THE FINALISTS! (No foolin')

[JennaGlatzer]

CONGRATS to the following *eleven* finalists, in no particular order:

Unearthed (Excerpt) by jdkiggins (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=122800&postcount=12)

Mad World (Excerpt) by pepperlandgirl (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=122819&postcount=13)

Mastication by hapsburg (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=123781&postcount=42)

Coming Out Straight (Excerpt) by firehorse (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=124093&postcount=53)

Untitled (Excerpt) by rhymegirl (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=124859&postcount=84)

Dark Lake (Excerpt) by BlueTexas (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=125624&postcount=104)

Amazon: In Times of Past (Excerpt) by Rhush (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=125760&postcount=108)

Reading to Elizabeth by Bass (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=130339&postcount=161)

Both No More by DJP (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=130431&postcount=168)

The Thought by William Haskins (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=131383&postcount=207)

The Housefly Hums in F-Key (Excerpt) by trumancoyote (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=133048&postcount=235)



And CONGRATS to the honorable mentions!

mommie4a, nobody loves me better (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=124044&postcount=50)

WhisperingBard, Maggie Tells a Whopper (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=124134&postcount=57)

markscheel, KLEPTER’S BACKYARD IMBROGLIO (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=125745&postcount=107)

SeanDSchaffer, Bested (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=126593&postcount=117)

dragonjax, untitled (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=127760&postcount=135)

Mark Anderson, killer superheroes (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=133190&postcount=239)

NicoleJLeBoeuf, Becoming Sara Peltier (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=135583&postcount=272)

Humourwriter, Covering Your Arts (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=136752&postcount=298)

SRHowen from WIP (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=122484&postcount=2)

Kevin Yarbrough (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=123261&postcount=24)

Poppyhullings, Cold hands (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=129643&postcount=152)

Ed Williams, Balancing your goodness accounts (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=131227&postcount=202)

BrokenFingers, Like Cortez on a Distant Shore (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=132262&postcount=223)

WVWritergirl, Cona'Doar Chronicles (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=122758&postcount=8)

Zane Curtis, The Hole (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=125740&postcount=106)

satia, Housewife (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=131428&postcount=209)

THANK YOU to William Haskins and Alphabet for figuring out all the direct links!

[awatkins]

Congratulations, Everybody!!!!! :Trophy:

[determined2finish]

Congratulations to everyone! I can't wait to read more of your writing.:hooray:

[trumancoyote]

Yeah, so I was like staring at your post, Jenna, and I said to my boyfriend: "Oh well. I didn't think I'd get in the top ten anyway."

And I pouted.

And he was all: "YOUR NAME'S RIGHT THERE!!"

And I was like OHMYGOD YAY! and was happy.

I seriously didn't see it right away. Heheh.

But seriously, thank you.

[hdrusa]

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FINALISTS!!

Great job, everyone! I had fun entering!

Hdrusa

[KimJo]

Congratulations to all 11 of the Top 10!:Clap:

[DeadlyAccurate]

Congratulations, everyone!

[WhisperingBard]

Congratulations! What a great list of finalists!

[pabtm]

Congrats to one and all... and godspeed to you in subsequent rounds!

[SueB]

Yeah, so I was like staring at your post, Jenna, and I said to my boyfriend: "Oh well. I didn't think I'd get in the top ten anyway."

And I pouted.

And he was all: "YOUR NAME'S RIGHT THERE, RETARD!!"

And I was like OHMYGOD YAY! and was happy.

I seriously didn't see it right away. Heheh.

Wow! The agony is over! My Congratulations! to all the winners! This has been such a wonderful experience! And for all of us who did not come in as finalists--hey--at least we get our summer to ourselves, right?
No, all kidding aside, I hope to continue our new found friendship, finalists and the rest of us--all winners! :TheWave:

[Hummingbird]

Congrats everybody!! Have fun in the next rounds. :D

[JennaGlatzer]

These are our honorable mentions, again in no particular order:

mommie4a, nobody loves me better
WhisperingBard, Maggie Tells a Whopper
markscheel, KLEPTER’S BACKYARD IMBROGLIO
SeanDSchaffer, Bested
dragonjax, untitled
Mark Anderson, killer superheroes
NicoleJLeBoeuf, Becoming Sara Peltier
Humourwriter, Covering Your Arts
SRHowen from WIP
Kevin Yarbrough
Poppyhullings, Cold hands
Ed Williams, Balancing your goodness accounts
BrokenFingers, Like Cortez on a Distant Shore
WVWritergirl, Cona'Doar Chronicles
Zane Curtis, The Hole
satia, Housewife

[awatkins]

Yay!! Congrats to all the Honorable Mentions!!!! Great writing, everybody!! :hooray:

[scullars]

Congratulations everyone, winners and honorable mentions! :Clap:

[JennaGlatzer]

I shall now open this up to the judges for commentary...

