It's almost June, can you believe it? Time for this years reading challenge!
We are going to do things a little differently this year. I know most of us really liked the splitting into pairs thing but there's always one or two people that get the short end of the stick when that happens, so this year I'm calling this challenge the Hidden Gem challenge.
How will it work?
If you are interested in participating in the challenge this year all you have to do is fill out the form below. I would like you to choose anywhere from 1 to 5 stories of yours that you feel deserve the chance to be read. You probably want to avoid stories that are really popular and well read because the chances of someone picking it as a challenge will be slim, but even still if it does fall under that category but yet you feel there are some who have avoided it until now, add it to the list.
Obviously if you've only written one or two stories, just use those!
Once you have filled out the form, you
MUST participate in the challenge. Even if no one picks one of your stories you are agreeing to read two of the ones posted. Yes I said two. Because you're not really being assigned an author, this year I'd like you to pick
TWO stories to read from the list. You cannot pick two stories by the same author though.
The reading rules pretty much are the same as always:
Once you commit to a story you have to see it
all the way through to the end and give feedback along the way.
I will be leaving you 'friendly' reminders to do so!
You may not pick a story that you have already read. Check the reviews, if you left feedback, you need to skip it! That's what I plan on doing when you pick anyway, so to make my life easier, you check first. lol
Try to pick something that's slightly out of your comfort zone, but it's okay if you just go with something you might have just missed the first time through.
So, there ya go ladies! If you plan on participating, fill out the form below by
Wednesday, May 15th!If you are including more than one story put them all on
ONE form. You can always edit your post to include them later but it'll be less confusing that way. Remember you can choose up to 5 stories to submit for this challenge.
I know I probably don't have to say this part but just in case, Don't paste this entire post with your form, just this bottom portion!
Thanks!!!
This year's participants so far:
carterkid
mamogirl
DelphinaCarter
Carter - Orange
Mare
RokofAges75
emily_michele
Alexgirl_Ritz
kevmyloveHidden Gems participation formPen name:
Story you are submitting (including a link):
Give us a quick summary:
Who is the main character?
What genre is it?
How many chapters?
Are your chapters long or short?
What do you like best about your story?
Would you consider it popular?
Why are you choosing this one for people to read?
Anything else we should know about it? (overly violent, sexual, slash, etc)
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