Hello, iKïyå§ama!

I'm offering you this review in celebration of Earth Day, which is marked on the 22^nd April every year. Thank you for being aware of our planet and the environment.

What I liked

I love that you've taken the time to run this activity which encourages WDC members not only to think about environmentail issues, but also leads to other WDC members not involved directly in the challenge being encouraged with their writing relating to the environment. That's awesome!

I particularly like the links you provide to other websites that promote green policies. Great idea.

The fact that you offer great prizes and allow a wide range of different levels and types of involvement with the activity is wonderful.

The overall appearance of the forum page is welcoming and attractive.

With the specific review images and review group etc, you've really put a lot of thought into the set up of this contest.

What might need work

This is a really important activity, so I feel it could have been advertised a bit more in advance, in particularly I would have liked to have seen all the preceding newsletters of every kind mentioning Earth Day in their write up and perhaps refering to famous poems etc, eg. Fantasy could have referenced any novels which reflect on the destruction of the Earth by humans, such as The 100, Poetry could have mentioned Robert Frost's Fire and Ice etc. I'm sure that you're friends with many newsletter authors and could have enlisted their support with this.

When I arrived to join up, I felt that the actual start time of the writing/creative element was unclear and felt it necessary to ask for clarification. Maybe make it clearer in the rules. It's not a problem in the "review" section, where the start time and date is clear, but in the "crative" section, where the end time is clear, but not the start time.

The division between "poetry in 20 lines or less OR fiction, article (non-fiction) or prose (1,000 words or less)" is, to me, confusing. As far as I'm aware, any writing that isn't poetry is, by definition, prose, whether it's factual or fictional. Perhaps just state: "poetry in 20 lines or less OR fiction, article (non-fiction) or short story (1,000 words or less)", and similar for instructions on how to post entries to the forum.

When the challenge was first opened, a selection of WINNERS were highlighted in the forum. Casual visitors to the forum may, therefore, have incorrectly believed that the activity had already ended. I recommend that next time you run this activity you make it clear that the winners on display are LAST TIME'S WINNERS.

I hope these suggestions prove useful.

Thank you for sharing!

Best wishes,

Bob