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BigCloset TopShelf's December 2024 Change A Life Story Contest

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TopShelf's

December 2024

 

Change A Life

Christmas Story Contest

 

Entry Submission Dates are from now July 31, 2024 through December 21, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time!
Prizes currently are
1 x $200, 2 x $150, and 16 x $100 USD paypalled. Prizes are subject to go up depending on if donations assist :) .

The theme for this year's Christmas Contest will be the selfless act of a main character helping out someone, somewhere within a story. Either the main character or the one being helped has to be lgbtq! The end result should be the changing of that person's life forever in a positive way! However the author decides to develop the story and plot devices is totally up to the author. ^^
Stories can be any length and chaptered. Stories must be brand new and never posted anywhere else on the Internet or published already elsewhere. Multiple submissions are allowed with only the submission with the most votes of any author's total submissions to claim a prize.
 
Plenty of time is being allowed this year so that our authors can put out some really great submissions. Voting will occur from Sunday December 22, 2024 - Saturday December 28, 2024. The Winner's announcement will be posted on Sunday, December 29, 2024.
Please remember to label your submissions on the ++Fiction page under the heading box of Contests and properly select 2024 December BigCloset TopShelf Change A Life Story Contest on your Submission(s).

When you write an entry, please tag it with this in the story teaser:

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which displays:

 

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December 2024 Change A Life Christmas Story Contest Entry
 
 

The winners will need to pm Sephrena with their Paypal account names to transfer their prize awards to.
 
All prizes will be transferred very soon after the winners announcement.

 

*Because of you, my Christmas holiday is magical and blissful.
I thank you for giving my life a new meaning.
I feel very blessed to have you in my life now.
All I want
is to spend today
and the rest of my life
with you.
 
Merry Christmas.^^

 

This contest is dedicated to our great authoress - Elsbeth.
We appreciate what you crafted for us with all of our souls.
I love you so very dearly and may we meet again.
An absent friend, may your writings continue, ever on.
 
A song dedicated to Elsbeth from the Bang Dream band Roselia Fire Bird
Sephrena Lynn Miller
BigCloset TopShelf

 
 

Image and Quote Credits: Christmas Lovers,   Christmas Messages from Wishesmsg.com/em>,   Christmas Wishes to My Love,   Sparkling Christmas Tree,   Anime Christmas Elf,   Anime Christmas Present,   Black Hair>.

 
 

Christmas Contest Update

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  • Sephrena Lynn Miller
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Contests: 

  • 2024-12 December BigCloset TopShelf Change A Life Story Contest

Okay, this is some bad news.

Due to some mounting Bills, the fact that I broke my foot tonight, I HAVE to reduce the Prize amounts of the Christmas Contest down from $2100 to $1200. The amount will only affect the number of 3rd place winners! If I live any longer the remainder will go to Bigcloset as I get it. I have never had to do this before in my entire history of doing contests here, but I must now do this. I am cash strapped to the max :*(

I sincerely apologize to all of the BCTS membership. *Bows head profusely!!!!!!!*

If I can find a way to eek further prize amounts into it between now and Jan 3, 2025, assuming that I live that long, I will do so!!! I promise you that!

Sephrena

BigCloset TopShelf December 2024 Change a Life Christmas Contest Results

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  • Sephrena Lynn Miller
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  • 2024-12 December BigCloset TopShelf Change A Life Story Contest
TopShelf's

December 2024

 

Change A Life

Christmas Story Contest
Results!

 

Everyone is standing around and wondering who won....
*Drumroll*

We had many great Entries and to me, they are all winners! However, I have the unenviable task to narrow down our top prizes. Our prize structure was set up as 1 x $200, 2 x $150, and 16 x $100 USD paypalled. So let us begin with our 16 Third Place winners! This is gonna be a doozy:

The Following authors are hereby awarded Third place prize of $100 each!
Let us give them a huge cheer for all of their prestigious efforts!

