The Official Authors' Hangout Halloween 2023 Contest Support Thread

[Jackie.Hikaru]

Congrats to @SimonDoom and @Altissimus for their amazing stories and to all that participated. The Halloween contest stories have long been my favorite to read, and this year there were so many amazing entries. Thank you for your stories.

 

[ThatNewGuy]

Congratulations to the winners — @Altissimus, @Jackie.O.Hikaru, and @SimonDoom — and well done to all who submitted entries. Lots of great stories this year!

 

[RainyDayPen]

Well done to the winners! (lesbians so hot this year )

So proud to have ended up with a 4.72 for a weirdo story in a weirdo category. Thank you to all the fellow weirdos who voted me highly I love you forever.

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

Crap, I feel like a kibbitzer, going on about me, and not congratulating the winners. Forgive me, please, Altissimus, Jackie.O.Hikaru, and SimmonDoom, Congratulations on your win, show, and place standings.

 

[Nellymcboatface]

Well done and deserving winners.

Thankfully, of the low percentage of entries I've been able to read, at least I read two of the three...
The competition entry will certainly be a great reading list for quite a while yet.

 

[MillieDynamite]

@theWollstonecraftWoman I swear to god I need to get a Yiddish-to-English dictionary that's better than Google Translate. It doesn't recognize some of these words.

 

[Smuttyandfun]

Well, this was a big surprise. My story was published only a week ago, and based on where it stood after one day I thought it had no chance. Additional votes and a few sweeps helped. It's by far the highest-scoring story I've ever had.

This is a cool milestone for me: My $75 for third place is the first time in my life that I have earned money for writing fiction. Woo hoo! I've gone pro.

Congrats to Altissimuss and Jackie.O.Hikaru, and thanks to those who voted on my story.

Thanks also to TarnishedPenny, who did a beta reading, and whose suggestions, most of which I followed, made it a better story.

Congratulations on going pro, too!

 

[MillieDynamite]

Well, done Doomanator, well done.

Well, this was a big surprise. My story was published only a week ago, and based on where it stood after one day I thought it had no chance. Additional votes and a few sweeps helped. It's by far the highest-scoring story I've ever had.

This is a cool milestone for me: My $75 for third place is the first time in my life that I have earned money for writing fiction. Woo hoo! I've gone pro.

Congrats to Altissimuss and Jackie.O.Hikaru, and thanks to those who voted on my story.

Thanks also to TarnishedPenny, who did a beta reading, and whose suggestions, most of which I followed, made it a better story.

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

@theWollstonecraftWoman I swear to god I need to get a Yiddish-to-English dictionary that's better than Google Translate. It doesn't recognize some of these words.

A kibbitzer is person who gives unwanted or unnecessary advice and is oblivious to others or their opinions.

 

[Rob_Royale]

Congrats to the winners!

 

[MillieDynamite]

Thank you.

A kibbitzer is person who gives unwanted or unnecessary advice and is oblivious to others or their opinions.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Well, this was a big surprise. My story was published only a week ago, and based on where it stood after one day I thought it had no chance. Additional votes and a few sweeps helped. It's by far the highest-scoring story I've ever had.

This is a cool milestone for me: My $75 for third place is the first time in my life that I have earned money for writing fiction. Woo hoo! I've gone pro.

Congrats to Altissimuss and Jackie.O.Hikaru, and thanks to those who voted on my story.

Thanks also to TarnishedPenny, who did a beta reading, and whose suggestions, most of which I followed, made it a better story.

Well done Simon .

Em

 

[EmilyMiller]

Congrats to @SimonDoom and @Altissimus for their amazing stories and to all that participated. The Halloween contest stories have long been my favorite to read, and this year there were so many amazing entries. Thank you for your stories.

Happy for you - have to read it now .

Em

 

[NoTalentHack]

Congrats to the winners!

 

[TxRad]

Congrats to the winners and to all who gave it a shot. May your numbers grow as your stories flow.

 

[Rustyoznail]

Good morning all! I see the score fairy has been through and waved her magic wand over everything. My story lost about 10 votes and gained a H, so I'm happy with that.

Well done to the winners, and Simon - you can now smugly say, "Well, yes, I placed third in an international writers competition. There was some stiff competition, but I'm pleased I came there."

 

[pink_silk_glove]

This was fun. I'm glad that I had the opportunity to contribute this idea that I had, make it real and present it in this showcase and gain some valuable exposure. Thanks to everyone and congratz to the winners.

 

[Kethandra]

Congrats to all three! Simon, special celebrations are due for you breaking into the Paid For Fiction club! You go, pro.

Well, this was a big surprise. My story was published only a week ago, and based on where it stood after one day I thought it had no chance. Additional votes and a few sweeps helped. It's by far the highest-scoring story I've ever had.

This is a cool milestone for me: My $75 for third place is the first time in my life that I have earned money for writing fiction. Woo hoo! I've gone pro.

Congrats to Altissimuss and Jackie.O.Hikaru, and thanks to those who voted on my story.

Thanks also to TarnishedPenny, who did a beta reading, and whose suggestions, most of which I followed, made it a better story.

 

[Altissimus]

Thank you everyone and congrats @Jackie.O.Hikaru and @SimonDoom.

 

[BelleCanzuto]

I lost 5 votes, and went from 4.32 to 4.81. Which I doubt would win even if I had the required 25 votes.
I'm just gratified that I apparently didn't earn those 1* votes.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Also congratulations to @TarnishedPenny - a winner in her own right and now an assist to @SimonDoom - lovely to see the true spirit of collaboration at work.

Em

 

[Voboy]

Congrats, winners!

I always forget when these things are supposed to finish, lol.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Altissimus won and currently has 4.92, Jackie.O.Hikaru took second place, but since the contest closed, her story has crept past Altissimus's, with a 4.93, and our good friend SimonDoom, the Doommister, took third place with a score of 4.88. So, while you wouldn't have won, you'd have been right near them.

I lost 5 votes, and went from 4.32 to 4.81. Which I doubt would win even if I had the required 25 votes.
I'm just gratified that I apparently did earn those 1* votes.

But then again, the score on the actual story may or may not be correct at this time.

 

[BelleCanzuto]

Good morning all! I see the score fairy has been through and waved her magic wand over everything. My story lost about 10 votes and gained a H, so I'm happy with that.

Well done to the winners, and Simon - you can now smugly say, "Well, yes, I placed third in an international writers competition. There was some stiff competition, but I'm pleased I came there."

I see what you did there, and there...

Congrats Simon, Jackie and Altiss!
Um, maybe now I'll actually get a chance to read them.

 

[BelleCanzuto]

Altissimus won and currently has 4.91, Jackie.O.Hikaru took second place, but since the contest closed, her story has crept past Altissimus's, with a 4.93, and our good friend SimonDoom, the Doommister, took third place with a score of 4.88. So, while you wouldn't have won, you'd have been right near them.

OK, from now on he's not Simon, he's definitely the DoomMister!

Thanks for the encouragement, Millie.