DISCUSSION -- July 2014 300-word Writing Challenge (#14)

Any chance you can use your request to justify writing the next section of last round's?
 
I imagine everyone is fed up to the gills with stats at the moment, but for those one or two who relish them, I'd thought I'd drop in a note here** of how 2014-5 is progressing to date. And since I've got dizzy getting the damn figures together, the rest of you might as well suffer, too.

So, in 2 Challenges we've had a total of 72 stories from 49 entrants, including 11 members new to the 300s (4 newbies in April, and 7 last month.) We've had 220 votes from 75 voters, and that includes a total of 14 members who deserve paeans and praise for voting in a month they didn't enter (but, regrettably, we also had some 11 entrants who didn't manage to vote for one reason or another). And we had our 150th entrant to the 300s -- Cat's Cradle!

And topping the leader board is springs with 26 votes, leaping away like a mountain goat from me with my 19 votes, while I'm busy kicking stones onto TDZ who is just below me and climbing fast with her 15. Joint 4th are alchemist, Teresa and Victoria all with 12 votes (alc and Teresa from just the one Challenge, so some of us are thankful they were elsewhere in April...) just ahead of mosaix who is 7th with 11 votes. With 8 votes apiece, equal 8th are Boneman, gdoc (both from only the one Challenge and gdoc in his very first venture into the Challenges!), Juliana, Phyrebrat and Remedy, with jastius snapping at their heels with 7 votes.

So, all to play for with two Challenges still to come in the year. Will springs's goat become a jet-powered unicorn, taking her into the stratosphere, or will TDZ reclaim the beast for herself and leap over both of us? Was it beginner's luck for gdoc, or are we looking at a new unicornal threat? And with 5 of the top 7 places taken by women, will alc and mosaix have to dress in drag to fit in? All these and more questions wait to be answered, and the clock is ticking...


** I'm only putting completed years for the 75 worders in the Writing Stats thread, so I thought it made sense to do the same with the 300s. I was wondering, though, whether this might be better at the beginning of the next Challenge in order to kick start things there. I might summarise the information and post there as well, come October. Brrr. Autumn looms.
 
Excuse me, did I win something??
:)
I think I will speak for many when I say...MORE STATISTICS!! They really are fascinating, for some reason! :)

ps--we have autumn in my area of Finland already, *sigh*
 
Of course! You win a Medallion with "150th" on it** and a chance to take part in October's 300 Worder!

** small print: to obtain your Medallion, take a piece of cardboard, cut out a circle, and using a red pen, inscribe "150th" on the circle; make a hole near the top of the circle, thread with string and knot the string carefully. CAUTION: Do not wear in the snow, rain, mist, fog, or in the bath. Or the sauna.

[OK, it's not very small print, but I'm trying to avoid giving CC eye-strain]
 
Oh, that is cruel stuff, TJ! I would stay and be offended, but actually, I think I could have that medallion finished in about an hour!! (And truthfully, a trip to the October 300 worder is a pretty good prize, IMHO!:))

ps--any eye-strain assistance I might receive here is greatly appreciated! :)
 
Just a quick note to say I chose as my prize Dust and Light by Carol Berg, and it has arrived today. Woo hoo! I'm trying to resist reading it at once, since I've got two thick novels and a collection of short stories on the go already, but temptation may out... Thanks again everyone who voted for me. And thanks, of course, to Brian, for sponsoring the 300 Worder prizes!
 
Push it higher up the wish list and point people towards it for an early Christmas present, as it's an excellent read! (I couldn't resist in the end. Actually I couldn't resist in the beginning...)

If anyone else is interested, it adds a good deal both in back story of events and in some dramatic irony if you know what happens in her two Lighthouse books, but it's not necessary to understand and enjoy Dust and Light on its own terms. It must be the first in a series in itself, as although the two main plot questions are answered (there's some detective work in solving/explaining some murders) there isn't a full resolution of everything, but it does work well enough as a standalone novel.
 
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