Holly Snow One Dress
Leanna19 This is Me Now! Get Over It!
JoanneBarbarella Wishes
Gillian Chambers Circle of Life
Greybeard The Lynching Tree
Suzi Auchentiber Under Re-Development
Maeryn Lamonte Suicide Survivor
Aylesea Malcom Just A Girl
Penelope Elizabeth Lane Some Christmas Magic
Gillian1968 Crossing A Bridge
Maddy Bell Passport To Life
Avia Conner Sacrificial Destiny
Andrea Lena Dimaggio We May Yet
Columbine A Crumb Free Christmas
Melanie Brown Tony's Christmas Present
Dorothy Colleen Before You

Now onto our Second place winners! Coming in at a strong second is none other than our author Bronwen Welsh with her story entitled A Tale of Three Schoolfriends!

Bronwen Welsh A Tale of Three Schoolfriends
and next, a man who needs no introductions, our famous, Enemyoffun with his entry of I Guess I'm A Christmas Date!

Enemyoffun I Guess I'm A Christmas Date

Both of you have won the second place prize of $150 each! Congratulations you two!

An now for the main prize! Our overall Christmas Contest Winner with a landslide vote total showing was Emma Anne Tate with her entry of Who Makes Intercession?

Emma Anne Tate Who Makes Intercession?

A big round of applause for Emma who won the main Prize of $200! Way to go!

The winners will need to pm Sephrena with their Paypal account names to transfer their prize awards to. These awards will be paid out on January 3rd of 2025. So Please get me the accounts to paypal them to asap.

You thought we were done didn't you? OH BUT NO WE ARE NOT! We have more awards to hand out!

Surprise!

All the remaining entries are hereby awarded $50 ea JUST FOR HAVING ENTERED my last contest!

We had way too many entries for me to award them at the exact same time as the main winners, but these will be paypalled out February 3, 2025. Our runnerups who won $50 each:

Runnerups!

Bru Death in Venice Beach
Lisa Charlene Kevin's Adventure and Beyond
Melanie E. (Rasufelle) & Angela Rasch Divine Intervention
SamQuick Frosty
Rasufelle Lights In The Dark
MaryAnne Peters Becoming Mommy
Natasa Jacobs A Gift From Santa
Jennifer Sue Christian: Faith Versus Religion
Magicshoppe The Pole Dancer
Will Hunter Dickinson Alex's First Christmas
SamanthaMDThe Bride to Be
 
All Runnerup prizes will be will be paypalled out February 3, 2025. Do not despair! I make good on all my prize awards! Also, entries missing are those extras submitted by authors who have already won a prize in this contest.

Everyone won! Hooray!

 

And with that, I close my chapter of having been on BigCloset TopShelf and having run all of these contests for so long. I appreciate the support you have all shown me and I gave my heart to our community. Please uphold our values and continue to help one another. I love you all!

Sephrena Lynn Miller
BigCloset TopShelf

 
 

Christmas Contest Payouts for February 3, 2025

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  • Sephrena Lynn Miller
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  • 2024-12 December BigCloset TopShelf Change A Life Story Contest

Okay, all the payouts for this month have occurred and the people notified they have the money. The payouts for next month for $50 each include:

Bru Death in Venice Beach
Lisa Charlene Kevin's Adventure and Beyond
*Melanie E. (Rasufelle) & Angela Rasch Divine Intervention
SamQuick Frosty
*Rasufelle Lights In The Dark
MaryAnne Peters Becoming Mommy
Natasa Jacobs A Gift From Santa
Jennifer Sue Christian: Faith Versus Religion
Magicshoppe The Pole Dancer
Will Hunter Dickinson Alex's First Christmas
SamanthaMDThe Bride to Be

If you have not yet contacted me to give your paypal email addy or to donate it, please do! All of these authors will be paid on February 3, 2025.

Thank you all for our great Christmas Bash!

Sephrena

Christmas Contest Runner-Up Prizes Paypalled!

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  • Sephrena Lynn Miller
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Contests: 

  • 2024-12 December BigCloset TopShelf Change A Life Story Contest

All of the prizes were just paypalled out! Erin is holding the Prizes Monies for Rasufelle, MaryAnne Peters, and SamanthaMD. Everyone else received theirs!

