Comments on: 20 Tips For Winning Writing Contests

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:51:22 +0000

Great tips on winning writing contests. I used to entry poetry contests, and I entered a short story contest. Winning a contest can depend on what the judges like to read.

By: Josephine Verneuil

Josephine Verneuil — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:41:53 +0000

Quoting Simon Kewin “Different versions of Word will rarely produce documents that look “completely different”. Mostly they will look the same I’d say.”

An oft-overlooked setting which does cause havoc to any Word file is the default printer.
For reasons totally beyond common sense, Word links the layout of the page to the printing settings of the default printer. Change your current printer to a new one and you can get quite some money by betting on the layout having changed.
We have two suppliers of printers in our office and just moving up or down one floor does make the same document look different.

Add this the rules for widows, orphans and if the font is available on the judge’s computer and yes, documents can look very different indeed.
Pdf is a great format, the document will be displayed exactly the same be it on Windows PC, Linux or Mac.

By: Maeve Maddox

Maeve Maddox — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:51:48 +0000

DOH!
I should have caught that one.

By: Mauro Mello Jr.

Mauro Mello Jr. — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:43:32 +0000

“At the same time it is easy to make *an avoidable mistakes and miss out.”

Proofread, proofread and do it again…

By: Simon Kewin

Simon Kewin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:00:58 +0000

Birion,

I think that’s overstating it. Different versions of Word will rarely produce documents that look “completely different”. Mostly they will look the same I’d say. What you should do, of course, is follow the instructions provided by the competition rules.