The Premise
Well, now you want to know what this is all about, right? I mean, I did just venerate this contest as superior to all other contests in the history of WF contests (of course, you must realize that I am highly arrogant and concieted and thus think that anything I do must be superior to anyone elses)
So, what is it about?
This contest is going to last for four rounds. Four rounds of brutality and slaughter, you might say.
How it works?
Round One
The first round is like everything you've ever seen before. You will write a story for me. It will be a good story, a lovely story, or else I will disqualify you. And I mean that very seriously. I am going to read and critique and COPY every story you write. You will not be allowed to edit any of your stories after you post them. If I feel you have not edited before you posted, DISQUALIFIED. After I have recieved my total number of entrants, I will end the first round. Be forwarned though, the first round is the least cutthroat.
It is all too likely that, at the end of round one, I will cut many from the contest. How many remains to be seen. If I think all of the works have been worked on sufficiently before being posted, I will cut few. If I think there are many stories that were posted haphazardly and foolishly, I will cut many. The end of round one is the beginning of the real contest.
Round Two
Round two is where the fun begins.
YOU will critique each others works. Now do you understand what I meant by student/teacher? I will use a random generator of sorts (probably names out of a hat) to choose who will critique whose work. You will then critique said person's work.
The critique can be in any form, any way, any how. I don't care. But it will be done IN THIS THREAD! Any critique given or recieved outside of this thread is grounds for immediate disqualification. I mean this very seriously.
Then, the critiqued will grade the critiquer. They will tell them (IN THIS THREAD) what they think about the critique. They will tell them what they think about their own story. They will operate like a two way street of sorts. The critique can continue for more than one post. If the critiquer thinks they have something else to add to the critiqued, they may add it. When all are finished, the critiqued person will PM a grade to me.
I will also be grading critiques. I will be sending PMs to people about their critiques. What I thought was good. What I thought was bad. Etc.
Round Three
Guess where this picks up? You are not expected to edit after round two. Another person will critique your work. This round will continue as round two did until all critiques are finished.
At the end of round three, all stories should have been given two peer critiques, one critique by me, and one critique by any judges willing.
Round Four
Edit. You will edit your stories to my and other people's critiques.
That is the end of the contest. Perhaps I will throw in a third round of critiques, perhaps not. At the end, I will choose the winner on several criteria.
Criterion A: How well their original story was written.
Criterion B: How well you critique others. (this will be an average score)
Criterion C: How wel you recieve and grade critiques.
Criterion D: How much you improve and how well you edit.
The winner will be decided after all rounds are complete.
Not too hard is it?