Okay, the moment you all have been waiting for, hyperventilating over, and stalking your MLs over is finally here.

However, we would first like to thank everyone for their participation. We were blown away by you guys yet again. Several of these were close calls for some of the judges. Because we loved so many of these we will be releasing the winners, as well as the runner ups, for the categories that were a close call.

Drabbles- Our Drabbles were a very close call. The winner and runner up were two very different styles, but they each held a lot of appeal for our judges.

Winner: Jonathan Garner
Runner Up: Vanya Katerina Jaynin

Poems- The poems were beautiful and stirring. Again, we had to make a decision between two very good entries.

Winner: Vilisse
Runner Up: Evening L. Aspen

Short Story- Wow, we were blown away by a couple of these. Our winner was unanimous, but we had a tie on our runner ups.

Winner: BushMaid
Runner Up: Mathew Lauser
Runner Up: KatherineROID

Story Hooks- I think this may have been the most frustrating category for our judges. So many of us wanted to know what happened next. Our winner actually sent in two different story hooks, and one of them was our winner.

Winner: Shawn Henderson
Runner Up: Princess of the King

Creature Descriptions- The judges all agreed on this one, without a runner up.
Winner: Riniel Jasmina

Congratulations to our winners and runner ups, you all worked very hard. The winner’s prizes will be shipped as soon as we receive them.

Thank you all for participating. We had a great turn out.

Congrats to the winners!

Now, I want to read the winning entries.

*does cartwheels* Yah, I didn't win. But it's still very neat to see who did! Congratulations to the winners!!!

Ditto to the question about the winning entries!

Congratulations and good job, everyone! I enjoyed reading your entries.

Congrats!

They will be posted on the blog, don't worry.

Coolness! Yes, winning entries will be published on the blog. So you'll get to see them over the next few weeks.

Yay!!

The plan is to post one entry a week. Comments will be posted once they are all assembled.

Congratulations, everyone! It was a joy to read your entries. There is some stunning God-given talent lurking in this forum, and the entries were fascinating. Keep writing for HIS eternal glory!

Congratulations to all of the winners and runner ups. Enjoy your prize books!

*flips*

Wow! I can't wait to read the other winner's entries



Thanks to all judges! *bows* you've done an amazing job... keeping this information to yourself until now

Okay, I will be posting the winners and runner ups every Thursday on the blog, starting this Thursday. I will post the comments on the entry featured that week on the same day, under the story excerpts. These comments will be used with the judge’s permission, as well as being summarized and anonymized.

CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS!!! Everyone!!! I can't wait to read all your entries!!

*slackjaw*

I won?! Oh my goodness, wow! I'm so glad you guys liked it!! Thankyou!!

Sorry I was a little heavy handed on the smilies.

Congratulations guys! Way to go! Throws confetti all over the thread. I think I've got an obsession with confetti now. It's all Eru's fault!

*scans list and stops suddenly with wide eyes* I got runner up? Really? Me? I'm so glad you guys liked it!

And, Shawn, I can't wait to see yours!!!

Congrats to everyone else!

Woohoo!

I have GOT to read the story that beat mine.

Mine didn't place -- can I have the judges' comments in an email or PM or something since it won't be posted on the blog?

*blush*

After browsing a few threads, I've only just realized you're Emeth's brother. *headdeskfacepalm*

Actually, I think it's cousin.

Congratulations Jon, Bush, Vili, and Shawn!

I can't wait to read the entries!

*facepalms*

Melody's right.

Goodness... *shakes head at self* I haven't a clue! How'd I manage to write a story in the first place?!

First cousins. Our fathers are brothers, so...close!

We can arrange that I believe.

*throws confetti with Elanor*

Congrats all of y'all winners! =)

eruheran

Squee. I, uh, tied with in the runner up position. LOL. I can't wait to read Maid's story! And Matt's! And everyone's! Although hooks would probably kill me.

Great job, Maid! And everyone, for that matter!

Wow! It kinda surprises me to see who wrote what. XD Thanks ya'll for entering, the judges (I think I can speak for everybody) had a fun time judging!

We'll hang out together, Mel. Mine didn't place either.
Could you please pm me the judges' comments as well?

Hey, you all were winners just for stepping up to the challenge. Lots of people won't because they are afraid of not placing. Just because you didn't place, doesn't mean you didn't have a good start to a story hook, drabble, poem, etc. We had to base our judgment on a lot of things. Structure, style, appeal, the relevance of the piece to its category. Lots of things went into the votes.

Bravo to all you judges too. By the looks of the results, there must have been a lot of entries, so well done! Thanks for taking so much time to read them all.

I know. You judges are epic too!

Congratz to all the winners! Can't wait to read the entries.

All judges, all winners, and probably all participants are going to receive a small token of our appreciation for your participation in the form of a very special postcard about which I will say nothing more.

So, in brief, if you haven't sent in your address with your entry please send it over to me. It will make my life so much simpler... Thank you all.

Um, squee?
*pesters Vanya*

Quick question - do we have to wait for our entry to be posted to get the judges' comments, or can they be sent in advance?

OK, OK, I have no patience.

I gave myself a strict no-lookie-at-the-contest-entry rule for myself in case I found something else that needed to be fixed, and couldn't do anything about it since it had already been submitted. Now I want to know what the judges thought - and read it again - so I can think about possible revisions.

Nope. You must wait. I will be posting them both together. The entry will go on the blog with a link to the judge's comments under story excerpts, and the judge's comments will be posted under story excerpts with a link to the entry on the blog. Patience is a virtue Katty Roy

Could you take a pic and send it to me by email or PM?

I'm gonna die.

I have faith you'll survive

As do I. After all, you've survived the wait thus far!

While we are on the subject, or maybe we weren't..., is there a category everyone is most interested in seeing on the blog first? And please, do not choose the topic that holds your competition's entries. Base this off of the topic alone. This will help give me an idea of which entries I should post first.

How about this, you guys give me a list of the order you would like to see the blog pieces (and consequently judges comments) post. The category you want to see posted first should be at the top of the list, the one that interests you the least at the bottom.