#SexIsSocial - January 2013 Writing Contest!

Contributor: Rayne Millaray Rayne Millaray


Ready for another contest?

Now that the holidays are over with, and you guys are trying to find things to fill up your free time, we thought we should have another SexIs Social Writing Contest! Are you guys ready? If you're over 18, and you like to write, get your thinking caps on and put your best opinions forward. We want to hear from you.

The Rules
You must be 18 or older and have an EdenFantasys account to submit an article and enter the contest. No purchase is necessary. Registration is free and you can sign up with an existing Facebook, Google, Yahoo or AOL account. You do not have to use your real name to create an account or submit content.

All entries should be entered into the SexIs Social submission wizard as you would a normal SexIs submission.

All submissions must be in compliance with the Terms of Service and Posting Guidelines. Any submissions that are not will be disqualified.

Each contributor may submit up to three articles to the writing contest. Contributors must email me (Rayne) at rayne@edenfantasys.com with their EdenFantasys username and the title(s) of their contest submission(s) to be considered.

Articles should be a minimum of 500 words long. SexIs Subjective, SexFeed, and Define This submissions are not elgible.

The content of the submission should be sex-related and nonfiction. It can discuss society's point of view on sex, or reflect lessons you've learned from personal experience and research. Some topics to focus on can be (but are not limited to) sex in general, gender and sexuality, sexual health, sex and society, relationships, reproductive rights. See the categories listed in the menu at the top of the SexIs homepage for more, or check out this thread for this month's topic suggestions. Please note: We do not accept erotica of any kind.

The deadline for these submissions is February 4th, 2013 at 5pm ET. The articles will be edited for minor errors and published in the order they're received. Please be sure to mention that this is a contest entry in the notes, and respond to editors as quickly as possible.

The first, second and third prizes will be chosen by EdenFantasys employees based on quality, pageviews and social media sharing. The Community Choice Award will be put to a vote in the SexIs section of the forum. The poll for the Community Choice Award will be posted February 6th, and the winner will be the article that receives the most votes. Authors can only win one prize per contest.

Winners will be announced February 13th. Any prizes not claimed within 90 days will be forfeit.

Please feel free to email any questions you have about SexIs Social and the writing contest to me, Rayne, at rayne@edenfantasys.com .

The Prizes

1st Place: $100 cash for each of the winner's next three published articles (subject to approval - articles must be in accordance with submission guidelines), possibility of a long term paid writing agreement.

2nd Place: $75 gift card.

3rd Place: $50 gift card.

Community Choice Award: An EdenFantasys Tote full of these his and hers products (dependent upon stock): One piece (winner's choice) of lingerie from Coquette, winner's choice of Fleshlight Blade or Fleshlight Sword, LELO Gigi in your favorite color, and Sliquid H2O! Plus? What gift basket would be complete without our awesome Eden Toy and Body Wipes? You'll be all set for a play session alone or with a partner within minutes of arrival!

Good luck, everyone!

Ready?

Set.

Go!

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Contributor: MrWill MrWill
Quote:
Originally posted by Rayne Millaray


Ready for another contest?

Now that the holidays are over with, and you guys are trying to find things to fill up your free time, we thought we should have another SexIs Social Writing Contest! Are you guys ready? If you're over ... more
Rayne, is there anyway articles I've submitted but haven't been published/editted yet could be entered into this?
01/11/2013
Contributor: Trysexual Trysexual
Quote:
Originally posted by MrWill
Rayne, is there anyway articles I've submitted but haven't been published/editted yet could be entered into this?
Ha..beat you to the punch...I submitted mine yesterday too.
01/11/2013
Contributor: Rayne Millaray Rayne Millaray
Quote:
Originally posted by MrWill
Rayne, is there anyway articles I've submitted but haven't been published/editted yet could be entered into this?
Yes, they can. The reason I added the clause about letting editors know it's a contest entry is because last month, we ran into an issue where we had to rush the editing of an article to get it in under the deadline. Wanted to make sure that doesn't happen this time!

