ALTERNATE CHARMED's FIRST OFFICIAL CONTEST!

[Esmeralda]

ALTERNATE CHARMED: All the Possibilities
*~*May the Power of Three Set our Imagination Free!*~*

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Recently, I’ve been part of a fanfiction contest at another site. They call it "Writers’ Trial", and they definitely named it properly…it’s a REAL trial, not in the least-bit fun. They expect you to write a five-page entry in less than a week, then they make you wait three weeks until they critique it as if you'd had five months, mainly concentrating on sentence structure and spelling and grammar and....YUCK!

Well, the more I was part of it, the more I found myself thinking of how I’d run a fanfiction contest that would be fun, and when I mentioned it at some other members, they agreed. Then when we realized that ALTERNATE CHARMED's Six-Month Anniversary is coming up (November 21st), we thought it would be a great way to celebrate and we hope you decide to celebrate with us!

You’ve all heard of a witchLIGHTER (like Paige, Wyatt and Chris), well, this contest will answer the question:

“WHO WANTS TO BE A WitchWRITER?”

Here at ALTERNATE CHARMED, we've been having fun with a project called "Let's Rewrite Charmed."

Our part / season summaries can be read here and if you aren't a member yet, by joining our site, you can read all of the posts with all of our ideas and take part in our contest!

For our contest, the contestants will write another piece of Let’s Rewrite Charmed.

The WitchWRITER’s (and two other finalists) pieces will end up totalling no fewer than four pages in Word (12 point Times New Roman) and no more than five, written over a 10-week period.

Our entrants will be able to write as much or as little of your entry at any time, just so the first page is done by September 19th, the second page is done by October 3rd, the third page is done by October 17th, the fourth page is done by October 31st, and the whole thing is done by November 14th, a week before our anniversary when we'll use a special chat box here at ALTERNATE CHARMED[/color] to reveal the name of our WitchWRITER!

This piece can be from any season of "Let’s Rewrite Charmed", featuring any character. Just as at "Let’s Rewrite Charmed", you can use any format--regular prose, script, chat-speak, first-person, third-person, present tense, past tense--however they want.

That way they can just concentrate on ideas, not on spelling and grammar.

If you're not a contestant, you can be a BETA and help hash out ideas with a contestant. If you want to be neither, you can be a Second Chance Judge and help us decide which contestants will stay in the contest and which contestant will be eliminated.

We hope that YOU decide to help us decide

“WHO WANTS TO BE A WitchWRITER?”

*~*May the Power of Three Set our Imagination Free!*~*

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[charmedlover]

I would love to be a Second Chance Judge:]

[Esmeralda]

YAY!! And that's easy to do. Just check out the rules!!

[Esmeralda]

ALTERNATE CHARMED: All the Possibilities
*~*May the Power of Three Set our Imagination Free!*~*

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We have now started the third part of Round One...the Second Chance Judging! Our Main Judges have decided which four entries are going to move on (Check The Entries for Round One to read them ) and which four are now up for elimination.

Here's the rules for being a SECOND CHANCE JUDGE![/color]

1. Any member is eligible to be a Second Chance Judge.

2. To become one, you just have to read all of the entries in this thread and then send a PM to me with a review for each entry, telling what you like and dislike about each entry.

3. If you do this, you become a Second Chance Judge by selecting TWO ENTRIES that you feel should remain in the contest.

4. There are also a couple of polls set up. Any member can vote for the one entry they like best in one and the one they like the least in the other. The polls will be used to break any ties.

5. The Second Chance Judges must get their PM to me by next Friday, September 26, 11:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time. The poll will close at 11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time.

6. At that time, I'll announce who has been eliminated and who gets to go on to the next round!


We hope that YOU decide to help us decide

“WHO WANTS TO BE A WitchWRITER?”

*~*May the Power of Three Set our Imagination Free!*~*

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[Esmeralda]

Here's the revised schedule for the rest of the contest:

Round Three

• First three pages of the entry (no less than two, no more than three) due on Friday, October 17th at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
  
  
• Contestant numbers of the top two announced the following Monday with the bottom four up for elimination, with members having the rest of the week a week to play Second Chance Judge
  
  
• On Friday, October 24th, the contestant numbers of the three who will also continue to Round Four will be announced.
  
  
• This makes a total of five contestants eligible for Round Four—the Semi-Final Round.

Round Four—Semi-Final Round

• First four pages of the entry (no less than three, no more than four) due on Friday, October 31st at 11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time
  
  
• Contestant number of contestant with the top score announced the following Monday with the bottom four up for elimination, with members the rest of the week to play Second Chance Judge
  
  
• On Friday, November 7th, the contestant numbers of the two who will also continue to Round Five will be announced. (Please note that this means that two entries will be eliminated this round.)
  
  
• This makes a total of threecontestants eligible for Round Five, the Championship Round.

Round Five-CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND!

Once more the same procedure will be followed for Round Five, with the full five pages of the entry (no less than four, no more than five) due on Friday, November 14th at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time.

This time there will be NO MAIN judging--any member can be a Final Judge following the same Second-Chance-Judge rules, with each judge only choosing the one person

WHO GETS TO BE THE WitchWRITER!

On Friday, November 21, 2008 , the six-month anniversary of ALTERNATE CHARMED, we will open a special chat box at our site at a time to be announced later. Anyone will be more than welcomed to join in. At that time, I will have the pleasure of announcing the names of all of the entrants, all of their betas AND the name of our First Semi-Annual WitchWRITER!

That person will receive a very special WitchWRITER Custom Title, designed by Primrose. The other two finalists will receive special Finalist Custom Titles and all contestants will receive a Custom Title. The WitchWRITER's betas will all receive a special Custom Title.

I will also post all edited entries with contestant names in their proper "Let's Rewrite Charmed" sub-board, with the member getting the chance to accept or refuse my edits, just like we always do at "Let's Rewrite Charmed".

We all hope that with a single exception who will remain unnamed that you are all finding this contest as fun as we have!

Es, Primrose, Aurora and Silverstar