Over at win_non_con there's about to be a viewing party of... looks like Monster Movie. DVD's spin at 6PM Pacific, 9pm Eastern.

The Guess the Scene is still on and continuing for about five hours and the Worst First Lines writing contest in which there is a risk of prizes is on its third round, so if you want to purge your badfic urges, get over there and ( Read more... )

It's that time again!

For those of us who are unable to attend Wincon for whatever reason, there is an online convention option. The parallel-running annual win_non_con is running again for the ... fifth year I believe. Weekend plans include live watching, "Guess the Scene", "Caption This", and the infamous Bulwinchester-Lytton Worst First Lines writing ( Read more... )

The win_non_con Wrap-up post is up, there are a few non-contest threads open for a while yet. All in all, my first experience co-modding an event like that was at times nerve-wracking and easily as disruptive to my sleep cycle as being in a Treasure Hunt, and actually quite a lot more fun than I anticipated! Would mod again, maybe. *nods ( Read more... )

For those interested, Guess the Scene is now open at win_non_con (It's like Pictionary). The Caption Voting poll will be up in a short while, and the final round of the Worst First lines contest is closed, and semi-final voting has begun on that.

ETA: Caption contest Poll is up! VOTE HERE! Poll closes at 4pm Eastern, and is looking like it's gonna require a ( Read more... )

Time is running out to participate in the win_non_con Caption Contest or Worst First Line writing contest

The prize for each is two months paid LJ time, so get your entries in while you can. These are publicly voted on, and Voting polls will go up shortly after the entries close.

Besides Comment-fic, the Missing Scenes Fic Challenge, and the Treasure Hunt now in some kind of progress, here's some of what's going on at win_non_con:

* Caption contest (I stayed up literally all night finding screencaps, so some of them are a bit goofy.)

* Drabble Chain (this one is the gen-only one, there's a slash one as well) The concept is people ( Read more... )

If anyone is at all even slightly considering joining the win_non_con Treasure hunt, PM amy_star_ immediately. The sign-up post was picked up late by the Newsletter and word never really got out. Only three people signed up by the deadline and as a result the Treasure Hunt may be CANCELLED ( Read more... )

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Okay, I know I met a few of you through the win_non_con Treasure Hunts, so I have a request.

Here's the sign-up post for this year's Hunt. Sign ups close... tonight at midnight I think, and so far there's only TWO people signed up. TWO! You know how much fun these things are, you know what an intense fit of creative, cracky madness it is! Those two people ( Read more... )

For those interested, the sign-ups for the win_non_con Treasure Hunt are now open! Sign-ups are only open until sometime Thursday, so if you want to join in, get your name into the hat pronto ( Read more... )