TopShelf's Summer Romance 2010 Contest Results

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And Now for the Winners...
 
 
 
DRUMROLL...

First Place was won by a very talented author of ours. She consistently puts out superb tales enthralling us with such titles as Royalty Consists Not In Vain Pomp, What Transpires at Night, and Either Do it right, or Don't Do it at All,
 
our very own...
 
Lillith Langtree!

 
First Place with 7 votes!

Passion and Purpose
by:
Lilith Langtree


Sasha Petrovitch has not been like other boys for the last three years.
So what happens when he meets the new girl during lunch on their first day back?


$80.00

Second Place was won by another of our very talented Authors with 4 votes. Her writing is very sensual and touching. I am very impressed with this author's team of editor and illustrator combining their talents to enhance her design...
 
None other than...
 
Kelly Blake!

 
Second Place with 4 votes!

A Second Chance

 

by Kelly Blake

 

Edited and Proofed
by Drea DiMaggio and Alison Mary
Artwork provided by
the Incorrigible Belle Meade


...I knew what had happened. As one of the cops approached me and started to speak to me, I heard not a single word. I merely saw his mouth move as tears began to fall from my eyes.


I remember little else from that evening other than finding myself in my old room, now occupied by Corie, and Kate alongside me in the bed. Owen and Meg were gone. We would never be able to speak, or touch, or laugh, or cry with them again. My life, and Kate’s, as we knew it, had come to a most bitter end.

$60.00

Third Place with 3 votes, is one of our most prolific writers on BigCloset TopShelf. She has devoted a large portion of her life in the past two years in putting her visions and thoughts into words here. With very emotional and touching words, her story was superb.
 
I am proud to present...
 
Andrea Lena DiMaggio!

 
Third Place with 3 votes!

 

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The Piano Lesson
of Linda Piontak

 
by Andrea Lena DiMaggio

 

Linda discovers that even a tutor can
learn a thing or two; especially when
love is involved!

$50.00

We Need Lillith Langtree, Kelly Blake, and Andrea Lena DiMaggio to please
PM me with your mailing addresses for your Cash Prizes!


And Now... for the Runner-Ups!




The Sweet Romance of Linda Piontak by Andrea Lena Dimaggio
Freezeframe by Kaho
Fine Print by Grover
A Bonnie Lass by Angela Rasch
Lessons Learned by Catherine Linda Michel
Military Wife by Stanman


Summer Romance 2010 Contest's Honourable Mentions




Martha by Topsy
What are the Odds? by Connie Alexander
On the Way to the Dance by Heather Rose Brown
Hiding Alice by Saless
Heat Wave by Commentator
Accidental Girl by Stanman
The Missing Lover by Katherine Day
That Summer I Found Her by Jengirl
Perfect Nails by Kelly Blake
Never Trust The Pretty Ones by Jennifer Brock
My Summer Time Romance by Stanman


I would like to thank everyone who took the time to enter for participating. In every sense of the word, everyone who entered this contest is a winner!!! I wish I had the funding to pay everyone who took the time and entered, but... I simply don't have those kind of resources. I would also like to thank the people who took the time to vote and who read the stories. That is what BigCloset TopShelf is all about! Writing, Reading, Commenting, and Participating.

I will return with presenting the December 2010 Santa's Helper Contest!

=^.^=

Sephrena Lynn Miller
BigCloset TopShelf
TGLibrary.com

Comments

Original Comments

WOOT! LILITH!

Submitted by Beverly Colleen on Mon, 2010/07/26 - 6:15pm.

You Go Girl! One of my favorites by her awesomeness!

Beverly's Balcony

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Summer

Submitted by stacy on Mon, 2010/07/26 - 8:12pm.

I didn't even realize it was voting time, and had almost forgotten the contest. But, I think I would have been forced to vote for Passion also. anyway.

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Congrats!

Submitted by Connie Alexander on Mon, 2010/07/26 - 8:43pm.

