Voting in Contests

[Jamie6977]

I am new to the contests and haven't seen how the voting is tallied. Is it the number of "Favorites" a person receives or the number of 5-star ratings? I read a few of the stories, but didn't see a voting button.

 

[PennyThompson]

The contest winners are based only on each story's rating average at the end of the contest. So if you like a contest entry you only need to give them a 5-star rating to help them, though obviously most writers love comments and favorites as well

 

[Tyrantino]

Thank you for the clarification PennyThompson, I had the same doubt as Jamie6977. Maybe not the best way to select the winners, but perhaps the easiest and therefore most reasonable way to do it.

 

[StillStunned]

Also: a story has to have 25 votes or more (after the sweep) to qualify for winning.

 

[RejectReality]

And speaking of the sweeps, nobody has any idea where they stand in the rankings until the final sweep happens. People can get bombed with illegitimate low scores and appear to not be in the running, only to have those low votes swept and shoot up to the top. A high score and lots of votes means good odds, but not necessarily the winner's circle.