DISCUSSION -- October 2014 300-word Writing Challenge (#15)

[Jo Zebedee]

Whooo, a vote and from TE. Thud. thank you. And to Phyre for the mention.

 

[Juliana]

Thank you very much, Teresa!

 

[Talysia]

Indeed, many thanks for the mention, Teresa!

 

[farntfar]

Wonderful stories everyone.
And I love the variation of ideas that people have from one picture in this challenge.

But you have to choose.
So my shortlist is

Cat's Cradle WONDER TALES OF THE DIMENSIONS
Remedy A Candle Brings Hope
Juliana A Fairy Tale
telford Journeyman
Victorial Silverwolf Visions
Rafellin Down by the Trail at Morning
Culhwch The Girl, the Knight, and the Dragon
Perpetual man Seasons of Joy, Seasons of Wither
Starbeast House of Frankenstein
Mosaix Moving Picture…

and my votes go to
Void The Meta Life
Bowler1 Little Angels and Fairies
A. Fare Wells Worlds Apart


Also tons of thanks for your comment about my closing line Ratsy, and for your vote Mosaix.

 

[Droflet]

Wow, more mentions. Many thanks to Phyrebrat, Teresa and Farntfar. You guys made my day.

 

[Juliana]

Thank you for the mention, farntfar.

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Many thanks are due to StilLearning and Phyrebrat for the lovely votes, and to Victoria for the kind review.

I finally managed some time to read and vote:

springs -- The Key of Life
alchemist -- One Cyberwarrior Went to War
Juliana -- A Fairy Tale
*HB -- The Bird of Truth and Lies*
johnnyjet -- Ageless
Rafellin -- Down by the Trail at Morning
Mr Orange -- Futility of the Innocent...
holland -- Laura's Escape
*mosaix -- Moving Picture*
*TJ -- Knightmare*
DarkChrome -- Align Between Good and Evil

 

[Ursa major]

Just over 23 hours to go until the voting closes.​

 

[chrispenycate]

Would you like a list of those who've not yet voted, or do you think they've already guessed?

 

[HareBrain]

I voted J-vs-TJ.

 

[David Evil Overlord]

Woo hoo...thanks for the vote, Perp!

 

[Ursa major]

I voted J-vs-TJ.

There's going to be a fight?!

Why has no-one mentioned this before?

 

[Void]

First of all thank you to Alchemist, StilLearning, Juliana, Farntfar, Cat’s Cradle and Kerrybunchanan for voting for my story, I'm absolutely thrilled that you chose to cast your votes my way- especially considering the insanely high calibre of all of the stories!!

Thank you as well to Springs, Mr Orange, Mosaix, Chrispenygate and Teresa Edgerton for your long/shortlist mentions!

Since I've finally found time to sit down and read all of the wonderful stories, here's my (in just in time) shortlist and votes:

Short list

Springs- for a beautiful clockwork tale!

Ratsy- for a really dramatic final line

David Evil Overlord- for a facepalmingly good pun


Votes

Remedy- For a beautifully written story

Perpetual Man- your story was just incredibly emotive!

Mr Orange- for a really unusual and clever take!

 

[Juliana]

Goodness, are you all trying to give me heart failure? I wake up to find I have 12 votes... Eeep!!
Exciting!

Thank you HB, Perp, Cul and Remedy for the votes, and TDZ for the mention.

 

[johnnyjet]

Thanks for the long listings, Teresa & Dusty!

 

[Jo Zebedee]

TDZ and Void, thanks for the mentions!

Passes smelling salts to Juliana.

 

[The Judge]

My shortlist is rather long this quarter, and unusually for me the tales I've picked include a couple of comic ones, as they tickled my funny bone. I've also again listed some stories for their use of language and imagery perhaps more than for the stories themselves, and I have to confess I didn't fully understand some of those and some of the others which I've listed, but in those cases I was swept up by the tale, which to me is as important.

chrispenycate -- They Also Serve
Culhwch -- The Girl, the Knight, and the Dragon
Darkchrome -- Align Between Good and Evil
DEO -- For One Knight Only
JoanDrake -- Nobility
mosaix -- Moving Picture
Mr Orange -- Futility of the Innocent...
Perpetual Man -- Seasons of Joy, Season of Wither
Phyrebrat -- Graffiti Bridge
StilLearning -- Savagery
telford -- Journeyman
Teresa -- (collected 1762...
Ursa major -- Journey by Night
Victoria -- Visions

After a good deal of turmoil, and changing my mind and changing it back again, and vice versa, my votes went to three very different stories, from, respectively, Teresa, mosaix and StilLearning.

As ever I've not looked in at the voting before now, so belated dreamy thanks for the shortlistings/mentions Cat's Cradle, mosaix and Phyrebrat (apologies if I've missed anyone), and specially-crafted DreamImagineers™ thanks for the votes, ratsy, HB, TDZ, Starbeast, telford, johnnyjet, DEO, StilLearning, martin321, AFW, and holland -- all very much appreciated!

 

[Zoe Mackay]

My votes:

Talysia - The War-mouse - I liked the reverse at the end a lot.
Juliana - A Fairy Tale - I thought this was really clever, and nicely meta.
Culhwch - The Girl, The Knight, and the Dragon - Also pleasingly meta-textual, with a great reverse at the end.

Oh, and thanks CC for the vote!

 

[David Evil Overlord]

Thanks for the shortlistings, oh face-palming Void and funny-bone-tickled Judge

 

[Ursa major]

Here they are the votes of the Ursa jury, with the stories in posting order within the categories:

Honourable Mentions:

• Ageless by johnnyjet
• House of Frankenstein by Starbeast
• Align Between Good and Evil by Darkchrome

Runners Up:

• Journeyman by telford
• (collected 1762, S. P. Gumley, Folk Tales of Nordmark and the Polar Isles) by Teresa Edgerton
• Knightmare by The Judge

Winners:

• A Fairy Tale by Juliana
• For One Knight Only by DavidEvilOverlord
• Moving Picture... by mosaix

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