The Self-Appreciation Challenge

Greetings Vocalites!!! 👋🏻👋👋🏽👋🏿

It’s been a while since I last put together an unofficial Vocal challenge. It is with pleasure I announce The Self-Appreciation Challenge.

In a nutshell the goal of this challenge is to write about Ten Things You Appreciate About Yourself.

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It can be anything from the sublime, humorous, embarrassing, or intellectual. Accomplishments, personality traits, physical abilities, and so forth.

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This will be a fun way to let the Vocal community know more about YOU and give you yet another opportunity to stretch your creative writing abilities.

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There will be three prizes!!!

🥇First Prize will receive a $50 tip

🥈Second Prize a $30 tip

🥉Third Prize a $20 tip

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How will the winners be determined?

I have assembled a panel of four judges. We will read each entry and judge the entries in the four areas as follows:

1. Originality/Uniqueness/Creativity
2. Well-Structured and Engaging Content
3. Adherence to Theme/Prompt
4. Proofreading/Grammar/Punctuation/Structure

We will grade on a 1 to 10 scale with one being a low score and ten being the high score.

Each judge will have the opportunity to give their favorite story an additional 3 points.

The maximum amount of points any story can receive from one judge is 43. With a cumulative maximum of 172 points.

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The word limit is 600 to 800 words

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Your entries should be published in the Humans community here on Vocal.

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Please add a link back to this challenge in your entry.

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This challenge will run from Thursday April 24th through Thursday May 15th. The results will be posted on Thursday June 12th.

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Please leave the link to your entries in the comments section of this announcement.

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AI generated content will not be accepted.

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Let me introduce to YOU the judges

(listed in alphabetical order by first name)

Lamar Wiggins: Lamar has been writing with Vocal since February 2021. He is versatile in his writing style and the topics he writes about are equally varied from poetry to horror and everything in between.

Lamar is a well decorated Vocalite having placed as a runner-up in five official Vocal challenges and has received two honorable mentions. He recently earned First Place in the 500 Word Shockwave Challenge.

Lamar is well regarded within the Vocal community and is a Senior Admin with the Facebook group Vocal + Assist.

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Lana V Lynx: Lana joined Vocal in June 2021 and has published more than 400 stories and has placed as a runner up in two Vocal challenges. Lana is well-known for her political satire series: Moscow Calling.

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Rick Henry Christopher: Joined Vocal in May 2021 as an outlet for dealing with the loss of his brother, Chris. Writing became a way to escape and cope with the pain.

As of April 2025 RHC has published 311 stories to Vocal and has achieved 62 Top Stories and has placed as a runner-up in two official challenges.

Rick is best known for his Best Of music lists and his recurring “Blackbird Fly” series.

Rick created and developed the popular Facebook group Vocal + Assist as a means of bringing Vocalites together and to foster more reads for their writing.

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Tiffany Gordon: Tiffany describes herself as being super spiritual. Her spirituality is quite evident with her many spiritual poems and uplifting stories.

Tiffany is one of the most beloved and popular creators on Vocal and is known for her lighthearted Barbie doll family stories.

Tiffany is an alumni of the Institute of Children’s Literature. Some of her published works are geared toward teens and young readers with themes that guide the young toward a safe and healthy lifestyle.

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Thank you Vocalites! We look forward to reading your entries! 🙂

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With Love, RHC ❤️

With Love, RHC