(You can start a separate thread for commentary if you like, judges, or put it here, whichever you prefer.)

[trumancoyote]

No, all kidding aside, I hope to continue our new found friendship, finalists and the rest of us--all winners! :TheWave:

Seriously. Joining this board has been really rewarding; everyone's so charmingly crazy.

And really: how else should I pass time at work?
Working?!

I think not!

[WhisperingBard]

These are our honorable mentions, again in no particular order:


Wow, I'm honored to be included with such wonderful colleagues! Congrats, everyone!

And thank you, judges. What a god-awful job you had! :kiss:

[Hermit]

Thank you Jenna!!!

Finally we have the top 10!:Thumbs:

So now enquiring minds want to know...who are these people? Let's read their auditions, find their posts, dig up the dirt on them and get on with the game!

This is TOTALLY exciting!

Congratulations to each of you....the judges obviously had a hard time deciding so your selections have alot of merit! Very impressive!

Best luck and wishes to each of you!

Let the games begin!:Sun:

[trumancoyote]

Wow, I'm honored to be included with such wonderful colleagues! Congrats, everyone!

And thank you, judges. What a god-awful job you had! :kiss:

Indeed!

[ccwriter]

Congratoes, everybody!!!!:Sun: Great job!

[RaptorBpW]

I demand a recount!


No, seriously. Congrats to the finalists! Great job!:hooray:

[firehorse]

Yeah, so I was like staring at your post, Jenna, and I said to my boyfriend: "Oh well. I didn't think I'd get in the top ten anyway."...I seriously didn't see it right away. Heheh. Same here, except without the boyfriend part (my cat isn't so articulate); I thought, "Okay," and then I scrolled down... :D

Thanks, judges! It's particularly meaningful knowing how many good entries there were.

Whee! This is gonna be fun http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/REDDANCE.JPG (but first I have to go back and make sure I didn't mis-read)

[CACTUSWENDY]

:Trophy: I'M so proud of each of you. And wish you all the best of luck in the coming events. I THINK THIS IS SOOOOO COOOLLLL.....:partyguy: :partyguy: :partyguy: :partyguy: :partyguy:

[Hummingbird]

Congrats judges, honorable mentions, and everybody!! :partyguy:
This has been a lot of fun and looks like it will continue to be!

[Daughter of Faulkner]

To the top 11 and to their judges.

My very best wishes I send to all of you!

:Cheer: :Jump: :snoopy: :Trophy:

[akaa1a]

Congrats to all! It is an impressive list!

Let's do it again..real soon!:PartySmil

[Moondancer]

Congratulations to everyone and good luck for the coming weeks.

[SueB]

To the top 11 and to their judges.

My very best wishes I send to all of you!

:Cheer: :Jump: :snoopy: :Trophy:

Jena and Judges,
I'm sure you are as frazzled as the rest of us.......perhaps, just perhaps, even more so. My sincerest thank you, to you, for giving us this experience! Have a great weekend! :Coffee:

[Patricia]

Congratulations one and all! I'm honored to be among such great writers and future NYT best seller list authors! (for real). :) :)

[Humourwriter]

When I get time I'll be reading the winning entries (and hopefully all of them eventually, though with 300-odd entries at 500-plus words each, it's gonna take a while).

Let the games begin!

Bill.

[Sarita]

Congratulations to the finalists and to everyone who entered. It takes courage to put yourself out there and be judged by your peers. It was a privilege to read the entries and to assist in the judging process. I can't wait to see how the rest of our IDOL plays out. Thanks so much to Jenna for doing this! I love you guys and I'm SO proud of everyone! I'm all mush now. :cry:

Sara

[jdkiggins]

Congratulations everyone! I'm speechless. Bet you thought that would never happen. :)

[Jolie]

Thanks Judges for such a great contest, I can't wait to see what the next few weeks bring! It was a blast to be a part of it all!

[BlueTexas]

To be trite, knock me over with a feather! Honestly, there is so much talent here, I'm amazed I placed.

Contest or no contest, AW is such a great community of helpful and talented people. I'm so glad Jenna's article in Writers Market led me here. I've learned so much from everyone here.

