Monday, July 27, 2020

Blog-a-Ton 59 Results

Nineteen entries and from them, twelve returned to vote for their favorites. Fifteen entries garnered at least one vote. I, Sarav, Blog-a-Ton Marshal, thank all of you for participating in this edition, and making it a successful comeback edition.

The results of Blog-a-Ton 59, here is the list of participants and the cheers they garnered:


As evident, here are the Blog-a-Tonics of the Month. Click on their names to read their respective entries.

GOLD BATOM

SILVER BATOM

SILVER BATOM

Kshitij Khurana

Vipul Grover

Unknown Shri


Congratulations to the well deserved winners (Kshitij, Vipul and Unknown Shri) and to all those listed above..

Winners can drop an email to pendownmythought@gmail.com to claim their badges. Winners name and photo will be featured on Blog-a-Ton Cover Photo (soon). Thanks and Keep Writing!!!

You all can also read the voting comments now. Just click here to find who all voted for you or liked your entry or what they had to say about it!

The Top Three contributors are

aativas51
Someone is Special42
Leo35

See you soon in BAT 60! September 2020! Please visit Blog-a-Ton 3.0 for more info!!!

A Reminder - Have your number of participation reached 10, 25 or 50??? Then you are eligible to be included into the Elites Blog-a-Tonics.  Just drop a mail to "pendownmythought@gmail.com" with the links to all your posts (or simply label all your BAT entries and send Marshal that single link).

Hope you all enjoyed this edition!
Poetically Yours,
Blog-a-Ton Marshal,
~ Someone is Special ~

Monday, July 20, 2020

Vote for your BAT 59 Favorites

Voting ends at 19:59 hrs (IST) on July 26, 2020. Remember, that means time stamp of your comment can be at most 19:59 on July 26, 2020 and not 20:00 on July 26, 2020.

The curtain closes on a wonderful edition of Blog-a-ton, the 59th one. We had 19 entries this time, 10 more than what we had in our last edition. I would like to thank each one of you from the bottom of my heart for participating! Do comeback and vote for the entries worth winning!

We had 18 blog-a-tonics enter in this edition within the stipulated time. Only those 18 Blog-a-Tonics are eligible for voting. So feel free to vote for your B-A-T 59 Favorites.

Click here to check the fellow Blog-a-Tonics who took part in this edition of Blog-a-Ton along with the direct links to their posts.

Three Cheers to all the Blog-a-Tonics.


Please follow the following rules while voting.

1. ONLY THOSE BLOG-A-TONICS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VOTING (i.e., Contesting for votes and voting for others) WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT WITHIN THE STIPULATED TIME.

2. AS PER BLOGATON 3.0 GUIDELINES, THE NUMBER OF VOTES IS DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES. We have 18 entries this time. In this edition, you can cast upto 3 votes or cheers as we call them, and of course you can not vote for yourself. In short, you are allowed to vote for one, two, OR three. All your votes will carry the same weightage.

3.  Your Voting Comment should be as follows:

I, BLOGGER NAME, participated. My Blog-a-ton 59 Entry Is Here: BLOGATON59 ENTRY LINK

I vote for:

1. BLOGATONIC 1 NAME: His/her entry is here: BLOGATONIC 1 ENTRY LINK
2. BLOGATONIC 2 NAME: His/her entry is here: BLOGATONIC 2 ENTRY LINK
3. BLOGATONIC 3 NAME: His/her entry is here: BLOGATONIC 3 ENTRY LINK

The voting format has been simplified for assisting you. Replace "BLOGGER NAME" by your name, and "BLOGATON59 ENTRY LINK" by the direct link to your BAT59 Entry. Likewise, for the votes, replace "BLOGATONIC 1 NAME" by the name of the entrant (as used in his/her participation entry) and "BLOGATONIC 1 ENTRY LINK" by the direct link to that blogatonic's BAT59 Entry. Votes NOT IN THIS FORMAT will not be accepted.

For eg: A valid vote can look like this:

I, Vipul, participated. My Blogaton entry is here: http://www.vipulgrover.com/2020/07/unfinished-work-left-in-our-bags.html

I vote for the following:
1. Someone is Special: https://muppozhudhum.wordpress.com/2020/07/19/love-in-the-time-of-virus-the-lockdown-and-thereafter/
2. Leo: http://artofleo.com/2014/10/05/a-knot-in-time/
3. Amity: http://intelclub.blogspot.com/2010/10/train-of-thoughts.html



4. While voting for a Blog-a-Tonic, use his/her name as provided by him/her in his/her participation entry and not his/her profile name.

