2020 SmatchUp Rules:
Participation is open to any WMC member in good standing.
What it is:
Writers are anonymously paired to create either a story or poem (genre decided upon entering). One writer starts (one page maximum), one finishes (one page maximum), and pairs are revealed at the April 16, 2020, meeting when the finished pieces are read. Works will be posted on the website after the event.
To enter:
Send an e-mail to Katherine Brown: [email protected]
by midnight February 1st and designate:
a) Whether you would like to write either Fiction or a Poem or No Preference b) Whether you would like to be a Starter or Finisher or No Preference
Do not send any work. Merely a request to enter with genre and whether starter or finisher.
Pay close attention to dates below and ensure you can meet the deadlines before you choose to be a finisher or starter.
Participants will be capped at twenty, so ten starters and ten finishers. First come, first serve.
Theme and Rules:
The 2020 theme is “What Am I Doing Here?\”
Apply the theme loosely and go anywhere with it.
Each writer only gets one page maximum.
The page can be single or double-spaced, must be in 12 point font minimum
and must use one inch margins.
Deadlines:
You will be contacted by midnight February 2nd indicating
whether you are a starter or finisher.
REVISE YOUR PIECE TO YOUR SATISFACTION
BEFORE SENDING IT IN
Participation is open to any WMC member in good standing.
What it is:
Writers are anonymously paired to create either a story or poem (genre decided upon entering). One writer starts (one page maximum), one finishes (one page maximum), and pairs are revealed at the April 16, 2020, meeting when the finished pieces are read. Works will be posted on the website after the event.
To enter:
Send an e-mail to Katherine Brown: [email protected]
by midnight February 1st and designate:
a) Whether you would like to write either Fiction or a Poem or No Preference b) Whether you would like to be a Starter or Finisher or No Preference
Do not send any work. Merely a request to enter with genre and whether starter or finisher.
Pay close attention to dates below and ensure you can meet the deadlines before you choose to be a finisher or starter.
Participants will be capped at twenty, so ten starters and ten finishers. First come, first serve.
Theme and Rules:
The 2020 theme is “What Am I Doing Here?\”
Apply the theme loosely and go anywhere with it.
Each writer only gets one page maximum.
The page can be single or double-spaced, must be in 12 point font minimum
and must use one inch margins.
Deadlines:
You will be contacted by midnight February 2nd indicating
whether you are a starter or finisher.
- Starters: Have the period between February 2nd and midnight March 1st to produce the start of a piece. They will email their finished piece to Katherine Brown at [email protected]. Starters may use a working title, but finishers get to title the piece. Starters, no revisions sent after the initial entry.
- Finishers: Have the period between March 2nd and midnight April 2nd to produce the end of the piece and to title it. Finishers may also do minor edits (spelling or grammar or punctuation) to the starter’s side, but may not change the story or poem developmentally. They will email their finished piece to Katherine Brown at [email protected].
REVISE YOUR PIECE TO YOUR SATISFACTION
BEFORE SENDING IT IN
