One of my goals at 365project for 2019 was to be more “intentional”
about entering themes and competitions. While
I’ve frequently entered these challenges, it’s only been when I notice them. I
decided to pick a few, and make an effort to enter the regularly. To that end, I reviewed Wendy’s S-list, and selected
9 ongoing challenges to focus on. And, being an engineer, I made a spreadsheet.
Here’s the list of 9 challenges for 2019. Sorted by frequency of entering:
- Song Title – 100%
- Eye Of The Beholder (EOTB) – 92%
- Edit The Stuffing Out Of It (ETSOOI) – 91%
- Landscape – 90%
- Scenes From The Road – 85%
- Album Cover Challenge – 75%
- What Would You Do (WWYD) – 70%
- Abstract – 67%
- Minimalist – 55%
Note, these are not the only challenges I’ve participated
in, but I did follow and stress these 9.
So, how’d that work out?
Well, through today (12/19), there were 102 editions of these challenges
(8.8 challenges of the 9 topics). And I
had at least 1 entry in 82 of them, an 80.4% participation rate. I entered 100% of the Song Title challenges, and
also had over 90% participation for EOTB, ETSOOI and Landscape.
I don’t have numbers for 2018 (or earlier) but I’m confident
it was MUCH lower.
And since I tracked it, I can tell you that I made finalist
in 41.5% of the challenges I entered, and I had at least 1 finalist in every category except "abstract". I only had 3 wins (3.7% of
entered), though. Frankly, I can live with those
numbers.
So, what does this mean for 2020? Well, I think I’m going to continue the
program, but tweak the stable. Here’s my
list of challenges to focus on for 2020. (keeping it at 9 for consistency)
- Scenes From the Road
- Album Cover Challenge
- Edit The Stuffing Out Of It (ETSOOI)
- Song Title
- Eye Of The Beholder (EOTB)
- What Would You Do (WWYD)
- Black and White
- Technique
- 365project Monthly Theme
Each of 3 additions are challenges I’ve participated in, at least occasionally. And it seems odd that I didn’t pick Black and White last year… The three I’m dropping (Landscape, Minimalist, Abstract) are ones where I just didn’t seem to be enthused. I’m sure I’ll still enter each of them all along, just not as a focus.
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