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Post by Roughtiger on Oct 29, 2010 20:41:36 GMT -5
Thank you Droplet!
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Post by Kit on Oct 29, 2010 20:46:39 GMT -5
Thank you Droplet! ^__^
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Post by be2aware on Oct 30, 2010 20:25:12 GMT -5
Thanks so much!
Now to get my next story done ASAP. Don't want to have to switch to writing Christmas story before it's finished XD
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Post by Bianca <3 on Nov 1, 2010 15:12:20 GMT -5
Thank you so much Droplet!
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Post by Shadyy on Nov 10, 2010 11:56:42 GMT -5
Question about entries for the christmas issue: can you actually mention "christmas" or is it supposed to be "Day/month of Giving"?
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Post by Herdy on Nov 10, 2010 12:03:25 GMT -5
Last year I had a series that mentioned Christmas and the Day of Giving interchangably so I think it's fine.
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Post by Jewels of Neopia on Nov 10, 2010 20:36:00 GMT -5
I've had my Christmas submission ready since last year (which was too late for last years) so I'm just waiting to submit it this year!
Hey- Dec 24th is a Friday! Cool timing!
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Post by Bianca <3 on Nov 10, 2010 20:37:21 GMT -5
Question about entries for the christmas issue: can you actually mention "christmas" or is it supposed to be "Day/month of Giving"? I'm pretty sure Herdy is right. My only other Christmas story referred to it as that way at least once and it was fine. I'm very excited about my Day of Giving story this year ^_^
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Post by Shadyy on Nov 11, 2010 5:03:44 GMT -5
Ok, great. Thanks Herdy and Bianca (:
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Post by Weapon on May 14, 2011 5:23:00 GMT -5
Hi, I have a few questions about these special issues if anyone could help me out. I'm hoping to add them to my site The Expanded Calendar but I was wondering: 1. What exactly defines these as special issues? Do they all have alternate layouts like the Illusen Day one has? Have they all been known to grant writers/artists a special prize for getting in*? 2. It says each special issue is only depending on the amount of entries Droplet receives. Is this a common occurrence, not getting enough entries for the special issue to really count? Could you say there /are/ enough entries sometimes/usually/often? Or does it vary depending on which holiday we're talking about? 3. I'm not sure whether or not to include the 50th issues in my Calendar as well due to uncertainty as to how predictable their dates are. The NT comes out on either Fri or Sat, right? So I could say, with 99% confidence, that the 500th issue will arrive on '24/25th June'? Or could I not? That was rather long-winded, sorry. Any answers at all would be awesome. Thanks very much! *I appreciate that these prizes are a bonus and should not be expected. If I include that info in my Calendar I will be sure to make that clear.
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Post by Herdy on May 14, 2011 8:28:38 GMT -5
1. Both. Sometimes prizes are not given out, but a special background is used.
2. Not really common. It depends on the holiday. Big ones like Christmas or Halloween are rarely missed. Small ones like Petpet Appreciation Day sometimes are.
3.The NT is always released in the news posted on a Friday, unless it is a short week (these are somewhat predictable by American holidays, though not always), in which case it's normally released on the last working day before TNT go on holiday. Weeks are rarely skipped. Christmas is normally the only time of year when there is a large holiday that might muck up your calculations, but that's assuming you're doing it more than a year in advance.
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Post by Weapon on May 14, 2011 10:16:49 GMT -5
Thanks so much, Herdy! That's brilliant. =D The Expanded Calendar is now thoroughly educated on special issues. Oh and in my flicking through NT issues I may have come across another one - the Annual Chocolate Ball? Doesn't seem to be on the list in the first post.
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Post by Chesu on Jun 21, 2011 18:07:18 GMT -5
Do you think there will be a special issue for Coltzan Day? It's confirmed that Coltzan Day really will become a holiday, it falls on a Saturday, and there's nothing else really happening that week...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2011 16:57:33 GMT -5
Congratulations! For your entry in the Mutant Day Issue of the Neopian Times, you have been awarded It Came From the Mine. Relive the horror with your Neopets! It will give you something to do whilst you wait for the next invasion. Me: Oh cool, a book! *puts in SDB* *thinks about Faerie/Royal PB I'm trying for* I wonder if this is worth anything? *checks price on Trading Post* NIIICE! Thank you Droplet!! <3 If Lex is looking spiffy very soon, it's all because of YOU!
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Post by Zieloh on Sept 7, 2011 16:37:46 GMT -5
Is there going to be a Faerie Festival issue? The comic I made can kinda relate to it, although it was completely unintended. I figured that maybe I could try and submit it for that day anyway if there might be an issue for it. o.o
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