Where do we post competitions and things on the border of commercial/non-commercial

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Hey all,

two related questions about where to post something follow.

  1. I want to request articles for a wiki/magazine I’m putting together. Its paid work in the sense that articles that are accepted for publication will be paid. But its non-commercial in the sense that you could write an article have it rejected and not get any money. I’d prefer to post in Commercial but it seems like its not really adhering to the rules. So where do I post?

  2. I also want to do a competition (logo, icon, title for a new game). I’ve run these successfully here in the past (a long time ago) but the rules have tightened up a bit. Again its commercial in the sense that the winner will be paid, and non-commercial in the sense that not everyone who does work will get paid. So where do I post?

Looking forward to your thoughts, particularly from the mods :slight_smile:

Regards,
John A

PS If interested in the above, this post is also a de-facto post of the two things above ;). Feel free to PM me.

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Honestly haven’t a clue. @aliceingameland will decide :wink:

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Waiting … :slight_smile:

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Just do it - if the community moans at me we’ll chat or something.

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Oops, somehow missed this. Bit late to the party here, but I’d put it in Commercial, since you are providing paid work. However, please do make it clear in your post and in any private conversations you have with people what your pitching process will be like, and at which point they have actually secured payment.

If you haven’t, I’d consider a step in there where people firstly pitch the basic idea and key points of an article, giving you a chance to say yes/no before people actually get into writing something at length, especially if you don’t plan on providing a kill fee.

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Thanks for your reply.

Indeed the process I’ve established requires the authors to pitch first (and makes it clear the pitch itself is unpaid).