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Welcome
Well, fellow Scholars and Scribes, we've made it again to the end of our THIRD monthly invitational! We've seen many new faces over the past month as a result of the incredible #dreemport community and hope to continue seeing more of y'all's work! Today, however, we want to shine a spotlight on a few standout Scribes who entered into this month's invitational to provide us the best story they could in 800-1.5k words! Their challenge: A horror story with the central thematic element of a timepiece.
I have to be honest with y'all, they did not make the judges deliberation easy. There were some really heavy hitters submitted for judging this month, and when I say that we had to split hairs on each piece to find our top 5 LET ALONE a top 3... guys, it took us 3 days of discussion and individual deliberation to finally settle on today's rankings. Y'all should be SO incredibly proud of your work, because we the judges are proud as hell! Now, without further ado, let's see our winners!
Drumroll, please...
Our Winners!
Gold: 30 SCHOLAR, 3 SCRIBE, and 3 HSBI goes to: @thoth442!
Thoth provided us with a daring and unnerving second person perspective story that puts you, the reader, in the shoes of an individual whose inheritance of a watch which gives them a special power... or is it a curse? What would you do if given this power? Find out what Thoth thinks you would do down below!
Silver: 20 SCHOLAR, 2 SCRIBE, and 1 HSBI goes to: @driptorchpress!
Driptorchpress brought us another unnerving and unrelenting piece, following an individual who inherited a timepiece from her father, who inherited it from his. The pacing of the story combined with the unrelenting "tick tock" makes for an incredibly enjoyable and spooky read!
Bronze: 10 SCHOLAR and 1 SCRIBE goes to: @zakludick!
Zak felt called out with this particular competition, and rose to the challenge with another side story that fits beautifully into his larger steampunk world, The Clockwork City. A young woman is being pursued by a band of thugs when something lurking in the shadows begins to hunt them down, one by one...
Runners-Up:
Two exceptional authors who we felt deserved special mentions as Runners-Up (especially since we were so divided and had to split hairs on the merits of all the top 5 pieces!) were:
@schemataobscura and @gracepro!
Schemata brought us the incredible story of Keeping the Watch, an unnerving tale of a slow descent into madness. And Grace brought another heavy-hitting story, The Monster of the Clock, proving that not all antiques are suitable as retro decorations... Both of you provided amazing stories that, quite honestly, we judges argued for HOURS about, trying to deliberate where to put y'all! Keep honing your craft and continue practicing, we see GREAT things in store for both of you!
You will both be receiving 5 SCHOLAR and .5 SCRIBE as reward for your good work and participation.
Conclusion
So, this concludes our August S&S Monthly Invitational! Rewards will be divvied up within the next 24 hours so be watching your wallets to ensure your winnings come through!
Special thanks to my fellow judges @grocko and @relf87 for your service and valuable insight, you guys were absolutely incredible and a pleasure to serve with! Also, special thanks to @relf87 and @leofinance for your sponsorship of this competition with the generous contributions of 20 SCHOLAR and 200 LEO, respectively! These rewards will be distributed amongst contestants within the next 24 hours as well. 50 LEO to the first place winner, 40 to second, 30 to third, 20 to each runner-up, 4 for each contestant, and 2 for each guest judge (as a small thank you for your hard work)!
In honor of LeoFinance's sponsorship of this Invitational, let's get #ss-monthly trending on Leo Threads! We would like all contestants (and readers of this post, if possible) to share this announcement post on Threads with the #ss-monthly tag and a brief message of appreciation to the Leo community for their contribution to our community competition!
Thank you all for following this competition, be watching for the next monthly contest to drop this week! Easiest way to track them is to follow me since I will always be hosting the contest from this acount, but the general rule of thumb is that they'll always be dropped in the first week of a new month and pinned to the top of the Scholar & Scribe community page with the #ss-monthly tag! See y'all in the next one!
As always, take care of yourselves and each other, and stay thoughtful!
Your friendly neighborhood dork,
~Thinkr
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