Finish the Story Week 66 Winners!
Hoist the colours, proud fiction writers and assorted oddities of the Realms!
Beneath the ephemeral colour of this placid river, that of thousand fragments of untold stories, things that live forever dance with those that are forever lost. But there are things that, right when you turn your gaze, the river stealthily returns, laying them down on the silty shore, under the dull November sun.
And so it was that, and now the 66th edition brought forth lively participation in the realm and the ever-energetic knights and paladins come forth firing all cylinders; well, firing bows and arrows, if you like. Not only the participants but also the discussions around the stories were enough to gladden a thousand hearts.
While the story outlined a malfunctioning sentinel, it seemed to have had some kind of effect on my internet connecting peripheral device (back in the twenty-first century, these were called computers and laptops) as well. It took it down too and hence the delay of a day. But going forward, we should be back to sticking to our timelines, malfunctioning sentinel or not. ;)
Briefly, the parameters for the contest, as previously underlined in several occasions, are the following: originality of the content / formal elements: writing style and lexicon, style consistency & homogeneity, fluency of the text / we also look for a story from the perspective of a collaborative writing exercise, hence the participant's half of the story has to give continuity and coherence with the prompt / respect of the 500 words limit, to be seen as a push to focus on the content and a way to eliminate unnecessary frills (“To write is human, to edit is divine.” - S. King).
And as @f3nix would say, we can keep enjoying and make this community prosper with a little help from everyone! That spirit was already seen in the 66th edition. So thanks and congrats to all. Also, congrats to @owasco and @carolkean for their @curie votes (the big ones) and to our participants who have been graced by @ocdb, @curangel and all our curators who enjoy and vote quality content.
As always, the community stays blessed by the support of @curie curators, the amazing team of @c-squared and, last but not least, those cool dudes at @crowdmind / @crowdwitness (always remember to sustain every one of the abovementioned by using your witness free slots).
And now, without further ado...
The Winners
GRAND PRIZE - 5 STEEM & 500 SNAX tokens: @phil-glaz!
A good story shows and tells the reader but if emotions can be added to this basic mix, the story reaches another level. It is interesting to learn about immortality without past memories. However, @phil-glaz shows that should these memories come back it would have a heart-wrenching effect on the person.
SECOND PRIZE - 3 STEEM & 300 SNAX tokens: @owasco!
The story takes an unusual twist and it gets catty from there. This Caturday, do take time out to read this story.
THIRD PRIZE - 2 STEEM & 200 SNAX tokens: @darthgexe!
There was an interesting twist in this story. The Colonel was a humanoid too which probably even the Colonel never knew. The sentinel escaped and Jennifer was actually the boss. Hmm.. turning everything upside down and yet coming out as an interesting story.
POPULAR VOTE
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BEST COMMENT @agmoore2
In fact, @agmoore2 was so active in the realm that if we take the comments, interpretations and the ensuing discussions with other members, it could be a story in itself. So, thanks and congrats for such active participation!
Give us a couple of days to send the prizes. Congrats once again!
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A special thanks to @felt.buzz, @gwilberiol, @dirge, @theironfelix, @raj808, @brisby, @maverickinvictus, @cyemela, @marcoriccardi, @hidden84, @calluna, @oivas, @f3nix, @khasa, @vdux, @anixio, @ntowl, @tristancarax and @blueeyes8960 for their precious delegations, making this project a reality!
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See you soon for the next edition!
This One had AWESOME stories!!
Congrats to all the winners and Many thanks to @bananafish and @curie and @ocdb and @curangel and all others who made this one SOOOO GRREEEAAATTT
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Would you fancy some good horror vibes next time, @sarez?
Bring it On! @bananafish is all about flexing creative muscles- and the results are amazingly good.
Though I don't write much horror so I will try to to turn the story if I can ;)
Deal, matey. I'm writing one of my nightmares for you. I'm eager to see your ending - @f3nix
Yeah! third place, congratulations to the other winners, @phil-glaz a well deserved first place and @owasco with its caturday, @agmoore2 also did something very appreciable by taking the time to read all the entries and leave accurate comments.
Many thanks to the @bananafish team for making all this happen.
giphy is supported by witness untersatz!
See you on the 22nd and keep up always your excellent writing matey!
Awesome. In a way or another you did it, young padawan, @oivas. And big time. Thanks to you and to everyone for this amazing edition. I think we will skip a week and repeat the magic on the 22nd this month. I will ask @curie if they can support us to keep the rewards flowing. Their help and endorsement has been always an honor for us.
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Even if I don't have the time I had before, seeing this participation is worth all the efforts made in the last two years...thank you all and let's keep the Bananafish mojo flow!
I was almost forgetting.. this cat-selfie is for @carolkean as promised (to demonstrate the high level of scrutiny in this contest)
Awwww The Cat selfie, Edition #2 - I LOVE IT!!!
And of course your "high level of scrutiny."
And congratulations @phil-glaz on your well-deserved win!
Great contests and projects in this realm, thanks to @F3NIX and @bananafish and the long list of supporters. Your realm is fun and exciting - it's great to be here!
What I swear, I do! And, if you feel particularly daring, here's the key to the Bananafish Realms, where all sort of bizarre things may happen (or never happen, who knows). Thanks for writing with us!
I thank you very much for appreciating my interest in the writers here. And for the reward that comes with the appreciation.
You can see from the response this story received that FTS has value to the community. That's an achievement. Everyone who wrote, those who won prizes and those who didn't, had a positive experience.
Thank you for enriching the Steemit community with your hard work. And thanks, @oivas for giving us all a great creative adventure.
Congratulations to the winners! You shine in a spectacular field.
I'm working now on FtS management guidelines and soon ask for more funding. Thanks to you for your always meaningful presence @agmoore. It's really motivating. - f3n
Thank you all!
Hello from the Deep, Deep Russia!
Congrats winner! We'll be back on the 22nd november. In the meantime if you want to join our discord community here's the link. Happy that you player with us, keep it up and 3а встречу!
Congrats to the winners!
Hi @ bananafish when will we get another #finihsthestory beginning?
Congrats to us all for rocking this party! The 67th edition will be out on the 22nd November ..Mark the date 😉
Cool! Thx!
Thank you so much! Congrats to all!
Thanks to you dear @owasco, see you in the next edition! 💚