Brigits Flame
Brigits Flame (AKA "The Flame") is, when boiled down to its core, a monthly writing contest. Members sign up at the beginning of the month to play. Each week, a topic is posted for the contestants to write on. At the end of the week, at deadline, we stop accepting new entries and a poll is set up with links to all submitted entries. Voting generally runs from Friday afternoon to Monday at noon.
When the voting period ends, the top 50% of the competing authors advance (based on the number of votes each piece received). On the final week (week 4), the entry with the most votes wins, and its author is declared the winner for the entire month. The winner gets their name up in lights in the profile page and on the sidebar forever!
Beyond this, there are many other ways to enjoy the community. Chatter posts go up six days a week, aa daily question. In the chatter post, members talk and get to know each other as they discuss their feelings and opinions. Addtionally, anyone writing a piece on the weekly topic – whether for the competition or just for fun- can have each of their entries carefully edited twice by our excellent team of editors. A "cheer squad" has been organized to make sure everyone has had their pieces read and commented on. Between the occasional mini contests, art contests, NOMinaitons and other community goings on, it seems like there's always something happening here.
This FAQ is here to help you. However, if you have any specific questions you'd like to ask, please ask lacombe, desert_rose, firesign10, or any of the other moderators, and we'll get to you as soon as we can. We're here to listen and help!