ken barber Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 The Age of Enlightenment story contest was created and planned for a couple of purposes. First to challenge the authors in a couple ways. 1 Write a good story with preset restrictions and guides. 2. Write in a Time period they may not be completely familiar with. The Contest also is planned for the benefit of the Forum members. Members have the exclusive right to choose the winners through a grading system. Here is how the grading system works. Each member reads all the stories and votes. for questions 1-4 and 6 the point system works as follows. 1=1 point 2=2 points 3=3 points 4=4 points 5=5 points question 5 yes = 3 points no = 0 points. Members if you plan to vote please read all the stories and vote for each one. The authors names have been removed so its a blind vote. We encourage feedback and discussion in the thread below the story. Voting ends at midnight on June 28th. Enjoy!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Schaeffer Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 A little help here...what questions? Exactly what are people being scored against? I'm confused..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken barber Posted June 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 A little help here...what questions? Exactly what are people being scored against? I'm confused..... 1. Theme: Did the Story reflect the culture of the 18th Century? 2. Character development: Did the Author develop believable characters you could connect with? 3. Engaging. Did the story keep you engaged through to the end? 4. Plot: Was the plot fully developed within the word count restriction of the contest? 5. Technical Merit: Was it easy to follow the plot line? 6. Was this story enjoyable - Would you recommend this story to others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Schaeffer Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Okay. Thanks. I'm just wondering if the authors might have benefited by knowing what "was on the test", so to speak, before hand. Kind of like, if you know what you're being judged on, you might pay more attention to certain aspects of the story. These seem fairly straightforward, though. I like the idea that voters will be able to "nuance" their votes a little. Good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken barber Posted June 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Jack good Idea. Maybe in the future we build the poll first and give it to the writers when we announce the contest. thanks for the input Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 I'm with Jack.... If there is a contest like this again, please let authors know there will be judging criteria and what the criteria is... Thanks, Ken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken barber Posted June 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 I will pass that on to the PR team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken barber Posted June 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Keep in mind everyone, Every time we do something like this we are testing it, we learn as we go. Love the feed back and will take it into account. Our first contest was a straight vote for your favorite contest. The feed back we got from that was something more like this so we are trying this and will see how it goes if it works the next time I will definitely try to create the judging criteria first and give that to the authors. Cynus and Mark C. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Aarons Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 well, I must say there has been quite an effort put into this by all. I spent a huge portion of my afternoon reading the other stories and must say I am impressed. This is a huge well done to the rest of the authors and a thanks for making my Friday afternoon enjoyable. ken barber and Al Norris 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken barber Posted June 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 I finished all the stories and I have to say I am impressed with the level of talent displayed. WELL DONE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfhighlander Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 I agree there were some really good stories there. Well written and enjoyable to read. ken barber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Schaeffer Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 I've read them all as well. I'm amazed at the quality and variety in the stories. Each one unique and really a great read. I would recommend them all. ken barber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Aarons Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 I would like those who read the stories to add some comment after each to really get a feel on what they are thinking. I am refraining from doing so since I wrote one, but if others want to hear more detailed reviews from me I would be happy to do so. ken barber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Norris Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 The polls are closed and the votes are being tabulated. Cynus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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