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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 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 Third Place - "Memorial" by Graham Muad'dib Thanks to everyone that entered... and to our judges (and Jeff ) 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 Second Place - "Going Back" by deemac Third Place - "A Change of Plans" by Cubby~Home! Special thanks to Jeff 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 , Jeff 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 Jeff ) 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 , Jeff 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 following winners for the May 2016 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 - "The Horror of Melza Wood" by remusmdh Second Place - "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor Third Place - "The Renascent Apprentice" by Chris24 |
Congratulations to the following three winners of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in April 2016! First ($50): Review of "Tula's Song - Chapter 2 Firehouse" by Gaby ~ Keeper Of The Realm Second ($25): Review of "Who I've Always Been - Novel" by kfcnhc Third ($10): Review of "Me new to you" by Dave To select the winners, 10 entries to the contest are randomly selected and then The StoryMistress , Jeff 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 |