Dreem Word of the Week
You can find out about the history of wotw and it's transition from pob-wotw to dreem-wotw here
For this month we are going to do something a little different... and each month in Season 2 we are going to bring new challenges... so that single-word prompt?... probably be gone for the rest of Season 2 hehe. Ready for the challenge? Let's dive in!!!
This month we are going to introduce the compulsory hook or sentence starter as our prompt for dreem-wotw Season 2 Round 2, and next month we will up the ante on that theme, spicing things up a little haha... so consider this a taste of things to follow.
The remit for this month's contest is to write a short story fiction or a creative non-fiction piece using one of the following sentence prompts. But you MUST use the full sentence, unaltered as it appears below, somewhere in your post and it must be central to your post's plot/theme. You may use it as your starting hook to draw readers in, or you can use it to close your post... or anywhere else between the first letter and the final punctuation mark. You must also highlight the sentence in bold typeset like this so that it is easy to spot in your entry.
In full disclosure, the choices being offered have been selected from the twinkl.co.uk website and are free to use. And we are allowing you to use the sentence anywhere in your post.
Your choices for this month are as follows:
1 ) The wind swirled around me and the world went black...
2 ) As he walked down the street, Adam felt the spider in his pocket stir…
3 ) It’s a strange and scary sensation to suddenly forget your own name…
4 ) Whoever that was looking back at me in the mirror, it certainly wasn’t me…
We hope that you will feel challenged and inspired!
1 ) Where and when must I post?
Contestants will be allowed to enter dreem-wotw posts created on any platform and within any community - as this promotes greater inclusivity and engagement opportunities.
BUT... they will be required to share the URL for their dreem-wotw entry in Dreemport on the specific contest submission day set aside by Dreemport for dreem-wotw, in order to be considered for any of the dreem-wotw placings and prizes, as the Dreemport phase of grading is an important first step in the process, to shortlist the entries.
Note: You may publish your entry on your home blogging platform whenever you choose, however, it is suggested that you publish on the same day that entries are required to be shared in Dreemport, if you wish to align voting windows on your blogging platform with the timeframes over which Dreemport curators will be viewing your post and dreem-wotw grading teem will be grading (and potentially upvoting).
All entries will be screened by Dreemport screeners for plagiarism, and copyright infringement (all images must be credited back to the original photographers, and URL links to those images on royalty-free sites MUST be provided).
In addition, if any entry is found to be a re-spin of another writer's earlier entry to the contest, such that it appears that the second article clearly relied on and drew too much inspiration from the first, then the second entry will be disqualified, much in the same way that plagiarism disqualifies an entry.
Please note...
IT IS THE ONLY DATE AND TIMEFRAME WITHIN WHICH SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR THE S2 R2 CONTEST IN DREEMPORT.
The curation/submission cycle starts and ends at these times so there is unfortunately little room for flexibility. All valid submissions to Dreemport will be reviewed and ranked by public curators the following day.
If you want to have your voice heard in this respect, simply log on the next day and curate and rank the 5 random contest posts assigned to you. This part is highly advisable, as part of the grading process includes an allocation of points for engagement... but engagement is only assessed if you do Dreemport curation of the contest post in Dreemport on the day following the contest submission date.
2 ) The Grading Phase
At the end of the 24-hour cycle, Dreemport will provide an official top 5 reader's favourites. We will also be able to access the top 5 Dreemport staff entries in the background and will run two contest pools to keep staff and public entries separate 😊
Members of the grading team are able to write to the prompt but, like staff, their posts will be excluded from Dreemport official rankings, and additionally, they will not be eligible for official prizes.
The top 5's will then be graded by the dreem-wotw team using a Merit grading system that incorporates some aspects of the ORIGINAL Merit Grading Model developed by @scholaris and others added by @juliamulcahy.
The top 3 graded posts in both contest pools will become the official winning entries in dreem-wotw.
If you have not used Dreemport before, you will need to register on dreemport.com, which is a quick and easy process.
You may want to start by taking a look at these videos by @dreemsteem ...
If anyone has any difficulty registering and trying out the platform, please tag me or @wrestlingdesires here on this post and we will help you to get this little piece of admin out of the way as painlessly as possible 😊
3 ) Engagement metrics
In order to promote healthy community engagement, one of the merit grading criteria is engagement. In order to earn any engagement points it is necessary to do public curation of the contest posts in Dreemport as part of your random 5 allocation, the day following contest submissions to Dreemport. You will earn 1 point for doing the curation and another 1-3 points based on the quality of your engagement in those 5 posts.
Note: doing public curation of the contest posts and engaging meaningfully during that curation, often makes a difference in the final positions of the contest ;-)
The new tag to be used for the contest will be dreem-wotw as the contest will be hosted by Dreemport, and the primary token associated with the contest going forward will be the dreem token. Using the tag, it will enable others to find your dreem-wotw entries more easily going forward.
Don't forget you can use the #scholarandscribe tag on your posts to earn scholar and scribe tokens too.
