Summer Story Contest (The Results)

[*Lady Lucia*]

Final 'Summer Story Contest' post, I promise. XD

After a super close vote, it does indeed look like I ended up winning my own contest! Thanks so much for the votes, everyone, and I'll have to find a clever way to reward myself. Usually I give my winners a handful of options in a private message with them, all of which revolve around getting more content out. Stay tuned! I've always referenced winning stories, so here we go:

1st Place -- The Disguise, by yours truly, Lady Lucia.
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And a VERY close 2nd place -- War of the Scouts, by Executionus.
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A huge 'Thank You' again to everyone who not only submitted stories, but also to those who submitted the prompts that made this contest possible. I really liked this style. It takes my own personal bias out of not only judging, but also crowd-sources ideas in a way that makes things way more interesting than just one person coming up with prompts. I know it's a few months early to be thinking about such things, but I'm pretty sure I'll be keeping this model for my usual winter contest -- if you really want one of your prompts to be picked, then you've got plenty of time to craft your idea(s) in the most appealing way. :)

Alright, that'll have to do it for me. Have a great end to your summer, everyone, and I'll see you next time!

Much love,
Lady Lucia

[SDS]

Congrats to both of you very deserved I loved reading the pair of these stioreis!

I think the idea of getting people to submit prompts really helped this contest to have lots of veriety and early interest!

SDS xx