We've had 10 of these now and I personally think they're great. But I do think we need a discussion to regularise the rules for entries, voting etc. so we all know where we stand. I know at least one person who didn't enter the last challenge because of confusion over the ending date - my fault. Humble apologies. 
I'm going to propose the following:
1) The 100 anonymous challenge should minimise any impact it might have on the 75 and 300 'official' challenges. To this end there should be no 100 challenge in any month where there is a 300 word challenge.
2) The 100 challenge should start on the 5th of the month and end at midnight on the 17th. The host kicks things off with an entry thread and a discussion thread in the Workshop forum.
3) Voting (for just the titles) should start on the 18th and finish on the 21st. The host includes a red herring in a list of authors posted in the discussion thread.
4) Guessing can carry on until 25th when the full list of authors and titles is published.
5) The winner chooses the theme / genre for the next challenge.
6) The winner has the responsibility of 'hosting' the next challenge or of finding a volunteer to do it instead.
7) The host counts the words, posts the stories, sets up the poll and publishes the author / title lists.
8) If the word count is over 100 then the host gives the author a warning and a second chance to get it right. I don't think we need to be too formal about this - I think we're all in it for a bit of fun.
Of course the things we've already agreed on regarding anonymity still stand as do the rules of fairness etc. that are in place for the 75 and 300s.
Anyway, let's get a discussion going.
I'm going to propose the following:
1) The 100 anonymous challenge should minimise any impact it might have on the 75 and 300 'official' challenges. To this end there should be no 100 challenge in any month where there is a 300 word challenge.
2) The 100 challenge should start on the 5th of the month and end at midnight on the 17th. The host kicks things off with an entry thread and a discussion thread in the Workshop forum.
3) Voting (for just the titles) should start on the 18th and finish on the 21st. The host includes a red herring in a list of authors posted in the discussion thread.
4) Guessing can carry on until 25th when the full list of authors and titles is published.
5) The winner chooses the theme / genre for the next challenge.
6) The winner has the responsibility of 'hosting' the next challenge or of finding a volunteer to do it instead.
7) The host counts the words, posts the stories, sets up the poll and publishes the author / title lists.
8) If the word count is over 100 then the host gives the author a warning and a second chance to get it right. I don't think we need to be too formal about this - I think we're all in it for a bit of fun.
Of course the things we've already agreed on regarding anonymity still stand as do the rules of fairness etc. that are in place for the 75 and 300s.
Anyway, let's get a discussion going.
