LJ Idol Presents:

We, the undersigned, hereby give ourselves up to the mercy of the Idol Gods and the realm of sheer chaos.

We enter, being of questionable mind and bodies that probably don't see a lot of sunlight, into this place of our own free will and will exit when we can take no more or those Idol Gods see fit to eliminate us.

We will keep our whining to be a minimum but our screaming in agony to the maximum to better please those horrible forces.

Mostly we will write and have a good time knowing that at the end of the day, it's only the single most important and meaningful thing that will ever happen, including our family and friends. Especially that one. You know which one I'm talking about. ;)

We will follow instructions - such as the ones here:

- Post a statement on your own DW/LJ/other Open ID blog stating that you will be participating in LJ Idol: Wheel of Chaos.
- Copy the link and post it into the comments below, which will officially sign you up for this "special event".
- Sit back and wait for further instructions for when the first Topic is posted and interact the Introduction post comment section and/or any "Green Rooms" that might be posted between now and then.
- Tell your friends and especially your enemies that their time of peace is now over and they should dive into this as well - if they can handle it!!! :)

I'll leave you to signing up, and will see you on the other side.

The deadline to sign up is Saturday June 21st at noon ET. (but the first topic will be hitting before that)

 Most of the people seeing this post are going to already be familiar with Idol and what is going on here. 

Just in case someone sent you this link and said "You should sign up!", here's a rundown of what's going on: 

This is LJ Idol: Literary Prize Fight.  It's a "pop up" of the online writing competition that usually takes place over on Livejournal. 

I will post a "topic" (it's basically a prompt to use as a launching pad to take it wherever you feel like taking it). You write something over at your own DW/LJ/Open Source blog.  Then you post it back to that topic post before announced deadline. 

Then there is usually a poll (unless it's a special week, but let's get to that some other time) and people vote for their favorite entries. The ones with the fewest votes leaves and the rest fight it out another week.  Eventually there are only a couple contestants left and they fight it out to decide a winner!  In this specific mini season, there is a twist where there is actually prize money that is going to be split between the Final Four! 

Which brings us to Second Chance.  Maybe you were one of those people who were previously eliminated.  Or had to drop out in a previous round.  

Perhaps you are someone who, as I said, just received a link from a friend or acquaintance who suggested that you sign up! This is your Second Chance to correct that mistake of having missed your shot to sign up at the beginning!

This specific post is for one purpose only - for you to sign up to play!  


Go to your space - your DW account/LJ/Open Source blog and post something about how you want to sign up for Second Chance Idol.  That's it. You can literally just post those words. 
Then come back to this post and put a link to that post in the comments!  

That's all you need to do.  The first topic won't be until Wednesday, December 26th.  There will be a thread marked "Topic 1 - Second Chance Idol".  It will also be tagged, if you are the sort who subscribe to tags. (If not, just show up on that day and look for the post) 

If you have any questions - please go to the nearest Green Room - or email me directly at [email protected] 

Sign-ups are open until the deadline of the first entry.  So if you want to jump back into the pool (or jump into it for the first time) - Welcome!