Announcing the Winners of our Advent Competition

Note to future self. Read them as they come out!

Sorry for the delay, folks. It's just been an exceptionally busy time at Lush Towers HQ. My thanks to all the judges who were able to provide me with their feedback over the holidays, and my apologies to all who have been waiting on tenterhooks for the results.

This was a fun one Christmas always seems to bring out the naughty, but there was one story which repeatedly topped the judges' naughty lists, and that was WannabeWordsmith's fantastic 24 Ways To Fuck.

In second place, we have the beautiful Vigil, from AmuseBouche, and completing the podium is the highly entertaining Come Hell or High Water, by Ascendent.

We shortlisted 15 for this competition, because the quality was so high, so here they are in their full glory.

I'll be in touch with podium people over the next day or so, re prizes

A new competition will be announced in the coming weeks.

Jen x

1. WannabeWordsmith - 24 Ways To Fuck $150

2. Amusebouche - Vigil $100

3. Ascendent - Come Hell or High Water $50

4. Piquet - Mistress of All Masters

5. Lyfbuz - The Surrender Door

6. Fint - Bad Girl's Santa

7. Flowercreek - Nativity Fast

8. Arconath Resonath - The Undecorating

9. Meagananne1985 - Fabergé Eggs For Christmas

10. Ross Caliban - Stocking Stuffer

11. Joe71 - Presents Cum Early

12. El Henke - Dear Naughty Santa

13. Hughtheman - Go Elf Yourself

14. TheShyThespian - Morning Glory

15. deviantsusie - The Snow Job

15! Wow! Shows abundance of talent here!

All great! And big congrats to MasterWordsmith for taking home top prize and everyone who entered!

Really wonderful storytelling on display!

Really? rubs eyes Out of that field? Wowsers.

Granted I've only fully read a fraction of the ones I intended to read, and skimmed many more with a plan to read them properly when life calmed a bit. I'll try and get to more. But of the ones I read, I was amazed at the quality.

Congratulations to everyone who entered - podium, top 15-ers and the full field. It does take a lot of courage to submit work for scrutiny by the judging panel (thank you for taking the time) so if you penned a story, pat yourself on the back.

As always, I'm indebted to the shortlister, judges, the moderators who worked hard over Christmas on the story backlog, Jen, and the team behind Lush. Thank you all. ❤️

Huge congrats to WannabeWordsmith for the win and to Amusebouche & Ascendent for their podium finishes. All three stories were exceptionally well done and creative! Congrats to the rest of the top 15; I found the quality of writing in this Comp was really exceptional. Big thanks to the Mods and judges, that was a LOT of stories to comb through. Special thanx to the lovely Jen for stickhandling this one and putting up with our (meaning mostly sprite) misbehaviours.

Congratulations to the winners and all the rest of the top 15. What a wonderful bunch of stories to be recognized! Fabulous contest. Thanks, Jen, for another fun comp.

What a great competition this was! Having read every entry, I wholeheartedly agree with the Top 15, and especially with the Podium finishers. All three are spectacularly worthy.

Thanks to everyone involved, especially our hardworking moderation team. And an extra thanks for expanding to a Top 15 - or else (at #11) I wouldn't have made the list!

Wow. You know you're doing something right when you can get a big enough field with a high enough quality level to have a top 15 instead of a top 10.

Congrats to all who made the short list and I bow in homage to the sheer awesomeness of the top 3.

I'm surprised to see my story in the top ten. With the breadth and depth of the talent displayed in this competition, I'm truly humbled. Congratulations to WannabeWordsmith who stands atop the podium. Well deserved. Congratulations to the runners-up, Amuseboche and Ascendant. You writers set the bar high for future competitors. Special thanks to Jen for organizing the competition and a huge shoutout to the judges and others who had to read through this impressive field of entries. Well done to everyone who entered. You're all winners in my eyes.

OMG! Three of my favourite stories on the podium. A tremendous well done to Amuse Bouche, WannabeWordsmith and Ascendant. Well done too, to everyone who participated whether as writers, readers or both. To everyone who liked and commented on my story, I'd like to thank you from the bottom of my heart and I feel a deep gratitude for once again scoring an RR award.