
5. Points can be redeemed for prizes and sponsor merchandise.
6. The best stories (as determined by us) will be segregated and promoted by the contest.
7. Submission must have a sponsor chosen and negotiated by the author.
8. Points an author spends still remain in their score.
9. A list of ready sponsors can be reviewed at http://www.fledgling.byethost8.com/Product_List.html This is inventory from a defunct ebay store and the list is still being edited to remove ebay references and protocols.

The basic idea is to create a media like TV where the best shows are free to the public but paid for by sponsors who share in the benefit of a good story. We want to create a venue where an author's reward is real and not just intangible feedback.

Your ideas and opinions are welcome.

Fledgling

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