2014 Prose Competition - The Results

Originally posted by Ponderable
Congratulations and a big Thank You Silverstriker.

As opposed to my prediction my story didn't finish last but 7th.

Submit next year it's fun to do and you can hone your writing skills. Getting a story into 750 words is a big challenge! I liked your stories though! Keep writing!

I forget to congratulate Silverstriker. Congratulations!

It was like labor for me to push out just one story. The editing was a little rough, but just like I predicted, I was up against the deadline.

I did The Invasion, my first try at my favorite genre, sci-fi.

I'll also credit sonhouse with giving me the idea for it, unbeknownst to him.

And Ponderable, we actually tied for 7th, but I'm not gonna bust Silverstriker's chops over it. 🙂

You were all so very good! 🙂

Originally posted by neilarini
My stories came last AND second to last!

The Blue Whale was influenced by Kafka's The Castle. The Blue Whale represents heaven and man's journey attempting to locate its position.

Originally posted by Suzianne
It was like labor for me to push out just one story. The editing was a little rough, but just like I predicted, I was up against the deadline.

I did The Invasion, my first try at my favorite genre, sci-fi.

I'll also credit sonhouse with giving me the idea for it, unbeknownst to him.

And Ponderable, we actually tied for 7th, but I'm not gonna bust Silverstriker's chops over it. 🙂

Originally posted by Suzianne
It was like labor for me to push out just one story. The editing was a little rough, but just like I predicted, I was up against the deadline.

I did The Invasion, my first try at my favorite genre, sci-fi.

I'll also credit sonhouse with giving me the idea for it, unbeknownst to him.

And Ponderable, we actually tied for 7th, but I'm not gonna bust Silverstriker's chops over it. 🙂

Originally posted by neilarini
My stories came last AND second to last!

The Blue Whale was influenced by Kafka's The Castle. The Blue Whale represents heaven and man's journey attempting to locate its position.

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Hang on just a minute there "missy" I too had 7 points but the way we got those points determined where we placed. 🙂 But wasn't it fun.

Originally posted by Suzianne
Yeah, and the "way" I got my points was identical to Ponderable's.

1 1st place vote and 2 3rd place votes. 5 + 1 + 1 = 7

Look, I said I wasn't gonna make a big deal about it. So let it go.

Sorry I mucked that one up my inputting into excel failed on that one 🙁 I should hire a secretary next time to ensure no mistakes

I wrote "Bigamist" but it turned out more like a pile of dreck than what I had hoped for when I started. I considered pulling it the very next day (I didn't even want to go back and read it again, let alone polish it), but I left it in for giggles to see if it would actually get any votes.

Also, the piece was robbed of some impact when a much-needed swear word was changed to 'with'. 😛

Originally posted by SwissGambit
I wrote "Bigamist" but it turned out more like a pile of dreck than what I had hoped for when I started. I considered pulling it the very next day (I didn't even want to go back and read it again, let alone polish it), but I left it in for giggles to see if it would actually get any votes.

Also, the piece was robbed of some impact when a much-needed swear word was changed to 'with'. 😛

Originally posted by SwissGambit
I wrote "Bigamist" but it turned out more like a pile of dreck than what I had hoped for when I started. I considered pulling it the very next day (I didn't even want to go back and read it again, let alone polish it), but I left it in for giggles to see if it would actually get any votes.

Also, the piece was robbed of some impact when a much-needed swear word was changed to 'with'. 😛