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News General Tomfoolery
by Iris Messenger on 31 Oct 2009 09:20 AMHeyloo my ducks. First of all HAPPY HALLOWEEN for those who celebrate! Hope you all have a fun and safe night doing your halloween thing! Also, for anyone doing National Novel Writing Month, I've set up a thread in the forum where we can all procrastinate together. You can find that here! To business: While most of you are doing an entirely spectacular job following the submission requirements, there are two rules that seem to be falling by the wayside a little bit more than usual. - 6 - Stories must be categorized appropriately. Only put your story in one category. It's really frustrating to come across a story that would be easily validated - but the author submitted multiple chapters of the same story, or put it in umpteen categories. I'm sure it's frustrating for the people that ignore these two rules as well. When an author submits multiple chapters, they all get rejected. It's just so much easier for everyone if the rules are followed. Thank you to everyone who has been following the rules, because it really, really makes our job so much easier and faster. - Iris CHALLENGE WINNERS!
by Iris Messenger on 21 Sep 2009 06:00 PMThe Challenge Winners (at long last ... and there was great rejoicing!) Hullo all. First of all, apologies for the incredible lateness in announcing our decision. Unfortunately the timing of this contest was such that it caught all of the mods just as school started and life started speeding up. Thank to everyone for being so patient and understanding of the delay. There were so many amazing entries, kudos to you all! The winning banner was made by awsomealice94!
winners may copy-paste this banner into the summary, with credit given to awsomealice94.
CHALLENGE WINNERS!
- 1st. Place: Approval -- Tundra - 2nd. Place: All I Want For Christmas -- Chadley - 3nd. Place: A Simple Story -- Bleedforyou - Honorable Mention 1: Lies Like Mountains -- best with breadsticks - Honorable Mention 2: Facade -- exgymnastbritt Thank you all for entering, and congratulations to the winners! Contest Update Among Other Things
by lustandthrill on 31 Aug 2009 02:55 PM- First off, I know everyone is anticipating the contest results. Jenn and I have already sent in our opinions and we still need to wait for the other mods as far as I'm concerned. Just remain chill and eventually the results will be posted though I cannot say when. - Also, many of you guys have expressed concern about the validation queue. They will be submitted/rejected in due time. It's time for school for all of us and time is limited and school/real life will often overshadow online duties. - Which brings me to my final point, I (lustandthrill) am taking a momentary leave from modly duties here at Twilight Archives. Some may know that I'm a college sophomore at a very fast-paced liberal arts school and I need to focus all my attention on my schooling right now. No, we are not looking for mods as a replacement so don't hassle Kaiwynn about that either. I very much will miss this site. To end this, I wish those who submitted for the contest the best of luck and for the rest, a happy new school year. -Gabby New forum
by kaiwynn on 11 Aug 2009 09:32 PMWhen you go to the forum, you might notice that it looks a little different. That's because it's completely different. I've installed something new (mybb instead of phpbb) so that we could possibly control all the spambot accounts being made. Unfortunately, you're going to have to make new accounts, and all the old posts have been lost. BUT on the plus side: no more horrendous spam. The old board has been moved here. You can still see all the posts, but it's read-only, so no more replying or making new topics. Keep voting for the challenge banners though, here.
Happy posting, everyone! Kaiwynn Contest Update. II
by black2red on 02 Aug 2009 05:50 PMPlease vote once, and do not vote for yourself. The poll will remain open until the winners are announced for the challenge.
Alright, the contest is officially over! Here's to all the contestants; we've received many wonderful entries. In fact, here's the a list of all the entries we have. If your name is not up here and your submission was validated, send the mods a link to your story and comment here, first.
Stormy Homecoming by JokesonJane It Was A Dark And Stormy Night by Bella_Cullen_wanna_be everything changes and they remain the same by lustandthrill Eternity's Storm by Nymphadora_cullen Finding an angel in the ashes by toosmall808 Closing off the Storm by MRSBellaCullenBlack All I Want For Christmas by chadley It Was by Oh_Mike How will I go on Lies Like Mountains by best with breadsticks Veni, Vidi, Vici. by SparklesInTheSunlight
The Mods will talk it over and decide on the winners. Until then, sit tight and enjoy the great stories and artwork. Thanks to everyone that entered!
