I hope everyone has had a wonderful week. It's been a busy week here at Gay Authors, but before I get into the weekly wrap up I wanted to post a reminder of sorts. With the recent staff changes, I wanted to take a minute to mention the various teams and the staff they're made up of. This list can also be found in the Help & Announcements forum. A huge thank you goes out to the site staff, all of who are volunteers, for donating their time to keep GA running smoothly.

Site Administrators
Myr - Administration Team Leader
Cia - GA Stories Lead
Renee Stevens - Anthology/Blog Coordinator, Promotion Team Lead, Review Team Lead
wildone - Moderation Team Leader
TalonRider - Moderation Team Deputy Lead

Site Moderation Team
wildone - Team Lead
TalonRider - Team Deputy Lead
Graeme
Slytherin
Gene Splicer PHD
Reader1810
drpaladin
Mikie
Dayne Mora

Author Promotion Team
Renee Stevens - Team Lead
Myr
Mann Ramblings
Graeme
Cole Matthews

Review Team
Renee Stevens - Team Lead
aditus
Timothy M.
Puppilull
LitLover
spikey582
Lisa

Now, let's take a look at what happened in the various GA news blogs this past week.

For signature week, we started out the week with the announcement of our featured Signature Author. This month we focused on Cynus and his story From the Cup of the Worthless. If you want to learn more about the story, you can find the description, reader reviews, and a small banner in Monday's post; and an excerpt in the Wednesday blog.

If you're looking for some inspiration, then check out the Friday prompts. While you're there, take a minute and check out the featured prompt responses that we chose to share this week. If neither of the new prompts spark an idea, you can always check out the past prompts in the prompt forum. With well over 500 prompts, you should find something to inspire your muse.

Are you thinking about doing the upcoming 2017 Spring Anthology? Have you already started? Stop by the monthly Anthology Discussion Day and share your progress with other authors that are in the same position as you.

Contests

• 2017 April Fool's Day Short Story Contest - Due March 1st, 2017 *Guidelines*
  

Anthology Announcements:

***NOTE: All Deadlines are for submission to the Anthology Proof Team

• 2017 Spring Anthology: Jagged Edges / Unintended Consequences - Due April 30th, 2017
• 2017 Fall Anthology: The Fall Out / Secret Spaces - Due November 15th, 2017
  

Premium Updates:
Negative Splits by Cia *Premium*

Signature Updates:
Black Widow by Mark Arbour; Book 16 of Chronicles Of An Academic Predator (CAP)
Innocence & Carnality - Part Two by Mann Ramblings; Book 2 of I & C
Mental Games by Bill W
Mine! by Cia
Temporary Dads by Graeme
The Castaway Hotel: Next Generation Book 2 by Bill W; Book 11 of The Castaway Hotel

Promising Updates:
A Man in a Room, and other poems by AC Benus; Book 6 of Verse
Confide/ant by Sasha Distan
Drifts by Puppilull; Book 3 of Hot and cold
Fallen Pride by Sasha Distan; Book 7 of The Best Circle of Hell Stories
Headstall's Reflections by Headstall
How I Met Him Here by carringtonrj
Morningstar: The Malaise by Headstall
Tiger Winter by Sasha Distan
Walls by Carlos Hazday; Book 6 of CJ