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Can I delete my contest?
As long as there are no entries to your contest, you can delete it.
- Start on the page for the contest you want to deelte.
- Choose edit under Editor Options
- Choose delete under Local Navigation
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How can I disqualify an entry?
You can remove any story from your contest, and send a note to the user about why.
- Start on the page for your contest
- Click on the title of the story that you want to delete
- Scroll down to the bottom of the story, you will see "An entry in the contest".
- Click Remove from contest
- A window will pop up asking for the reason you are removing it. This will be sent to the owner of the story.
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How do I choose a winner for my contest?
- Start on your contest page
- Click Judge contest under Editor Options
- To add stories to your finalists list:
- Click the title of a story entered in the contest
- Below the text of the story, click Add to finalists list under An entry in the contest. The link will change to 'Added'.
- To arrange the finalists list
- Click and hold on a story in the list and drag it to a new position above or below other stories.
- If nothing happens when you drag, try refreshing the screen with F5, or make sure you are using a supported web browser
- Click 'Reorder finalists'
- Any users who are collaborating with you on this contest can do this as well.
- To choose the final winners of the contest
- Make sure the stories are in the order you want them in. Gold first, then Silver, then Bronze, then Honorable mentions.
- Click Complete Contest. A section will open up explaining what will happen.
- Enter final notes for the contest, thanking people for entering, which parts were hard to judge, etc.
- Click End Contest and the prizes will be awarded and the contest closed.
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My contest doesn't have enough entries, and it has closed. What can I do?
As long as you haven't chosen a winner yet, you can edit it to re-open it.
- Start on the page for the contest you want to keep open longer
- Choose edit under Editor Options
- Update the date to be in the future
- Make sure the "Close automatically after X entries" is more than the current entries on the contest
- Consider updating the title or description to something more attractive to story writers
- Consider raising the point values of the awards
- Click Submit Contest at the bottom of the page.
- Your contest will now be open to new entries again.
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