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The following winners for the August 2020 running of "What a Character! : Official WDC Contest" were chosen from the 16 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided below. Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Adam's Rib" by deemac Second Place - "With My Own Money" by THANKFUL SONALI Now What? Third Place - "Diego and the Genie" by Words Whirling 'Round Thank you to our pool of official contest judges, and to Jeff for continuing to keep Writing.Com's official site contests running smoothly! |
The following winners for the July 2020 running of "Rhythms & Writing: Official WDC Contest" were chosen from the 11 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided below. Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Travelin' the Back Roads in a Pink RV" by Cub-bee Second Place - "Finding Home" by fyn Third Place - "Following A Dream" by 💙 Carly Thank you's go out to Jeff for continuing to keep Writing.Com's official site contests running smoothly and the Moderator judging pool! ~~SM |
The following winners for the June 2020 running of "Journey Through Genres: Official Contest" were chosen from the 30 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided below. Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Jeeves at Hogwarts" by THANKFUL SONALI Now What? Second Place - "Escape to the Country" by 🌞GeminiGem 🌻 Third Place - "As Clear As Water " by Christopher Roy Denton Continued thanks and appreciation for Jeff and his ability to keep Writing.Com's official site contests moving right along! Thank you's also to our Moderator judges who volunteer their time to read, rate, sort and sift through all the entries! ~~SM |
The following winners for the May 2020 running of "Short Shots: Official WDC Contest" were chosen from the 12 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided below. Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "The Dealer of Souls" by Graham B. Second Place - "Winning Streak" by Myles Abroad Third Place - "Death Card" by D. Reed Whittaker My ongoing thanks and appreciation for Jeff and his ability to keep Writing.Com's official site contests moving right along! Thank you's also to our Moderator judges who volunteer their time to read, rate, sort and sift through all the entries! ~~SM |
The following winners for the April 2020 running of "Quotation Inspiration: Official Contest" were chosen from the 13 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided below. Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "The Wallpaper Garden" by Cub-bee Second Place - "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor Third Place - "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor Woohoo's and thank you's go out to Jeff for keeping Writing.Com's official site contests running smooth and steady. Plus props the Moderator judging pool for stepping up to pick the winners! ~~SM |
Happy 20th Birthday, Writing.Com! On September 1, 2020, Writing.Com turns 20 years old! Can you believe that? TWENTY YEARS OLD! We've all shared a very strange year and we can't think of a better time to celebrate this momentous occasion! Twenty years is a huge milestone for an online community and we are so excited to party with you this week! The Biggest Writer's Block Party EVER! From September 1st through September 7th, Writing.Com is hosting the biggest online block party for writers of all interests! This week, you'll find contests and activities hosted by Writing.Com and members of the community, increased daily rewards, reviewing challenges and rewards, new releases from us, and a 10% back sale... don't miss a single thing at "Writing.Com Party Central 2023!" The Writing.Com 20th Birthday SALE! For every order placed in "The Writing.Com Shop" during September 1-7, 2020, we will manually send you back 10% of your order's total in Gift Points!* Purchase a one-year Premium membership at the regular price and you will receive 139,950 in Gift Points. Buy a 3-month Upgraded membership, and you'll receive 19,950 back in Gift Points. Buy 1 million Gift Points, and you'll receive an extra 100,000! And if you order tangible items like mugs, t-shirts, journals and more, we'll even include your shipping in that 10% back. We're that excited to be turning 20! * 10% back only when paid by credit card, PayPal, check or money orders. Orders paid with Gift Points are not included in this offer. This process is not automatic and we'll try to get the bonus Gift Points back to you within a day. New Awardicons, Emoticons, Badges, & Trinkets! In honor of our first day of our 20th birthday, we are happy to release some new community and personal designs for you to use! Each day, we will release new awardicons, merit badges, emoticons, and trinkets... maybe a new feature, as well. Be sure to watch "Site News & Announcements" and "Writing.Com Party Central 2023!" each day through September 7th for our daily new releases, which will open around Midnight (WdC time) each night. Keep your eye on the community newsfeed to see what surprises might pop up and be sure to add Writing.Com Support as a favorite so that you don't miss a thing! Costumicons Available! Costumicon subscriptions are available for purchase! This subscription will last through 11:59pm on September 30th, 2020. Subscribe to or change your current costumicon from the "My Account" area or directly at: http://www.Writing.com/main/my_account/view/costumicons NOTE: You can gift costumicons to your fellow members and friends! To gift a subscription, head to your My Gifts Points page: http://www.Writing.Com/main/my_gifts/tab/shop One FREE Badge Every Day of our Birthday! Normally, every paid member can send one free virtual Merit Badge every 30 days... but for the 7 days of our birthday, paid members can send one FREE virtual badge EVERY DAY! Choose a member, choose a badge and send it. It's that easy. If you are eligible for a free badge at the time, the Writing.Com system will automatically know this and discount the badge you wish to send. (You can not defer the free badge; the system will always use the free one first when giving badges.) http://www.writing.com/main/badges * Physical merit badges are not free and are the same additional cost. Thank YOU! We are so proud to reach this milestone. TWENTY years! Thanks to all of you, our members, for your support and participation. We love hosting this online home for writers... here's to the next 20 years! We hope you have a great time celebrating with us this week. We look forward to seeing many of you around the site... invite every writer you know to come and join the party! Cheers! The StoryMistress and The StoryMaster |
