Short Stories Contest #1

thewrongvine

thewrongvine

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soo.... wats the reward? lmao
when are the placings gonna show
and
is there gonna be a next contest? when! :D
 
Rheias

Rheias

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SilverHawk and I finished grading the submission, we are waiting for Demonwrath. He has 24 hours. Obviously if he won't send his gradings by then only SilverHawk's and mine would count. Further more, he will not be allowed to host any future short stories contests.
 
Rheias

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This is THE LAST time Demonwrath will ever be a judge any contest on TH.net, this is not the first time he abandoned a contest he was judging.

On to a happier matter... Grades! :D

#place Place: Name (Total score)
Topic - How well you did.

Specific grades for each topic will not be given as we don't want arguements to start on every little point. These grades are final.

1st Place: Ninva (84.5)
Grammar + Vocab. - High
Interesting - Very high
Originality - Excellent
Themes - Average
Plot - high
Characterization - Very high

2ed Place: MasterOfABCs (79)
Grammar + Vocab. - Very high
Interesting - High
Originality - Excellent
Themes - High
Plot - Average high
Characterization - Average

3rd Place: Seb! (73.5)
Grammar + Vocab. - High
Interesting - High
Originality - Excellent
Themes - Average
Plot - High
Characterization - Average low

4th Place: Jonadrian619 (73)
Grammar + Vocab. - High
Interesting - High
Originality - High
Themes - High
Plot - Average high
Characterization - Average low

5th Place: Pineapple (68)
Grammar + Vocab. - High
Interesting - High
Originality - High
Themes - Average high
Plot - Average
Characterization - Average

6th Place: Halanah (41)
Grammar + Vocab. - Average low
Interesting - Average low
Originality - Average
Themes - Low
Plot - Average low
Characterization - Average low

7th Place: BANANAMAN (32)
Grammar + Vocab. - Average
Interesting - Low
Originality - Average low
Themes - Very low
Plot - Average low
Characterization - Very low

Ninva, please contact me about the next contest through PM. Are you willing to judge it? What might be the prompt?
 
Halahan

Halahan

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can't give rep, so you'll probably need some milk with those cookies ;)
 
esb

esb

Because none of us are as cruel as all of us.
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Congrats Ninva!

Maybe I'll join the next one :p
 
thewrongvine

thewrongvine

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CONGRATZ NINVA
AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT PARTICIPATED
BUT MOSTLY NINVA CUZ NINVA IS THE WINNER!
lol j/k, gratz to everyone who participated.
:D
maybe i too will join next one.

I cant rep so

gratz
 
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Ninva

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Awesome, thanks for doing all that work, Rheias and to the other judges for getting their reviews in. I know I was a pain, but I did put a lot of work into that short story.
Congratulations to all the contestants. You all have very interesting stories, and I'm excited for the next contest. I'm not sure of a prompt yet, but I'd sleep on it.
I'll contact you, Rheias, tomorrow. :)
 
SilverHawk

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Congrats to all who participated in the contest, and especially to Ninva. :D

One thing I'll say to all future contestants:

Short stories should be self-sufficient - that is they should not be a prequel to some other story, or reference events your readers have never heard of. Some people did that in this contest, and it showed.

I hope to see all of you participate in future contests! :D

(I also hope to judge again, if Ninva doesn't mind. :p)
 
thewrongvine

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IT IS OK YOUNG APPRENTICE! YOU WILL LEARN IN TIME AND BE THE STRONGEST JEDI NINJA COOK IN ALL OF HISTORY (as of 20 years from now, after your name be thought as traitors and they forget you)
lol j/k. :D
at least you tried!?!
waiting for next contest! :)
 
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MasterOfABCs

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Good fun, I'm interested in contest number two when it comes around.

Gratz to ya nivia. ;)

Nivia, i'll get you next time :p
 
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