YWS Writing Olympics 2012

Rydia · 2012-08-01T11:28:42Z

Back in August 2008, YWS held its last Olympics and we saw JFW1415 rise to victory with two gold medals and one silver. We also witnessed the mighty power of Team SPEW who took away three golds, four silvers and two bronze in total. It is here again. Welcome to the YWS Olympics 2012! When you say here , when exactly do you mean? The Olympics start next week! The first event will be released on the 6th August at 11:00am GMT and the last will end on the 13th August 11:00am GMT. That's seven events in total, one each day and you have all day to complete the event (and all night as well!) But what is the Olympics? Members of YWS compete across a week of events to earn medals. These events are often short writing exercises and have included: writing letters home from a futuristic camp in 1337 (chat-speak); writing a short story without using the letter 'e' and writing the most creative 'ban a member' post. Every day of the olympics, a new event is announced and members submit their entries by posting on the event thread. This thread will be found in The Lounge and will remain open for 24 hours. After that, the thread is locked and another will appear. Medals are awarded to the top three entrants, much as they are in the real Olympics. Medals, shiny. Do I get a real medal? Afraid not! There will be a prize for the top three medal holders overall, but we're not telling you what that is yet. You said something about teams? Yes I did. All members can enter as individuals but they can also compete as part of a team. There are no prizes for winning teams but you do get bragging rights and what better prize is there than that? So how do I join a team? Start talking to people! You can suggest team names here, last time we had things like 'Team Australia', 'Team Britain', 'Team America' and 'Team SPEW' but it really can be anything. You need to find at least four members who will join and then submit the name of the team and its members by day one of the Olympics (6th August). To do this, either post them on this thread or send a pm to me. Do I have to be in a team to take part? Nope! We had plenty of members last time who didn't affiliate themselves with a team and it in no way affects your personal medal score. There's still something I'm not sure about In that case, post your question here and I'll try to answer it as soon as I can!

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Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:47 pm

ASherlockedTardis says... · Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:47 pm

If I have time on top of Camp NaNo this sounds awesome! Will probably offer a nice break from my NaNo WIP:)

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Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:47 pm

wordsandwishes says... · Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:47 pm

Okay! Who wants to join... "The Crazy Ideas"

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Thu Aug 02, 2012 4:42 am

ToBeMe says... · Thu Aug 02, 2012 4:42 am

Thsi sounds awesome.
I defiently want to be a part of this.

But individual... or as a team?

I can do both, right?

EVERY DAY MIGHT NOT BE GOOD...
BUT THERE IS SOMETHING GOOD IN EVERY DAY.

Don't be sorry your darkness is gone. I'll carry it for you.
Always. I'll keep it with mine.

Gotta catch em all!

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Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:57 am

Rydia says... · Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:57 am

Yes you can do both.

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Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:58 pm

creativityrules says... · Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:58 pm

I'm in.

I had no idea this was going on until thirty seconds ago, but now, I'm going to be looking forward to it for the next three days. I'm so pumped!

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Sat Aug 04, 2012 6:18 am

Ipod says... · Sat Aug 04, 2012 6:18 am

im definetley in ill do both team and individual

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Mon Aug 06, 2012 5:00 am

SassBideAndRawr says... · Mon Aug 06, 2012 5:00 am

Me too!
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So when does it actually start?

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Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:24 am

enjoyinginsanity says... · Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:24 am

I'm in!

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Mon Aug 06, 2012 11:30 am

Rydia says... · Mon Aug 06, 2012 11:30 am

SassBideAndRawr wrote:Me too!
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So when does it actually start?

Today! You'll find the first event has been posted now, good luck everyone!

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Mon Aug 06, 2012 1:11 pm

wordsandwishes says... · Mon Aug 06, 2012 1:11 pm

When it says "A piece of writing" do they mean ANY piece of writing?

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Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:51 pm

barefootrunner says... · Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:51 pm

Does your title count toward the 100-word count?

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Mon Aug 06, 2012 5:10 pm

Rydia says... · Mon Aug 06, 2012 5:10 pm

words: Yep, anything! Poetry or prose or even a script if you want to get fancy. Just make sure it's one hundred words.

barefoot: Title doesn't count.

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