I'm so glad I wasn't a judge...what a hard job!

Congrats to everyone who got named, and everyone who had the guts to enter. I almost didn't.

[MacAllister]

Way to go, everone! You peeps ROCK!

You all get big kudos for putting your writing out there, whether you made the list or not. :)

[Torin]

A big congrats to the top ten and also to all the honourable mentions! Way to go, y'all!! WooHOO. :D

[brokenfingers]

Wow!

Thank you Jenna and Judges for the honorable mention!

I have to say that I’m very, very glad I became a member of this Forum. I have grown quite fond of this place and feel it is one of the best resources for writers on the net. That alone has made this whole experience worthwhile for me.

I hope we have more interactive activities like this in the future because I think it has given the Forum more exposure and bought a lot of people into the community. Plus it’s a helluva lot of fun!

And we all know that stressful times, like the Absolute Write Idol Contest and all it entailed, bring people closer together LOL!!!

[three seven]

I'd just like to poke my head in here and say yes, you guys gave us a bloody hard job! As Sara said, every single one of you deserves our heartfelt congratulations and if you didn't make the list this time, don't be disheartened - you did a bloody great job. I mean it.

And of course, to the finalists - Paypal only, ok? ;)

[hockeytaxi]

Congrats to all of you! I look forward to reading the next round :snoopy: .

[pepperlandgirl]

Holy ****, I made it. Of course, I exclaimed that happily and my husband looked at me and said "What the hell are you talking about?" Heh.

Congrats to everybody else!

[Lilybiz]

Congratulations, all. I'm going to read all your entries and learn from you!

[KTC]

My congratulations go out to the 11 finalists! Also to the honourable mentions! And to the judges and Jenna...Take a bow! You did a great job. Now, let's get to the fun part! I'm ready to cast my vote!

[Spookster]

Congrats to all that made it. There was some steep competition here. Good job! :)

[dragonjax]

A huge mazel tov to all eleven of the top ten! :Trophy:

A heartfelt thanks and huge congratulations to the other honorable mentions! :snoopy:

And, to our esteemed judges, thank you so much for your time, patience and dedication...even if you can't do math ;).

Jenna, you're awesome. Thanks so much for putting all of this together! :Clap:

Most of all, to the Original 308 (or the Original 307; the jury's still out on that one): HOORAY FOR US for putting our work out there for everyone to read. :Hug2:

Truly looking forward to the actual contest! Good luck, contestants!

[Lenora Rose]

You guys are probably sick of all these messages just saying congratulations... oh, who am I kidding?


Congratulations!!!! :TheWave:
(That goes for the honourable mentions, too, of course)

[bjewel77]

Congratulations to all winners and hononable mentions!

I've loved meeting so many of you and having so much fun and laughs with the wild stories while we waited.

Can't believe so many I feel that I know are mentioned in the lists!
Anxious to see what all of you write about next! We'll be watching!

This has been a blast!

:D :partyguy: :Hug2: :snoopy: :snoopy: :snoopy: :Trophy: :Guitar::Guitar: :Clap: :banana: :kiss: :heart: :rolleyes: :PartySmil Bjewel77

[Sonya]

Woo-Hoo! Snoopy Dance! Big round of applause for all the winners and the honorable mentions. I'm so thankful for the contest because without it, I wouldn't have found the forums and the wealth of knowledge oozing out of the more experienced writers!

Sending cyber balloons and confetti!!

Sonya

[mudflat_marshawk]

Congratulations Guys!!! :Clap: :Clap: :Cake: :Fairydust

:partyguy: :snoopy: :snoopy: :Trophy:


looking forward to your upcoming entries.

[wurdwise]

Big Congrats to the winners and the honorable mentions. And good luck to the eleven in the coming weeks.

[Kim Gogo]

It can be tough to open your soul and expose yourself to scrutiny in a public forum. But we're all here for a reason. We all enjoy the passion and the satisfaction that we get from writing. We do it, not to please others, but to please ourselves. And we should all feel pleased!
:Clap:

Congratulations to all those who won!! And congratulations to all those who entered!!

[Samm]

Congratulations to the finalists! :TheWave:

Thank you Jenna, and thank you judges, for your time and energy. :)

Now off to do some serious :sleepy: soon.

[emeraldcite]

congrats everyone!

[Mr Underhill]

Congratulations to our eleven worthy finalists, those who made honorable mention, and again to all of the competitors.

:partyguy: :Trophy: :box:

So, what's next?