5. Post your vote in the comments section of this post.

6. All your votes should be posted in a single comment. So, take your time - go through all posts - only then decide your one or two or three winning entries. In case you vote separately, only the first comment will be taken into consideration.

Now coming to the other rules:

  • Voting ends at  19:59 (IST) on  SUNDAY, July 26, 2020.
  • I have started moderating the comments and won’t display the voting comments till the end of this process to keep the result secret till its conclusion.
  • After the voting code mentioned above, you may also add the reason, why you voted for a particular post to help others know what you expect as a reader. Moreover, you may also mention the other posts that you liked though you can vote for just for three of them. 

The Votes will be discarded without any prior warning in case they are not sufficiently compatible with the rules.

A Reminder - Have your number of participations reached 10, 25 or 50??? Then you are eligible to be included into the list of Elites Blog-a-Tonics.  Just drop a mail to "pendownmythought@gmail.com" with the links to all your posts (or simply label all your BAT entries and send Marshal that single link).

A THOUGHT: Be it Gerneral Elections or Blog-a-Ton, it is your duty to vote, because you have the power to select the winner, so please DO NOT WASTE YOUR VOTE.

Remember, the time stamp of your comment can be at most 19:59 on July 26, 2020 and not 20:00 on July 26, 2020.

May the best entries in this edition win..!
Poetically Yours,
Marshal,
Sarav

Friday, July 17, 2020

Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-ton 59


Publish the post anytime between July 18, 2020, 00:00 HRS and July 19, 2020, 23:59 HRS (Indian Standard Time)!

Welcome to Another Edition of Blog-a-Ton! The 59th Edition of Blog-a-Ton!

Our dream is to have 100 participants join in one edition, and our motto is to help writers to write better
Blog-a-Ton 59 WEEKEND: July 18-19, 2020
As you already know, the topic for Blog-a-Ton 59 has been finalised as: LOCKDOWN

Please follow these rules while publishing your post and thereafter:

  • You can choose the title for your post as you wish.
  • Please use the hashtag #LockdownTales #BlogATon59 in your post and while sharing it on social networks.
  • You can submit MORE THAN ONE POST this time, but you are allowed to vote only once irrespective of the number of posts that you submit.
  • Your post must justify the topic LOCKDOWN.
  • The post should start with this code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:

    <div style="text-align: justify;">
    <blockquote>
    This post has been published by me as a part of <b>Blog-a-Ton 59</b>; the fifty-ninth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. In association with <a href="https://indicreator.com" target="_blank"​>​IndiCreator. For Creators. By Creators.</a>. Share Your #LockdownTales at indicreator.com
    </blockquote>
    </div>
  • The post should end with the following code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode and replace XX with your Blog-a-Ton participation count:

    <div style="text-align: justify;">
    <blockquote>
    The <b>fellow Blog-a-Tonics</b> who took part in this Blog-a-Ton and links to their respective <b>posts</b> can be checked <a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2020/07/blogaton59.html"><b>here</b></a>. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <b><a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com">Blog-a-Ton</a></b>. Show your support for the hastags #BlogATon59 & #LockdownTales. Participation Count: XX. </blockquote>
    </div>
  • Publishthe post anytime between July 18, 2020, 00:00 HRS and July 19, 2020, 23:59 HRS (Indian Standard Time)
  • After publishing it, do not forget to leave the link in the comments section of this post.
  • Use the following code to provide direct link to your post.

    <a href="DIRECT LINK TO YOUR POST">YOUR NAME - YOUR TITLE</a> 

    It will look like this: Someone is Special - Lockdown! and will link to your post.

And this time....

  • The winners will also be featured on the Blog-a-ton Facebook Page cover photograph.

Please follow these rules to ensure easy navigability to your post.

  • Use your complete name to prevent any confusion and mix up with other bloggers.
  • In case you post your link after the stipulated time, then your submission will not be considered for voting. 
  • Return between July 21 00:00 IST and July 26th 19:59 IST to vote for your favourite post. A separate notification for the same will be posted upon the conclusion of the event. So do not vote till then. Just enjoy reading the various entries, keeping in mind your favourite but worth-winning ones.

