6-26 theme: Open
7-3 theme: Wild animals
7-10 theme: erotica
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Upcoming Themes
2-20 submission weekend theme: Open
2-27 submission weekend theme: Voodoo
3-6 submission weekend theme: Ocean
2-27 submission weekend theme: Voodoo
3-6 submission weekend theme: Ocean
Friday, January 29, 2010
Upcoming Themes
1-30 theme: Poetry (sub does NOT have to be a poem.)
2-6 theme: Zombies
2-13 theme: Were____ (wolves, bears, chihuahuas)
2-6 theme: Zombies
2-13 theme: Were____ (wolves, bears, chihuahuas)
Friday, December 11, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Tweet the Meat News. Back to normal... Upcoming Themes
Hey Tweet the Meaters....
After a few hectic weeks out in the big, bad real world, things are finally settling down. Halloween is over, winter is settling in (as I type this, it's 90 degrees outside my window), and the holiday season approaches fast.
Once again we'd like to thank all the judges, sponsors, and entrants in our Annual contest. Over the next few days we hope to have the official blog all updated with the bios from the last couple weeks. When it gets too busy, it's always the last thing to be updated as the Twitter stream itself is always the first priority.
Some of the upcoming themes:
11-7 Theme: Winter
11-14 Theme: Gore
11-21 Theme: Holidays
After a few hectic weeks out in the big, bad real world, things are finally settling down. Halloween is over, winter is settling in (as I type this, it's 90 degrees outside my window), and the holiday season approaches fast.
Once again we'd like to thank all the judges, sponsors, and entrants in our Annual contest. Over the next few days we hope to have the official blog all updated with the bios from the last couple weeks. When it gets too busy, it's always the last thing to be updated as the Twitter stream itself is always the first priority.
Some of the upcoming themes:
11-7 Theme: Winter
11-14 Theme: Gore
11-21 Theme: Holidays
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
What? You wanted more prizes?! We got more prizes!
The Prizes:
First Place: $20
+ A copy of Issue #1 of Shock Totem autographed by Mercedes Yardley and Kurt Newton
+ A physical copy of Shimmerzine's Clockwork Jungle Book Special Issue
Second Place: $5
Third through Sixth Place: $2
First Place: $20
+ A copy of Issue #1 of Shock Totem autographed by Mercedes Yardley and Kurt Newton
+ A physical copy of Shimmerzine's Clockwork Jungle Book Special Issue
Second Place: $5
Third through Sixth Place: $2
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
The Tweet the Meat First Annual Halloween Jerky Tweet Contest
The Rules:
•One entry per person.
•Anyone may enter.
•140 characters or less.
•Must not be previously published, even on your own Twitter stream
•The theme is open.
•Open: Saturday 10/17
•Close: 11:59 PM Saturday 10/24 Pacific Time
• Send entries to Tweetthemeat@gmail.com subject: Contest Entry
• Include a Twitter-length bio like you would with a normal submission.
•Entry constitutes acceptance of Tweet the Meat's guidelines
The Prizes:
First Place: $20
+ A copy of Issue #1 of Shock Totem autographed by Mercedes Yardley and Kurt Newton
+ A physical copy of Shimmerzine's Clockwork Jungle Book Special Issue
Second Place: $5
Third through Sixth Place: $2
The Judging:
Judges will be announced after the submission period is over. The regular Tweet the Meat editors will choose a batch of their favorites and will send these on, stripped of bios, to the judges who will rank their top 6. From these rankings, the winners will be determined.
Winners will NOT be notified in advance.
The winners will be announced by the publication of their entry on Tweet the Meat
Monday, October 26th - 6th Place will publish
Tuesday, October 27th - 5th Place will publish
Wednesday, October 28th - 4th Place will publish
Thursday, October 29th - 3rd Place will publish
Friday, October 30th - 2nd Place will publish
Saturday, October 31st - The Grand Prize Winner will publish
Prizes will be officially awarded the first week of November. Cash prizes will be awarded via Paypal. If you don't have Paypal, an Amazon.com gift certificate will be purchase on your behalf.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Tweet the Meat News: A special announcement
We're going to have a couple changes in the coming weeks, just for the month of October.