[paprikapink]

Contestants: Great job!
HonoMens: Great job!
Judges: You rock!
Finalists: Congratulations!
Alla us: Let's play Absolute Write Idol!

Yabba-dabba-DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

-pkpk

[Samm]

:hooray: Congrats to the honorable mentions! I was so excited to read the list of 11 finalists that I replied before seeing the honorables' list. :o There were so many great pieces -- I'm glad the judges went to the trouble of sharing the list of honorable mentions, too.

[QUOTE=JennaGlatzer]These are our honorable mentions, again in no particular order:


Jenna, can you list the HM entry numbers, too, please?

[edfrzr]

Congrats to all. Happy writing!

[maestrowork]

The real fun has now begun!

[mkcbunny]

Cheers to everyone who entered, and congratulations to the finalists. Can't wait to see what the obstacle course looks like.

[SeanDSchaffer]

I'm in the Honorable Mentions. :Thumbs: Cool! I never thought I'd be up that high in any contest. (And no, I'm not being a smart-mouth, :Smack: I'm quite serious!) To all of the Finalists and the other Honorable Mentions, Congratulations.

And thanks to everybody who entered the contest. There were lots of good contenders.

This is a lot of fun, I'm truly enjoying this competition!

[sharon]

http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/23/23_28_116.gif (http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZNxmk148YYCA) To all the finalists and the HM's! The judges deserve a round of drinks for all their hard work. http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/7/7_4_14.gif (http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZNxmk148YYCA) What a difficult job it must have been! Now, the pressure's on the rest of us when we vote over the coming weeks! Good luck to all finalists! A BIG THANKS to Jenna for having this contest! http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/23/23_28_121.gif (http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZNxmk148YYCA) This is so much fun!

[hapsburg]

Wow, what a heart attack...we should have a week break or something now, the anticipation was relentless. I was shocked to see my name up there. I'm so proud to be on the list and wish it had been bigger because there was a lot of very good work in the auditions.

I'm so excited and so happy, I had such a horrible day at work and was feeling so dejected...Thankyou so much.

[Alphabet]

Congratulations all, and I am happy to declare myself available to be bribed. :poke:

[JennaGlatzer]

Hey Truman,

Kindly tell your boyfriend that if he ever uses the word "retard" again, I shall smash his kneecaps.

Thanks,
Jenna and Paul

http://www.absolutewrite.com/images/paulpic.jpg

[paprikapink]

...or thick, if this is available somewhere and I just haven't caught it, but --

Anyone think they could make a clickable list of the winning entries (and honorable mentions, too, aren't I greedy?) Between my connection being slow and my kids coming in and whining at me to get off the compuuuuuuuuter (whining is contagious, isn't it), I am having a devil of a time going from the list of winners to the thread of entries and yadda yadda yadda. Just thought I'd mention it.

Thanks in advance, if it's doable, and anyway, if it's not.

-pkpk

[sgtsdaughter]

congrats to all . . .very very cool.

:partyguy:

[Selina Sills]

This is gonna be soooo fun! Congrats to everyone who made the lists! On to theme 1!!!

[JennaGlatzer]

PK, that's what I wanted to do right after I posted the lists, but I promised hubby a movie tonight, so I can't do it right now.

Anyone else want to volunteer to make a list of the post #s and/or links to each of the finalists and honorable mentions?

[mommie4a]

Congrats to everyone! (And I'm so glad I don't have to leave my husband!):Sun:
Oh wow - I just saw the honorable mentions (man, see what happens when I go away and come back - I forget how to read these boards!). Thanks very very much! Wonderful, wonderful experience. Looking forward to it continuing.

Wow. Very very fun. And nice.

[WVWriterGirl]

Congratulations to the winners!

And, thank you, judges, for my inclusion in the Honorable Mention list.
:thankyou:

I look forward to the themes in the coming weeks, and reading the submissions by those on the list of winniers. I must say, though, it would have been nice to have been on that list, but at least now I can say I accomplished something, and I don't have the pressure of "performance" for the next few weeks *snicker*

Anyway, gratz to you all - fine job each and every one of you. Good luck to the finalists!

:Cheers: :Clap: :PartySmil

WVWG

[GailKavanagh]

To all the well deserved winners and honorable mentions.
And thank you, Jenna, for this terrific competition - it's been so much fun already and there's more to come!