As soon as they're published, drop me a line with the titles, and I'll add them to the list!
01/11/2013
Contributor: MrWill MrWill
Quote:
Originally posted by Rayne Millaray
Yes, they can. The reason I added the clause about letting editors know it's a contest entry is because last month, we ran into an issue where we had to rush the editing of an article to get it in under the deadline. Wanted to make sure that ... more
Will do Is there a bit of a backlog on articles right now? I have 2 that have been submitted for a bit and haven't heard anything about them.
01/11/2013
Contributor: Rayne Millaray Rayne Millaray
Quote:
Originally posted by MrWill
Will do Is there a bit of a backlog on articles right now? I have 2 that have been submitted for a bit and haven't heard anything about them.
There is a little bit of a backlog due to the holidays, and contests tend to cause a bit of a bottleneck. We'll catch up as soon as we can!
01/11/2013
Contributor: MrWill MrWill
Quote:
Originally posted by Rayne Millaray
There is a little bit of a backlog due to the holidays, and contests tend to cause a bit of a bottleneck. We'll catch up as soon as we can!
No worries
01/11/2013
Contributor: Maddam blue Maddam blue
Is it necessary to lie to these heavenly moments?
Is it necessary?
Maybe all this will I write to age and be forgotten, erased?
But who will it prevent?
Memories.
Memories that will stop that.
Once you become familiar daughter beautiful light, when I get my big beautiful wings.
I will be flying at night,
I'll play with the stars,
Tease the sun.
I can feel them!
I feel that they are slowly dying in me, but no!
We must not allow it!
Light, I seek.
I need you!
I can not do without you!
Maybe you can not understand,
while you're reading this,
but trust me so much emotion in me wants out,
wants to revive,
so many words.
I just want to touch the light with your bare hands,
I feel that on the cheeks,
we take heart.
I only want the light without end!
01/11/2013
Contributor: AwesomeAmanda AwesomeAmanda
Getting started on my next article right now!
01/12/2013
Contributor: LuckyLady LuckyLady
What date are these entries for? Is this for articles published from Jan 1st thru Feb 4th or another date?
01/13/2013
Contributor: crimsonlavey69 crimsonlavey69
Quote:
Originally posted by Rayne Millaray


Ready for another contest?

Now that the holidays are over with, and you guys are trying to find things to fill up your free time, we thought we should have another SexIs Social Writing Contest! Are you guys ready? If you're over ... more
this contest is so cool.
01/13/2013
Contributor: butts butts
Good luck everyone!
01/14/2013
Contributor: AHubbyof2SexualMinds AHubbyof2SexualMinds
Definitely going to enter this time, have taken too long off from writing because of the holidays!
01/14/2013
Contributor: Rayne Millaray Rayne Millaray
Quote:
Originally posted by LuckyLady
What date are these entries for? Is this for articles published from Jan 1st thru Feb 4th or another date?
Let's go with that. January 1st through February 4th sounds good to me!
01/14/2013
Contributor: *Ashley* *Ashley*
I wrote a poem in a different form, Could I use that?
01/14/2013
Contributor: LuckyLady LuckyLady
Quote:
Originally posted by Rayne Millaray
Let's go with that. January 1st through February 4th sounds good to me!
sounds good too =)
01/14/2013
Contributor: lesglitter lesglitter
Eee, this is so exciting! Good luck everyone
01/14/2013
Contributor: Molly Carter Molly Carter
Yay! I've been so busy, I've barely even been here on EF. This will spur me back to writing here! Thanks, EF, you guys rock!!
01/16/2013
Contributor: Rayne Millaray Rayne Millaray
Quote:
Originally posted by *Ashley*
I wrote a poem in a different form, Could I use that?
We don't currently accept poetry on SexIs. Sorry :/
01/17/2013
Contributor: Sera26 Sera26
This is very cool. I haven't written anything in a while & this month's calendar is perfect for me at this time in my life.
01/19/2013
Contributor: Cowgirl-Cutie Cowgirl-Cutie
I just sent the email with my submission! It's also my first article so I'm really excited!
01/19/2013
Contributor: LuckyLady LuckyLady
is the poll still going up or has the date changed?
02/07/2013
Contributor: SneakersAndPearls SneakersAndPearls
Quote:
Originally posted by LuckyLady
is the poll still going up or has the date changed?
I think it usually takes a week or so.
02/07/2013
Contributor: Rayne Millaray Rayne Millaray
It's up here. Didn't get to it yesterday. Sorry about that!
02/07/2013