Congratulations to our winners. Great stories all!

Hugs,
Connie

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Congrats To All The Talented Winners

Submitted by Jengrl on Mon, 2010/07/26 - 9:43pm.

Congratulations to all the talented winners. Lillith, Kelly and Andrea, you were wonderful as usual! I kind of figured that my story didn't have too much of a chance this time. It only got three comments in the last chapter. Hopefully, my muse will wake up and start letting me come up with something. Ever since Goldie died, I have been without a real editor. I will probably stand on the sidelines and observe for a while until I can hone my skills to do better. I didn't get much criticism for "That Summer I Found Her" other than calling for a sequel so I guess that's good. I know I might sound paranoid, but I get the impression that people didn't say much about it to spare my feelings because they didn't like it. I only want to get better as a writer, so if you didn't like something just let me know where I can improve. Constructive criticism helps me improve. I remember when Goldie would go through and do a wholesale edit and tell me what I did wrong. She never sugarcoat it either LOL! I sure do miss her!

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Oops

Submitted by stacy on Tue, 2010/07/27 - 7:56pm.

Jen, I apologize to you. I failed to notice this was included in the contest so I just saved it to be read at leisure., instead of moving it up the priority list. What parts I did see, I liked. Now I feel bad for not reading it quicker.

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(Blink, blink)

Submitted by Lilith_Langtree on Tue, 2010/07/27 - 4:00am.

Um... wow. Thank you to everyone that voted and took the time to read this monstrosity. Not to forget those that took the time to comment as well. That means just as much to me. Now I'm off... back to the keyboard for another three stories that I'm working on at once here.

;)

~Lili

Blog: http://lilithlangtree.tglibrary.com/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lilith_langtree

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I would like to congratulate Lillith

Submitted by Andrea Lena DiMaggio on Tue, 2010/07/27 - 11:30am.

for what Sephrena rightly calls another superb tale of romance. And to Kelly, my little brat, for her tender and oh so personal tale of her Second Chance.

I'd like to thank those folks who voted for both my stories, and I'd like to thank and congratulate all the authors who wrote such wonderful and romantics stories. Thanks to Erin for providing us with the best site on the net and finally, thank you Sephrena for being so generous and gracious to us as well!

She was born for all the wrong reasons but grew up for all the right ones.
Con grande amore e di affetto, Andrea Lena
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Amen 'Drea...

Submitted by Jonelle on Tue, 2010/07/27 - 7:46pm.

[email protected] ... My sentiments exactly! I must admit though that my vote probably cost you a second place finish. I just had to vote for Kelly's story. It offered so much hope for those of us who are still looking for our own 'Second Chance' that I simply couldn't resist.

Love and Hugs,
Jonelle

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For ease of browsing, what

Submitted by Visitor on Tue, 2010/07/27 - 7:18pm.

For ease of browsing, what about converting the story titles to links?

Congratulations and well done to all authors.

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The links---- never mind

Submitted by stacy on Tue, 2010/07/27 - 7:48pm.

when I saw the neat colors of the titles etc in her posts, I figured they were links. oops. They are included in the summer romance field under shortcuts, if that helps.

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Congratulations to All

Submitted by terrynaut on Wed, 2010/07/28 - 12:26am.

I didn't have time to read all of the stories in time so I didn't vote. Sorry!

I'm still going through the stories though, and so far, I would've voted for Passion and Purpose. Lilith is an excellent author and she's very generous to post so many high-quality stories here... for free!

Thanks, Lilith! And thanks to all of the other authors. I've enjoyed a great number of the other stories too. And they're all free! Yay!

Grateful hugs

- Terry

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Congratulations everyone!

Submitted by Heather Rose Brown on Wed, 2010/07/28 - 8:49pm.

A lot of wonderful stories were submitted for this contest. Congratulations to all the winners, and thank you everyone for providing such wonderful tales, as well as a place for those tales to be found. :)