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Ho Boy! This past year's end was kind of traumatic for me in my personal life, and I'm responsible for it all :D So before we proceed with the Contest Winners, let me explain the Prize Structure. It was changed 2 times after the original announcement.
The Original One was:
1. 1st Place 3 x $200 ea, 2nd Place 3 x $100 ea, 3rd Place 4 x $25 ea, and Runner Up's that receive a vote will be awarded a free Doppler Press Book of their choice that is currently available.
Then, we added an extra $500 into the Prize Pool:
2. 1st Place: 3 x $300 ea, 2nd Place: 4 x $100 ea, 3rd Place: 4 x $50 ea, and Runner Up's that receive a vote will be awarded a free Doppler Press Book of their choice that is currently available.
Then, because of how the voting went, and the fact we didn't want to rob the winners of their placement, we had to place the total payouts based on the grouping of votes. While I will not reveal vote totals, I promise you they are in the correct order. Erin worked with me on this as well and we made sure everything was correct and added up.
3. 2 x $300 ea, 2 x $200 ea, 3 x $100 ea, 4 x $50 ea, and Runner Up's that receive a vote will be awarded a free Doppler Press Book of their choice that is currently available.
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A Tale of Two Tampons - A Christmas Story By Iolanthe Portmanteaux
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A Marvel-ous Christmas By dorothycolleen
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Painted From Memory By SammyC
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The Arctic Circle By Rose
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The Camel By Beverly Taff
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Dream Date By Morgan Philips
The Greatest Gifts By Gillian Chambers
Sleigh Ride By Gillian Chambers
The Surgeons Lodger Part 23 By leeanna19
Believe By Andrea Lena
Tom's Christmas (1-2) By Shiraz
The Secret Gift (1-6) By Teek
The Story of Billy and Suzie By Asche
A Well-Planned Christmas Vacation By MonicaS
Lucky Find By Julie D Cole
The Christmas Clown By LadyDragon623
I’ll Be Home for Christmas By Lesley Renee Charles
Golden Light on the Longest Nights: Emergence By Malady
Being Cindy for Christmas By CHERYLB
A Christmas of Confusion By Polly Adler
Sisterhood's Untold Stories: A Carol for Christmas By Deborah Kate Christopher
A True Christmas Miracle By Jennifer Sue
Life finds a way Parts(1-3) By Michelle SidheElf Amaianna
All of our Runner-Up's, please message Erin for your free Doppler Press book! For our top Winners, please message Erin (Erin Halfelven in the name selector box of your PM) for what you want to do with your winnings. We paypal mostly. If you need a money order for some reason, please mention that to Erin and I will issue them.
I realize the implementation of this contest was a bit chaotic and at times I made listing mistakes in the creation of the reading list while coding it. I own up to that. I promise that in any future contests, both Erin and myself will streamline it a bit better for less confusion and easier implementation. Whatever, and whenever it happens. We have to, its been awhile since I last ran one, and things were very pressured for us both this time around. From both Erin and myself, we wish all of you a Very Merry 2021 Christmas and a Happy New Year of 2022!!!!
Comments
I'm shocked my story did so well
there were a lot of really good entries !
Wow
I probably wouldn't have known about the results being out yet if Dot hadn't left me a message telling me to check. Thanks to everyone who read my contribution and voted for it. I'm a bit surprised and extremely honored to get the response that I have in this contest. I wasn't sure if I had lost my touch, I was writing through pain, and didn't even know what to write until a few days before the deadline so I felt a bit rushed too. It's nice that people enjoyed it so much with all of that. There were a lot of really great stories this year so I was floored when I saw the results. Congrats to everyone for some great entries this year, I think all of you did a fantastic job.
Btw, Iolanthe Portmanteaux, I loved a Tale of Two Tampons, it was one of my favorites this year and hit me right in the giggles with that ending. I'm glad to see it getting the appreciation it deserved.
*big hugs to all (even though I can only use one arm)*
Amethyst
Don't take me too seriously. I'm just kitten around. :3
I'd like to thank the Academy...
Thanks, Amethyst! Honestly, I stunned to see where I've landed -- there were strong contenders!
Best wishes to everyone who participated, big thanks to everyone who READ and voted (!!!), and super-big thanks to Sephrena for all the labor of putting this together.
Hugs all around,
- io
Thanks for your hard work
I don't envy you your job coordinating a contest like this. I'll discount all the errors you acknowledge and say, Job Well Done.
Hugs
Patricia
Happiness is being all dressed up and HAVING some place to go.
Semper in femineo gerunt
Unusual for Me...
My votes not only matched the winners, but my rankings were pretty close to the overall results. I'd agree with Sephrena that this was a deep story collection, perhaps unusually so, especially given the 2000-word rule.
Any chance you could tell us the number of people who voted?
Congrats, of course, to all the winners, and thanks to Sephy for putting it together.
Best, Eric
Thank you!
And thanks to all of the folks who blessed us with such great stories!
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Hopes that the coming year will bring great days for everyone here!
Love, Andrea Lena
Thank you
Thank you
Congratulations!
To all the winners (and runners-up)!
HUGS!
S