A few of the recent CAW winners put their heads together to come up with a set of permanent guidelines for all CAW's. We would like you to read these and give us your comments.



The Calling All Writers challenge is just that, a writing challenge. The “winner” is the writer who receives the most votes for his/her entry. The “prize” is being named host of the next CAW. As host of a CAW, you may write a story following the specifications you set, but you may not enter it for voting. This assures that each CAW will be run by someone else.


Themes will be decided by the host. It could be based on a specific paragraph, a picture, a holiday, a genre, a song, a suggestion like gifts, the best, or a title…anything that you, as host, decide. Please be mindful that not everyone celebrates the same holidays.


These are the suggested permanent rules for all CAW’s:


1. One entry and one vote per brain, not one entry per member. Many people have more than one account. If it is discovered that you have written multiple stories, under different user names, the OP will remove all of the entries. If it is discovered that you have voted more than once, using alternate accounts, all will be removed. No exceptions.

2. The rules governing a CAW fall into three categories -- site "guidelines" or rules, permanent CAW rules, and rules presented by the OP for his/her hosting of the CAW, with everyone’s full support . Any violation of any of those rules will have the same result -- removal of the entrant's story/stories, cancellation of the votes the entry received, and negation of votes the offending member has placed. That action is to be publicly announced by the CAW host with a simple, brief post along the lines of: "The following story has been disqualified from this challenge, and the votes by and for the following account(s) have been removed, due to a rules infraction."

3. In addition to the above ruling, if a member of XNXX breaks any of the site rules, which calls for that member to be banned their entry and/or votes will be removed from the poll.

4. All CAWs will be divided into three parts – Creating/writing period, reading period, and voting period. The creating/writing portion of the challenge should not be less than one month. The time for reading should be based on the number of entries (approx. one day/entry). Voting should encompass two weekends and the weekdays between them.

5. Entries may be posted to either the Sex Stories Site or the Sex Stories Forum. If a writer chooses to only post their story on the SS Site, he/she should create a thread here in the forum with the link to the story (ex. Little Bo Sleeps - CAW 00 entry). Entries may not be submitted before the date specified by the host of the challenge. Links must be sent to the CAW host via private messaging. If a writer does not receive an acknowledgement to his/her pm, it will be up to the writer to follow-up and confirm that his/her entry will appear in the CAW.

6. When all entries have been submitted and confirmed, the OP will post the story titles and all applicable links to each story, and an explanation as to when the voting poll will take place.

7. Because polls cannot be modified, the votes will be manually tallied by the OP. A member will vote by sending a pm with his/her selection to the CAW host. It is strongly suggested that each CAW host ask one other member to also track the voting, and compare those numbers before the winning entry is announced. That person's name should be announced and they should be copied on the pm'd vote. The OP may choose to update the membership as to the number of votes each entry has received, or may choose not to post those numbers until the voting comes to an end. By voting via pm, members should realize that their names will be listed in the results showing their vote.



Can you think of anything you would like to see added or a consideration that you do not see addressed? Now is the time to speak up; the next CAW will be introduced May 1st.

Thank you. :rose:

 

8 ) How about a rule that all applicable links to a person's entry are to be listed on the voting thread, not just one's forum thread. It costs each entrant visibility to have taken the time to post an entry in two places only to have one option actually viewed.

9) I think it was ELP who suggested this. I am partial to it, too. Posting that you read a person's forum/stories site entry for the CAW on its thread/stories site page is helpful. Even spend a minute or two and offer your critique. Tell the person it sucked, that you loved it or wish they would fuck off to whatever rock they crawled out from under.

That's all I have for now. I probably won't offer my criticism beyond these points because your list is decently concise, ejls.

 

Eljs and One Handed Typist:

I agree with these rules for the future CAW competitions. The last one to be blunt was something of a fiasco at the beginning yet came out alright to the end.

With solid rules laid out, clear and direct, there can be no misunderstanding of them.

The only change or addition I may suggest is this:

Are there to be a specific limit on the number of entries such as the 25 of past CAWs or will it be limited to just the window they may be posted in regardless of total authors who enter their one story?

Will the stories be posted in the creating/writing period?

Other than these, no problems.

