by glorybee » Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:52 pm
Christine, I'm in charge of picking the featured articles. I have a master list of 500 members, and I'm working my way through it alphabetically (by first names), picking 4 or 5 writers every month (depending how many Mondays are in the month).
Right now I'm in the S's, I think, so it'll be a while before I get around to the C's. I used to pick the featured writers more randomly, but I found that I'd gravitate toward names that I recognized, and I wanted to be sure to feature 500 members who weren't necessarily active on the boards or the Writing Challenge in addition to the more familiar names.
I look both at Challenge articles and Regular Submissions, and I try to get pieces that are free from errors, unique, and especially with a great hook, as the first 150 words or so are posted on the front page, with a link to the entire article. So your best chance of getting picked is to be sure that you have a number of pieces that won't require editing before being featured. A great title is an asset, too--something that'll catch my eye as I'm looking through the hundreds of possible stories/articles/poems.
Hey all! Somehow I have misse this spot before. I am a 500 member and would lik to know how to ge my work put on the front page. Would someone help me out please?
Thanks,
Sorry my keys are getting stuck again. I apologize for the half written words in my previous post!
Christine M. Ramey