1 ) Participation prizes:
There will be a random draw for all valid entrants. The first public and staff entries drawn using random.org will each receive 200 Ecency points this month... 🙂 (Usually 100 points each but boosted to 200 points by @ahmadmanga)
2 ) dreem-wotw final graded placings:
***This month we are thankful to the following sponsors: @dreemsteem and @dreemport for Dreem tokens
@melinda010100 and @ecency for Ecency point sponsorship
@dibblers.dabs and @jfuji and The Scholar and Scribe creative writing community for Scholar and Scribe tokens.
@amberkashif for ecency point sponsorship of 4th and 5th place in both public and staff categories of the contest.
@ahmadmanga for boosting the prize pool with Ecency points
All HBI prizes are sponsored by dreem-wotw.
Scholar and Scribe Sponsorship
If your entry is short story fiction or poetry, feel free to post it in the Scholar and Scribe community. All entries (no matter where you post them) can use the #scholarandscribe tag if you wish—this will help you earn both SCHOLAR and SCRIBE tokens.
Learn more about S&S here and consider joining the community if you haven’t already.
Public contest pool
1st - 500 Dreem Tokens, 1 Dreemport Featured Post, 350 Ecency points, 2 HBI, 50 Scholar, 2 Scribe
2nd - 200 Dreem tokens, 200 Ecency points, 1 HBI, 50 Scholar
3rd - 150 Dreem Tokens, 150 Ecency points, 50 Scholar
4th - 150 Ecency points
5th - 150 Ecency points
Staff:
1st - 250 Dreem tokens, 1 Dreemport featured Post, 350 Ecency points, 2 HBI, 50 Scholar, 2 Scribe
2nd - 100 Dreem tokens, 200 Ecency points, 1 HBI, 50 Scholar
3rd - 50 Dreem tokens, 150 Ecency points, 50 Scholar
4th - 150 Ecency points
5th - 150 Ecency points
If anyone would like to provide additional sponsorship for the contest, please feel free to contact me in discord.
Grading teem:
There are 8 members on the dreem-wotw grading teem. These roles are currently voluntary, although adhoc disbursements may be made if funds allow. The current grading teem consists of:
@alekst7 @wrestlingdesires @iskafan @juliamulcahy @itsostylish @palomap3 @cescajove @samsmith1971
If anyone else is interested in becoming part of the grading team, they can drop me a message in discord at: SA_Sam1971#1299 to be considered, as future needs arise.
All efforts to promote dreem-wotw are much appreciated.
Why not bring a friend or two along for the ride this month? Tag them and invite them to take part 😉 Reblogging is not required but is appreciated to help us to extend the reach of the contest. It helps to bring in new contestants and to keep things fresh for all of us, and new writers give us an opportunity to learn more from each other and lend each other more support.
The following people expressed an interest in taking part in dreem-wotw (and I added a few who I thought may be interested too):
@abdul-qudus @acgalarza @adoore-eu @ahmadmanga @alekst7 @amberkashif @anonymous02 @aroojkhalid @atyourservice @ayesha-malik @balikis95 @bananzell @beeber @belleflower @blackdaisyft @bluefinstudios @bobthebuilder2 @b0s @buezor @cescajove @chincoculbert @cool08 @coquicoin @corporateay @creatr @daje10 @dansabest9 @darthsauron @deeanndmathews @deraaa @dibblers.dabs @diebitch @d-pend @dreemsteem @dwixer @edystringz @erh.germany @esther-emmanuel @flamistan @fragozar01 @freedomprepper @funshee @george-dee @giftedwriter @grindan @grocko @hannes-stoffel @harryjoe5432 @hollowins @hopestylist @idksamad78699 @idlemind @ifarmgirl @ijohnsen @intishar @iskawrites @itsostylish @iwannabeme @jane1289 @jaxsonmurph @jfuji @joseph23 @juliamulcahy @kamarah @kei2 @kemmyb @kenechukwu97 @khaleesii @ksam @leeart @lightpen @litguru @lordtimoty @marbrym @maryjacy @mcyusuf @memeisfun @merit.ahama @mineopoly @mmykel @morenow @mrenglish @mypathtofire @nevies @ngwinndave @nickydee @nkemakonam89 @nonsowrites @oceanbee @officialrosh1 @olawalium @olujay @palomap3 @penderis @pinkchic @princessbusayo @queenstarr @raj808 @repayme4568 @restcity @riverflows @sam9999 @shadowspub @simgirl @snook @stevehodl @stevemuis @strangegravy @stuartcturnbull @sunbeam3 @taimen @talon12 @tengolotodo @teknon @treasuree @unklebonehead @vikbuddy @wongi @wrestlingdesires @zyzymena
All new entrants each month will be added to the list.
Please let me know if you would prefer not to be tagged and you will be removed from the list, and if you are reading this and would like to be tagged going forward, please comment below and I will add you💗.
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I'm not in a perfect place right now. My wife had an adverse reaction to her diabetes medication but is out of the hospital after a week of observation. Her mom went to the hospital for a back problem but got multiple fractures on her right hip while admitted. I won't bore you with the details of negligence on the hospital's part.
