Writing Contest - Winners Announced On Page 6

I bet you I got last. It would be just my luck if I failed miserably. Oh well, I'm used to failing miserably so it won't be so much of a shock this time.

You guys are stressing too much. The fact that you created is a reward on it's own, well done. If you need something to take you to 8'ish, here's some stories, past winners, all three in the same comp., that you should be glad not to go up against:

www.abovetopsecret.com...

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Void -

Nonsense. Your story 'Death of A Poet' was brilliant and in my personal top 3 for the whole contest. You do yourself a disservice, my friend. I personally can't wait to read more of your work.

You scared the tabbaco juice out of me, intrepid. I thought you were posting the winners!

EDIT: Well if you want to read more of it you could read my other entry, Nightmare, unless you already have. I guess I do that too much, Jeremiah. Oh well, I can only hope I'm wrong.

[edit on 3-8-2005 by Voidmaster]

Originally posted by Voidmaster
You scared the tabbaco juice out of me, intrepid. I thought you were posting the winners!

EDIT: Well if you want t read more of it you could read my other entry, Nightmare, unless you already have.

[edit on 3-8-2005 by Voidmaster]

Nope great stories by Jonna, still have them subscribed.

I think its a great idea to post the winners, the 20 runner ups and leave it to the rest to either ask in U2U or not.

I can't believe this thing is fianlly over. Whew, it's been a long haul.

Now I just have to sit here like everyone else and bite my nails

Good luck all,

Wupy

And the moment you've all waited for.....................

First Place: Jeremiah25
51:20

Second Place: looking4truth
Machiavellian Minds Think Alike

Third Place: dotgov101
PoD


In addition to the promised prizes, I had to award Honorable Mention to two outstanding entries, each will recieve 500 points, and the Honorable Mention goes to:
MrWupy for The Crenshaw Portfolio
and
Intrepid for Wolf's Pray

everyone else stay tuned.....


[edit on 8-3-2005 by worldwatcher]

Oh, snap.

Thanks guys. I'm truly humbled.

Congradulations Jeremiah, Looking4, and Dotgov101! I knew Dotgov would be in there. PoD was such a good story. Again I say to thee, Congrats!

EDIT:Spelling. So thats the reason I didn't get in the top 3...
Also I've found that I'm happy not winning. I don't really care anymore and I'm over joyed for those who won. Good stories, peoples.

[edit on 3-8-2005 by Voidmaster]

The top 20 in order of scores recieved.

NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE DEVIL - Mrwupy

A PATCH OF GRASS - Mr. Jingles

WILDFLOWERS - MrWupy

GETTING EVEN - Vagabond

THE PRICE - darkelf

BEHIND THE YELLOW TAPE - Looking4truth

SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO - Ubermunche

ALEX FLEET, FIRST SUMMER - Umbrax

ACQ 201 - Chemical Laser

CHUPACABRA - Keymaster

BEAUTIFUL NIGHT WASN’T IT - Raiwea

A VAGABOND’S TALE - Vagabond

SUMMER OF LOVE - Shaunybaby

DEATH OF A POET - Voidmaster

CATACOMBS - Vegemite

LIFE IMPRISONMENT - hatchedcross

THE VISIT - Phixion

TO KILL A GHOST - Mrwupy

DYING IN SUMMER - Vagabond

THE NIGHTMARE - Voidmaster

[edit on 8-3-2005 by worldwatcher]

Congratulations to the winners. It's clear why they won, all three were excellant stories.

I'm proud of all the entries here, were on the way to one heck of a writing community here on ATS.

Each of you is a very talented writer. i look forward to reading more of the stories you come up with.

Love and light,

Wupy

Thanks WW, now everyone can put the Prozac away.

Well done guys. I mean everyone. Encourage others to participate.

Your work won't be laughed at, unless it's a comedy.

Writers I thank you all for providing me with such enjoyable reading material. The talent here is amazing and you all did a great job. Give me a few and i'll get around to posting my comments to each entry. Thank you again for making this such a successful contest and keep those creative juices flowing for the next one

Originally posted by worldwatcher
Writers I thank you all for providing me with such enjoyable reading material.

It was my pleasure to write in the competition. I can't speak for everyone else but I think they had as much fun as I did.

Originally posted by Voidmaster
It was my pleasure to write in the competition. I can't speak for everyone else but I think they had as much fun as I did.

That's what it's all about. I'm not sure but I think there was more writers in this comp. than any other. A good sign.

I can't speak for everyone else but I think they had as much fun as I did.

You speak for me also, Voidmaster. This contest was enormous fun. The depth of writing talent here is truly inspiring. Hopefully this contest will encourage our gifted writing community to not only submit more stuff, but to help each other out, provide feedback and encouragement. Writers need to look after each other, after all.

Also, I think we all owe worldwatcher an enormous "Thank you" for all her hard work in setting up the contest and allowing us this opportunity. Where would any of us be without our benevolent moderator?

Originally posted by Voidmaster

Originally posted by worldwatcher
Writers I thank you all for providing me with such enjoyable reading material.

It was my pleasure to write in the competition. I can't speak for everyone else but I think they had as much fun as I did.

I agree, this was allot of fun. Not only do I enjoy writing, i'm also an avid reader. This contest showed some awesome talent among the writing community. We had close to 50 entries!

Hopefully the next contest won't be too far off and we can all do it again. I look forward to competeing with each of you in the future.

The good news is, now we all have someone to shoot for, Jeremiah25. He's now king of the mountain and i'm hoping to be the first to knock him off

Wupy

Originally posted by mrwupy
[The good news is, now we all have someone to shoot for, Jeremiah25. He's now king of the mountain and i'm hoping to be the first to knock him off.

*pulls out the Writting Hammer of Death, grins* After you, Jeremiah.

Originally posted by The Vagabond
my finger nails are a wreck! post the results or send me something new to chew on!

Edit to add: (because this was a one liner at first)
Would anybody happen to be interested in advising me on "A Vagabond's Tale"? I've got it in the contest and might have gotten some new exposure for it, so this seems like a good time to ask.
I'm doing OK with it, but i thought maybe a little creative input from somebody with somewhat different tastes would help me make it a more multi-dimensional plot.

[edit on 3-8-2005 by The Vagabond]

Ill... take the case! (Harvey Bird Man, or how you spell it)

Like a half a hour kiddies. I think.

HAHA I missed the winner post.

[edit on 3-8-2005 by SpittinCobra]