Wow, what a competition! I’ve been on here less than four years, but this has got to be the best one I have seen. I suspect the word limit forced a lot of writers to take things up a notch (as it did for me) and put an extra polish on their prose while they distilled their tales down to their one-ton-of-words essences.
I am blown away not only by the quality and sexiness of the writing, but by the level of creativity and originality of many of the entries, far surpassing my own humble entry.
The moderators have an impossible job picking winners here … but I’m not a moderator. While I Liked and commented on the lion’s share of contest entries, I did find some Favorites (literally added to my Favorites list) that spoke to me in some way. Here is my personal, very subjective top ten list:
1. Couldn’t, Wouldn’t, Shouldn’t. by CuriousAnnie
2. Kiss Him by Dronette56
3. A Precious Gift by TheShyThespian
4. Nature Loves You by toreador
5. Summer Love by techgoddess
6. Freedom by TonyaL
7. Tintinnabulation by Ensorceled
8. His First Summer of Love by NishasWorld
9. Call Me Zoe by Chris21235
10. The Phone Rings by PrincessC
To be clear, this is not a ranking of what I think are the ten best stories. They are all extraordinary, as are many of the others submitted. These are just the ten that resonate with me the most.