Contest Update.
by lustandthrill on 23 Jul 2009 10:19 PMThe contest ends August 1 at 12 am eastern time. Please, keep on sending entries to add them here.
Stormy Homecoming by JokesonJane It Was A Dark And Stormy Night by Bella_Cullen_wanna_be everything changes and they remain the same by lustandthrill Eternity's Storm by Nymphadora_cullen Finding an angel in the ashes by toosmall808 Closing off the Storm by MRSBellaCullenBlack
The rules are here. - - - As for validation, things are going faster now. Please, though, to make our jobs easier and for you to have a story, preview before you submit! All story must be 500 words minimum (not 499), no author's note should be in the story itself, but in the box labeled 'notes.' Also, please format line breaks, revise spelling and grammar, and resize art banners if applicable. Thank you. - - - Mods, we now have our own forum over at livejournal. Go ahead and join and read the intro post as well. I'll be emailing your personal accounts, too. Contest!
by on 22 Jun 2009 10:45 AMHeyloo twilighters! It's time to shake things up a bit on Twilight Archives with... (you guessed it) a contest!
Can you capture Bella as she is about to jump over the edge of the LaPush cliff in a painting? Are you going to explore the chambers of the Volturi Castle through a drawing? What about those comic strips?
More on Banners Heyloo y'all, Iris here! So the winners of this challenge will need a banner to put in their summary saying they won, right? So we're calling YOU to submit a banner! Size: 350 x 100 pixels; about this big. Your banner should be able to fit inside that rectangle I linked to. E-mail if you need any more clarification about the size. (the.iris.messenger@gmail.com). Don't be shy! Text: It Was a Dark and Stormy Night. TA Challenge Winner. Anything larger than 350 x 100 pixels will be disqualified. The deadline for all banner entries is Saturday, August 1. Please e-mail the banners to me (the.iris.messenger@gmail.com) with the banner attached in .jpg or .png format and your penname on the archives. The winners will be chosen by a vote! I'll start a forum topic in the poll section and link to it from here, and you all will vote on which banner YOU think should be given to all the winners! Have fun! ~ Iris Messenger ------------------
Hello!
by Savannah_Cullen on 01 Jun 2009 11:39 PMI just wanted to let you guys know that you have been doing really well with your submissions lately! The majority of the chapters have great grammar, spelling, and all that jazz. You have been paying super attention to the submission rules and it is making it much, much easier on the mods! Just remember that you can only submit one chapter at a time. It is happening a lot less than it used to, but it's still a minor problem. Overall, though, you guys are doing great! Keep up the good work! -Savannah_Cullen banners in summaries
by Iris Messenger on 22 Apr 2009 10:04 AMAt this point, I'm not even dropping reviews when i remove banners, because this announcement has been here over two weeks, and if you have a story with an oversize banner and the banner gets removed, then tough beans. You have had your warning, and if you honestly missed the front page bolded BANNERS IN SUMMARIES news post, then I have little sympathy. This may sound harsh, but I really just don't have the time.
please address any questions regarding banners and banner size in this comment thread. i honestly can't go through all of your reviews seeing if you dropped me a question in the answer to my notification of your banner removal. Thanks =]
I just thought I'd bring your attention to this rule regarding banners in your summaries. Banners in summaries may not exceed 300x150 pixels in size. 300 x 150 banners should be smaller than or equal to this. If you don't have a photo-editing program that makes it easy to tell how big your banner is, download that box and use it as a size gauge wherever you make your banners. The reason we have this rule is so that large images on the page won't slow down loading speed. I'm not going to be super-nitpicky about size, but please don't make your banners that much bigger than that little box. I'm bringing this up because the banners are getting insanely large here, guys! If you've got a banner larger than 300 x 150, then be aware that I am going through the archives and removing banners that don't comply with size regulations, and so if you find your banner has been removed, then it is too big. If you'd like to do me a favor and remove your banner yourself if it is oversize, please do! I know this means that a lot of you will have to get new banners, but we do have a request section on our forum, there are so many places and people that will make banners regulation size, if you just include that in your request. Thanks in advance for your understanding! ~ Iris (who is semi-back from computer probation :D)
EDIT (5/19/2009) On another side note, but still about the rules... If you do not submit one chapter at a time, all of the chapters (whether you submit two or twenty!) will be deleted from the queue and you will recieve a rejection letter asking you to re-submit them one at a time. I don't have the time and I know that none of the other mods do either to go through 70 submissions when 20 are of the same story and the first chapter can't be accepted because it violates the rules so we have to deal with what to do with the subsequent chapters. Please, just follow the rules. -Jenn Sorry!
