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Setting as Catalyst - Winners

ViM's April Prompt

By Mother CombsPublished 9 months ago β€’ 1 min read
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ViM's April Prompt, Setting as Catalyst is over, and the results are in. I've come to announce the winners and entries of the unofficial challenge. We were blessed with so many great entries which made the voting close.

You can read more about the unofficial challenge here: ‡

I know many of you have been waiting on these results, and I apologize for my lateness in getting them to you. Our judges - the amazing Judey, the gorgeous Celia, and the wonderful L.K., including myself - all completed our votes on time, so it was no fault of the judges or the voting that caused the lateness. The fault lies all in me, myself, and I apologize profusely for it. I've been run ragged with my youngest daughter's last month of her senior year, fetching the beginning of the month's errands, and taking care of my household in between everything, all while trying to play catch up on Vocal.

Without keeping all of you waiting any longer, here is the list of winners and entries.

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First Place:

Novel Allen's entry wowed the judges and received high scores from each of us. Read her entry here, and see why we enjoyed it as much as we did. ‡

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Second Place:

Euan Brennan's story captured our imaginations and showed us that there was more than one way a place could change a person. Read it, if you dare. ‡

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Third Place:

Diane Foster's piece described life on her grandfather's farm. A charming tale, it will touch each of your hearts. Read it here. ‡

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In no particular order, the remaining entries:

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It was a hard choice with so many great entries, but we did narrow it done to the three we thought were the best. Please, show your support to these awesome writers, and read their entries.

The Rubric each Judge used, before their votes were added together and averaged.

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Mother Combs

Come near, sit a spell, and listen to tales of old as I sit and rock by my fire. I'll serve you some cocoa and cookies as I tell you of the time long gone by when your Greats-greats once lived.

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  • Novel Allen8 months ago

    Mother C. OH my goodness. I had no idea I had won this challenge. My account was messed up, everything was in disarray and I just stayed off Vocal for a while. Imagine my surprise as I am idly scrolling and saw tips in my wallet. SHOCKED. I looked closer. I WON THE CHLLENGE. I missed all of the comments as I could not comment for a while. Thank you guys so very much. It was great writing that timely challenge. So sorry for the late response. Thanks again to all of the judges and the well wishers who took the time to comment.

  • L.C. SchΓ€fer9 months ago

    Ooh, can't wait to read these! Can't believe I missed this one.

  • Wooohooooo Congratulations Momma (Novel), Euan, and Diane! πŸŽ‰πŸ’–πŸŽŠπŸŽ‰πŸ’–πŸŽŠ

  • Grz Colm9 months ago

    Congrats all!

  • Thanks for sharing and including mine on the list. Congratulations to the winners

  • Diane Foster9 months ago

    Thank you, much appreciated!

  • Congratulations everyone

  • Well done everyone and thanks for the challenge.

  • Euan Brennan9 months ago

    Yahoo! I did not expect to receive a placement, but very happy! I'll check out all the other stories in a sec. Thank you MC, Judey, Celia, and Lauren for hosting and judging. And don't worry, MC. Life definitely comes first and no one will ever fault you for that. Good luck to your daughter for the end of her senior year. When the hectic days calm down, I hope we'll get to read to more of your writing. πŸ’›

  • Andrea Corwin 9 months ago

    Congrats to all!

  • Congratulations, one & all. Now to catch up on those I missed!

  • Congrats everyone!! Had fun with the setting!

  • Cathy holmes9 months ago

    Congrats to all. πŸ‘

  • Marie381Uk 9 months ago

    Well to everyone βœοΈπŸ“•πŸ†

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