First off, the open-themed submission period coming up this weekend 10/3 will remain open all week until 10/9. Instead of 5 entries, you are limited to 10 entries.
We are going to accept double the amount of stories that week.
We are doing this because there will be no submission period the weekend of 10/24.
And we are doing that because Our 10/17 submission window will be a special week.
The theme will be open. You will be limited to one entry a person.
And there will be prizes. Oh yes, there will be prizes.
More details coming soon.
If you would like to be a contest sponsor by donating a prize (Your book, magazine, membership, beef jerky, etc., or money... sweet, sweet money...) please email us at tweetthemeat(at)gmail.com with 'sponsor' in the subject line. All sponsors will be acknowledged all week long in a special banner on the Twitter page.
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First off, the open-themed submission period coming up this weekend 10/3 will remain open all week until 10/9. Instead of 5 entries, you are limited to 10 entries.
We are going to accept double the amount of stories that week.
We are doing this because there will be no submission period the weekend of 10/24.
And we are doing that because Our 10/17 submission window will be a special week.
The theme will be open. You will be limited to one entry a person.
And there will be prizes. Oh yes, there will be prizes.
More details coming soon.
If you would like to be a contest sponsor by donating a prize (Your book, magazine, membership, beef jerky, etc., or money... sweet, sweet money...) please email us at tweetthemeat(at)gmail.com with 'sponsor' in the subject line. All sponsors will be acknowledged all week long in a special banner on the Twitter page.
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Tweet the Meat News: Cold Ethyl and a change to the Guidelines
This weekend 8/22's theme is Open/No Theme!
If the Guinness Book of World Records has an entry for 'Most Necrophilia-Themed Stories Read in a Single Sitting,' I'm fairly certain we would have a shot at winning.
Almost 50% of you took to the True Love theme as an invitation to relate to us your sex/love/relationships with a corpse stories. A good shower was needed after the first round of readings.
As of this moment we are not yet done with the submissions, so if you haven't heard from us yet, that's okay. We'll get to you soon.
We are requesting an additional right for all future stories, and it has been added to the guidelines. We are asking for non-exclusive print anthology rights. The reasons for this will become apparent in the next couple of weeks. However, if any future Tweet the Meaters are uncomfortable with this, they may choose to opt-out at the time of acceptance without fear of us rescinding our offer to publish that or any future tweet. If you have any questions about this, please email us at tweetthemeat(at)gmail(dot)com.
Total submissions this week: 90
Subs where the "Love" was no longer with us: 42
Thread and needle used to sew up parts: 5
Same-sex love stories: 4
Interspecies love stories: 3
Where that species was a turtle: 1
If the Guinness Book of World Records has an entry for 'Most Necrophilia-Themed Stories Read in a Single Sitting,' I'm fairly certain we would have a shot at winning.
Almost 50% of you took to the True Love theme as an invitation to relate to us your sex/love/relationships with a corpse stories. A good shower was needed after the first round of readings.
As of this moment we are not yet done with the submissions, so if you haven't heard from us yet, that's okay. We'll get to you soon.
We are requesting an additional right for all future stories, and it has been added to the guidelines. We are asking for non-exclusive print anthology rights. The reasons for this will become apparent in the next couple of weeks. However, if any future Tweet the Meaters are uncomfortable with this, they may choose to opt-out at the time of acceptance without fear of us rescinding our offer to publish that or any future tweet. If you have any questions about this, please email us at tweetthemeat(at)gmail(dot)com.
Total submissions this week: 90
Subs where the "Love" was no longer with us: 42
Thread and needle used to sew up parts: 5
Same-sex love stories: 4
Interspecies love stories: 3
Where that species was a turtle: 1
Friday, August 7, 2009
Tweet the Meat News: Grinding the organs in music week
Tonight's theme: Fairy Tales.
Just a quick note that we're done with the week's submissions. We're having a hectic week in the real life which translates to get-to-it-as-soon-as-we-can in the Tweet the Meat World. That also means the blog itself tends to get neglected, but we'll update it as soon as we can.