by Savannah_Cullen on 09 Apr 2009 10:13 PM
Sorry for the delay in validations lately! All the mods are a tad busy these days, so chapters may take a little longer to make it through. Just be patient, please. Your chapter will be validated soon enough, I promise!
-- Savannah
Adding to that, it would be SO SO SO much easier for us to get through the submissions quickly if some of you guys took the time to follow the submission rules when submitting. Please? For the sake of our sanity? =P -j3nn
Please only submit -one- chapter at a time. More than one story is fine, but only -ONE- chapter. It makes our lives so much easier when you even just follow that rule. It's really the one I find I have to reject for most often. On a side note, a big thanks to everyone who is following the rules and making validation move smoothly. ~ Iris
We'd also REALLY appreciate it if you guys submitted your stories in only one catagory. Please choose the one that fits best. Again, thanks so much to eveyone who is listening and following the rules. It helps us validate your stories quicker :) - Jacquelyn
Rule Mixup Confirmation
by black2red on 26 Mar 2009 05:47 PMDirectly Posted from the Submission Rules:
I really hope this clears up any confusion, but if you guys have any questions or comments about it, then comment here first, please.
On a side note, I really don't mean to take any attention away from Iris's absence. We all miss her very much and look forward to her return :)
Absence
by Iris Messenger on 25 Mar 2009 08:07 AMHey Guys, My mom has taken away my computer from now till the end of the summer. Basically I'm on a forced and very long hiatus.
I'm so sorry.
<3 Iris St. Patty's Day
by black2red on 17 Mar 2009 03:57 PMSorry about the backup in submissions, guys. I'm validating right now, so expect a flood of stories. Also, we all appreciate you guys sticking to the rules so well, but please remember that we only accept one chapter from the same story at a time. On a totally separate note- Happy St. Patrick's Day! <33
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by lustandthrill on 24 Feb 2009 07:04 PMcongrats, guys! i know i've been gone for a while but i wasn't even aware of what was going on. my email address was hacked so i couldn't get any emails. my new email is gabriellanoelle@gmail.com mods, please email me with your email addresses so i can properly introduce myself :)
-gabby
Guys, I have to tip my hat off to all the authors that entered.. It was very, very difficult to decide amongst all of the wonderful stories. You're all amazing. :) And now... the results! First Place: happines is not a concrete thing by exgymnastbritt Second Place: Fascism by Tundra Third Place: Remember Me by openbook1901 Honorable Mentions: If Looks Could Kill by Weaver of Souls and Fire by freyja Congratulations you guys! xD Include your winner place in the summary of your story!
And the banner winner is Eternitys_Charm! Congratulations and thanks everyone for entering! Every banner was amazing!
