Notes and Gracenotes: A New Website for Writers
I participated in the first contest the website had and the experience was a good one.
I was searching writing gigs on craigslist in early September when I stumbled upon an advertisement for a new website: Notes and Gracenotes. This is a new site for writers. It boasts a monthly competition in the areas of Fiction, Nonfiction, Screenplay and Poetry. The entrance fee is $8 and you could win $50 or more (prize goes up as more people join). This is a brand new site so, except for the contest, there’s not much else going on. The hope is to have a classified section for writers, writing tips, and an online community.
Intrigued, and looking for online opportunities, I went to the site and checked it out and it seemed pretty legit. There was a welcome message and one or two people had already registered. I’ve never been apart of the beginning of a website before so decided to risk it and submit a screenplay.
I decided to hastily copy and paste my latest short script, “Awkward Dinner” in as a submission. I grew to regret my decision because it wasn’t formatted correctly and read much more like a stage play than a screenplay. I wrote it like that on purpose to make it easier to film, I was also shooting the movie myself, but didn’t realize how bland it would come off as a script. In short, I did not win.
However, I did get some excellent feedback from the judges. After the contest was concluded, I was emailed a very nice but blunt critique of my submission. I knew I’d goofed by sending in the one I did but I appreciated the critique for the good and bad things it had to say about my screenplay. It was honest and helpful.
I know writers hate to pay money for contests. I look at it as an acceptable expense. Contests give you exposure and may help with your career, but the people running them need to eat too, so I don’t mind throw a couple of bucks their way. If money’s an issue right now, and it is for most of us I think, then you may want to visit the site and comment on other peoples work. There’s also a section where you can upload your work for free to get comments.
I would highly recommend Notes and Gracenotes to any anyone interested in making your work more visible. If nothing else, browse around the site. There are a few helpful links for writers and some links to other comeptitions. It’s a site in it’s newborn stages. I believe it will grow and give a new voice to writers.
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October 16th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Thank you. It is always good to be made aware of new sites. This one might be huge someday. I certainly wish you great success.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Thanks for info. Good article.
October 16th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
great and very informative article
October 16th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Ill have to go check out the site, maybe Ill see you there.
October 16th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Always nice to have options. Thanks for this one Bozni
October 16th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Good luck with your contest!
October 16th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Hey Bozsi Rose, looks like an interesting site, thank you for sharing! If you like this, here is another site that you will love is StoryMash.com. Check it out!
October 16th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Thanks for the info. It is good to know.
October 16th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Sounds like something to check out. Thanks for the info.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Sounds interesting. I’ll have to check it out.
October 17th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Very interesting. One thing is that I feel like it takes more of a passion than hardwork on the new site.
October 17th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Bozsi, thanks for the tip.
October 21st, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Bozsi,
Thanks for sharing about your experiences with Notes and Grace Notes. I will check it out.
Sincerely,
Chris
October 31st, 2008 at 5:16 pm
‘m gonna check it out! Thanks!
November 5th, 2008 at 11:10 am
How cool. Thanks for this tip. The judges comments sound great. A lot of big contests charge an arm and a leg for that.
December 5th, 2008 at 6:53 am
Sounds like a challenge, will check it out, thanks.
December 21st, 2008 at 7:18 am
Good article!