I had my last cataract surgery yesterday morning. Cataracts were a gift from my uncontrolled diabetes.
Yet, I'm positive there's a silver lining ahead. I'll get back to writing. I need to get my life together. Sorry for being away for so long.
hi Felix. I'm so sorry to hear that you are going through a tough patch. Sending hugs to you and your family. That must have been scary for all of you!! 😞 We all have times when life off-chain pulls us away and we need time to pause and reflect too. Come back when you are ready. You are missed on Hive and in dreem-wotw. I do hope that you all recover well from your respective medical issues. How are your eyes feeling today?
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I had upvoted this when it was shared by IDK but I also subsequently shared the post on threads not realising that it would add me as a beneficiary... so I have removed my upvote so as not to self-vote!
Thanks for mention 😊
Hey Sam, This sounds interesting one... I'll try to find time and let my mind focus on making fiction... Been so long since I write anything fiction..
And hopefully there will be more Good read and hivers interested in this... Sharing it on threads.
Thank you so much, IDK, much appreciated. I do hope to see a piece from you !LUV
Interesting piece. If I am to understand better, the word hook must be present in the story. Is it not?
Yes, whichever sentence you choose must appear in full somewhere in your story and be central to the story/theme, not just a throwaway line.
Hmmm... Understood. Thanks for the reply🤗.
but the word hook is not required hehe just the chosen sentence
Thank ya😁😁
but i think she was specifically asking if the word... hook... must be in the story hehe
Oh, those are some awesome starters ♥️ I could so do more than one entry this month 😲
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Gosh, couldn't you just! and... no reason to stop at dreem-wotw... write all four if you like and choose which one to enter 😂💗 !LUV !ALIVE !PIZZA
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I've got way too many other initiatives yelling for me to come visit 🤣🤣🤣
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I LOVE these prompts! hehehe I'm getting ready to start thinking up my post!!! and let it simmer in this brain! it's been on a roll -let's see if i can keep it going hahahaha
Excellent. That's what we like to hear hehe !LUV
The hardest part of this month's challenge is choosing between the prompts, lol! They're all so good.
Less than 48 hours left to write your dreem-wotw entries all 😜 There are some nice prizes up for grabs and this month is a precursor for next month's challenge... hope to see your entries in Dreemport on Tuesday 🤗 And if you can't make it this month, why not share the post, and the love, with someone who might enjoy taking part 😍
@abdul-qudus @acgalarza @adoore-eu @ahmadmanga @alekst7 @amberkashif @anonymous02 @aroojkhalid @atyourservice @ayesha-malik @balikis95 @bananzell @beeber @belleflower @blackdaisyft @bluefinstudios @bobthebuilder2 @b0s @buezor @cescajove @chincoculbert @cool08 @coquicoin @corporateay @creatr @daje10 @dansabest9 @darthsauron @deeanndmathews @deraaa @dibblers.dabs @diebitch @d-pend @dreemsteem @dwixer @edystringz @erh.germany @esther-emmanuel @flamistan @fragozar01 @freedomprepper @funshee @george-dee @giftedwriter @grindan @grocko @hannes-stoffel @harryjoe5432 @hollowins @hopestylist @idksamad78699 @idlemind @ifarmgirl @ijohnsen @intishar @iskawrites @itsostylish @iwannabeme @jane1289 @jaxsonmurph @jfuji @joseph23 @juliamulcahy @kamarah @kei2 @kemmyb @kenechukwu97 @khaleesii @ksam @leeart @lightpen @litguru @lordtimoty @marbrym @maryjacy @mcyusuf @memeisfun @merit.ahama @mineopoly @mmykel @morenow @mrenglish @mypathtofire @nevies @ngwinndave @nickydee @nkemakonam89 @nonsowrites @oceanbee @officialrosh1 @olawalium @olujay @palomap3 @penderis @pinkchic @princessbusayo @queenstarr @raj808 @repayme4568 @restcity @riverflows @sam9999 @shadowspub @simgirl @snook @stevehodl @stevemuis @strangegravy @stuartcturnbull @sunbeam3 @taimen @talon12 @tengolotodo @teknon @treasuree @unklebonehead @vikbuddy @wongi @wrestlingdesires @zyzymena
I know what hook I'm using. I'm still undecided. There are two but I have to use just one... (Bites knuckles) 😩
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I had a flat battery and could not post it on dreemport. I was also unable to bring it here yesterday night after posting.
Can I still post it on dreemport?
hi :-) yes, today is the day for submission to Dreemport so you are not late. You are perfectly on time 🤗 !LUV !PIZZA !ALIVE
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Thanks a lot
My first time to join this year and glad to be back on track Sam, hehe. Here is my humble entry to dwotw:
https://ecency.com/hive-199275/@pinkchic/shadows-of-a-longing-heart
Have a great day!
Mine is late 😂
https://ecency.com/category/@wrestlingdesires/adam-and-the-magical-spider
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