if you have trouble inserting your banner into the summary, drop a comment and I will see if I can help. Contest Entries + Judging
by Iris Messenger on 16 Feb 2009 08:29 AM
VOTING!!! You can find the forum thread to vote for the banner you like the best here! The Contest is Now Closed! Expect Results in one to two weeks. We've received one-shots from these authors, if you submitted a one-shot and your name is not on here, let us know in comments please. Also, there is now a direct link to each author's one-shot attatched to their pen name. If there is an incorrect link, please comment as well. - Tundra - mrsz - Kate - freyja We've received banners from these authors, if you submitted a banner and your name is not on here, let us know in comments please. - Moonlight Hunter - Karrett - Eternitys_Charm - MRSBellaCullenBlack
Contest
by black2red and Iris Messenger on 25 Jan 2009 05:08 PM
The Contest is Now Closed! Expect Results in one to two weeks. We've received one-shots from these authors, if you submitted a one-shot and your name is not on here, let us know in comments please. - exgymnastbritt - Moonlight Hunter - Tundra - addictedtotwilight - sketchygirl - Weaver of Souls - BittenbyJacksper1863 - TigerEyes - mrsz - Kate - freyja - openbook1901 - SparklesInTheSunlight - awesomealice94 - iluvedwardcullen - Nymphadora_Cullen -sigh_for_sigh -best with breadsticks - cocoa-luvah please send your story/banner to all e-mail addresses on the list.
We are the Champions [Banner Contest] Heyloo y'all, Iris here! So the winners of this challenge will need a banner to put in their summary saying they won, right? So we're calling YOU to submit a banner! Size: 350 x 100 pixels; about this big. Your banner should be able to fit inside that rectangle I linked to. E-mail if you need any more clarification about the size. (the.iris.messenger@gmail.com). Don't be shy! Text: Twilight Archives Jane Challenge Winner Anything larger than 350 x 100 pixels will be disqualified if it is so out of proportion to that size that I cannot scale it down. The deadline for all banner entries is February 15, SUNDAY. Please e-mail the banners to me (the.iris.messenger@gmail.com) with the banner attached in .jpg or .png format and your penname on the archives. The winners will be chosen by a vote! I'll start a forum topic in the poll section and link to it from here, and you all will vote on which banner YOU think should be given to all the winners! Have fun! ~ Iris Messenger ------------------ Hello guys! For those of you that are new to Twilight Archives, I'm Jacquelyn. :) At the enormous amount of stories and great ideas that are rolling around on this site, I'd like to start another one-shot challenge. The theme is Jane. Take a peek into her life, whether it's in the past or present, and unleash your writing skills! Was she always the harsh, petite girl that was always ready to please Aro? Or is she somehow plotting her beloved master's demise? Was Jane the cause of the Volturi's rise? Or will she make them fall? Get creative with this one, guys! The Rules: 1) Normal submission rules (must exceed 500 words, proper line format, spelling, grammar, ect.). 2) It must be in one point of view, no switching. Any one character counts as that, but only if the focus remains on Jane and the character's view point makes sense in the story. 3) Please stick to canon! :) 4) Your story must be validated before it is emailed to the mod. 5) Please include a short summary in the appropriate slot of your story along with the title of 'Jane One-Shot Challenge'. Please submit all stories to these email addresses after they've been validated: dragontodragons@yahoo.com,the.iris.messenger@gmail.com, gabriella_523@hotmail.com, j3nny_b4by@yahoo.com, bubble_069321@yahoo.com,kaiwynn@gmail.com. Please make sure the subject is stated as 'Jane One-Shot Challenge' and be sure to include your pen name! We'd love to acknowledge all of your stories, but can't give credit to them if we don't know the author!The deadline for all one-shots is FEBRUARY 15th, SUNDAY. We will be announcing the winners sometime shortly after. Also, winners will consist of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and two honorable mentions. On a side note, however, everyone is welcome to submit a banner for the winners (once they are chosen).Some Other Points (I thought I'd clear up): - Poetry is accepted only if it is at least 500 words and the focus remains on Jane. - All one-shots must be limited to a chapter. - Writing perspective is not limited to third person (narrative). - Please only submit one one-shot for the challenge. If you submit more than one, all but the original will be ignored. - If there are any problems, with validation especially, please comment.
Have fun, guys! ~ Jacquelyn (black2red)BIRTHDAY!
by j3nn on 24 Jan 2009 09:31 AMit's mine and Iris's birthday today so....
And happy birthday to mee :]
[edit by Iris]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENN!
New mods!
by Kaiwynn on 04 Jan 2009 05:22 PMTook me long enough, hmm? :) No, but the decision was very very difficult. It took me a long time to narrow it down to 6 people, but since that was too many, I had to finally choose 3.