DO NOT USE THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. If there are any queries, ask them in the comments section of previous post.

...HAPPY WRITIN G...

Looking forward to a read wonderful passionate Blog-a-Ton writers post again!
Poetically Yours,
Marshal,
~ Someone is Special ~

Saturday, July 11, 2020

The Topic for Blog-a-Ton 59 is...

Subscribe to Blog-a-Ton Reminders & stay updated!
Welcome to Another Edition of Blog-a-Ton! The 59th Edition of Blog-a-Ton.. It's a tie between 'Lockdown' and 'Survival' and so, the marshal vote will decide the topic. I vote for...

BLOG-a-TON 59 WEEKEND:
July 18-19, 2020
TOPIC for BLOG-a-TON 59:
LOCKDOWN
.



Our dream is to get 100 participants in one edition, and our motto is to help writers to write better.

Can we make it possible in this edition? Can we read 100 entrants this time? Can we find 100 passionate writers? I hope we can. If you think the same, join us.




The rules for BLOG-a-TON 59 are:
  • You can give your post any title that you wish to.
  • You must justify the theme with your post. You (i.e. Poetry (*Haiku or set of Haiku is not accepted), Fiction or any form fiction other than 160 characters, dialogue, Essay… etc.). You can also choose to make it serious, humorous, tragic, romantic... whatever setting you'd love to give.
  • You can write in any language as well, but since most Blog-a-tonics would prefer English as their language of communication, we'd suggest that too, so your post reaches a wider audience, and help you when it comes to BLOG-a-TON 59 voting time.
  • The other rules (viz. header & footer to put in your post, the way to submit it on JULY 18-19, 2020 etc.) will be conveyed to you on July 17, 2020 04:00 PM IST. So kindly wait for that notification then rather than putting up queries right now. If the queries are regarding general pattern of the event, please go through the posts about previous events.

And this time....

You have eight days to write your post but please publish the post only during the Blog-a-Ton Weekend: July 18-19 2020, and not before.

Encourage your fellow bloggers to participate in this edition. You can share this post on your various social networking profiles through the ShareThis widget present at the bottom of this post.


Looking forward to a great Blog-a-Ton comeback edition.
Poetically Yours,
Marshal,

Friday, July 3, 2020

Blog-a-Ton 59 - Topic Discussion


Hope you are staying safe and healthy! We are back after almost a 4-year-break. We need your support this time to fly colorfully. Stay around and support forever!

Apologies for not delcaring winners of BAT 58. All due to many personal reasons four years ago. Anyways, we did receive only one vote. So let's consider we do not have winners for the 58th edition!

BLOG-A-TON 59 WEEKEND:
JULY 18-19, 2020
TOPIC DECLARATION:
FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2020 22:00 IST
.


Welcome to a New Edition of Blog-a-Ton!

We are at Version 3.0...New Format, New Rules, and New Badges. Visit here for more info.

I’m Sarav a.k.a Someone is Special - The Marshal of Blog-a-Ton. Well, the time is ticking along, and we move to our 59th Blog-a-ton edition, which will be on JULY 18-19, 2020.

Our dream is to get 100 participants in one edition, and our motto is to help writers to write better.

Can we make it possible in this comeback edition? Can we read 100 entrants this time? Can we find 100 passionate writers? I hope we can. If you think the same, join us.


General Pattern:
  1. Initiating a new Blog-a-Ton edition by inviting suggestions for the topic: First Friday of the month at 22:00 HRS IST
  2. Declaring the Topic of the month: Second Friday of the month at 22:00 HRS IST.
  3. Sending Newsletter to our subscribers, featuring the last edition winners, topic of the month, prizes, and introducing our sponsors of the month (if any): Second Sunday of the month at 17:00 HRS IST
  4. RULES AND REMINDER POST: Third Friday of the month at 16:00 HRS IST
  5. BLOG-A-TON WEEKEND: we reserve the Third Saturday and Sunday of the month for Blog-a-Ton (from 00:00 HRS IST on Saturday to 23:59 HRS IST on Sunday). No further extension will be provided.
  6. Opening the Voting: Next day of Blog-a-Ton Weekend
  7. Declaration of the winners: Fourth Sunday of the month between 22:00 HRS and 23:59 HRS IST
* We will have a maximum of six editions per year.



We will be having the secret ballot in this edition.

