January to March 2012 Challenge Schedule

[Deb Porter]

Here's the schedule for topics during the January to March 2012 Challenge period:

Topic 1 – Begins January 5 / Ends January 12 (Commitment)
Winners Announced January 19.

Topic 2 – Begins January 12 / Ends January 19 (Embarrassment)
Winners Announced January 26.

Topic 3 – Begins January 19 / Ends January 26 (Agreement/Disagreement)
Winners Announced February 2

Topic 4 – Begins January 26 / Ends February 2 (Employment)
Winners Announced February 9

Topic 5 – Begins February 2 / Ends February 9 (Astonishment)
Winners Announced February 16

Topic 6 – Begins February 9 / Ends February 16 (Appointment)
Winners Announced February 23

Topic 7 - Begins February 16 / Ends February 23 (Experiment)
Winners Announced March 1

Topic 8 - Begins February 23 / Ends March 1 (Encouragement)
Winners Announced March 8

Topic 9 - Begins March 1 / Ends March 8 (Predicament)
Winners Announced March 15

Topic 10 - Begins March 8 / Ends March 15 (Achievement)
Winners Announced March 22

No new topics until April 5

The winners for each topic are announced in the Writing Challenge Results forum and also in the Writing Challenge Results area at FaithWriters.

[marlykaye]

Dear Members,

I am confused about The Challenge. Did I miss something? I thought topics were now being introduced every TWO weeks, but now I see by this schedule it is back to every week. Were we notified of this switch-back, and I overlooked? I went to enter my submission for "Commitment" on Wed. pm for what I thought was the Thursday deadline, and to my dismay, read that the entry topic was "Embarrassment"; so, I quickly wrote a new piece on that subject and entered it successfully.
Now, the topic is "Disagreement/Agreement" and I see that we are back to every week again????

Also, I was wondering about the FaithWriter's Editor's Choice books that were to be published? Has this stopped? I have been a member for over 5 years with articles approved for publication and have not seen that any books have been published for years?

I feel like I just don't understand the process or maybe I'm missing where to order the newest published books of FaithWriter challenge entries.

Thanks for any replies!

Marlene Kaye Bonney

[Deb Porter]

I'm sorry you missed the information about the change back. We did have to revert to the old way, as the two weekly format was not working as well as we'd hoped. We were losing our momentum. We notified everyone as best we could, and the change is written on the Writing Challenge main page. but it does take a while for everyone to get the message. Again, sorry for that. The topic also shows when entries close.

It's so hard to get information to all members, but we use Facebook, Twitter, the FaithWriters' Blog, and the forums to communicate to as many as we can.

With the books, they are still in the works, but they may not be published in chronological order. Keep your email address up to date with FaithWriters, and you'll be kept up to date.

Love, Deb