Gail Kavanagh

[William Haskins]

Unearthed (Excerpt) by jdkiggins (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=122800&postcount=12)

Mad World (Excerpt) by pepperlandgirl (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=122819&postcount=13)

Mastication by hapsburg (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=123781&postcount=42)

Coming Out Straight (Excerpt) by firehorse (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=124093&postcount=53)

Untitled (Excerpt) by rhymegirl (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=124859&postcount=84)

Dark Lake (Excerpt) by BlueTexas (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=125624&postcount=104)

Amazon: In Times of Past (Excerpt) by Rhush (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=125760&postcount=108)

Reading to Elizabeth by Bass (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=130339&postcount=161)

Both No More by DJP (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=130431&postcount=168)

The Thought by William Haskins (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=131383&postcount=207)

The Housefly Hums in F-Key (Excerpt) by trumancoyote (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=133048&postcount=235)

[paprikapink]

Works for me! I don't know if it gets you off the hook for that naughty naughty prank, though, you bad boy.
:)

-pkpk

[CathD]

Congratulations to the finalists.

Thanks, Jenna, for the opportunity to try for the contest.

[Alphabet]

mommie4a
Nobody Loves Me Better (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=124044#post124044)

WhisperingBard
Maggie Tells a Whopper (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=124134#post124134)

markscheel
KLEPTER’S BACKYARD IMBROGLIO (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=125745#post125745)

SeanDSchaffer
Bested (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=126593#post126593)

dragonjax
untitled

(http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=127760#post127760)Mark Anderson
killer superheroes (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=133190#post133190)

NicoleJLeBoeuf
Becoming Sara Peltier

(http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=135583#post135583)Humourwriter
Covering Your Arts
(http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=136752#post136752)
SRHowen
from WIP (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=122484#post122484)

Kevin Yarbrough
untitled (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=123261#post123261)

Poppyhullings
Cold hands

(http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=129643#post129643)Ed Williams
Balancing your goodness accounts (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=131227#post131227)

BrokenFingers
Like Cortez on a Distant Shore

(http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=132262#post132262)WVWritergirl
Cona'Doar Chronicles

(http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=122758#post122758)Zane Curtis
The Hole

(http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=125740#post125740)satia
Housewife Circa 1950 (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=131428#post131428)

[Susie]

To all the Finalists and Honorable Mentions,

Roses R red
Violets R blue
MANY BIG
CONGRATS! to you!

The contest was awesome and glad I had a chance to participate.:)

Warm regards, Susie

[William Haskins]

mommie4a, nobody loves me better (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=124044&postcount=50)

WhisperingBard, Maggie Tells a Whopper (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=124134&postcount=57)

markscheel, KLEPTER’S BACKYARD IMBROGLIO (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=125745&postcount=107)

SeanDSchaffer, Bested (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=126593&postcount=117)

dragonjax, untitled (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=127760&postcount=135)

Mark Anderson, killer superheroes (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=133190&postcount=239)

NicoleJLeBoeuf, Becoming Sara Peltier (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=135583&postcount=272)

Humourwriter, Covering Your Arts (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=136752&postcount=298)

SRHowen from WIP (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=122484&postcount=2)

Kevin Yarbrough (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=123261&postcount=24)

Poppyhullings, Cold hands (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=129643&postcount=152)

Ed Williams, Balancing your goodness accounts (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=131227&postcount=202)

BrokenFingers, Like Cortez on a Distant Shore (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=132262&postcount=223)

WVWritergirl, Cona'Doar Chronicles (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=122758&postcount=8)

Zane Curtis, The Hole (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=125740&postcount=106)

satia, Housewife (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=131428&postcount=209)

[JennaGlatzer]

:Thumbs: Thank you, William and Alphabet!

Okay, okay, William's off the hook.

[Terra Aeterna]

Congrats to the finalists and the honorables. Y'all rock!

[la_chica_y_el_libro]

Congrats to to every brave soul who entered! Reading through some the audition pieces, I thought, "How are they going to pick 10 finalists? There's some super great stuff here!"

I wish I'd come to these boards sooner. What a great place to visit.

Hooray, hooray to everyone!
:snoopy: :snoopy: :snoopy: :snoopy: :snoopy: :snoopy: :snoopy: :Trophy: :Trophy: :Trophy: :Trophy: :Trophy: :Trophy: :Trophy: :partyguy: :partyguy: :partyguy: :partyguy: :partyguy: :partyguy:

[TashaGoddard]

Congratulations to all the finalists!

And kudos to the judges. What a difficult task. But excellent choices; on reading the winners I found that for most of them I was thinking 'Oh yes. That was a brilliant one, I remember really liking that when I read it first time round.'

