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"Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you." ~ Friedrich W. Nietzsche


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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Zombie Luv Contest Winners!

*This was already announced on Mari's Randomites, but I figured I'd blog it too*

First Place ~~Winner~~ :



Her story drew me in from the very beginning and just took my breath throughout. The judges were unanimous on this story.  Write more, Nishida. (Please) Congrats! Read her story at Flashes In The Dark today.



2nd place Winner:

 "Dead Flames"
By Angel Zapata

Angel Zapata? What can I say? He can scare your socks off and melt your heart in one breath. It was very worthy of creating a second place slot. Story will be featured at Flashes In The Dark July 26th.



Honorable mention:  

"For The Love Of Mike"

Not only did he win the poll's vote, but he won mine and the other judges as well. His stories have this way of sticking with you for a long time afterward. He truly has the unique touch.

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There are a good ten of you that impressed me with either quality, originality, pacing,  but I need to keep my mouth zipped for the sake of choosing stories for a Zombie Luv antho.

It was blast to work with the other judges Mari Juniper,  Lori Titus and Jim Bronyaur. Great people, great stories and lots of zombie luv to go around. Thanks for the fun everyone!

10 comments:

Laura Eno said...

It was fun and thanks for being one of the judges! I know that's not easy.

Laurita said...

Very cool. Congrats to the winners. I didn't participate in the contest because the thought of zombie love made me want to gag. :D I have now seen the other side, thanks to the many talented writers who took part. It must have been very tough to judge.

Jodi MacArthur said...

Thanks, Laura! I had a blast reading the stories. Yours was great BTW

I understand Laurita. LOL. I've had about enough brains for a month. People were so creative, I just loved the winning story. ;-)

Michael Solender said...

congrats and dead flesh to all the winners!

Sam said...

Jodi, thank you for being on the judging panel, and thank you so much for those lovely kind words about my writing; I may have to quote you on that!

Congrats to the winners, and to everyone who submitted stories, read and voted.

Jodi MacArthur said...

Congrats, Sam!

Unknown said...

This was a great contest... Props to everyone who entered. LOTS of inventive stuff.

MCrittenden said...

Congrats to all! Great work

MCrittenden said...

ps...the cover of HOWL is up for a Covey Cover award. Find it. Vote it number one!

Mari said...

How can I have missed this? *head desk*

Thanks for the extra plug Jodi and for your ever-present support. It was great working with you! <3