If you haven't heard from us, please feel free to query.
Total Submissions this week: 102
Body parts used as strings for guitars/pianos/other instruments: 9
Bodies placed inside of instruments: 5
"Iron Maiden:" 3
"Organ Grinders:" 6
Violin music as a central theme: 12
Thanks for your continued support
Just a quick note that we're done with the week's submissions. We're having a hectic week in the real life which translates to get-to-it-as-soon-as-we-can in the Tweet the Meat World. That also means the blog itself tends to get neglected, but we'll update it as soon as we can.
If you haven't heard from us, please feel free to query.
Total Submissions this week: 102
Body parts used as strings for guitars/pianos/other instruments: 9
Bodies placed inside of instruments: 5
"Iron Maiden:" 3
"Organ Grinders:" 6
Violin music as a central theme: 12
Thanks for your continued support
Friday, July 24, 2009
Doing the electric slide with sheep and sparks and zombies (Oh my!)
This weekend's theme: The Wind
We were pleasantly surprised with the electric-themed submissions this week. Sometimes when we come up with specific themes, we get worried that it's too out there or strange or unspecific or too specific for the stories to be of high quality.
Electrocutions, power tools, and zombies doing the Electric Slide. That was the theme this week. Good job, everybody.
We are done with the submissions this week.
Total Submissions: 92
Subs with the words "Electric Slide" in them: 6
Subs with "Electric Sheep" in them: 5
Number of electric chairs: 8
Number of wall socket deaths: 8
Electric eels: 3
Times the word "Spark" or "Sparky" appeared: 22
The Wind
We were pleasantly surprised with the electric-themed submissions this week. Sometimes when we come up with specific themes, we get worried that it's too out there or strange or unspecific or too specific for the stories to be of high quality.
Electrocutions, power tools, and zombies doing the Electric Slide. That was the theme this week. Good job, everybody.
We are done with the submissions this week.
Total Submissions: 92
Subs with the words "Electric Slide" in them: 6
Subs with "Electric Sheep" in them: 5
Number of electric chairs: 8
Number of wall socket deaths: 8
Electric eels: 3
Times the word "Spark" or "Sparky" appeared: 22
The Wind
Thursday, July 16, 2009
We got the submissions... they are Hot! Hot! Hot!
Next weekend's theme: "Electric"
Hot theme was smokin'. The overwhelming motif was, once again, people eating people. And people like their meat cooked. We are done combing through the multiple submissions, so if you haven't heard from us, please let us know.
Total Submissions - 89
Nuclear blasts - 12
People consumed because they were cooked - 34
The character count of the longest submission - 5055
Paris Hilton "That's Hot"-themed subs - 4
"Hot Crossed Buns" being taken literally - 3
Hot theme was smokin'. The overwhelming motif was, once again, people eating people. And people like their meat cooked. We are done combing through the multiple submissions, so if you haven't heard from us, please let us know.
Total Submissions - 89
Nuclear blasts - 12
People consumed because they were cooked - 34
The character count of the longest submission - 5055
Paris Hilton "That's Hot"-themed subs - 4
"Hot Crossed Buns" being taken literally - 3
Next weekend's theme: "Electric"
Friday, July 10, 2009
Open Theme Stats
Tonight's theme: Hot!
It's been a long week, my friends. I like these occasional open-themed weekends because of the diverse stories. We had a difficult time picking the best stories, and that led to the traditional last-minute delay. As always we appreciate all of you who continue to support us with your submissions and donations.
Total submissions: 79
Cannibal-themed subs: 12
Submissions in English: 78
People who asked "Pretty please" to be accepted: 1
Subs about rabbits: 3
It's been a long week, my friends. I like these occasional open-themed weekends because of the diverse stories. We had a difficult time picking the best stories, and that led to the traditional last-minute delay. As always we appreciate all of you who continue to support us with your submissions and donations.
Total submissions: 79
Cannibal-themed subs: 12
Submissions in English: 78
People who asked "Pretty please" to be accepted: 1
Subs about rabbits: 3
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