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Congratulations to the following three winners of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in October 2016! First ($50): Invalid Review by Anonymous Second ($25): Review of "The Storm" by Whiskerfacebythefireplace Third ($10): Review of "~No Better Sin Than Desire~" by Elle - on hiatus To select the winners, 10 entries to the contest are randomly selected and then, with the reviewer's name and case hidden, individually ranked according to "Guidelines To Great Reviewing" . Note: In the interest of GETTING AHEAD (after being months behind) with these October results, I was the sole judge for this round. As such, I'm adding "honorable mentions" for 2 runners-up and gifting each of these 50,000 GPs because picking is hard and I could second guess myself a million times and still be wrong ... Invalid Review by Anonymous Invalid Review by Anonymous Thanks to everyone who reviewed and entered this month. Best wishes, ~~ The StoryMaster |
Congratulations to the following three winners of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in September 2016! First ($50): Review of "Let Laughter Live In Your Soul" by Osirantinous Second ($25): Review of "Summer Kiss" by Bonnie Third ($10): Review of "White Flag" by Cinn To select the winners, 10 entries to the contest are randomly selected and then, with the reviewer's name and case hidden, individually ranked according to "Guidelines To Great Reviewing" . Note: In the interest of catching up for the September results, I was the sole judge for this round. As such, I'm adding "honorable mentions" for 2 runners-up and gifting each of these 50,000 GPs because picking is hard and I could second guess myself a million times and still be wrong ... Review of "NOT QUITE HAWTHORNE" by Kate - Writing & Reading Invalid Review by Anonymous Thanks to everyone who reviewed and entered this month. Best wishes, ~~ The StoryMaster |
Congratulations to the following three winners of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in August 2016! First ($50): Review of "Let's be friends forever" by Jeannie Cheering for Martel Second ($25): Review of "Bright Skies Chapter One (full ch)" by Suzanne Swift Third ($10): Review of "A glimmer of something special" by Mare ~ extended hiatus To select the winners, 10 entries to the contest are randomly selected and then individually ranked according to "Guidelines To Great Reviewing" . Note: In the interest of catching up for the August results, I was the sole judge for this round. As such, I'm adding "honorable mentions" for 2 runners-up and gifting each of these 50,000 GPs because picking is hard and I could second guess myself a million times and still be wrong ... Review of "Things Unsaid" by Brandiwyn🎶 Review of "The Secret of Swamp River Ranch " by Paul D Thanks to everyone who reviewed and entered this month. Best wishes, ~~ The StoryMaster |
The winners for the September 2016 running of "What a Character! : Official WDC Contest" were chosen from the 12 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in "What a Character! : Official WDC Contest" . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Tom's Birthday" by Christopher Roy Denton Second Place - "Gus" by StephBee - House Targaryen Third Place - "Memorial" by Graham Muad'dib Thanks to everyone that entered... and to our judges (and Jaeff | KBtW of the Free Folk ) for all of the time spent reading and deciding on the winners! ~~SM |
The following winners for the August 2016 running of "Journey Through Genres: Official Contest" were chosen from the 8 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in "Journey Through Genres: Official Contest" . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor Second Place - "War Memories" by PureSciFiPlus Third Place - "The Letter" by Than Pence |
Congratulations to the following three winners of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in July 2016! First ($50): Review of "Threads in the Tapestry" by Prelooker Second ($25): Review of "A Moment In Time" by Smee Third ($10): Review of "Moss" by A Non-Existent User To select the winners, 10 entries to the contest are randomly selected and then individually ranked according to "Guidelines To Great Reviewing" . Note: In the interest of catching up for the July results, I was the sole judge for this round. As such, I'm adding "honorable mentions" for 2 runners-up and gifting each of these 50,000 GPs: Invalid Review by Anonymous Review of "Durian, The Extreme Fruit " by Soh ~ Luminousa Thanks to everyone who reviewed and entered this month. Best wishes, ~~ The StoryMaster |
The following winners for the July 2016 running of "Short Shots: Official WDC Contest" were chosen from the entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in "Short Shots: Official WDC Contest" . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "The Guardians" by Kit of House Lannister Second Place - "Going Back" by deemac Third Place - "A Change of Plans" by Cubby~Cheering House Florent! Special thanks to Jaeff | KBtW of the Free Folk for continuing to keep Writing.Com's official site contests running smoothly! ~~SM |
Congratulations to the following three winners of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in June 2016! First ($50): Invalid Review by Anonymous Second ($25): Review of "The Kiwi Dream" by The prodigal son returns 2023. Third ($10): Review of "Scent In The Gate" by Soh ~ Luminousa To select the winners, 10 entries to the contest are randomly selected and then The StoryMistress , Jaeff | KBtW of the Free Folk and I individually rank those 10 reviews according to "Guidelines To Great Reviewing" . I combine our rankings and from that we get our top three winners. Thanks to everyone who reviewed and entered this month. Best wishes, ~~ The StoryMaster |
The winners for the June 2016 running of "What a Character! : Official WDC Contest" were chosen from the 19 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in "What a Character! : Official WDC Contest" . Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Rhakanir's Raven" by Antonia Ryder Second Place - "River the Rock" by Than Pence Third Place - "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor Thanks to everyone that entered... and to our judges (and Jaeff | KBtW of the Free Folk ) for all of the time spent reading and deciding on the winners! ~~SM |
Congratulations to the following three winners of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in May 2016! First ($50): Review of "First Love" by ~ Aqua ~ Second ($25): Review of "Whisper Games {Edited}" by Writer's Blockhead Third ($10): Review of "River Demon" by The Orlando Gray To select the winners, 10 entries to the contest are randomly selected and then The StoryMistress , Jaeff | KBtW of the Free Folk and I individually rank those 10 reviews according to "Guidelines To Great Reviewing" . I combine our rankings and from that we get our top three winners. Thanks to everyone who reviewed and entered this month. Best wishes, ~~ The StoryMaster |