What you have to do is suggest the TOPIC. (ONLY ONE WORD) Moderation is enabled, and I'll select the first six topics that come. And we begin voting on that. If I find any topic to be inappropriate, or similar to that of a previous edition, that'll not come into the voting list.

Suggestions are closed. Vote for a topic of your choice.

Topic Votes
FRESH3
SURVIVAL6
LOCKDOWN4
PERSISTENCE
KARMA
BUTTERFLY

  • You can vote for any one topic. (Sample: I vote for FRESH, if it is one of the choices.)
  • If you wish to change your vote later and support another topic, you can do so during the voting time-frame. But you are allowed only one change-of-vote. I’ll consider only the second vote in that instance.
  • The voting period is from July 03, 2020, FRIDAY to July 10, 2020, FRIDAY 21:00 HRS IST.
  • The topic that gets the majority votes will be announced on July 10, 2020, 22:00 HRS IST as the BLOG-A-TON 59 Topic. In case two or more topics are tied at the end of voting, my vote as Marshal vote will decide. This time, we are giving you 8 days to write your post.
  • BLOG-A-TON 59 WEEKEND starts at 00:00 HRS IST on July 18, 2020 and ends at 23:59 HRS IST on July 19, 2020. No further extension will be provided.

Looking forward to a wonderful Blog-a-ton after a long gap…

Poetically Yours,
Marshal,
Sarav | New Blog: Muppozhudhum

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Vote for your BAT 58 Favorites

Voting ends at 23:59 hrs (IST) on November 13, 2016. Remember, that means time stamp of your comment can be at most 23:59 on November 13, 2016 and not 00:00 on November 14, 2016.

The curtain closes on a wonderful edition of Blog-a-ton, the 58th one. We had 9 entries this time. I would like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for participating! Do comeback and vote for the entries worth winning!

We had 9 blog-a-tonics enter in this edition within the stipulated time. Only those 9 Blog-a-Tonics are eligible for voting. So feel free to vote for your B-A-T 58 Favorites.

Click here to check the fellow Blog-a-Tonics who took part in this edition of Blog-a-Ton along with the direct links to their posts.

Three Cheers to all the Blog-a-Tonics.


Please follow the following rules while voting.

1. ONLY THOSE BLOG-A-TONICS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VOTING (i.e., Contesting for votes and voting for others) WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT WITHIN THE STIPULATED TIME.

2. AS PER BLOGATON 3.0 GUIDELINES, THE NUMBER OF VOTES IS DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES. We have 9 entries this time. In this edition, you can cast upto 3 votes or cheers as we call them, and of course you can not vote for yourself. In short, you are allowed to vote for one, two, OR three. All your votes will carry the same weightage.

3.  Your Voting Comment should be as follows:

I, BLOGGER NAME, participated. My Blog-a-ton 58 Entry Is Here: BLOGATON58 ENTRY LINK

I vote for:

1. BLOGATONIC 1 NAME: His/her entry is here: BLOGATONIC 1 ENTRY LINK
2. BLOGATONIC 2 NAME: His/her entry is here: BLOGATONIC 2 ENTRY LINK
3. BLOGATONIC 3 NAME: His/her entry is here: BLOGATONIC 3 ENTRY LINK

The voting format has been simplified for assisting you. Replace "BLOGGER NAME" by your name, and "BLOGATON58 ENTRY LINK" by the direct link to your BAT58 Entry. Likewise, for the votes, replace "BLOGATONIC 1 NAME" by the name of the entrant (as used in his/her participation entry) and "BLOGATONIC 1 ENTRY LINK" by the direct link to that blogatonic's BAT58 Entry. Votes NOT IN THIS FORMAT will not be accepted.

For eg: A valid vote can look like this:

I, Vipul, participated. My Blogaton entry is here: http://vipulgrover.blogspot.com/2010/08/goodbye.html

I vote for the following:
1. Someone is Special: https://muppozhudhum.wordpress.com/2015/04/05/life-is-a-chocolate/
2. Leo: http://artofleo.com/2014/10/05/a-knot-in-time/
3. Amity: http://intelclub.blogspot.com/2010/10/train-of-thoughts.html



4. While voting for a Blog-a-Tonic, use his/her name as provided by him/her in his/her participation entry and not his/her profile name.

5. Post your vote in the comments section of this post.

6. All your votes should be posted in a single comment. So, take your time - go through all posts - only then decide your one or two or three winning entries. In case you vote separately, only the first comment will be taken into consideration.

