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Congratulations to the following three winners of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" ! First ($100): Review of "The Pack" by Loreli Second ($50): Review of "Fools Regret" by A Non-Existent User Third ($25): Review of "Tears in the Gathering Mist" by Marcia~I'm Home :) To select the winners, we randomly choose 10 of the entries to the contest and then SMs, SM and I individually rank those 10 reviews according to "Guidelines To Great Reviewing" . I combine our rankings and from that we get our top 3 winners. Thanks to everyone who reviewed and entered this month. ~Diane Remember, all members, regardless of membership level or time on Writing.Com, are eligible to enter their reviews into "Good Deeds Get CASH!" so be sure you enter! |
The following winners for the June 2014 running of "Journey Through Genres: Official Contest" were chosen from the 16 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 - "One Long Day in Chicago" by Sssssh! I'm not really here. Second Place - "Happenings at a Haunted House" by Jimbo Third Place - "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor We had a few entrants that noted this was their first time trying the mystery genre, which is wonderful! All entries were entertaining and I enjoyed reading them. Thanks to the judges for their time and attention to the entries. ~Diane July's Contest is: "What a Character! : Official WDC Contest" |
The following winners for the running of "Hook Us!" were chosen from the 17 entries that advanced to Round Two. Congratulations to the following three winners: Winner of the Grand Prize of $750 credit from InstantPublisher.Com plus Writing.Com will buy a personally signed, first InstantPublisher print edition of the book, shipped to us, for a price of $250 cash** is: "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor Second Place - "DSB QL" by Jay's debut novel is out now! Third Place - "Within Shouting Distance-Query" by SwordntheStone22 Thanks to everyone who entered and especially to the judges for their time and consideration of each entry! This was a very difficult decision. ~Diane |