My first writing contest attracted many great entries. The authors were asked to write an original piece of fiction of between 500 and 1000 words, using this painting by @yusaymon as inspiration.

The contest closed last night and I waited until then to sit down and read all the submissions. In judging I considered how much I felt the painting influenced the stories. Although by no means a technically adept writer myself, I also examined this aspect in the submissions. The length of the story was the final decider.

In choosing the winner for this contest, I went for the one that had the greatest impact on me. The story stayed with me and my thoughts kept coming back to it long afterwards. I found the final scene to be very powerful.

I am happy to announce that @lenadr wins!

https://steemit.com/writing/@lenadr/silence-after-chaos-art-prompt-writing-contest

The prize total consists of my original 10 SBD, the 5.325 SBD earned from my original announcement post, plus 3 SBD that @cristof generously donated. I have rounded this up to 20 SBD.

I did struggle over the decision so feel it fair to give honourable mentions to some of the other submissions.

@jasonbu's ENTRY was highly original and heart wrenching.

@sandzat's STORY was so touching, I had a lump in my throat by the end.

@cristof's TALE of rekindled love brought out the old romantic in me.

All three mentions will receive 1 SBD each.

Prizes Sent

Thank you to everyone who took part. Having entered a writing contest myself recently, I understand all too well the disappointment of not winning. This was very hard to judge.

Please try again with my next writing contest. Look out for it next week.

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