forum challenge - march

[lostinthelightss]

 hello hello! we are back for another monthly challenge!

the rules are simple - each of these tasks must be completed during this month - that means starting Mar 1 and ending Mar 31 in your time zone. reviews can be from anything (review swaps, review thread, review tag, review event, literally any reviews you leave), review responses can be left on any reviews regardless of when they were posted (but you have to respond to the reviews this month, they cannot be reviews you've already responded to), and recommendations should be posted as a blog (if you already have a rec blog, just yeet those right in there!). please note that the nomination part of this challenge is different this month as we are currently in inky nomination period

the challenge:

• leave 5 reviews
• respond to 10 reviews
• post 1 recommendation
• nominate 1 story for story of the month because our annual inkys nominations are happening, we're asking for at least 5 nominations for the inkys

the prize: ... the glory of completing a challenge? we'll be working behind the scenes to see what we can come up with, but likely a shoutout in the next bulletin, and maybe some extras as the months progress. if you complete all 12 challenges for every month this year, there may be something extra in it for you as well...  

you can use the following to keep track of your progress:

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Reviews

1. review 1
2. review 2
3. review 3
4. review 4
5. review 5

Responses

1. response 1
2. response 2
3. response 3
4. response 4
5. response 5
6. response 6
7. response 7
8. response 8
9. response 9
10. response 10

Recommendation - recommendation

 

[Oregonian]

@grand admiral lostinthelightss  A question (or three) about the fourth requirement for the March Forum Challenge.

Does seconding a nomination made by someone else (because they nominated that story before you had a chance to do so) count the same as making a nomination (because of course the story won't become a finalist unless someone seconds it)?

If you nominate a story but it doesn't become a finalist for lack of being seconded, does it still count as a nomination?

What if you have trouble remembering which stories you nominated or seconded because the names of the nominators/seconders were stripped from the nomination/seconding posts?

 

[lostinthelightss]

12 hours ago, Oregonian said:

@grand admiral lostinthelightss  A question (or three) about the fourth requirement for the March Forum Challenge.

Does seconding a nomination made by someone else (because they nominated that story before you had a chance to do so) count the same as making a nomination (because of course the story won't become a finalist unless someone seconds it)?

If you nominate a story but it doesn't become a finalist for lack of being seconded, does it still count as a nomination?

What if you have trouble remembering which stories you nominated or seconded because the names of the nominators/seconders were stripped from the nomination/seconding posts?

 

seconding definitely counts because it's really just a second nomination! nominating a story that doesn't become a finalist is still a nomination so that also counts! and if you have any questions about which categories you nominated for, you can always send me (or any other staff) a message as we have it on (super secret) record!

[Oregonian]

Reviews

1. The Good Friend by Mottsnave, Chapter 25
2. The Good Friend by Mottsnave, Chapter 26
3. The Good Friend by Mottsnave, Chapter 27
4. The Good Friend by Mottsnave, Chapter 28
5. The Good Friend by Mottsnave, Chapter 29

Responses

1. Owlpost68, The Crofter and the Snake, Chapter 4
2. Ineke, Tied With a Shiny Red Ribbon, Chapter 3
3. Ineke, Tied With a Shiny Red Ribbon, Chapter 6
4. Ameripuff, The Rollright Stones
5. Rogue Slytherin, The Rollright Stones
6. blackballet, Tied With a Shiny Red Ribbon, Chapter 1
7. Ameripuff, In Solitary
8. blackballet, Tied With a Shiny Red Ribbon, Chapter 3
9. blackballet, Tied With a Shiny Red Ribbon, Chapter 4
10. Crimson Quill, Tied With a Shiny Red Ribbon, Chapter 2

Recommendation

      GREEN WITH ENVY by Bardic Magic  in my recommendations blog entitled This You Gotta See

Inky Nominations

1. Dark.  The cover Up by Mottsnave
2. World-building.  The Seventh Gate by Starpuff (aka Ameripuff)
3. Long Form.  The Might of the Architect by tinyporcelainehorses

[lostinthelightss]

19 minutes ago, grand admiral lostinthelightss said:

seconding definitely counts because it's really just a second nomination! nominating a story that doesn't become a finalist is still a nomination so that also counts! and if you have any questions about which categories you nominated for, you can always send me (or any other staff) a message as we have it on (super secret) record!

follow up to this that you can just record your nominations as follows:

Nominations - I nommed 5+ things

because we do have this (super secret) record and its very easy to check everyone's numbers!

[lostinthelightss]

2 hours ago, Oregonian said:

Inky Nominations

just to clarify, unfortunately vicki you did not meet the required number of inky nominations, but we're so glad that you've been finding these monthly challenges so much fun and we can't wait to see you for april's!

[ineffable_season]

Reviews (5):

1. Breathing Underwater by inmyownlittlecorner, ch 10

2. Comfort in Unexpected Places by Jo Raskoph, ch 5

3. Fish For Pearls by Aphoride, ch 7

4. Clash by Night by BookDinosaur, ch 3

5. Iris albicans by LostRobin, ch 2

Review Responses (10):

1. Aphoride - a mischievous mate - ch 1

2. marauderstimes - hardened hearts - ch 1

3. marauderstimes - hardened hearts - ch 2

4. PinsAndKneazles - hardened hearts - ch 1

5. kuusi palaa - hardened hearts - ch 7

6. marauderstimes - hardened hearts - ch 3

7. RonsGirlFriday - hardened hearts - ch 10

8. Felpata_Lupin - hardened hearts - ch 10 

9. PinsAndKneazles - hardened hearts - ch 2

10. blackballet - hardened hearts - ch 1

Recommendation Blog: Love You Long Time: Most Addictive Long Form Fics

Nominations: So I'm fairly certain that I nominated stories for best description, best raging fire romance, best dialogue, most thrilling, best dark, best angst, and best long form. There might have been more, but those were the ones I can recall without looking at my spreadsheet