Newsletter compiled and written by Mikemoral. Any suggestions welcomed.
The contest so far
As of this newsletter, the Writing Contest 2010 participants have collected a total of 173 articles.
This Week
Dendodge comments for this newsletter. He is currently ranked 2nd in the competition.
As we approach the fourth week of the contest, the activity levels have decreased greatly compared to the first few days, and we are now down to between five and ten articles per day. I can't claim to have helped the situation—I haven't written anything for about a week. I'm not complaining, however, as I have somehow managed to stay in second place. While this may make the gaps between competitors seem too large to overcome, it should take only a couple of in-depth articles to overtake me. In fact, with so much time left, I wouldn't even rule out somebody knocking Tempodivalse down into second place!
The articles we are getting are still relatively in-depth, though much shorter than at the beginning of the contest. Remember, in-depth articles mean we can better compete with the mainstream media (and they're worth more points!).
I have also noticed a widening of our geographical and categorical coverage. While we used to cover mainly US and Western Europe, with particular focus on "important" issues such as politics, we have now branched out (probably out of desperation to find more points!)
Finally, I would like to thank everybody for their participation, and wish you all the best of luck.