GBA(s)FC #2 - Winners Announcement

As with last time, the votes were very close, and everyone who submitted a story is deserving of congratulations. This is another instance where it often came down to single votes being the difference between one prize and another. There were some really excellent stories and some great writing this time around.

Thank you all for taking part. Unless you did not take part, in which case I urge you to give it a whirl next time.

Author's Choice Prizes:
1st Place Entry #12 "My Short Story" by Stray
2nd Place Entry #9 "Forget-Me-Not" by Reading the Signs
3rd Place Entry #16 "Rings" by Jason Evans
4th Place Entry #14 "Seeds of Truth" by Sognatrice
5th Place Entry #15 "Queen Size Bed" by The Perfect Neurotic

Jury Prizes:
1st Place Entry #24 "Pull" by Joni
2nd Place Entry #17 "Are We Not Men?" by Kyklops

Honorable Mention
Entry #4 "Paolo and the Snakes" by Seamus Kearney

Congratulations, everybody, whether you won an official prize or not. Winners can claim their badges from their reposted entry. I also made this participant badge if anyone who entered would like one.

All the entries have been moved to the current year, so please use the "Growth Fiction Contest" tag to find the entries from now on. You old links will not work. Also, authors are now allowed to respond to their comments and to link to their entries. Please also check the links and let me know if anything has gone amiss.

The Jury...

I wanted a jury which could reflect the various viewpoints and background of my Blogreaders. To that end, I assembled a crack team of readers who include a few writers (three entrants to this very contest, as well) in three different countries. At least one is a published novelist. Another is the only person with whom I share a meal on a regular basis. And then there was my mom. Here's a little bit about them.

Juror #1 is GoodThomas, a friend, writer and fellow blogger who is also one of the strange Workers I was telling you about not all that long ago. He's good people. Entry #19.

Juror #2 is Bass Monk, with whom I eat breakfast on Saturdays. He was in map of july for many years with me, and is a fantastic musician. On occasion, he also graces us with a blog post.

Juror #3 is Minx, who became my blogfriend back in November when she told me to get off of her blog if I could not handle sarcasm. She's got a book out, but still seems to make time for frivolous flash fiction contests like this one. I owe her a map of july cd. Entry #8.

Juror #4 is Verilion, a self-described wanderer in Paris. Her quote about herself on her website says: "I write in bed, I write on the metro, I write at work, I write at home, I write, I write, I write..." So...she writes some. Entry #5.

Juror #5 is my mom. She does not keep a blog. She was nice enough to read your entries without too much grumbling. Since this contest required her to be reading and voting on Mother's Day, she probably deserves a special nod for taking part.