And thanks to Jenna for a wonderful idea. Having that extra impetus to write something or tweak something already written certainly helped me, and I'm sure it did others too.

[trumancoyote]

Jenna,

We sincerely apologize. It certainly wasn't meant in such a mean-hearted way, and it was by no means intended as derogatory toward the mentally challenged.

It has unfortunately become a part of the younger generation's slang; and if it was hurtful, I'm so sorry. It was unwittingly so.

:(

[mdin]

:mad:

WELL SCREW YOU JUDGES IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PICK MY ENTRY THEN I DON'T WANNA PLAY YOUR STUPID GAME ANYWAY. JUST BECAUSE I DIDN'T ACTUALLY ENTER ANYTHING DOESN'T MEAN YOU COULDN'T HAVE PICKED ME ANYWAY!!!!1!!!!1! :reallyangry:

'Grats guys. I'm not really sure what the rules are, but I suppose I'll read them now and if we get to vote or something, I will be doing so. I'm already familiar with the writing of some of the finalists, and I can tell right now the judges have picked an excellent list.

[Counsel]

A tremendous amount of work went into those submissions. Congrats to all.

[aquarianstar]

yay!!!! really well done all!!!! well done to the 11 top 10 finalists AND the honourable mentions!!!:Clap: :TheWave: :Cheer: :Cheers: :partyguy: :hooray:


Oh wow, I am so looking forward to the next stages!! This is going to be brilliant!!

Once again thanks to Jenna and judges for this awesome Absolute Write Idol, I can't wait for the next stage!!!

wooohooo!

[sthrnwriter]

Congratulations to all the finalists and those who received honorable mentions! Well done!

:partyguy: :PartySmil

[Cabria]

Congrats to all finalists and honourable mentions! Awesome work!

Debbie :Thumbs:

[Jakalyn]

Congratulations to all the winners and honorable mentions! You guys deserved it!

Excellent jobs, judges, that couldn't have been easy.

I can't wait to start reading the entries, this is such an awesome idea!

Thanks (again) to Jenna for doing this, what a great contest!

[Penelope]

When I saw Jenna say that it would be soon, I wondered how soon because my allergies were bothering me yesterday and the medicine had made me sooo sleepy. I didn't know if I could stay awake any longer. Finally, I couldn't wait anymore, and went to bed for a while. I got up around 10:30 pm or so and checked the board. In my half-asleep, medicine-influenced state, I didn't even read the right thread initially. I read the "Meet the Finalists" thread, thinking Jenna PMd the finalists and told them to post their intro. That way, it wasn't all of the top 10 at once, it was revealing them slowly. I noticed I had a private message and thought to myself surely not. Nope, it surely wasn't a PM from Jenna. Then I noticed that someone had left me some rep points and congratulated me on being an honorable mention. I felt so lost and confused. What honorable mentions? I didn't see them. I didn't even see a list of winners. (Did I mention I was half-asleep and under the influence of allergy medicine?) I finally went back and checked again and found the right thread/post, but I still didn't see any honorable mentions. I pm'd the person and told them the equivalent that I didn't see my name mentioned at all, thinking she'd eventually respond and tell me, "Whoops, I made a mistake" or "You didn't see it? It was mentioned in such-and-such post/thread." Then it dawned on me that maybe my name was mentioned later in the thread or something. So I went back and read the entire thread and finally saw my name in post #12. I had to write the person back and tell them never mind. I was going to post my congratulations and such last night, but figured if I couldn't read or navigate the board any better than I had been, I might had better wait until morning. If these thoughts are not coherent, I'm still going to blame it on being half-asleep though. :) Anyway, moving on to what this thread is really about...

Congratulations to all of the winners. I am happy and excited for each of you. During this long process of becoming a top 11 winner, I hope you remember to enjoy being one. I'm sure you're all still trying to swallow this, and can't imagine tackling the next challenge. You can do it. Take a deep breath, remind yourself you've gotten this far, and just do it. Good luck.

Congratulations to the honorable mentions as well. Out of 300+ entries, it is an accomplishment just to be mentioned, IMO. I hope you see the 'almost made it' as a positive thing.

Congratulations to all the participants as well, no matter how you finished, I commend you all for how you began. It shows a lot of courage to take a piece of your writing and post it for 'all' to see, to place it alongside the pieces of other great writers and to let a group of our peers decide the outcome.