Eight Months of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" results coming at ya! . I'll be contacting the winners and honorable mentions about their prizes. Congratulations to the following three winners and two honorable mentions of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in October 2019! First ($50): Review of "Tri-tours" by A E Willcox Second ($25): Invalid Review by Anonymous Third ($10): Invalid Review by Anonymous Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "A campfire fixes everything" by David the Dark one! Honorable (50k GPs): Review of " Power to the Powerful!" by s Congratulations to the following three winners and two honorable mentions of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in November 2019! First ($50): Review of "Tara. Chapter 1" by Lynn Nichole Second ($25): Review of "Catch a Flying Star" by Robert Waltz Third ($10): Review of "ruwth is writing..." by 🌑 Darleen - QoD Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "The Heroic Heart" by Sharmelle's Expressions Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "Hope in Season" by Beholden Congratulations to the following three winners and two honorable mentions of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in December 2019! First ($50): Review of "A Child's Hurt" by Dave Second ($25): Review of "Christmas Magic" by Cub-bee Third ($10): Review of "The Lone Survivor" by Ԝ€ß☆ԜiʈCH Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "Tender Touch" by Chris Breva Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "Jane Austen December Newsletter 2019 " by ♥Hooves♥ Congratulations to the following three winners and two honorable mentions of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in January 2020! First ($50): Review of "The Haunted House (Pilot)" by Cat Voleur Second ($25): Review of "Elegy & eulogy for sir Abdul Kalam " by Dave Third ($10): Review of "Christmas is Cancelled!" by ♥Hooves♥ Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "Dream Logic" by R__chel Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "Love...Unheard,Unseen" by Kate - Writing & Reading Congratulations to the following three winners and two honorable mentions of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in February 2020! First ($50): Review of "Interview at Shetzun" by QueenOwl ~ A New Day Dawns Second ($25): Review of "Meet the Parents" by Cat Voleur Third ($10): Review of "Like the Windmill" by Duke the Fluke Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "The Domino Effect" by Richard ~ Shenanigans INC. Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "The Golden Apparition" by Jeannie Congratulations to the following three winners and two honorable mentions of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in March 2020! First ($50): Review of "Seeing Straight" by Satuawany Second ($25): Review of "The Righteous King" by Tobber Third ($10): Review of "Family Saved" by DMT - THANK YOU WRITE.COM Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "Poetry for Various Contests/Activities" by Jeff Honorable (50k GPs): Invalid Review by Anonymous Congratulations to the following three winners and two honorable mentions of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in April 2020! First ($50): Review of "Curiosity Shop" by Past Member 'blimprider' Second ($25): Review of "Self-Quarantine Blues" by MiralMS Third ($10): Invalid Review by Anonymous Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "Pieces He Ate" by Cub-bee Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "Fleeting Memory" by Chris Breva Congratulations to the following three winners and two honorable mentions of "Good Deeds Get CASH!" in May 2020! First ($50): Review of "Heart Over Head" by ♫~ Kenword~♫ Second ($25): Review of "Imposture Vengeance - The Dream" by Dave Third ($10): Review of "The Immortal One: Prologue" by Goblin Slayer Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "Silent Partner" by Silver Phoenix Honorable (50k GPs): Review of "Poetry Collection" by 🎼 RRodgersWrites 🎶 To select the winners, 10 entries to the contest are randomly selected and then, with the reviewer's name and case hidden, individually ranked according to "Guidelines To Great Reviewing" . I am the only judge. Thanks to everyone who reviewed and entered these past months and who continue to do so! Best wishes, ~~ The StoryMaster * I think it's all correct. This was a lot of judging and sorting. |
The following winners for the March 2020 running of "What a Character! : Official WDC Contest" were chosen from the 38 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided in below. Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Beneath this Mask" by Myles Abroad Second Place - "You'll Never Be My Home Again" by SB Musing Third Place - "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor Thank you to Jeff for managing Writing.Com's official site contests. #welloiledmachine ... Thanks also to our Moderator judges for volunteering their time to read, rate, sort and sift through all the entries! ~~SM |
The following winners for the February 2020 running of "Journey Through Genres: Official Contest" were chosen from the 29 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided below. Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "One Last Time" by Lilli 🧿 ☕ Second Place - "Clinging Hearts" by Cub-bee Third Place - "Provide Photosynthesis To Me" by SB Musing Continued thanks and appreciation for Jeff and his ability to keep Writing.Com's official site contests moving right along! Thank you's also to our Moderator judges who volunteer their time to read, rate, sort and sift through all the entries! ~~SM |
The following winners for the January 2020 running of "Dear Me: Official WDC Contest" were chosen from the 55 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided below. Congratulations to the following three winners: First Place - "Dear Me" by Jayne Second Place - "Dear Me" by debmiller1 Third Place - "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor * This is Jayne 's 2nd consecutive Dear Me 1st place win! Thank you to Jeff for keeping Writing.Com's official site contests up and running! Also our thanks to the Moderator judges that read, rate, sort and sift through all the entries! ~~SM |