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Catch The Soaring Star
Sirens~song (Jade), Moderator
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COMPLETE RULES:
The Catch The Soaring Star Writing Challenge runs from Thursday to Wednesday 6 PM US Eastern Standard Time.
Note: With two exceptions, the staff at the Starlite Café resides in the United States and all date/time references given are US Eastern Standard/Daylight Time.
For a rough idea of the Café‘s varying time zones if it is Midnight Thursday in New York, US it is the following times globally:
California, US: 9pm (Thursday)1. The Catch The Soaring Star Writing Challenge is a PHRASE based word exercise. The Host selects a phrase for the current challenge from anywhere or anything.
Hawaii, US: 7pm (Thursday)
Sydney Australia: 3pm (Friday)
Manila, Philippines: 1pm (Friday)
Delhi, India: 10:30am (Friday)
London, England: 5am (Friday)
For those entering the challenge, the chosen phrase may be used in the title of the write, but it MUST be used within the text of the write itself. The phrase may be divided between consecutive lines and re-punctuated. However, unless given leave to do so by the current Host the phrase must otherwise stay as given. Such phrase leeway will be noted in that week's challenge thread. The active Host has final decision on it if a phrase has been used appropriately.
2. All registered Starlite poets are eligible to compete.
3. All entries to the Catch The Soaring Star Writing Challenge must contain the following information:
o The name of the poem;4. Entries may be posted in the current thread directly by the poet or by emailing the Moderator, Jade, at djademc20@yahoo.com to post the link in the challenge thread.
o Its Starlite link;
o And its status as Official or Just for the Love of It (JFTLOI).
5. Entrants should respect their fellow Starlite Cafe participants and indicate an appropriate note when adult content is present in either the text or the graphics of an entry in the challenge thread. Stating that a write has adult content at the top of the poem page itself does not spare one from the sight of a potentially risqué image. Remember the Starlite Writing Challenges are also home to the young and not-so-young who may be shocked and/or offended by such.
Note: If an entrant displays an image or content that is inappropriate he or she will be contacted via e-mail with a request to remove or replace said graphic. The entrant has 48 hours to respond to the request. If there is no response, the entry WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CHALLENGE by the Moderators. The entry will still be available on Starlite for others to enjoy, but it will not be allowed in the Catch The Soaring Star thread Officially or JFTLOI until the requested changes have been made. If an entry is removed by the Moderator for this reason it then will be brought to the attention of the Starlite Café’s Administrator Devin. They have the ultimate decision on whether the entry is removed from The Starlite Café site altogether.
Also note large graphics/images (400x400 pixels or larger in size) may be freely used within an individual poet’s submitted write. However, the posting of over-sized graphics inside the challenge thread is no longer allowed. Users/Visitors to the site have to do enough scrolling on popular challenges as it is to read through or to simply reach the message box without having to scroll past large images. The larger the graphics and/or multiples of medium to small graphics are simply brutal to our members who are viewing the site via a dial-up connection. If a graphic on the thread is deemed inappropriate in size the moderator reserves the right to make a judgment call and remove an over-sized graphic from the thread without notification.
In addition, please remember the Starlite Cafe is foremost a poetry site. If there are too many graphics being used and/or there is an overload of additional "commentary", the Moderators reserve the right to edit non-essentials from the thread without notice of such for the overall enjoyment of the Catch The Soaring Star thread.
6. When posting your own entry, DO NOT POST ENTRIES ON THIS PAGE. Please click on the current week's link below and post within the challenge thread itself.
Note: While the Moderators try hard to avoid such, on occasion there will be multiple challenges listed below. The uppermost link is usually the current week's challenge. However, it is the Entrants duty to check the dates and ensure they are entering the current challenge for the week.
7. Only ONE official entry allowed per POET(not pen name, but poet). Only the first entry posted to the thread may be Official. The type of entry (official or JFTLOI)) must be noted in the challenge thread. All addition entries by that entrant must be submitted JFTLOI. Furthermore, if an Entrant's first entry on the thread is JFTLOI, all additional entries must also be JFTLOI for the remainder of the challenge. Any entries undesignated at the end of a challenge will be deemed JFTLOI.
Note: We at the Starlite Café operate on the honor system and expect all writers to act accordingly. If it is discovered during a challenge that a poet has entered multiple Official entries under different pen names ALL entries, including the first official entry, will be disqualified from that week’s challenge. We want a level playing field for all challenge participants.
8. Official entries may be changed to JFTLOI; however, entries listed as JFTLOI may NOT later be changed to Official.
9. All entrants should either have an active e-mail address or their Starlite Private Messenger feature turned on in case there is a need to be contacted. Please see your Starlite Profile page for changing your preferences.
