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Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:13 pm
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On YWS' Reviewing Sunday in January, we hit a record 693 reviews in 24 hours. We haven't tried to beat it yet, but I think we have a pretty good shot of doing so on May 1. So, can we hit 700 reviews in 24 hours? Time will tell.

So what is a Reviewing Sunday? On the last Sunday of every month*, YWS holds a reviewing day. This means:
  • No new literary works can be submitted (you can wait 24 hours!)
  • The Featured Works block on the front page is changed to a Last 5 Reviews block
  • You can earn up to 100 points per review instead of the normal 50

* Due to Easter Sunday falling on the last Sunday of April, we have re-scheduled April's Review Day for May 1.

Now, because the Earth is round and it tends to spin, not everyone has Sunday at the same time. So we're going to go by Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and declare 12:01 am GMT to 11:59 pm GMT as the YWS Reviewing Sunday. Some international times for that are below:

United Kingdom: 1:01 am (Sunday) to 12:59 am (Monday)

United States & Canada
Atlantic: 9:01 pm (Saturday) to 8:59 pm (Sunday)
Eastern: 8:01 pm (Saturday) to 7:59 pm (Sunday)
Central: 7:01 pm (Saturday) to 6:59 pm (Sunday)
Western: 6:01 pm (Saturday) to 5:59 pm (Sunday)
Pacific: 5:01 pm (Saturday) to 4:49 pm (Sunday)

New Zealand: 12:01 pm (Sunday) to 11:59 am (Monday)

Australia
Eastern: 10:01 am (Sunday) to 9:59 am (Monday)
Central: 9:31 am (Sunday) to 9:29 am (Monday)
Western: 8:01 am (Sunday) to 7:59 am (Monday)

India: 5:31 (am) Sunday to 5:29 am (Monday)

The countdown timer will be added 2 days before the festivities begin.
  





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Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:57 pm
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Matt Bellamy says...



I'm not going to be around in the day! :( But I'll try to get some reviews done in the evening when I get back.
Matt.

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Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:07 pm
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Demeter says...



The banner /is/ supposed to remind me of Soviet Union, right?
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Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:51 pm
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peanut19 says...



Demeter wrote:The banner /is/ supposed to remind me of Soviet Union, right?



I'm so ready for this(: Maybe I'll even get a new star.

~peanut~
There is a light in you, a Vision in the making with sorrow enough to extinguish the stars. I can help you.
~And The Light Fades


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Thu Apr 28, 2011 2:01 am
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ultraviolet says...



You know, no matter how many times I check these, reviewing Sundays never actually start on Sunday where I come from. You'd think that over time I'd have a chance to truly experience the Sunday-ness of a reviewing Sunday, but no, disappointment again. I guess I'll have to buck up and sacrifice my Saturday for the good of the site. 8)
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Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:17 am
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JabberHut says...



Eek! I'm totally gonna be available. And if I'm unavailable, I'll make myself available.

Spoiler! :
We shall crit!
We must be swift as the time of day
(We shall crit!)
with all the force of a writer's migraines
(We shall crit!)
with all the strength of a red ballpoint pen,
mysterious as the or'gins of this sooong!
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Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:26 am
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Lavvie says...



I am so going to be there. xD


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Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:42 am
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cupcake says...



I'll be there for some of it.
God gives us our relatives - thank God we can choose our friends.
- Ethel Watts Mumford

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
- Walter Winchell

“I’ll Surprise you, I promise”
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Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:51 am
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Snoink says...



Ack! I have tons of things due the next day. D:

I'll try to do a couple!
Ubi caritas est vera, Deus ibi est.

"The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly." ~ Richard Bach

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Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:56 am
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fireheartedkaratepup says...



I'm getting excited.
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--Pengu
  





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Fri Apr 29, 2011 2:24 am
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Aet Lindling says...



Nate wrote:Now, because the Earth is round and it tends to spin

Don't believe the conspiracy.
dun worry
it's all gun be k
  





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Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:44 am
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LookUpThere says...



Go team Pinkshearwater! And go team YWS!
  





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Fri Apr 29, 2011 12:30 pm
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Shearwater says...



Whoo! I think we can do this. :)
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Fri Apr 29, 2011 2:50 pm
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Soulkana says...



I so believe we can do this!! XD
May the gentle moon take you into peaceful dreams. May the mighty sun brighten your new days.
  





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fireheartedkaratepup says...



TEAM LILYMOORE WILL WIN.

...hopefully.
"Ok, Lolpup. You can be a girl worth fighting for."
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