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Whitemosquito, pls lets chat as soon as you can, you have to clarify some stuff for me, thanks.

kaya09:
I am not contesting their credibility,fyi having a story thread doesnt make you credible if dts your definition of credibility.I aired out my opinion and pointed out the same thing some other guys observed in thread,for example that zulu story although it is full of imageries and mindblowing descriptions but it broke every single rule,i kept searching for the connection to the new year,notwithstanding dt it ended tragically,i mean with the husband having hiv n all,d story doesnt just add up,n i wonder hw it scaled. dts just one example,no doubt some of the chosen stories are mindblowing too. The O.p goin for my jugular will do me no harm,maybe you are defending her cuz of vested interests,just my opinion tho.

Just to make things clear here,this thread is the comment thread for the main thread on flashfiction.So,you are free to use it positively i.e ask questions and express yourself.
Those who are of the notion that the competitors are using it to gain advantage are only wasting their time.If your piece is not good enough,the rules will screen you out.
Kaya09,you know nothing about whitey,so just be cool..U still be new-comer here,if you've read the main thread, she said " It's been exciting and entertaining
reading through each entry. What
raw creativity! All entries were
special, they spoke to me in several
ways; while some made me sober,
others saw me giggling into my
palm. Still some others caused me
to pause and daydream, till my
colleagues called me back to earth.
Lol.
One thing about all of them though-
I learned something new or was
reminded of something old. I truly
enjoyed the read"...
She went further to appreciate those that were screened out at the first stage " For those that did not make it
through this stage, please, do not
give up writing. You all have
something special, its a pity we were
constrained by the rules. I look
forward to seeing you pick up the
next Challenge...whenever that
comes"...
So kaya,dont be too quick to judge..by the way we are her 'faithfuls' *winks*

Bhenehdikt:
Just to make things clear here,this thread is the comment thread for the main thread on flashfiction.So,you are free to use it positively i.e ask questions and express yourself.
Those who are of the notion that the competitors are using it to gain advantage are only wasting their time.If your piece is not good enough,the rules will screen you out.
Kaya09,you know nothing about whitey,so just be cool..U still be new-comer here,if you've read the main thread, she said " It's been exciting and entertaining
reading through each entry. What
raw creativity! All entries were
special, they spoke to me in several
ways; while some made me sober,
others saw me giggling into my
palm. Still some others caused me
to pause and daydream, till my
colleagues called me back to earth.
Lol.
One thing about all of them though-
I learned something new or was
reminded of something old. I truly
enjoyed the read"...
She went further to appreciate those that were screened out at the first stage " For those that did not make it
through this stage, please, do not
give up writing. You all have
something special, its a pity we were
constrained by the rules. I look
forward to seeing you pick up the
next Challenge...whenever that
comes"...
So kaya,dont be too quick to judge..by the way we are her 'faithfuls' *winks*

you are doing a great job in your capacity as whitemosquito's spokesman.

martin92:
you are doing a great job in your capacity as whitemosquito's spokesman.

Lolz...Bro,calm down

martin92:
you are doing a great job in your capacity as whitemosquito's spokesman.

Dont mind that boy,thats hw they go around kissing pples feets. The truth is a bitter pill to swallow.

wow so happy I made it here all thanks to God.. team swiffer... dancing shoki with ma bnk manager

kaya09:
Dont mind that boy,thats hw they go around kissing pples feets. The truth is a bitter pill to swallow.

am not on your side,bro

Lol. Interesting. This thread seems to have attracted an ignoramus.

@ theorbiters; thanks for having my back. *smile*
@martin92, smh4u...*smile*

Repo, you've got pings.

If you like call me an ignoramus,if you like call me a hippopotamus,its your cup of tea Mrs "Gifted Writer". Call me when you win the pullitzer prize for Literature. Change your egotistical haughty self,it'l help you write better.

Attention: repogirl. Please, I do not mean to be rude, but I want to know why kuzaku wasn't in your list of confirmed entrants, even though kuzaku's story was posted by whitemosquito herself on page 1 of The White Mosquito Flash Fiction Challenge ? kuzaku wrote THE CHRISTMAS THAT CHANGED THE NEW YEAR.

Mobsync's Faceless Enemy was a damn fine story. Pity it was totally out of tune with the theme of the competition. I was surprised that it received no mention by whitemosquito, in putting up that longlist.

Sirchotas my thoughts exactly.

eillo's Yepala's price is another fine story. No grandiloquence to mask poverty of ideas anything like I saw some funny people do. Fine story, I tell you.

bleeps! Shugaryme's You Win Some might not be thah thang, but I feel it's good enough to have made the long list. I mean, there're far poorer pieces in the longlist. It's not like I'm trying to rebuke the judges or anything like that though, but heck! This thread is for us to air our opinions. Innit?

kaya09:
Sirchotas my thoughts exactly.

About Mobsync's Faceless Enemy?

Some entrants bleeped up big time, at least in my opinion. Golden rule of writing: Never use clichés. Remove them, all of them. Never fucking use them. They make your writing unoriginal. Abeg, never forget this.

