January 27, 2020, 09:06:29 PM

Poll

Please vote:

Empire of Flame - Jake Baelish
2 (10.5%)
Stranger in Stevorla - Bender
0 (0%)
Fuel - OnlyOneHighlander
5 (26.3%)
Heat Stroke - Alex Hormann
5 (26.3%)
Low Combustion - Rukaio_Alter
2 (10.5%)
INFERNO - Jmack
1 (5.3%)
Flames in the Shadow of the Wall - simonster
2 (10.5%)
The Dwindled Flame - Carter
2 (10.5%)

Total Members Voted: 10

Voting closed: August 01, 2018, 09:20:32 PM

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[Jun 2018] - Fire - Voting Thread
« on: July 03, 2018, 09:20:32 PM »
Polls are back! :D
It's time to vote on the June Writing Contest: "Fire"

This time we got 8 entries - thanks to all who participated.

Please read through all of the entries in the submission thread and place your votes for your two favourite entries in this thread. You won't be able to see the vote breakdown until the vote closes, so spread the word for others to come and vote! We do ask that if you entered, to vote for someone else.

The key for the numbers of votes is this: 1-5 entries: 1 vote, 5-10 entries: 2 votes, 11-15 entries: 3 votes, 16-19: 4 votes, 20-25: 5 votes, 26+: 6 votes

Remember that the winning entry will be posted on the main Fantasy-Faction site in a few months.

Good luck to all our entrants and thank you for taking the time to read the stories and vote! :)
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Re: [Jun 2018] - Fire - Voting Thread
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2018, 05:33:15 AM »
Voted. A real variety of interpretations of the theme in those stories! It wasn't easy narrowing it down to 2, although one of them particularly make an impact on me. Best of luck to all entries!
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Re: [Jun 2018] - Fire - Voting Thread
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2018, 12:05:56 AM »
Good to get the polls back, but many thanks ScarletBea for all those months of adding up. ;D

This was one of the hardest months I have ever had in deciding how to vote. Enjoyed every single story, thank you all. One stood out and finally found a second, but so many deserved another vote. Good luck everyone.
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Re: [Jun 2018] - Fire - Voting Thread
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2018, 10:54:17 PM »
Voted. Had some really great entries and some really interesting takes on the theme.
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Re: [Jun 2018] - Fire - Voting Thread
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2018, 08:23:58 AM »
Eeek less than 1 week left to vote!
Only 4 people have voted so far

Weekend task (also to self): read stories and vote!
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Re: [Jun 2018] - Fire - Voting Thread
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2018, 11:15:45 AM »
Voted! That was a great month. All the stories were unique and exciting. I took some time to muse on it and managed to make my choices.
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Re: [Jun 2018] - Fire - Voting Thread
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2018, 01:27:56 AM »
Voted! I usually penalize stories that don’t really have a full arc. This time I found two of the most original stories didn’t quite have that, but I went with them anyway.
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Re: [Jun 2018] - Fire - Voting Thread
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2018, 09:55:41 PM »
Voted!
I really needed 1 or 2 more votes...
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Re: [Jun 2018] - Fire - Voting Thread
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2018, 11:08:33 PM »
Voted at last.  I should really learn to do this earlier in the month though ...
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Re: [Jun 2018] - Fire - Voting Thread
« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2018, 11:20:12 PM »
Voted.

Strong and diverse entries as always.another hard on everything to pick a winner from.
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Re: [Jun 2018] - Fire - Voting Thread
« Reply #10 on: August 01, 2018, 10:32:01 AM »
Voting closes in 11 hours, the top stories are very close, the winner is still not certain...
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Re: [Jun 2018] - Fire - Voting Thread
« Reply #11 on: August 01, 2018, 02:27:22 PM »
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Re: [Jun 2018] - Fire - Voting Thread
« Reply #12 on: August 01, 2018, 09:26:35 PM »
Ooooh we got a tie!

Congratulations @OnlyOneHighlander and @Alex Hormann  :D


I voted for OOH and @Carter, but could also have gone to @simonster who had a great story but it didn't have much fire in it, hehe
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Re: [Jun 2018] - Fire - Voting Thread
« Reply #13 on: August 01, 2018, 09:28:19 PM »
Full vote list? Did I get any?  >:(
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Re: [Jun 2018] - Fire - Voting Thread
« Reply #14 on: August 01, 2018, 09:37:32 PM »
Sorry Bender... your story was really not my style... :-\
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