RHP Prose 2009 VOTING THREAD

catfoodtim

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04 May 09 13:14

Hand of Hecate

Thug

Playing with matches

Joined: 08 Feb 05
Moves: 14634

10 May 09 12:32

Originally posted by shavixmir
I believe he generally lives in some fantasy future.

Eh? Are you Buck Rogers?

Gatecrasher

Whale watching

33°36'S 26°53'E

Joined: 05 Feb 04
Moves: 41150

11 May 09 23:46

Originally posted by hopscotch
We are procrastinating about deciding on a deadline.

At the moment the votes are open until interest in this competition has waned, then we'll add a week or so on to that, and that'll be the deadline. So it'll be at least two weeks.

Four days since the last vote. Maybe a deadline is in order.

hopscotch

Joined: 09 Jun 04
Moves: 39731

12 May 09 01:46

Originally posted by Gatecrasher
Four days since the last vote. Maybe a deadline is in order.

I think more voting is in order... we might decide on deciding on a deadline in a few days.

Scores SO FAR

Bits and Pieces: 13 points from 6 votes.
Midnight Special: 13 points from 6 votes.
Dealer’s Choice: 12 points from 4 votes.
Percival the Sandwich: 9 points from 4 votes.
Slime: 9 points from 4 votes.
Metal Detecting Dad’s Head: 8 points from 3 votes.
Unleashed: 7 points from 4 votes.
Entertaining St. Jude: 6 points from 3 votes.
Blight: 5 points from 2 votes.
Return Journey: 5 points from 4 votes.
Two Letter Lipo ram: 4 points from 3 votes.
Writer’s Block: 4 points from 2 votes.
The Interview: 3 points from 2 votes.
500 Words: 2 points from 2 votes.
The Hungry Hand of God: 2 points from 2 votes.
An Affair: Present and Future: 0 points from 0 votes.
Burnt Toast: 0 points from 0 votes.
Cipela (Shoe): 0 points from 0 votes.
Edgar’s Night Class: 0 points from 0 votes.
Untitled: 0 points from 0 votes.

VOTE PLEASE!!

Nordlys

The sky

Joined: 05 Apr 05
Moves: 10385

12 May 09 16:41

1 edit

Thanks to everybody who wrote an entry with more than 500 words - that made it much easier for me to choose because I dismissed those immediately.

1. Unleashed
I like how it hovers between dream, thought and reality. I would have dropped the last "shimmering", even though it is quite pleasing that the entry has exactly 500 words.

2. Midnight Special
Weird and disturbing. I am not sure what it's all about, but I like it.

3. Writer's Block
All too familiar...

Honourable mention to Percival's Sandwich, which almost made the list. It may sound a bit too much like a school assignment, but I found it quite entertaining and fun to read.

hopscotch

Joined: 09 Jun 04
Moves: 39731

13 May 09 23:34

Winners of the previous prose competitions:

Round 1 - Guttersnipe: Starrman
Round 2 - exGuttersnipe: Ragnorak
Round 3 - Guttersnipe: hopscotch
Round 4 - ncrosby
Round 5 - permaGuttersnipe: XanthosNZ
Round 6 - abandoned
Round 7 - Guttersnipe: Starrman
Round 8 - exGuttersnipe: pawnhandler
Round 9 - ???

shavixmir

Lord

Sewers of Holland

Joined: 31 Jan 04
Moves: 94432

15 May 09 11:49

Originally posted by hopscotch
Winners of the previous prose competitions:

Round 1 - Guttersnipe: Starrman
Round 2 - exGuttersnipe: Ragnorak
Round 3 - Guttersnipe: hopscotch
Round 4 - ncrosby
Round 5 - permaGuttersnipe: XanthosNZ
Round 6 - abandoned
Round 7 - Guttersnipe: Starrman
Round 8 - exGuttersnipe: pawnhandler
Round 9 - ???

I've never won?
What the hell is that all about then?

Red Night

RHP Prophet

pursuing happiness

Joined: 22 Feb 06
Moves: 13669

15 May 09 17:42

1 edit

My votes are for:

1. Dealer's Choice. Porrly written, but interesting.

2. metal detecting. Reasonably well written story about nothing. (sometime's nothing is good.)

3. bits & pieces well written, poor ending, derivative of a "beautiful mind"

catfoodtim