Thank you for mentioning my name and entry. It feels honorable indeed. More importantly though, over the last couple of weeks, I have received many pm's and rep points because of my entry. People wrote just to tell me how much my story touched them, and some even said they were moved to tears. There's my honorable mention right there. Thank you.

Thanks again to Jenna and the judges.

Okay, I'm shutting up (for now). Just wanted to say everything I had to say. :)

[skylarburris]

Congratulations, winners!

But now we losers get to vote, right? Let the fun begin...

[NicoleJLeBoeuf]

Congratulations to all the finalists and honorable mentions! Kudos to everyone who entered!

(I feel very, very honored to be mentioned. I'll take that as a "yes" to the tacit-until-now question of "should I really keep working on this silly novel?")

[ChunkyC]

:thankyou: Congratulations to the finalists!

:Hail: Kudos to the honourable mentions!

:Clap: Bravo to all of you who entered. What a talented family we have here!

:Trophy: Soon we will crown the first ever Absolute Write Idol! :PartySmil

[Mark Anderson]

Just wanted to join in and congratulate all the winners, honorable mentions and everyone else who screwed up their courage, were arrested for doing so and released to provide the community service of entering this contest. There weren't just an ***-ton of entries, there was a metric ***-ton.

The hardest part (imho) of writing is actually developing the courage to put your work in public, whether submitting for publication, critiques, or this event. For all of you who found it in yourselves to submit, you have my special admiration.*

* Special Admiration is a Trademark of MarkAnderson Inc. Said special admiration is good for $1.49 hamburger happy meals on Thursday only. Cheese Extra. Offer not valid in Tennessee, the Virgin Islands, or Ned's basement. Special Admiration may cause sterility. Do not expose Special Admiration to direct sunlight. Holders of Special Admiration coupons agree to hold Mark Anderson Inc blameless in the case of death or pirate infestation. Do not ingest Special Admiration. Coupons are to be applied topically, and may stain clothing and skin.

[WhisperingBard]

* Special Admiration is a Trademark of MarkAnderson Inc. Said special admiration is good for $1.49 hamburger happy meals on Thursday only. Cheese Extra. Offer not valid in Tennessee, the Virgin Islands, or Ned's basement. Special Admiration may cause sterility. Do not expose Special Admiration to direct sunlight. Holders of Special Admiration coupons agree to hold Mark Anderson Inc blameless in the case of death or pirate infestation. Do not ingest Special Admiration. Coupons are to be applied topically, and may stain clothing and skin.

Brilliant! :roll: That was my knee-slapper for the day!

[robbie]

Congratulations to the finalists! I've read through all your entries and am just blown away by the fantastic writing. Best of luck to each of you and I'm looking forward to lots of great reading throughout this contest.

To all the honorable mentions, congratulations!

Now, my question: Because of this wonderful contest I was inspired to join the water cooler, submit my own entry, and then browse around. In doing so, I happened upon a market that is actually interested in reprinting my Absolute Write idol submission essay but they state that it can't be available on the internet. Can I erase my entry? Or will it get erased at some time (when?) in the near future?

Thanks for any info -

Robbie

[Mr Underhill]

WELL SCREW YOU JUDGES IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO:Soapbox:Dear Navigator, I've started a thread for exactly this purpose. You are more than welcome to come over and vent your spleen and bile to your liver's content.

Cheers,

U.

[ShadowGuide]

Unearthed (Excerpt) by jdkiggins (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=122800&postcount=12)

Mad World (Excerpt) by pepperlandgirl (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=122819&postcount=13)

Mastication by hapsburg (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=123781&postcount=42)

Coming Out Straight (Excerpt) by firehorse (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=124093&postcount=53)

Untitled (Excerpt) by rhymegirl (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=124859&postcount=84)

Dark Lake (Excerpt) by BlueTexas (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=125624&postcount=104)

Amazon: In Times of Past (Excerpt) by Rhush (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=125760&postcount=108)

Reading to Elizabeth by Bass (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=130339&postcount=161)

Both No More by DJP (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=130431&postcount=168)

The Thought by William Haskins (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=131383&postcount=207)

The Housefly Hums in F-Key (Excerpt) by trumancoyote (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=133048&postcount=235)

Man, Haskins, not only are you a great and gracious winner, but you're a real gent for compiling this clickable lists so the rest of the participants may check out who beat us out. (Note: I am not using the term losers because I think we all broke through barriers by even participating.)

Congrats to all and thanks again!
:Trophy:

[Kevin Yarbrough]

Me and HM? I'm shocked :eek: :Jaw: :faint: I never thought I would have made it that far. Compared to the rest I didn't think mine was that good. Think I should get to working on it again?