Now coming to the other rules:

  • Voting ends at  23:59 (IST) on  SUNDAY, November 13, 2016.
  • I have started moderating the comments and won’t display the voting comments till the end of this process to keep the result secret till its conclusion.
  • After the voting code mentioned above, you may also add the reason, why you voted for a particular post to help others know what you expect as a reader. Moreover, you may also mention the other posts that you liked though you can vote for just for three of them. 

The Votes will be discarded without any prior warning in case they are not sufficiently compatible with the rules.

A Reminder - Have your number of participations reached 10 or 25??? Then you are eligible to be included into the List of Veteran Blog-a-Tonics.  Just drop a mail to "pendownmythought@gmail.com" with the links to all your posts (or simply label all your BAT entries and send Marshal that single link).

A THOUGHT: Be it Gerneral Elections or Blog-a-Ton, it is your duty to vote, because you have the power to select the winner, so please DO NOT WASTE YOUR VOTE.

Remember, the time stamp of your comment can be at most 23:59 on November 13, 2016 and not 00:00 on November 14, 2016.

May the best entries in this edition win..!
Poetically Yours,
Marshal,
Sarav

Friday, October 28, 2016

Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-ton 58


Publish the post anytime between November 05, 2016, 00:00 HRS and November 06, 2016, 23:59 HRS (Indian Standard Time)!

Welcome to Diwali Special Edition of Blog-a-Ton! This Edition, is also Aatvias of Times Change's 50th Edition, and so we are performing a tribute to her. On the result day, we have planned a surprise. Stay tuned!

Our dream is to have 100 participants join in one edition, and our motto is to help writers to write better
Blog-a-Ton 58 WEEKEND: November 05-06, 2016
As you already know, the topic for Blog-a-Ton 58 has been finalised as: RETURN

Please follow these rules while publishing your post and thereafter:

  • You can choose the title for your post as you wish.
  • Please use the hashtag #Aativas50 #BlogATon58 in your post and while sharing it on social networks.
  • You can submit MORE THAN ONE POST this time, but you are allowed to vote only once irrespective of the number of posts that you submit.
  • Your post must justify the topic RETURN.
  • The post should start with this code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:

    <div style="text-align: justify;">
    <blockquote>
    This post has been published by me as a part of <b>Blog-a-Ton 58</b>; the fifty-eighth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. In association with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/iamsaravofficial" target="_blank"​>​Saravanakumar Murugan</a>, the editor of <a href="https://www.payumoney.com/store/product/945cdd0c2d1c04b7a4468c8d52203f14" target="_blank"​>Shades Of Life book series</a>.
    </blockquote>
    </div>
  • The post should end with the following code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode and replace XX with your Blog-a-Ton participation count:

    <div style="text-align: justify;">
    <blockquote>
    The <b>fellow Blog-a-Tonics</b> who took part in this Blog-a-Ton and links to their respective <b>posts</b> can be checked <a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com/2016/10/blogaton58.html"><b>here</b></a>. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <b><a href="https://blog-a-ton.blogspot.com">Blog-a-Ton</a></b>. Show your support for the hastags #BlogATon58 & #Aativas50. Participation Count: XX. </blockquote>
    </div>
  • Publishthe post anytime between November 05, 2016, 00:00 HRS and November 06, 2016, 23:59 HRS (Indian Standard Time)
  • After publishing it, do not forget to leave the link in the comments section of this post.
  • Use the following code to provide direct link to your post.

    <a href="DIRECT LINK TO YOUR POST">YOUR NAME - YOUR TITLE</a> 

    It will look like this: Someone is Special - Welcome to Blog-a-ton! and will link to your post.

And this time....


Please follow these rules to ensure easy navigability to your post.

  • Use your complete name to prevent any confusion and mix up with other bloggers.
  • In case you post your link after the stipulated time, then your submission will not be considered for voting. 
  • Return between November 8th 00:00 IST and November 13th 22:59 IST to vote for your favourite post. A separate notification for the same will be posted upon the conclusion of the event. So do not vote till then. Just enjoy reading the various entries, keeping in mind your favourite but worth-winning ones.

DO NOT USE THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. If there are any queries, ask them in the comments section of previous post.

...HAPPY DIWALI ...

Looking forward to a read wonderful passionate Blog-a-Ton writers post again!
Poetically Yours,
Marshal,
~ Someone is Special ~