2023 Prose contest reading and voting section

@torunn said
@Ponderable
Please everybody, take time to read the entries and vote. This competition is a fun tradition and the writers deserve our attention.

@ponderable said
Not a single vote yet 🙁

I will vote probably tomorrow.

-Removed-

Have you voted yet? Deadline looms. 6 people have put in a lot of work to give us interesting entries, and they deserve a decent audience.

@kewpie said
Have you voted yet? Deadline looms. 6 people have put in a lot of work to give us interesting entries, and they deserve a decent audience.

@great-big-stees said
Yup.👍

#4 - 5 points
#2 - 3 points
#6 - 1 point

I of course have to vote publicly 😉

Thanks again to the authors. I am looking forward to the discussions.

@ponderable said
#4 - 5 points
#2 - 3 points
#6 - 1 point

I of course have to vote publicly 😉

Thanks again to the authors. I am looking forward to the discussions.

another vote is in

@kewpie said
Have you voted yet?

And only one result has trickled in
The house wins
Oh, the house always wins

1st. 4 Arabian Nights
2nd. 5 Once Upon A Time
3rd. 6 Tom

So the votes (in reverse order than they came in and I put mine last):

Woodgirl #4 #5 #6
Woofwoof #3 #2 #1
orangutan #1 #4 #5
divegester #6 #4 #1
Great Big Stees #3 #6 #4
fourfivesix #4 #2 #6
Ghost of a Duke #6 #1 #5
badradger #3 #4 #5
Torunn #4 #1 #3
Kewpie #6 #1 #4
Ponderable #4 #2 #6

That gives the following picture:

Winner: #4 Arabian nights 28 points (4*5+2*3+2)

runner up #6 Tom 21 (3*5+3+3)

3rd #1 Desperately seeking Inspiration 16 (5+3*3+2)

also runs:

#3 Wanda and Lewis 11 (2*5+1)
#2 Dark and Stormy 9 (3*3)
#5 Once upon a time 5 (3+2)

Congratulations and thanks to all who participated in the one or other (or both) ways

And I own up for Wanda and Lewis...I put that up a bit quickly to get the ball rolling and should really have worked a bit more on it...