I thank you for the time you allowed me to grace the site with my contests and I made my last contest an Everyone Wins Scenario. That was the gimmick from the start. I hope you all had fun. Adios Amigos!

Sephrena Lynn Miller

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K Counting up the Votes and Whatnot

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K This is it!

I gonna count up the votes now and put up the winners tomorrow!

I am sure as heck gonna need some luck!

Last of the Christmas Contest Payouts on Feb 3 - 2 weeks away!

Author: 

  • Sephrena Lynn Miller
  • Sephrena Lynn Miller's blog

Contests: 

  • 2024-12 December BigCloset TopShelf Change A Life Story Contest

On February 3, I will send out the last of the Christmas contest payouts! I can hardly believe I have made it this far. But I am done, I have a clear conscious that I did things the best way possible and can go.

Thank you all for having me stick around while I could. I am trying real hard to finish posting up for Clara too! She is my last pulled author from elsewhere. Someone else is going to have to take over for me.

Sephrena

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Tonight is IT! Please, bcts site members VOTE :*(

Author: 

  • Sephrena Lynn Miller
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Contests: 

  • 2024-12 December BigCloset TopShelf Change A Life Story Contest

The time to vote is finally here!

Please click on the story links to read any entries that you haven't yet.

Okay, This SUCKS! The pollmaker thingy will NOT allow me to make a multiple choice vote WITHOUT a pay plan. The first one was free. I used that up in the last contest. YIKES!

I am really irritated it requires a pay plan. I wanted free for everyone. Oh well :*(

Okay for this vote then, simply PM me with a header Christmas Contest and select your 10 favorite stories and PM me, Sephrena Miller.
Voting will occur from Sunday December 22, 2024 - Saturday December 28, 2024. The Winner's announcement will be posted on Sunday, December 29, 2024.

Our current entries stands as follows:


Please take your time to read the entries before voting!

2024 December Change A Life Story Contest: 33
 
Maryanne Peters Champion
Bru Death in Venice Beach
Lisa Charlene Kevin's Adventure and Beyond
Melanie Brown Tony's Christmas Present
Melanie E. (Rasufelle) & Angela Rasch Divine Intervention
Columbine A Crumb Free Christmas
SamQuick Frosty
Rasufelle Lights In The Dark
Holly Snow One Dress
JoanneBarbarella Wishes
Andrea Lena Dimaggio We May Yet
Suzi Auchentiber Under Re-Development
Maeryn Lamonte Suicide Survivor
Enemyoffun I Guess I'm A Christmas Date
Dorothy Colleen Before You
Bronwen Welsh A Tale of Three Schoolfriends
Aylesea Malcom Just A Girl
Avia Conner Sacrificial Destiny
Penelope Elizabeth Lane Some Christmas Magic
Dorothy Colleen A Sense of Femininity
Gillian Chambers Circle of Life
MaryAnne Peters Becoming Mommy
Avia Conner Bridge of Souls
Natasa Jacobs A Gift From Santa
Emma Anne Tate Who Makes Intercession?
Greybeard The Lynching Tree
Jennifer Sue Christian: Faith Versus Religion
Magicshoppe The Pole Dancer
Maddy Bell Passport To Life
Andrea Lena Dimaggio A Christmas Wish
Will Hunter Dickinson Alex's First Christmas
Gillian1968 Crossing A Bridge
Leanna19 This is Me Now! Get Over It!
 


Good luck to all of our participating authors!
Fingers crossed!

 

Sephrena Lynn Miller
BigCloset TopShelf

 
 

Slight changes to the Christmas Contest

Author: 

  • Sephrena Lynn Miller
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Contests: 

  • 2024-12 December BigCloset TopShelf Change A Life Story Contest
Okay, I have had to change things around, just a little. (1) I am extending the Entry submission dates through December 21, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time! (2) Voting will occur from Sunday December 22, 2024 - Saturday December 28, 2024. (3) The Winner's announcement will be posted on Sunday, December 29, 2024.

This is a much more realistic timetable for everyone involved including myself. It makes more sense to me!

So please use this time for your entries and voting will be here before you know it!

Sephrena

Merry Christmas from the folks
at BigCloset TopShelf ...to you!

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