Kaya09, calm down. I was part of the judges, and I have my reasons for the selections I submitted. Your saying that we were biased is unfair, for that is an untruth. I didn't choose any story because I knew its writer. As a matter of fact, I copied out the stories, made sure I read absent the monikers, chose the list by selecting the titles of the stories, then compared titles with monikers. I went to such stress really because I didn't want to be accused of favouritism...but here we are still.

And, isn't it wrong of us to accuse another person of being impolite when we are low on politesse? Questions like yours are bound to be asked, but it is wrong to directly accuse people or undermine another person's efforts in the course of doing so.

Theorbiters and Bhenehdikt, I love you guys' wisdom. Thanks for your comments and diplomacy. I would love to know you better.

Cheers!

LarrySun:
Kaya09, calm down. I was part of the judges, and I have my reasons for the selections I submitted. Your saying that we were biased is unfair, for that is an untruth. I didn't choose any story because I knew its writer. As a matter of fact, I copied out the stories, made sure I read absent the monikers, chose the list by selecting the titles of the stories, then compared titles with monikers. I went to such stress really because I didn't want to be accused of favouritism...but here we are still.

And, isn't it wrong of us to accuse another person of being impolite when we are low on politesse? Questions like yours are bound to be asked, but it is wrong to directly accuse people or undermine another person's efforts in the course of doing so.

Theorbiters and Bhenehdikt, I love you guys' wisdom. Thanks for your comments and diplomacy. I would love to know you better.

Cheers!

I am not trying to undermine your choices,but theres a pattern to this,the long list contains all the familiar names,maybe they are beta,but i choose to believe odawise. If your d one who chose all the stories,what criteria was that zulu story chosen on? To be honest that was the most offpoint story in the competition,kuzaku's story was dope bt didnt make it,beats my imagination i tell you. All d same your competition,your rules,your choices.

SirChotas:
Attention: repogirl. Please, I do not mean to be rude, but I want to know why kuzaku wasn't in your list of confirmed entrants, even though kuzaku's story was posted by whitemosquito herself on page 1 of The White Mosquito Flash Fiction Challenge ? kuzaku wrote THE CHRISTMAS THAT CHANGED THE NEW YEAR.

I guess it was a mistake on my part, didn't realize I ommitted his name, I should've been notified earlier. Apologies please.

And I already planned the number of shirts I was going to buy from this money...

Mtcheeeeeew
Here I was thinking in the future, I will be the second Nigerian to get a nobel price (Shey na wetin dem dey call) in writing after wole..
Mtcheeeeew!

Thanks for crushing my dreams

Sirchotas, I agree with you, some of the pieces left out were really good, but my job was to select the ones in adherence to the prompt, the next sets of judges can scrutinize the story, plot, setting, grammar and all what not but that wasn't my job.

kay09, the writers I picked were ones that I was convinced stuck quite a bit to the prompt they were given, that's what I was asked to do and that's what I did.

kaya09:
I am not trying to undermine your choices,but theres a pattern to this,the long list contains all the familiar names,maybe they are beta,but i choose to believe odawise. If your d one who chose all the stories,what criteria was that zulu story chosen on? To be honest that was the most offpoint story in the competition,kuzaku's story was dope bt didnt make it,beats my imagination i tell you. All d same your competition,your rules,your choices.

Bros, abeg, just drop it. This is the first time some people are even writing in this section, so I see no point for any bias decision.
Some stories may look good, just so that you wud get more clarity, can you please go and read the requirements for stage one and then compare and contrast with the stories. Remember, stage one has a rule and no matter how beautiful a story is or was, it must meet this rule. Nigerians won't read instructions, we just jump at everything. Most of us writers wrote off point I must say, but we scaled tru based on the rules for stage one. This doesn't mean we wud scale tru stage two.
Now, go back and read the requirements for stage one and then compare. If u are still indifferent, let us knw. Cheers!!!

theorbiters:
Bros, abeg, just drop it. This is the first time some people are even writing in this section, so I see no point for any bias decision.
Some stories may look good, just so that you wud get more clarity, can you please go and read the requirements for stage one and then compare and contrast with the stories. Remember, stage one has a rule and no matter how beautiful a story is or was, it must meet this rule. Nigerians won't read instructions, we just jump at everything. Most of us writers wrote off point I must say, but we scaled tru based on the rules for stage one. This doesn't mean we wud scale tru stage two.
Now, go back and read the requirements for stage one and then compare. If u are still indifferent, let us knw. Cheers!!!

My only reply for you,go n read that zulu story and tell me in your honest opinion if it deserves to have scaled thru.

kaya09:
My only reply for you,go n read that zulu story and tell me in your honest opinion if it deserves to have scaled thru.

