BigCloset TopShelf's December 2021 Christmas Holidays Story Contest Updated
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Voting on the Submissions should tentatively occur between December 24, 2021 through December 31st, 2021(midnight Pacific time),
with the Winner Announcements on January 1, 2022.
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The theme for this year's Christmas Contest is a Wonderful |
2. Stories must be brand new and never posted anywhere
else on the Internet or published.
3. Stories can use existing characters and universes as long as the story itself
is entirely new.
4. Stories may be chapterized or a single submission.
5. Multiple submissions are allowed with only the top voted
one submission of any author's total submissions to claim a prize.
Please remember to label your submissions on the ++Fiction page under the heading box of Contests and properly select December 2021 Christmas Holidays Story Contest Entry on your Submission(s). The official code strings to identify your December 2021 Christmas Holidays Story Entry is : |
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<center><font color='#3344ff'><strong><em> December 2021 <font color=red>Christmas Holidays </font>Story Contest Entry</em></strong></font></center>
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There are currently 4 tiers of prizes both Erin and myself have agreed upon. We have Tier 1 First Place rating with 3 winners of $200 ea, a Tier 2 Second Place rating with 3 winners of $100 ea, a Tier 3 Third Place rating with 4 winners of $25 ea, and a Tier 4 Fourth Place Rating of however many stories that didn't rank from tiers 1-3 that received at least 1 vote during the voting process to win a Doppler Press book of their choice subject to availability. (prizes and tiers subject to increase with notice!) |
| Voting on the Submissions should tentatively occur between December 24, 2021 through December 31st, 2021(midnight Pacific time), with the Winner Announcements on January 1, 2022. The winners will need to pm Sephrena or Erin with either their mailing address for a money order or a paypal account to transfer their prize awards to. All prizes will be mailed or transferred very quickly after the winners announcement. |
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Many Kudos to her!
BigCloset TopShelf
2021-12 Christmas Holidays Story Contest Winnings!
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Ho Boy! This past year's end was kind of traumatic for me in my personal life, and I'm responsible for it all :D So before we proceed with the Contest Winners, let me explain the Prize Structure. It was changed 2 times after the original announcement.
The Original One was:
1. 1st Place 3 x $200 ea, 2nd Place 3 x $100 ea, 3rd Place 4 x $25 ea, and Runner Up's that receive a vote will be awarded a free Doppler Press Book of their choice that is currently available.
Then, we added an extra $500 into the Prize Pool:
2. 1st Place: 3 x $300 ea, 2nd Place: 4 x $100 ea, 3rd Place: 4 x $50 ea, and Runner Up's that receive a vote will be awarded a free Doppler Press Book of their choice that is currently available.
Then, because of how the voting went, and the fact we didn't want to rob the winners of their placement, we had to place the total payouts based on the grouping of votes. While I will not reveal vote totals, I promise you they are in the correct order. Erin worked with me on this as well and we made sure everything was correct and added up.
3. 2 x $300 ea, 2 x $200 ea, 3 x $100 ea, 4 x $50 ea, and Runner Up's that receive a vote will be awarded a free Doppler Press Book of their choice that is currently available.
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A Tale of Two Tampons - A Christmas Story By Iolanthe Portmanteaux
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A Marvel-ous Christmas By dorothycolleen
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Painted From Memory By SammyC
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The Arctic Circle By Rose
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The Camel By Beverly Taff
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Dream Date By Morgan Philips
The Greatest Gifts By Gillian Chambers
Sleigh Ride By Gillian Chambers
The Surgeons Lodger Part 23 By leeanna19
Believe By Andrea Lena
Tom's Christmas (1-2) By Shiraz
The Secret Gift (1-6) By Teek
The Story of Billy and Suzie By Asche
A Well-Planned Christmas Vacation By MonicaS
Lucky Find By Julie D Cole
The Christmas Clown By LadyDragon623
I’ll Be Home for Christmas By Lesley Renee Charles
Golden Light on the Longest Nights: Emergence By Malady
Being Cindy for Christmas By CHERYLB
A Christmas of Confusion By Polly Adler
Sisterhood's Untold Stories: A Carol for Christmas By Deborah Kate Christopher
A True Christmas Miracle By Jennifer Sue
Life finds a way Parts(1-3) By Michelle SidheElf Amaianna
All of our Runner-Up's, please message Erin for your free Doppler Press book! For our top Winners, please message Erin (Erin Halfelven in the name selector box of your PM) for what you want to do with your winnings. We paypal mostly. If you need a money order for some reason, please mention that to Erin and I will issue them.
I realize the implementation of this contest was a bit chaotic and at times I made listing mistakes in the creation of the reading list while coding it. I own up to that. I promise that in any future contests, both Erin and myself will streamline it a bit better for less confusion and easier implementation. Whatever, and whenever it happens. We have to, its been awhile since I last ran one, and things were very pressured for us both this time around. From both Erin and myself, we wish all of you a Very Merry 2021 Christmas and a Happy New Year of 2022!!!!
BigCloset TopShelf's December 2021 Christmas Holidays Story Contest Voting!
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The end of the contest is here now. Now is the time for all BCTS users and authors alike to read all of our authors contest submissions. Once you do:
1. Pick your 4 favorite stories after reading through every one of them.
2. PM Sephrena with your PM titled MY VOTES, and in the PM give me your 4 favorites written in it. Each user uses only one of their BCTS accounts and only vote once please. I need as many votes as possible from our users and authors!
3. We will tally up the votes on December 31, 2021.
4. The winners announcements will be on January 1, 2022.
5. VOTE! PLEASE VOTE with the PM to me! And vote after reading ALL of our author's submissions. There are some hidden gems I came across!!!!
So to facilitate an easier way to read them all, I have assembled this list for you to go through. It is ordered by chronological submission entry:
“A Cracker Barrel Christmas” (1-12) By Aylesea
Happy Avalanche By Maryanne Peters
A KFC Christmas By Melanie Brown
A Tale of Two Tampons - A Christmas Story By Iolanthe Portmanteaux
Burial (Burial-Resurrection) By CTen
A Marvel-ous Christmas By dorothycolleen
The Greatest Gifts By Gillian Chambers
Sleigh Ride By Gillian Chambers
The Surgeons Lodger Part 23 By leeanna19
The Arctic Circle By Rose
Believe By Andrea Lena
Tom's Christmas (1-2) By Shiraz
The Secret Gift (1-6) By Teek
The Story of Billy and Suzie By Asche
A Well-Planned Christmas Vacation By MonicaS
The Camel By Beverly Taff
Lucky Find By Julie D Cole
The Christmas Clown By LadyDragon623
An Angel's Job By Tiffany B. Quinn
Dream Date By Morgan Philips
Painted From Memory By SammyC
I’ll Be Home for Christmas By Lesley Renee Charles
Golden Light on the Longest Nights: Emergence By Malady
Being Cindy for Christmas By CHERYLB
Snow Angel: (Parts 1-2) By Amethyst
A Christmas of Confusion By Polly Adler
Sisterhood's Untold Stories: A Carol for Christmas By Deborah Kate Christopher
A True Christmas Miracle By Jennifer Sue
Life finds a way Parts(1-3) By Michelle SidheElf Amaianna
PS! If your entry isn't listed, please notify me IMMEDIATELY! Some people did not tag their stories nor place the string light thingy to get my attention.