20 Mar '17 00:43>4 edits
Well, it seems that no prose contest here or wherever else is possible without at least a slight cause for a controversy.
Namely, I received 4 votes by PM in last hour before deadline.
In the contest announcement I said nothing about anonymous voting, I explicitly said that voting and commenting should take place in the thread. Only anonymous writers no anonymous voters.
All voters who sent me their votes by pm voted for same entry as No1, but three of them also gave theirs votes for the entry which - before I received those messaged votes - held 1st place!
Well, I included also those PM votes, but only due the following reasons--->>>
1. Those voters were not unknown or newly members without a single move made. They have rating, have been members for years and some of them I met on Popeye forum in some crazy Taiwan Canasta undressing game, but that's another story...
2. More importantly, those votes did not affect 1st place!
They affected second place. And since only the winner is that matters, and that only the winner should expect a prize, so, as I said, I accepted those last-minute PM votes.
Well, good morning America and good evening Bruxelles, here come the votes-------->>>>>
Entries with no single vote:
Places 9-10.
PERRY FLUTTER AND THE SEWER OF DREAD
SPHERES
Entries with 3 points (one second place each)
Place 7-8.
ORIGINALITY
RED HOT PORN STORY
places 6, 5 and 4
6. A BRIE ENCOUNTER by kevcvs35 12 votes
5. LACKAWANNA by mike 169 15 votes
4. A BRIE ENCOUNTER by mike 169 17 votes
First three places
Winner
1. FIFTEEN MINUTES OF CARE by Ghost of a Duke 31 votes
2. IT'S ONE O'CLOCK AND TIME FOR LUNCH by drewnogal 30 votes
3. VULTURES by mike 169 22 votes
I congratulate to Ghost of a Duke and invite him to send me his address to PM so as I can snail-mail him an award...
I congratulate also to all other contestants for their pieces of prose - Bukowski and Carver can happily rest in peace.
Namely, I received 4 votes by PM in last hour before deadline.
In the contest announcement I said nothing about anonymous voting, I explicitly said that voting and commenting should take place in the thread. Only anonymous writers no anonymous voters.
All voters who sent me their votes by pm voted for same entry as No1, but three of them also gave theirs votes for the entry which - before I received those messaged votes - held 1st place!
Well, I included also those PM votes, but only due the following reasons--->>>
1. Those voters were not unknown or newly members without a single move made. They have rating, have been members for years and some of them I met on Popeye forum in some crazy Taiwan Canasta undressing game, but that's another story...
2. More importantly, those votes did not affect 1st place!
They affected second place. And since only the winner is that matters, and that only the winner should expect a prize, so, as I said, I accepted those last-minute PM votes.
Well, good morning America and good evening Bruxelles, here come the votes-------->>>>>
Entries with no single vote:
Places 9-10.
PERRY FLUTTER AND THE SEWER OF DREAD
SPHERES
Entries with 3 points (one second place each)
Place 7-8.
ORIGINALITY
RED HOT PORN STORY
places 6, 5 and 4
6. A BRIE ENCOUNTER by kevcvs35 12 votes
5. LACKAWANNA by mike 169 15 votes
4. A BRIE ENCOUNTER by mike 169 17 votes
First three places
Winner
1. FIFTEEN MINUTES OF CARE by Ghost of a Duke 31 votes
2. IT'S ONE O'CLOCK AND TIME FOR LUNCH by drewnogal 30 votes
3. VULTURES by mike 169 22 votes
I congratulate to Ghost of a Duke and invite him to send me his address to PM so as I can snail-mail him an award...
I congratulate also to all other contestants for their pieces of prose - Bukowski and Carver can happily rest in peace.