After checking all the votes for validity, the results are in! :)

Sephrena's Honourable Mentions are now added!

First Prize ($100) goes to:
Camp Kumoni by Anistasia Allread (Chapters 41-47)

which led from the very beginning. Congratulations Anistasia.

Remember I said we had a tie situation? We had a three way tie for second until the last few votes were cast, and then... we still had a two-way tie for second, with only one vote separating the two from the one following.

What to do? Well, we added the 2nd and 3rd prizes together ($50 + $25) added another $5 and divided by two, so the tied stories earn $40 each.

Second and Third Prize Tie ($40 each) goes to:
Colleen by Jennifer Brock
and
Show Me The Money! Chapter 41 by Arecee

This left us with the story that had been in second place for days only to get beaten by one vote in the last few hours. So we decided to give a prize for fourth place, too.

Fourth Prize ($20) goes to:
Autumn Leaves by Alys

None of the four stories above were the ones Sephrena or I voted for! Oh, well. We lliked all of the stories in the contest so it was tough picking which ones to vote for.

Sephrena is going to announce some Honorobale Mentions here, too, later today, I hope. And she will be getting in touch with the winners by PM or otherwise to find out how to send out the prizes.

Thank you all for entering this contest, we all won because we got to read the wonderful entries!

Hugs,
Erin

Honourable Mentions

The Boys of Summer by Melanie Ezell - This really good story SHOULD have been in the contest but was submitted too late to be added to the voting page. Despite that, this is a really strong story worth its read.

Star Crossed by Sarah Lynn Morgan

First and Ten by Nancy Cole (Chapters 6-13)

Totally Insane 12-Redemption by Angharad

Come On You Girls by Aardvark

Things Just Happen by Kristina L.S.

Kerry, Libbi and Lynzie by Mona Lisa

The Guardian of Sharon's Rose by Shalimar

Gone With The Wind by Susan Brown

All of these Honourable Mentions were the close runner-ups to the top positions. Boys of Summer, which was not entered in time, would have made a good run in there, altering our voting results.

I sincerely wish to thank EVERYONE who entered for doing a great job and we had some really good writing. The point to these contests is not to show up others or segregate us into who writes best. tastes change over time as do writing styles. The point is to spur imagination, show off our talents so everyone can see what we are like amongst ourselves, and to mostly - have fun!

Anistasia Allread, Jennifer Brock, Arecee, and Alys - please PM me or Erin to give us the mailing details to send you your prizes.

There will be an October writing contest, the details of which we will release in late September or early October. But there WILL be one.

Sephrena Lynn Miller
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