DISCUSSION THREAD -- November 2023 -- 75 Word Writing Challenge

[Bren G]

And mine..

Vote: Post WW3 Procedure - @Starbeast

Runner Up: The Librarian - @Peter V

 

[johnnyjet]

My Long List, Short List, and *** Favorite ***:

After the Apocalypse - nixie
When it comes to red tape, rock beats scissors - BigJ
Against Regulations - Victoria Silverwolf
How to Succeed at World Domination Without Really Trying - emrosenagel
Post WW3 Procedure - Starbeast
The Innominate - Astro Pen
The Librarian - Peter V
New World, Old Order - Luiglin
God, They Were Thorough - Cat's Cradle
*** Three Four Things You Can Count On At The End of The World - Bren G ***
A Change of Administration - Ursa major

 

[sule]

Honorable Mentions:
After the Apocalypse. by nixie
When it comes to red tape, rock beats scissors by BigJ
The Innominate by Astro Pen
God, They Were Thorough by Cat's Cradle
Secondment by Daysman

Vote:
Paper Apocalypse by Elckerlyc

 

[Bren G]

My Long List, Short List, and *** Favorite ***:

After the Apocalypse - nixie
When it comes to red tape, rock beats scissors - BigJ
Against Regulations - Victoria Silverwolf
How to Succeed at World Domination Without Really Trying - emrosenagel
Post WW3 Procedure - Starbeast
The Innominate - Astro Pen
The Librarian - Peter V
New World, Old Order - Luiglin
God, They Were Thorough - Cat's Cradle
*** Three Four Things You Can Count On At The End of The World - Bren G ***
A Change of Administration - Ursa major

Thank you @johnnyjet

 

[emrosenagel]

My vote: Letter from the United Nations Department of Excise for Ambulatory Deceased by @M. Robert Gibson

My Shortlist: Against Regulations by @Victoria Silverwolf, A Day at the Office by @genelewis, Post WW3 Procedure by @Starbeast, The Librarian by @Peter V, and Three Four Things You can Count on at the End of the World by @Bren G.

Thank you for the mention @johnnyjet! Well done, everybody!

 

[Starbeast]

@Bren G Thank you for the vote. You, along with others who mentioned my story made my day shine bright.

Hopefully I'll post my List tomorrow.

 

[JS Wiig]

Thanks everyone for sharing their stories.

Vote went to @Astro Pen because I like being one of the nobodies.

 

[The Judge]

A quick post as I should be doing other things:

Vote goes to Cat's Cradle for a terrible dead end bureaucracy.

Stories that were in the running include those from nixie, BigJ, Starbeast, Peter V, Bren G and Daysman.

 

[Astro Pen]

Vote to @Luiglin

Close seconds
@Christine Wheelwright - been tempted to do that more than once recently.
@MetalHorse233

 

[Provincial]

It is 21:16, there are 30 stories and 30 people have voted for a story. Is it too soon to declare a winner?

 

[Ursa major]

Is it too soon to declare a winner?

2.5 hours too soon.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

So many people in contention still - good luck everyone!

Good times, reading the entries. My shortlist:
nixie, Victoria Silverwolf, johnnyjet, Peter V, mosaix, Bren G

I voted for Christine - loved the laugh at the end of your entry.

Thank you,@Provincial, for taking the time in your voting post to mention that the title of my story was off in the poll, and thank you, Ursa, for fixing it. I didn't mention this myself because I expected very little from my entry this month. I looked at the poll tonight and saw someone had 5 votes, and have honestly never been more surprised to see who it was that was - at least for the moment - leading. Wow.

Huge thanks to M. Robert Gibson, AnRoinnUltra, johnnyjet and sule for the listings. And a repeated Wow! to Provincial, genelewis, Christine Wheelwright, Elckerlyc and The Judge for the votes. Okay, plenty of time for voting, again best of luck, all, CC

 

[Luiglin]

22:43 UK time, just finishing work. Will get a coffee, read and vote before bed.

 

[paranoid marvin]

M.Robert Gibson gets my vote for a very clever (and very funny) take on the theme and genre. Nixie and Phyrebat made my shortlist.

Many thanks to THX1138 and nixie for the shortlistings, and to Parson and Victoria our constant critiquers.

 

[Luiglin]

I went with @Christine Wheelwright because I suspect we've all wanted to do that at some point.

 

[Ursa major]

The poll closed at 23:59 GMT and we have a tie!


The tie-breaker poll will be up soon.

 

[Ursa major]

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The tie-breaker poll is now up. It will be open until 23:59 GMT on November the 30th:

Tiebreaker Poll -- November 2023 Writing Challenge​

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[Ian Fortytwo]

Thanks @chrispenycate for your vote.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

I went with Cat's Cradle.

 

[Bowler1]

My vote makes it ten all - what happens when the tiebreaker is a tie?

We could vote forever.