Art Prompt Writing Contest #5 - Result!
The fifth art prompt writing contest ended at midnight on the 27th October. I received ten submissions and, as is my usual way, I waited for the contest to end before reading them all. I have spent this morning doing so and, with the help of @tinypaleokitchen, have decided on the winners.
I asked for 500 - 1000 word fictional tales, using the following photograph from @lymmerick as a prompt.
Thanks to the generosity of @jordan.lesich and @bex-dk - the prize pool stood at 45 SBD.
The overall winner receives 25 SBD plus the SBD payout from the contest announcement post, which was 7.578 SBD. After much deliberation, I am pleased to announce that @authorofthings is the overall winner, and therefore receives the total prize of 32.578 SBD. This is her heart wrenching story, called Marygold Sky:
https://steemit.com/contest/@authorofthings/marygold-sky-entry-into-gmuxx-art-prompt-5-contest
Congratulations!
My first runner up is @g-force1980 with this powerful entry, called Pa's Shack:
Congratulations! You win 15 SBD.
My second runner up is @negativer with his submission, called Out Of The Darkness, Into The Light :
https://steemit.com/fiction/@negativer/out-of-the-darkness-into-the-light-original-short-fiction
Congratulations! You also win 15 SBD.
Thank you to everybody that submitted their work for my contest. As I am leaving for Steemfest in four days, I will put the next contest seeking art as a prompt on hold for a week. Look out for that and the following art prompt writing contest in the coming weeks.
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Thank you so much @gmuxx and @tinypaleokitchen. I am genuinely humbled to have been chosen as a winner. There were so many excellent entries but @authorofthings was a very worthy overall winner.
Congrats to the winners! (including myself :D) but specifically for @authorofthings for her unexpectedly uplifting story! Thanks to @gmuxx for hosting, and @jordan.lesich and @bex-dk for the extra bling!
"Unexpectedly uplifting. . . " LOLOLOL!!!! An Block inside joke, but man is it funny and spot on.
Congratulations. These are getting ever more difficult to judge.
bahaha - at 'unexpectedly uplifting' :-)
This is such a cool concept @gmuxx! @topkpop let me know about your contest-- I am an artist and would like for one of my drawings to be used in this super cool project :D (the one I am thinking about is called "the controller" and it is one of my newest blogs) --please let me know! this post is upvoted and following you!
I'm totally stoked. Also @rhondak will be pleased, I think. Thanks so much for hosting this. And it really was a pleasure to read so many of these.
Yes, rhondak is definitely pleased!!! :-) Congratulations!
Vey much deserved.
Congrats to the winner. Your story deserve more. Hard luck for me still amatuer to write such quality stuff. Still learning the Art. 👍😉
Congratulations everyone! I was happy to participate and to see all the talented writers who participated in this contest with me. Congrats to the runner ups too :) Beautiful writing people.
Congrats to @authorofthings @g-force1980 and @negativer. I read all the other entries and am glad to see you guys were selected.
Thanks @gmuxx for the contest, I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for the next one.
That was a wonderful story @authorofthings ! I haven't yet seen the other two, but will enjoy reading them today.
Congratulations to @authorofthings an the runner ups @g-force1980 & @negativer + ALL who entered their stories. This was fun and so interesting to read the various takes on the same photo. What a great group of imaginations !! Thanks to the host @gmuxx and Sponsors.