10. Those who enter officially are expected to be available to host the entirety of the challenge run should they win.
If an entrant feels they cannot complete the entire run of a challenge, the entrant MUST do one of the following:
o Change their official entry to JFTLOI immediately, if the current challenge has not yet ended;Exception: A Host going to be out of town (or otherwise unavailable) the first couple of days of a new challenge, but will return on or before the third day. If the host is ABSOLUTELY sure he or she and can catch up on all reading and commenting of OFFICIAL entries before the challenge run is over - this is allowed. The host must inform the Moderator of such as soon as possible so all can be aware of what is going on. If possible, the host should also post the delay it in the thread. You'd be surprised how quickly some people notice when the host is not commenting on writes.
o Contact the current Host, Facilitator and Moderators as soon as possible of the change in status;
o If your hosting has begun and you must drop out, you are to contact the current Host, the Moderator immediately. Resolutions will be arranged on a case-by-case basis.
11. Active participation by Host is a necessity to the Catch The Soaring Star Writing Challenge. If a host is noticed as not commenting on entries and not being active in the thread itself for two or more days he or she is considered inactive. The Moderator will make every effort to contact the host to ensure all is well via e-mail or Starlite Private Messenger. If there is no response from host after 24 hours of sending e-mails, HOSTING PRIVILEGES ARE THEN CONSIDERED FORFEIT and the Moderator will take over as interim Host. The Moderator must then read and comment on all OFFICIAL entries for the duration of the challenge and will choose the next Catch The Soaring Star winner.
12. Those that enter officially, are EXPECTED to do their part and actually return at the end of a challenge to see who won.
If you are the winner, please contact the Moderator IMMEDIATELY to set-up for the next challenge on time.
While, it is not required, if you did not win, it would be nice to offer congratulations to the winner.
13. When contacting the Moderator to set-up a challenge the following information is requested:
o If Host is new to Starlite a small bio. A selection of what is on the host’s Profile Page (if anything is there) will suffice. If Host is not new to Starlite but has not hosted CSS (or has not done so in a while), giving a small update on their life thus far is fine.The above bio information is not required, but really is nice to have, especially for those new to the Café and/or the Catch The Soaring Star Writing Challenge as a way of introduction.
The following information is REQUIRED:
o The chosen PHRASE for the challenge (See Rule 1 Above)14. To open hosting opportunities to as many poets as possible Hosts for Catch The Soaring Star Writing Challenge may oversee only ONE Starlite Writing Challenge at a time. They may not enter officially in another Starlite Writing Challenge until their active hosting duty of Catch The Soaring Star is complete. If a potential host already has his or her name as an official entrant for another Starlite Writing Challenge and wins and chooses to become host of Catch The Soaring Star, he or she must change all other Official entries in other challenges to JFTLOI or contact the Facilitators and/or Moderators of the other challenge to change or remove their entry from competition. Eligibility to post officially in another Starlite Writing Challenge starts again after their active hosting challenge of Catch The Soaring Star officially closes.
o A few lines on the source of their chosen phrase and/or what inspired them to choose it. When quoting directly from elsewhere (poems/songs/books etc…) the source information MUST be included in the introduction.
A person may host a Starlite Writing Challenge and a Form over Substance Challenge at the same time.
15. Hosts MUST READ AND COMMENT on all Official entries and/or the first JFTLOI entry by a poet. If time allows, they may also read and comment on additional submissions as the come.
16. The challenge ends on Wednesday at 6pm (US EST). If the current host must end the challenge earlier than 6pm, he or she must state their official closing time at the beginning of the challenge or as immediately as possible so everyone has a chance to note the time change.
17. The current challenge Host chooses the next Host. The criteria? In some way, that person’s (or persons’ – if a collaboration) entry especially touched the Host -- critically, emotionally, or intellectually.
The current Host must post the chosen winner and at least one runner-up (but no more than three names total) in the challenge thread no later than NOON Wednesday (US Eastern Standard/Daylight Time).
The Host MUST IMMEDIATELY e-mail (and/or private message) the winner of the challenge and also Moderator the names of the winner and runners-up in case it is needed.
18. The chosen winner MUST send their information (phrase, reference, bio etc...) to the Moderator as soon as possible so the challenge can be properly set up for Thursday (see Rule 12 Above).
If the chosen winner does not directly contact the Moderator by Thursday Noon (US EST), the right to host may be forfeit and the Moderator will contact the first runner-up to host.
19. If you are chosen as runner-up and 24 hours have elapsed since the winner was announced on the board DO NOT PRESUME you may jump in, become Host and start a challenge. Wait for direct contact from Moderator first; or email them for clarification.
20. Items that do not meet the requirements or follow the earnest spirit of these rules and/or are otherwise deemed disruptive or disrespectful to the thread and/or the challenge WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CHALLENGE by the Moderators. If it is felt an entry was removed unjustly from the challenge contact the Moderator Jade at djademc20@yahoo.com for reconsideration.
If there are questions or problems, please email the Moderator…
Jade at djademc20@yahoo.com .
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