Thursday, June 13, 2013

Call Me MAYbe Flash Fiction Challenge WINNERS!!!

Sometimes your life can change with just ONE phone call.

Our challenge for May was to write a flash fiction piece of 1,000 words or less
that began with THIS sentence:

The phone rang.

25 stories were submitted. They ranged from scary, romantic, suspenseful, dramatic, tragic, and hilarious...but each hinged on just ONE phone call.

I want to give a HUGE thanks to everyone who submitted stories, those who read and commented, and everyone who donated prizes for the winners.

My utmost thanks goes to my 'blind judge' (my hubby, who isn't actually blind) for reading through them all and choosing the winners. I formatted every story the same, and gave them to him with only the number and title of each, so that he truly had no idea who had written which story. And don't worry--he never reads my blog, so your story was safe! :)

Without further ado, our winners are:

First Place: #14 - All That Glitters by Alayna-Renee Vilmont
Second Place: #9 - Chosen by Leila Smith
Third Place: #6: My Name's Leonard Davenport by Tom Britz




Two stories made such an impression that they received the judge's Honorable Mention. And they are:

#1 - The Pawn by Kathleen Smiley
#10 - Savi by Ayesha Inoon




Our 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will take home these fabulous prizes!!!
Prize List:

1st Place: 
ONE 6-month premium membership to Critique Circle
ONE 2-week virtual tour (authors) or ONE Magazine Feature (anyone) from Page Turners Book Tours
40-pg. beta read or edit from First Page, Last Page
The Emotion Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi (PDF)
INK: Eight Rules to a Better Book by R.S. Guthrie (1 Print & 1 e-copy)
The Magic & the Mundane: A Guide for the Writer's Journey by P. June Diehl (PDF)
Book Promo 101- Learn the Basics of Book Promotion by Nikki Leigh (e-copy)
Pumping Your Muse by Donna Sundblad (Kindle or PDF)
My Only One by Gregory M. Thompson (Kindle or ePub)
Journeys Under the Moon: Writing and the Hero's Quest by Michael Hiebert (e-copy)

2nd Place:
$10 iTunes Gift Card
$20 Photo Restoration by Stone Circle Photography
INK: Eight Rules to a Better Book by R.S. Guthrie (1 e-copy)
The Magic & the Mundane: A Guide for the Writer's Journey by P. June Diehl (PDF)
Book Promo 101- Learn the Basics of Book Promotion by Nikki Leigh (e-copy)
Pumping Your Muse by Donna Sundblad (Kindle or PDF)
My Only One by Gregory M. Thompson (Kindle or ePub)
Journeys Under the Moon: Writing and the Hero's Quest by Michael Hiebert (e-copy)

3rd Place:

$20 Photo Restoration by Stone Circle Photography
INK: Eight Rules to a Better Book by R.S. Guthrie (1 e-copy)
The Magic & the Mundane: A Guide for the Writer's Journey by P. June Diehl (PDF)
Pumping Your Muse by Donna Sundblad (Kindle or PDF)
My Only One by Gregory M. Thompson (Kindle or ePub)
Journeys Under the Moon: Writing and the Hero's Quest by Michael Hiebert (e-copy)

Congratulations to all the winners and thanks again to everyone who participated in ANY way in this contest! Stay tuned for more contests, giveaways, interviews, and craziness on Unwritten. 

~Mysti

12 comments:

  1. Congrats, Alayna, Leila, and Tom! All great stories!

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  2. Congrats to all the winning stories -- well-deserved
    - judy

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  3. Congrats to all the winners -- well-deserved, each one the cream of the crop...

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  4. Wow! Thank you Mysti. I would never have thought I'd be one of the winners. There were so many great stories. This is a big ego boost, when I needed one.

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    1. It would have been one of my picks, too, Tom! I'm just glad my blind judge agreed--without my influence, mind you. :) It's always interesting to see if his favorites sync with mine.

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  5. Thanks again for all the fun!

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  6. Whoohooo! Congrats to all the winners! Gosh, I love writers! :D

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  7. Congrats to the winners! Excellent stories and so much fun. Thank you Mysti!

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  8. Awwwww....you like me, you really like me! *laughs*

    In all seriousness, I am honoured that you chose my little story for the contest, and congratulations to all the other winners. There were so many great stories to read, and the challenge was really a fun one to tackle.

    Thank you, too, to Mysti and all the wonderful people who donated prizes. This is really a great little community. :)

    *Hugs*,
    *~ A.

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  9. Congratulations to all the winners!!!!! Sorry this is late. I'm a little behind on my exciting news/updates. This was a great contest and Mysti gave away fantastic prizes!

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