Tapas Writers Camp Contest!

[laiscnogueira]

Thank you ;D
It was a very fun expirience.

[laiscnogueira]

I feel you, too. But hey, the more you write, the better you will become. English is not my native tongue either, so I find it useful to copy and paste some small phrases (2-4 words) into google if I'm not sure I'm making sense, if any other text in english has used my wording I just keep it, otherwise I adapt it a little. Also, in portuguese (my mother tongue) I think I'm a pretty good writer, but when it comes to english somehow my vocabulary seems a little limited so I always keep a tab open to look up some synonyms and such.
Also, even if your story is not being a huge hit, I think it is nice to complete it, for both you and the readers. I plan on finishing mine, even if no one pays it any mind. And I plan on reading the other stories people submited to the contest, it would be fun and grant me some more experience.
And welcome. I'm also new to the forums.

[onyefrankie]

I feel you on a deep level! And let's be honest. You obviously have a better grasp of the English language than several native speakers do, believe me.

Welcome to the community, mate! Hope you enjoy it and wish you the best of luck on Tapas.

[DaveStankoven]

The final post for the contest has been submitted. It's essentially Act 1
Good luck to the rest of you who submitted as well. I look forward to finding new and wonderful things to read.

Harriers | Tapas

[Chroma]

Just uploaded a two-parter for my final chapters for the contest! I'm so happy with the reception my novel had so far, and I'm super excited to write more, regardless of the results!

It Lurks Inside Us | Tapas

[serena]

The submission period officially closed last night! Thank you so much for all of your participation. Well over 100 of you submitted your stories, which is absolutely amazing. Our first Writers Camp couldn't have been a success without all of you. I know you all worked really hard, and I appreciate how active the Tapas novels community has been both on the forums and off during this time. The way everyone has been lifting each other up and thinking about ways to strengthen the novels community, novels creation and sharing tools on Tapas, and Writers Camp itself has been really heartening to see for me and the rest of the novels team.

We are going to be reading the qualifying submissions over the next few weeks and will be announcing the winners on May 1st, so watch out for that announcement!

We are also planning on putting together another Writers Camp in a few months, hopefully before the end of this summer. We'll keep you posted! Make sure to check the newsfeed for those announcements.

Thank you again!

[JeffBaker]

can you guys post the runner up novels when you announce the winner? I'm not expecting to be on it, but I'd be curious to see who came close.

[LordSeriphus]

Will Tapas also announce runner-ups, or works they appreciated? May give us more to look into if we haven't read the works already.

[PokarFace]

I'm thinking the authors, Nova Sapien and 375, will be top tier contenders since they succeeded at creating something some novels failed at, including mine, getting readers to interact!

[serena]

@JackRasputen @LordSeriphus We are only planning on including the two winners in the announcement, but the First Writers Camp collection link will still be active, so you'll be able to see all the entries in one place at any time.

[375]

I'm thinking the authors, Nova Sapien and 375, will be top tier contenders since they succeeded at creating something some novels failed at, including mine, getting readers to interact!

;w; That is very kind of you to say!

[Alex9Wolf9]

My question is: will we receive an email or something of why we didn't qualify as the winner? To tell us what we did wrong or... I don't know...

[lil-sea-salt]

Most likely they'll just announce winners. The only way you'd qualify as winner is if you had the most subscribers or are the staff pick.

The editorial or content team don't usually give out individual critiques.

[minerrale]

That's sad, I'd love to have feedback on what I did wrong or simply what the winners did that we didn't... You know, just to get better overall or have a better chance of reaching a bigger audience

[UzukiCheverie]

It sounds dickish, but honestly, they probably won't. It would be a lot of work to send out personalized emails to every contender telling them why they didn't win. That goes for any sort of contest. Besides, it's not like "losing" means you did anything "wrong". Sometimes you just don't win. Especially when it comes to writing contests where everything is up to both personal taste and publishers' preferences.

If you're legitimately looking for honest criticism, I suggest just asking for it in a thread or from people who do just that

[JeffBaker]

so.... who won? lol. the suspense is killing us!

[Alex9Wolf9]

Well, I wanted to get that criticism from the staff to know for future contests but if they don't do that I guess it's okay

[sandpaperdaisy]

I am camped out here refreshing about 4 tapas tabs lol

[robinlayneauthor]

How do we find out who won? Is it to be announced on this thread, or do we need to look somewhere else?

[JeffBaker]

I'm keeping my eye on this thread and the newsfeed https://tapas.io/newsfeed but no news yet