User blog:Roboflight/The Nightly

before I get into the jazz about the nightly and how it's all going to work out for this season, I just have a quick question I'd like to ask you all;

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE NEW HOME PAGE?

I'm still in the process of the makeover but the greatest challenge, being the homepage is complete so I'm halfway there! c:

Also, you may have noticed some of the colors are off(there's a scarletty thing that keeps popping up on the sides) and I am less than pleased to inform you that Wikia is shitting me up again. As soon as it decides to cooperate however, I have a slightly different color scheme and a kewl new background for this place! (I actually /really/ did like the old background but there's some company name printed on it which makes it look rather improfessional :/)

So, let's get to the juice;

Story Competition:
Linked to the Nightly shall be three stories(we will have a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place) which shall be the victors of our short story competition! If you wish to join the short-story competition all you need do is sign up in the comments. Here are the requisites for your story:
 * 1) Must be concerning NightClan
 * 2) It can't be longer than 2000 words
 * 3) Has to take place during the season of leafbare
 * 4) Main character has to be one of your cats/NightClan as a whole
 * 5) The theme of the story must be family/gratitude/celebration or any theme that correlates with the holidays!
 * 6) All entries are due by December 5th

We will also be taking four judges; two staff and two nonstaff. (Please keep in mind that if you are not staff you can only judge in one category). The judges will be hired on a first-come first-serve basis. If you want to be a judge, here is what you must do:
 * 1) Request to be one in the comments
 * 2) Wait until the 5th on which I shall be messaging you with your entries to grade
 * 3) Give each entry a score out of 10
 * 4) Post each entries score on a comment on this blog so that I can keep track of them
 * 5) You must be finished with your judging by December 10th

Judges
Staff: 

Non-Staff: 

Poetry Competition:
Posted on the Nightly shall be three poems(we will have a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place) which shall be the victors of our poetry competition! If you wish to join the poetry competition all you need do is sign up in the comments. Here are the requisites for your poem:
 * 1) Must be concerning NightClan
 * 2) It can't be longer than 50 lines
 * 3) Has to take place during the season of leafbare
 * 4) Main character has to be one of your cats/NightClan as a whole
 * 5) The theme of the story must be family/gratitude/celebration or any theme that correlates with the holidays!
 * 6) All entries are due by December 5th

We will also be taking four judges; two staff and two nonstaff. (Please keep in mind that if you are not staff you can only judge in one category). The judges will be hired on a first-come first-serve basis. If you want to be a judge, here is what you must do:


 * 1) Request to be one in the comments
 * 2) Wait until the 5th on which I shall be messaging you with your entries to grade
 * 3) Give each entry a score out of 10
 * 4) Post each entries score on a comment on this blog so that I can keep track of them
 * 5) You must be finished with your judging by December 10th

Judges
Staff: 

Non-Staff: 

Cat Competition:
The quickest competition, to be done within fifteen minutes, is a cat competition! In the comments below create a cat including the following information:

---All cats MUST be posted in the comments by December 5th
 * 1) Name
 * 2) Rank(no leaders/deputies/medicine cats)
 * 3) Age(in moons)
 * 4) Appearance
 * 5) Personality
 * 6) History
 * 7) Apprentice/Mentor(if any)
 * 8) Family(if any)
 * 9) A picture

DO NOT make a page for this cat or put them on the Join the Clan page. Simply make a comment including the latter mentioned information about them. The judges will be looking for a cat who does the best job capturing the spirit of NightClan during the duration of the winter season, as well as a character that is somewhat realistic.

The first and second place cats will be posted on the Nightly and the first place will have their cat made into an actual member of NightClan!

This event will have two judges; one staff and one non-staff(Please keep in mind that if you are not staff you can only judge in one category). If you wish to be a judge indicate so in the comments; the staff will be picked on a first-come first-serve basis however the non-staff judge shall be handpicked by me[all non-staff judge applications are due by December 1st!] The two judges will read through the applications and speak together to decide which is the best among them, and which should take second place.

Judges
Staff: 

Non-Staff: 

NightClan Picture:
Included in the Nightly shall be a group picture of NightClan(each user will get to pick one cat to put in the picture alongside the leader, deputies and medicine cats). I know there are many who want to draw this picture so I thought we would have a small competition in order to decide whom the honor would belong to!

If you are interested in drawing NightClan’s winter picture, we are going to request a sample of your work so we can compare it to that of the others whom are interested and decide who should be able to make the picture that will be featured on the front page of the nightly!

If you are interested in drawing a NightClan winter picture here is what you must do:
 * 1) Indicate that you are interested in the comments.
 * 2) Draw a sample piece of artwork. There must be at least one cat in it but besides that feel free to make it look however you please.
 * 3) Have this sample done by December 1st
 * 4) Wait for the samples to be judged and IF you are chosen to draw NightClan’s Group winter picture set up a blog asking people to submit their cat which they would like to have in the picture
 * 5) Keep taking applications for the picture until December 10th
 * 6) Draw the picture and have it done by December 20th

ALL MEMBERS OF THE NIGHTCLAN COMMUNITY ARE ELIGIBLE TO JUDGE THIS EVENT. Even if you are judging another event, you are allowed to participate in the judging of this one as well. Starting December 1st, when the samples are due, anyone can stop by my message board to declare which of the samples were their favorite. ALL USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO DO THIS AS THIS PICTURE IS TO BE FEATURED ACROSS THE WIKI.

Quote of the Season:
If you have a quote suggestion please indicate so in the comments. All quotes must be directly from a roleplay and must be submitted by December 1st

Couple of the Season:
If there are any couples you would like to nominate please do so in the comments below! All couples must be nominated by December 1st

News:
If there is any news you would like for us to include in the Nightly please mention it in the comments below. All news must be submitted by December 5th

Advertisements:
If there is anything you would like to advertise please indicate so in the comments below. All advertisement requests must be submitted by December 5th.

Any ideas?
If you have any we’d LOVE to take them so please pile us up c: