Discussion thread -- 75 WORD WRITING CHALLENGE February 2013

[EricWard]

Many thanks Victoria, Parson, and TDZ for the listings.

 

[Juliana]

Thank you very much, Boneman!

 

[Ursa major]

A suitably varied bunch of entries this month, out of which I've selected (in date-of-posting order within each category):


Honourable Mentions:

• A.I. by Kylara
• Untitled by J.Hollick
• A Child for Van Diemen's Land by The Judge
• Life by Culhwch

Runners Up:

• Photons Be Free by AlcubierreWarp
• All The Small Things by alchemist
• To Be Frank by paranoid marvin

Winner:

• The End by TheEndIsNigh

 

[Kylara]

Thanks for the honorable mention Ursa This month has been good so far for me!

Also if chrispy is out there (hello!) how many people have we got left to vote? And have there ever been this many entries?!

 

[The Spurring Platty]

I had a hard time narrowing down to twenty

hopewrites - Spring Born
kromanjon - Life Inescapable
Abernovo - Convergence of Desires
Karn Maeshalanadae - A Surprise Space Raid
ratsy - The Theme of the Year
Kylara - A.I.
Talysia - A Life in Words
Luiglin - Go on ... slap on a big dollop
Hex - Trust me, I'm a doctor
Juliana - There's More To Life
J Riff - AMOEBA BOMB
Lenny - Life Lived Living
AlcubierreWarp - Photons Be Free
Victoria Silverwolf - A TOUCH OF GREEN
nixie - Forgotten Magic
Boneman - No Going Back
The Judge - A Child for Van Diemen’s Land
Ursa major - Life? No Bones About It...
Perpetual Man - The Titan
Culhwch - Life

Vote: Glitch - The Weapon (Humans - weapon indeed!)

And thanks to all who gave my story a mention...

 

[Kylara]

Thanks for the listing TSP I'm glad you enjoyed it!

 

[Talysia]

Many thanks for the shortlisting, TSP!

 

[Perpetual Man]

And thanks from me too TSP!

 

[TheDustyZebra]

And have there ever been this many entries?!

Oh yes, this is practically a short month, for entries! I believe the record was something like 72? I used to keep all those charts, too, but I returned to being lazy.

 

[Bowler1]

Oh yes, this is practically a short month, for entries! I believe the record was something like 72? I used to keep all those charts, too, but I returned to being lazy.

Ask Chrispy, the spreadsheet king.

 

[Abernovo]

Thanks for the listing, TSP.

 

[Juliana]

Thank you, TSP!

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Thanks Starbeast for the long-short listing, and Crystal for the mention. Oooh, it's close again. What happens in February if there's a tie, do we delay the start of March?

 

[Lenny]

I think that's what happened last year - the March challenge started on the second or third.

EDIT: More or less. The tiebreaker opened on Feb 29th and closed at the end of the day on March 1st.

 

[ratsy]

thanks for the mention TSP!

 

[AlcubierreWarp]

Thanks for the shortlistings Parson, Ursa and TSP!

 

[The Judge]

Lost track of the month and nearly forgot. No time for a shortlist -- but my vote went to TDZ.

Thanks for the mentions/short-listings, ratsy, Perp, johnnyjet, Glitch, TDZ, Ursa and TSP.

 

[Ursa major]

Not as we know it, Jim.

Too true.

And thanks for the short-listing.

 

[Glitch]

Thanks for the votes
Luiglin, RJM Corbet, The Spurring Platty

Thanks for the shortlist / mentions
Juliana, Boneman, Crystal Haven, Parson, TheDustyZebra, Hopewrites, AlcubierreWarp, Bowler1, Hex, Ratsy, Talysia, Lenny

And of course, thank you for the reviews
Starbeast and Perpetual Man

 

[Kylara]

Ah some sneaky silent votes and no longer a 3 way tie now a 2 way tie for first and I've dropped behind! alas!