Reminders, some business, and calling all volunteers!

[pipisafoat]

First of all, your entries are due in approximately 48 hours from time of posting, at 10 pm GMT (5 pm EST) on Monday, February 28. Begin your entry with the words 'It was a dark and stormy night'!
This week's TnT is still up for discussion if you're so inclined - stop in the name of grammar!

Next, we have some questions for you all to take a peek at. Since this community exists for you, we want to be sure we're giving you what you need. As always, if there's something you think of that we haven't asked for specifically, go ahead and let us know! We always like new ideas.

Poll #6120 Community Input

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 11

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I prefer to be reminded of contests the following amount of time before deadline each week:

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24 hours/1 day
2 (20.0%)

36 hours/1.5 days
2 (20.0%)

48 hours/2 days
6 (60.0%)

Other (Please comment)
0 (0.0%)

I enjoy the following types of prompts:

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Word ("ink")
8 (72.7%)

Phrase ("tulips in the garden")
10 (90.9%)

Task ("begin with 'it was a dark and stormy night'")
10 (90.9%)

Picture
7 (63.6%)

Video
0 (0.0%)

Audio
2 (18.2%)

Other (Please comment)
0 (0.0%)

I have health and/or accessibility issues that would limit my participation if the community did the following:

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I find myself incapable of a totally serious poll. Enjoy.

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I like to click things!
8 (72.7%)

I am wearing pajamas!
5 (45.5%)

My mouth is full!
5 (45.5%)

Is this a serious question?
2 (18.2%)

Finally, I'd like to highlight some of the ways you can get involved here besides the obvious writing and voting. We do have an editing team, led by the fearless azuire. If you'd like to join, you can comment here or send Azuire a PM - just let us know how many entries you'd like to edit per week, as a maximum, and we'd be glad to get you going! You are also welcome to offer up any contest topics, TnT ideas, or if there are any international writing contests/scholarships/opportunities for publication that you know of.

Anything we forgot? Any poll answers you'd like to explain? I love comments. (I'm also especially curious what your mouth might be full of. Delicious food is something I like to talk about.)

Comments

[silverflight8]

I am eating honey nut cheerios, if that's what you wanted ;) I don't really like watching videos (and I share the study, so I really don't play them very often) and same goes for audio, which is why I didn't check them off.

*plans to write*

[ar]

I can probably work with most types of prompts if I make myself (lol), but I prefer premise- or task-based prompts. Premises are my absolute favourite, but the fact that it was a task prompt this week is what got me to participate. ♥

[ex_pippin880]

Due to timezone shenanigans I usually see reminders in the morning when I catch up on my flists and forget about them by the arvo/evening.

Though this constant humidity* has made my brain into soup so I don't think that being reminded every five minutes would help. :p

*It hasn't been under 21°C (70°F) since the 13th. I think the last non-humid day was... early January? 24°/70% humidity at 2am bluh