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Did You Participate in the YWS Olympics?



Did You Participate in the YWS Olympics?

Yes!
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No, but I wish I had!
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Unfortunately, I did not.
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Tue Aug 16, 2016 6:56 am
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Iggy says...



As the title says! Which event(s), what team were you on, and did you have fun? :mrgreen:
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Tue Aug 16, 2016 1:22 pm
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Willard says...



I was proudly on the Jamaican Bobsled Writing Team.

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Tue Aug 16, 2016 1:59 pm
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TheSilverFox says...



Yep, I participated in the Writing Olympics as a member of the Jamaican Bobsled Writing Team. I was in every single event (came in 3rd for the 5th event, and 2nd for the 9th), and I definitely had fun; at least, I had the energy to write multiple short stories and poems over the space of a few days, which is cool. :D
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Tue Aug 16, 2016 3:24 pm
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Holysocks says...



I think I did the six word story and the emotional shorts! And it certainly was fun!
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alliyah says...



I did a bunch of events and enjoyed it more than I thought I would. My biggest blunder is I wrote a Character Profile for that event - but I forgot to send it in (I thought I had) so it wasn't entered! :/ It was fun racing against the clock to write different works than I'm used to writing (like limericks and modified haikais). I also did the picture prompt, scavenger hunt, and emotional short story, and six word story events. Thanks to all the people who put on the events and judged - it was ran really smoothly and was a blast to participate in! :)
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Tue Aug 16, 2016 7:18 pm
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Werthan says...



Although I did participate, why isn't there a "no" answer that doesn't imply that you wished you had participated? I'm sure some people just didn't want to.
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(And as long as you don't have
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You are only a gloomy guest
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Mea says...



I entered every event except the one I ran, and except the Dialogue Prompt because I was super busy that day. :( It was really fun!
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Wed Aug 17, 2016 2:12 am
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Omni says...



I only participated in one event because I didn't have time for anything else. It was fun to see how creative everything was though!
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Wed Aug 17, 2016 4:49 am
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ScarlettHawk says...



I didn't have the chance to participate because I was so busy with school work, what with the upcoming exams and everything.
  





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Wed Aug 17, 2016 3:55 pm
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Pompadour says...



Unfortunately, I was otherwise detained battling a minotaur for my latest school assignment, and while the minotaur is now in a small package being shipped to Antarctica, my regret for notparticipating is too fragile an object to ship anywhere. (Boo, who cares about deadlines? D:)
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Wed Aug 17, 2016 7:32 pm
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niteowl says...



I participated in the ones I had time for, and although I didn't win, I did have fun! :)
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Fri Aug 19, 2016 10:38 am
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Rydia says...



I was on the 'Rydia is so cool she didn't join a team' team ;)
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TheGatherer says...



When's that Olympics SB coming???
  





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Sat Aug 27, 2016 1:07 pm
Mageheart says...



I wasn't able to compete in it, but I did stop by and check out how people were doing. Those structure poems amazed me (that type of poetry always does)!

Well, chances are YWS will never get rid of me, so I'll try competing in 2020! :P
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