[WhisperingBard]

Think I should get to working on it again?
Um, Kev, that's an unqualified YES!

[Renee]

Finally the finalists are listed! I've been biting my nails over it and I didn't even enter. *hehe but I plan on entering eventually*

Congrats to all brave and talented folks that entered - and to those that made the cut..and to those of you who earned honorable mention.

This is too cool!

[JennaGlatzer]

Robbie: COOL! Yes, you can erase your entry. Just go to it, then click the "edit" button, and it'll give you the option to delete it.

[Betty W01]

Congratulations to all the finalists and the HM's. Y'all did great! And to the judges - SA-LUTE!

[BlueTexas]

Congratulations to the finalists! I've read through all your entries and am just blown away by the fantastic writing. Best of luck to each of you and I'm looking forward to lots of great reading throughout this contest.

To all the honorable mentions, congratulations!

Now, my question: Because of this wonderful contest I was inspired to join the water cooler, submit my own entry, and then browse around. In doing so, I happened upon a market that is actually interested in reprinting my Absolute Write idol submission essay but they state that it can't be available on the internet. Can I erase my entry? Or will it get erased at some time (when?) in the near future?
Thanks for any info -
Robbie

Robbie, that's better than placing in a contest any day! CONGRATS!!:Thumbs:

[redjennphd]

Hi all. CONGRATS to the finalists and the honorable mentions. I am however deeply confused (doesn't take much to get that way though):
first to Jenna: BLESS YOU for putting up the photo and calling to the carpet the person who mentioned the "R" word. Blast em. I totally agree with you.

Second: I am so out of the loop here: how do I find out who the winners and who the honorable mentions are? and how do I find out if I am a judge or not?
If someone could let me know via the link or email me at redjennphd@aol.com I would greatly appreciate it, as I'm still floundering my way around the boards.

Thanks so much :crazy:
Dr. Jennifer Delora

[William Haskins]

finalists:

http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=144328&postcount=71

honorable mentions:

http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=144360&postcount=76

my understanding is that all registered members will be able to vote, once voting has officially commenced. i'm sure jenna will announce both the time and to whom your private message will go.

hope this helps.

-william

[three seven]

...and to whom your private message will go.
S**t, did it occur to anyone that your inbox only holds 25 messages?

[Sarita]

It occured to Jenna... She upped Melina's box to 5,000.

[three seven]

Just testing. http://www.geocities.com/thingumybobwotsit/uhoh2.gif

[satia]

Wow. I am so grateful to have even made it to the honorable mentions. I forgot to put in the subject that what I submitted was just an excerpt and was kicking myself for the oversight.

Water under the bridge and I am now going to sit back and try to digest this wonderful affirmation/validation.

Thank you.
Satia

[DJP]

Hey Whispering Bard,
I really want a copy of your Maggie book once it's published. My girls will beg me to read that one over and over, I'm sure!:Thumbs:

[WhisperingBard]

My girls will beg me to read that one over and over, I'm sure!
Aw, thanks, DJP. You just made my day! :kiss:

[redjennphd]

HI Jenna & gang:

I'm again, very confused, I think I posted on the wrong board, I'm not sure. I thought the writers contest was for scripts and I also was not sure how to find out if one was a finalist or not or how to be a judge. I did send notes to be a judge but haven't heard and I don't know what I'm missing out on. If there is a similar contest for scriptwriting, could someone let me know? Thanks so much :)

Jennifer
:Wha:

[JennaGlatzer]

Hi Jennifer,

I think you must have us confused with another board. The judges (Three, Sara, and Richard) were chosen several weeks ago, the contest was open to all genres, the finalists have been announced in this thread, and now anyone can vote on the week 1 finalist entries.

[BlueTexas]

Bumping this one for DJP.

[William Haskins]

god, this seems like so long ago.

[BlueTexas]

It was...April 2nd was when the results were posted.

[DJP]

Wow, I remember how pumped I was when I found out I was a finalist! That was an awesome feeling.

[William Haskins]

It was...April 2nd was when the results were posted.


but what year...

[rhymegirl]

1939.

[Sarita]

You guys don't know how hard it was.... giving up this list. We almost didn't hand it over! :)

[rhymegirl]

You guys don't know how hard it was.... giving up this list. We almost didn't hand it over! :)

How come?

[DJP]

Yea, how come?

[Sarita]

How come?

Oh you know, the anxiety that comes along with making any big decision.