Three Triond writers I stumbled upon recently - and liked immediately very much - set me thinking. Yeah, that happens when you're reading stuff on Triond; it even happened with me! Now, R J Evans, Lauren Axelrod and Glynis Smy are not only Wonderful Online Writers, they also are a sort of "community workers".
So, they got me thinking: "Maybe," I thought, "it would be a nice idea..." - Most of my stories start that way, and then a whole bunch of voices goes storming in my brain, like I have there a twister eh... twisting and shouting, as if some Beatles were reunited again, with a little help from their friends.
But okay, allright, I was thinking and it went like this: "Maybe it would be a nice idea to organize some sort of a friendly Contest for Triond Writers. Being part of it has to be more important than to win, let's promote the Olympic Ideal here... and our work too, of course. You only can win a Certificate, certifying you are a truly W.O.W.!"
And maybe Your Eternalized Statue:
Image Source: The Flemish Primitive Poet Lear Shakepear
Get the picture? The Rules of Engagement are simple (I had to make them):
- Every Triond Writer can nominate one single Candidate for the Award, with one single article or story or poem, and only by using your Triond Identity and in the Comment Section of this WOW Award of the Year 2008 article. Give us the name of your Candidate and the article of your choice: copy/paste the profile of the author and the link of the article. And don't forget to tell us why you've nominated this article!
- You can't submit yourself as a Candidate for the Award.
- You can submit Candidates until December, 14.
- Only he or she who has submitted a Candidate has the right to bring out one vote for one of the submitted articles or stories or poems, by commenting only with "Candidate Name + Article Title". The voting starts on December, 15 and ends on December, 29. You may not vote for the article you have submitted. (Yes, I want you to read the work of all the other Candidates!)
- Being the Host of the Contest, you can't submit an article written by me, but I do have the right to nominate an article and to vote for an article, a story or a poem.
- The Candidate who has written the article, story or poem that has collected the highest number of votes on December, 30... will be the One & Only Winner of the Wonderful Online Writer Award of the Year 2008.
- He or she who nominated the WOW will be cartoonized as "Fan of the Year 2008" and get his picture... no, not on the cover of Rolling Stone, but on Picable: see an example here.
Spotted some bugs? Please let me know, I'll fix them!
