Voting has ended for this contest. Lots of voting responses! Thanks! Winners will be announced on Thursday, May 12, 2022
Wow! Forty entries (twenty in each age category). That is half the amount of entries I used to get for the annual contest, which allowed much more time and flexibility in the entries. Thanks for your enthusiastic participation and excellent writing. So many great entries! I confess that it was very hard for us judges (three in all) to come up with the top 3 in each category. Shuffling and pondering and rereading! I’m so glad I have judges, especially this time!
I wish we could have listed the top 5 in each category. However, to read that many stories would take you guys too long. So, with apologies to the other finalists, it’s the top 3 as originally planned.
Voting for your favorite story begins today, Wednesday, May 3, and runs for one week. Voting closes at 6pm Pacific Time on Wednesday, May 11.
How to Vote
The Google forms below have links to the three top stories in each age category.
- Click each link to read the stories. They are listed in the order they were received.
- Then vote for the story you decide is your favorite.
- Please vote for a story in each category.
- You may vote one time in each age category.
- You may NOT go back and change your vote.
Important Notice
Yes, you may vote for you own story if you are one of the top 3. However, you may NOT send every relative in the country the name of your story and a link to “go vote for it.” This stuffs the ballot box in your favor and is not ethical.
If I see one age category with an excessive number of total votes (compared to the other age category) and a huge slice of pie compared to the other slices, I will assume your story has been stuffed with votes, and it will be disqualified. It’s sad that I even have to mention this. But it has happened before in the distant past. I love reader’s choice awards, so I’m giving it another try. Let’s all have a good, honest time!
I look forward to a fun and successful reader’s choice award. The winner will be announced on Thursday, May 12. Have fun! (If you are not sure about the voting rules, feel free to comment and ask for clarification.)
Yay! cant wait to read them all!
Take your time. Also, let me know if the form works okay on the blog. If there are issues, I can send everybody over the the Google Form page instead. Thx
Okie Dokie!! 🙂
Will there be runners up? Like, the people that were every close to getting in the top three
Wow, great stories! I had a hard time judging from three I don’t envy the judges that had to pick from twenty. There is so much talent and I love how the writers glorify God through the special gift He has trusted them with. For those who were not in the top three, I encourage you to post your stories. I know that a lot of time and thought went into them. I would love to read them as I’m sure others would too. I pray God blesses each one of you as you continue to grow closer to Him.
It worked really well! Thx! And such wonderful stories❤️
It worked great for me😊
Can we have our story’s posted on fan fiction?
If you tell me your name, age category, and the name of your story, yes, of course! (You can contact me if you want to keep everything private)
The ones who didn’t win. And Congrats to the winners!!
I havent read any of the stories, but all of them sound really good!
Love love the stories!!! Congrats winners!
Congrats to the winners! They are all awesome storys
This gave me something to to do when I was bored in french class 🙂
Lol
May my sister and I both vote? Our stories didn’t win, we don’t know any of the six winners, and we both participate in all the activities on the blog.
Of course! Everybody may vote! Just make sure each of you only vote one time each. 🙂
It was so hard to choose my favourite, great job to all of you!
Wow. Just wow. All of the stories were breath-taking! (Sadly, mine wasn’t up there but the ones that were were AMAZING!) It was so fun to read them all. Thank you everyone!!!
I agree! Great job!! Those stories were amazing!
Lexi, how old are you? (Meaning which age group were you in?)
Once in a comment Lexi said she was 11…meaning she was in the younger age group (9 – 12)
Will the story’s that do not win be posted somewhere for us to read?
Not unless you personally email/contact me with your story’s name, your name, and the age category.
I do not automatically post all entries, especially when there are so many.
I was just wondering because if I get mine finished I might see if you can put it on the fan fiction or something 😊
Of course!
I think we can ask Mrs. M if our non – winning stories can be posted on contest entries…hope this helps😀
The non-winning stories (if requested to be posted) are posted under the new “Seasonal Contest” page on the Writing Contests page.
https://andicartersblog.com/seasonal-contest-entries/
By the way, you already asked to have your story posted. Here is the link:
https://ranchfanfiction.blogspot.com/p/a-sacrifice-for-freedom.html
Thank you!
One thing; when i go to seasonal contest entries, my story’s title is A Sacrifice of Freedom. When i click on it to read, it says A Sacrifice for Freedom
The correct title is ‘A Sacrifice for Freedom’
Okay!
Mrs M can you post my story on family fiction? It’s called Wayfaring Roan
I meant FAN fiction🙃
Yes!
I can’t click on The Mystery Horse…I don’t know if it’s my computer or it just doesn’t work
I haven’t put it up yet… Just the title.
how come it doesnt say who wrote the stories?
This is an anonymous voting
Oh, gotcha! 🙂
Where? Here, on this page or on seasonal contest entries?
They would but be in the same page as the voting. 🤔 Seasonal Contest Entries.
Oh, never mind
Love the stories!! I voted!! 🙂
I voted did u get them Mrs. M?
Did I get what?
I loved the stories!
I voted!☑️
I voted!!! They all were so creative!
~Lelah
How do i go to the stories? because it would be fun to vote!!!
Scroll down and click the links on the Google forms. Easy peasy
Thankx mrs m!
Do we only get to vote between three stories?
Three stories in each category. So… Six in all.