And those would be:
Congratulations! and check your email, dears.
Thanks to everyone for applying! I'm amazed with how many people love this site enough to volunteer for it. It makes me feel very warm and fuzzy :)
Kaiwynn whoaa.
by kaiwynn on 27 Dec 2008 06:37 PMOkay! Sorry if you were late, but mod applications are officially CLOSED. It was, what, five days? -- and I have received 25 applications. 25! So give me a bit to look over these, talk with Gabby and Jenn, etc. You'll have new mod(s) soon:) Kaiwynn mods wanted!
by Kaiwynn on 22 Dec 2008 09:45 PMI haven't exactly talked to Jenn or Gabby about this yet, haha, but this announcement needs to be made. Mods wanted! If you'd like to be a validator of Twilight Archives, send your answer to these questions to kaiwynn @ twilightarchives . com:
How often can you validate? Do you write stories yourself? If so, can I have a link please? Are you willing to work with other people? Anything else?
If you're clever, you'll recognize these questions from the last time I asked around for mods. But that was seven months ago, and I thought I should get a fresh batch of applications instead of asking after people who have probably left the fandom by now. If you applied before, you should definitely apply again!
Thanks, everyone! submissions.
by j3nn on 21 Dec 2008 12:17 PMSome questions answered:
Q: Has my story been lost? Q: Do you need help? I could help... Q: My story disappeared, but I didn't get a rejection later. Help? Patience, guys, and everything will be there. I'm sorry for the massive delay. EDIT; Okay, now I AM irritated. Just because I haven't validated in awhile doesn't mean my standards for validating are going to go down. YOU STILL HAVE TO FOLLOW THE RULES. I won't reject your story if you do. If your story is rejected, I'm not saying you didn't work hard on it. Not at all. I'm saying that you need to fix it so that other people will better appreciate it before you post it on the site. I'm helping YOU by doing this, not me. And I'm helping all of the people who read stories on this site so that they don't have to sort through a bunch of junk to find a story that actually has proper grammar/spelling/a moderate length/etc. It would be so much easier for me to just validate everything and be lazy just because I didn't feel like going through 200 submissions. I'm sorry to those who do appreciate what I'm trying to do for you, and thank you for all the support. Really, it means the world to me. oh me, oh my
by lustandthrill on 29 Nov 2008 02:47 PMwow, it's been the LONGEST hiatus i've had in a while, but i'm glad to say i'm back to say
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAI <3
and back to business, stories will get approved/rejected faster.
jenn, i'm so so sorry, but i'm back.
and for new people, hi i'm gabby ;) sorry!
by j3nn on 23 Nov 2008 05:30 PM
As you can see, I've dropped the ball. =/ I'm going to catch up tonight and tomorrow on validating, and then hopefully I'll be able to get on nightly via the household computer, rather than just my laptop (though, it might not be possible EVERY night). j3nn Songfics
by Kaiwynn on 15 Nov 2008 01:12 PMPersonally, I have no problem with songfics. If done properly, the story as a whole can actually be enhanced by the lyrics. However, sometimes people use the lyrics as an excuse for not writing a better fic. Thus, we have a new rule: If your songfic contains more lyrics than fic, it will be deleted. Of course, your fic must be at least 500 words, EXCLUDING LYRICS. Thanks for your patience, everyone. I'm just trying to make sure people write the best fics they can. Who knows? If you go through your fic and delete excess lyrics (words that aren't yours), adding more to the meat of the story, you might end up with a better tale.
Kaiwynn News.
by j3nn on 09 Nov 2008 12:57 PMJust a few small things I thought I should mention: On another note, although colorguard has completely died down now for at least three weeks (and then indoor starts), I am not going to be able to be on here extremely often. Many of you have been asking for another contest -- some even for Thanksgiving. I have to say that I don't have the time now, but I will post one for Christmas/Hanukkah/Yule (Winter Solstice)/Whatever you celebrate/Winter (if you don't celebrate anything). I promise. |
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