Bros mi, just go tru the rules. That is why these judges where chosen for a reason. Not because a story looks awesome but because it must adhere to the rules stipulated. Have you ever seen an award winning essay or speech? They are the most boring ones u wud ever read but because they ticked all the right boxes of the rules governing it. Just read the rules again.

kaya09:
I am not trying to undermine your choices,but theres a pattern to this,the long list contains all the familiar names,maybe they are beta,but i choose to believe odawise. If your d one who chose all the stories,what criteria was that zulu story chosen on? To be honest that was the most offpoint story in the competition,kuzaku's story was dope bt didnt make it,beats my imagination i tell you. All d same your competition,your rules,your choices.

The most off-point? Really? Well, that is your opinion; as your 'most on-point' is too. We see things from different perspectives. Understand one thing, sir, this is just the first stage, none of the 'familiar' names may win in the end; and if a so-called 'familiar' name wins, respect the judges' decisions. You sure can't say they should be scratched off simply because they're familiar.

I'm not offended; you didn't undermine my choice as you did the work of the Zulu writer. I understand that even if you were the judge, some other people would rise to question your decision. It's the logic of life.

And, for all it's worth, I didn't make all the decisions.

Cheers!

I rest my case. Do what you feel is best.

repogirl:
I guess it was a mistake on my part, didn't realize I ommitted his name, I should've been notified earlier. Apologies please.

Yes. Please, I only want to ascertain that you actually did see Kuzaku's story and scrutinized it under the rules before it was judged to be incompliant with the rules. (It was in my own eyes) and not that you did not get to see it at all. Can you confirm this please? (Abeg no vex o, it's not that I take you to be too incompetent to carry out the task, I just wouldn't like a story that good to miss out on this thing as a result of a mistake. Thanks.)

theorbiters:
Bros mi, just go tru the rules. That is why these judges where chosen for a reason. Not because a story looks awesome but because it must adhere to the rules stipulated. Have you ever seen an award winning essay or speech? They are the most boring ones u wud ever read but because they ticked all the right boxes of the rules governing it. Just read the rules again.

Something tells me your not being totally honest,well i understand,seeing as you are involved. You said something about ticking d boxes,why i picked dt story is cuz it was a good story but it clearly went against d rules of d competition. Yes the writer talkd abt basket weaving and a sympathetic wife wishing her husband who had hiv would not die. No mention of the festivities or the new year. Not even a clue. How does it correlate? What makes it tick? Maybe i am myopic,but i just cannot see it. The only place the writer touched on was african culture. Go back n read it with an open mind.

Lol.
I was expecting this..and I haven't been disappointed.....

SirChotas, The first stage of moderation was about PLAGIARISM CHECKS and ADHERENCE TO RULES/PROMPTS.
Mobsync's entry was captivating, loved the imagery, even shared it amongst my followers... but the rules clearly said: Write about the Promise/excitement of the New year + include the African culture..The entry showed neither of these.
Same with kuzaku's.
All the entries that made the longlist are entries that MET THE RULES/GUIDELINES..that includes the Zulu story.
With all due respect, you're guilty of the same thing they did. You didn't read the fxcking rules.

@kaya09, I dont care for your tone.
For someone who claims to be sensitive to arrogance, you're coming off as a very snotty fellow,and an empty headed one at that. Your opinions about me doesn't affect the price of crayfish in China, So I really dont give a fxk.
What I would not tolerate is the insipid manner you talk down to the judges..From the bipolar trash you've been spewing since you discovered the comment button on this thread, you obviously know Jack about Literature; even a kindergarten student will write circles around your head. As far as artistic expression or appreciation is concerned, you can't hold a candle to anyone of the judges.
But hey, na where your sense reach, you don do reach...
Watch your attitude. And this is me saying it nicely.



To everyone else,
Yes, this thread was created for comments and feedback..doesn't mean we should be vile about it.. Please.

When last did you buy a phone and read its manual?..that's naija for you.
We dont look sometimes before we leap.
Who are these familiar names by the way?
Theorbiters that I do not even know before now,bhenehdikt that is a new-comer here or who..plz mention.
All because their names came out doesnt make them any better than those disqualified..I even have a feeling I might not scale through the next stage lolz...but it wont change anything,cuz as long as there is L.I.F.E we'll keep struggling to get better.
I do not know how you feel,but i'll just tell you to CALM down and let the judges do their work.
Believe me,its even you guys that's bringing these so-called "known" fellows to the hearing of the judges.

kaya09:
I rest my case. Do what you feel is best.

Well, I went back to read Kuzaku's piece; I admit, it's very nice, still, I couldn't find in it where the 'African' (sharp emphasis) culture is depicted.

LarrySun:
Well, I went back to read Kuzaku's piece; I admit, it's very nice, still, I couldn't find in it where the 'African' (sharp emphasis) culture is depicted.

I think it's high time I speak.

I depicted African culture in the mention of 'jollof rice'. Everyone knows Nigerians favour 'jollof rice' during celebrations and Christmas and New Year is not exccluded. Also, the mention of 'celebrations through your room's window'. In all my years as a Nigerian male,m almost everyone I know invites people to their home for a christmnas feast where 'jollof rice' and other dishes are served. I rest my case.