 

Hmm... so each person may only vote once, for one story, but circumstances may arise such that after polling starts, a story is disqualified. Can someone who voted for a now disqualified story get to revote?

Example:

A user named "Goatfucker69" writes a story for the contest, called "The time I fucked a goat." It gets placed in the poll.

Now, another user, "BeMyDaddyPlz" votes for "The time I fucked a goat" in the poll.

But suddenly it is discovered that Goatfucker69 is a sock for Lambfucker69, who ALSO submitted a story "That time I fucked a sheep".

Now the Goatfucker69 story, "The time I fucked a goat" is disqualified. But BeMyDaddyPlz already voted! Can BeMyDaddyPlz recast her vote for a different story?

Just want to clear up the rule just so we're all positive there

 

Yes, CMDP can recast her vote for a different story.

Creative, Chagrin - very creative.

 

Incorporated "all applicable" in the rules. I think #9 would be stated as the voting thread is created. As always, it's not required to comment or critique. Hell, there were members who left me a comment, but never voted on the Sex Stories Site, even though they said they read my story.

 

I think you're just splitting hairs here Chagrin. It's been my experience that there really isn't all that much difference between fucking a goat and fucking a sheep...uh...at least that's what I've been told...you know, by a guy my cousin used to live near.

 

By using a manual voting system, yes - more than 25 entries would be allowed. The Poll option here allows 25. If we had more than that, we would have had to run simultaneous polls and then have a run off.

#5 - stories may not be submitted before the date specified by the host.

 

Requiring that entries be posted on the Forum and not on the Stories site really sucks. I do not like reading stories on the Forum. One of the reasons I did not vote on the latest CAW.

 

The Pollyanna in me can't even understand why this thread is necessary, but some of the bullshit we've all seen in recent CAWs makes this essential to keep things fair, honest, and fun.

My comment on all this? Carve it in stone.

May 1st, huh?

Well now.

 

I shoulda been a lawyer :razz:

 

I second what Don said... I hate reading stories in the forum... its a nice place for idea's but not so good for reading.... I'll get distracted halfway through and go look and see who stumblie is fighting with on the GF or watch some porn or something... or look at pictures... whatever.... If you haven't the Juice to write it on the stories site... you have no juice... (besides no one likes my stories anyway and they always find their way to page 9 or 12 or eleventy or whatever)... Mmk... for those token few who can write but don't want to post on the stories site... put your big girl panties on please... you can always disable voting and comments.

 

People who claim to have read every entry when in fact they chose their three favorites beforehand gets my goat. And no I don't have a goat. I don't expect a vegetarian to suffer through a story about a BBQ, or a fan of sensationalism to read my biography. If you read two stories say so.

Another thing might be allowing the CAW organizer to give entrants the option of where specifically to post. Either the stories site, this sub forum or both in one CAW period would be helpful.

 

I'm not as big a fan of posting and reading stories here on the forum as some people are.

Proposed amended rule #5:

Entries may be posted to either the Sex Stories Site or the Sex Stories Forum. However, all writers must start a thread on the Sex Stories forum with the same title as the Sex Stories Site entry, and must at minimum post a link to that story, to make it easier for forum readers to find it. Entries may not be submitted before the date specified by the host of the challenge. Links must be sent to the CAW host via private messaging. If a writer does not receive an acknowledgement to his/her pm, it will be up to the writer to follow-up and confirm that his/her entry will appear in the CAW.

 

Ejls - thanks for the clarifications.

I think WantSomeFun's amendment to #5 should be considered.

 

I agree with that... amendment to #5

 

Looks fair to me. I'm puzzled as to 5). The story can't be submitted presumably means it can be paraded before that writer's eager fans before the date but the PM link to the CAW Organizer can't be put through until D Day?

Any particular reason why? Is it fear of forgetting or no one gets pudding till they've finished their veggies?

 

"If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?"

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I'm not sure why the amendment is necessary, since the host will be posting all links, but I have included it.

 

The reason goes back to the first CAW's. It prevents others from reading a story and perhaps taking inspiration from it. It levels the field in that all stories will be have the same amount of time to be created, then read during the same time period. It's also much easier for the OP to track submissions presented over a few days, as opposed to weeks. The chance of missing an entry is less when it didn't come in 3 weeks before the others.