Results: Winter 2024 Fiction
| Title | Author | Score | Rank | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round One | Round Two | Round Three | Round One | Round Two | Round Three | ||
| Entry 63705 | Member 27473 | 5.40 | 5.25 | 4.75 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Entry 63834 | Member 39201 | 5.75 | 4.71 | 4.33 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Shapeshifter (disqualified) | Olivier FitzGerald | 4.00 | 4.33 | 4.33 | 54 | 13 | 3 |
| Entry 63938 | Jaime Gill | 4.67 | 4.00 | 4.25 | 20 | 24 | 4 |
| Life Line | Noreen Graf | 5.00 | 4.40 | 4.20 | 8 | 11 | 5 |
| Something New | Jennifer Mengarelli | 2.67 | 4.17 | 4.13 | 117 | 19 | 6 |
| Entry 63725 | Member 39011 | 4.00 | 4.40 | 3.91 | 55 | 12 | 7 |
| A Lifetime Commitment | eva beauchamo | 5.00 | 4.83 | 3.90 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| Beyond the Tree Line | Ian Grogan | 4.75 | 4.14 | 3.89 | 16 | 20 | 9 |
| Entry 63763 | Member 39080 | 5.40 | 4.20 | 3.88 | 6 | 15 | 10 |
| Maybe | Nick Gallup | 6.00 | 4.50 | 3.87 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| Thin Places | Nancy Martin | 4.80 | 4.60 | 3.70 | 14 | 7 | 12 |
| New 1933 | Member 38870 | 3.00 | 4.13 | 3.70 | 107 | 21 | 13 |
| SEE YOU NEVER. | krystal luong | 4.80 | 4.20 | 3.67 | 15 | 16 | 14 |
| Hungry Ghost, 23A | Jackson Holzberg Buckley | 4.33 | 4.20 | 3.50 | 31 | 17 | 15 |
| Bully Smile | Dennis Quinn | 5.00 | 4.00 | 3.40 | 9 | 22 | 16 |
| Entry 63746 | Member 38634 | 4.67 | 5.20 | 3.38 | 19 | 2 | 17 |
| THE ELK RUNS FREE (disqualified) | jim mcrae | 3.00 | 4.50 | 3.38 | 98 | 9 | 18 |
| Entry 63745 | Member 30353 | 4.33 | 4.25 | 3.33 | 30 | 14 | 19 |
| Entry 63728 | Member 39017 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 2.92 | 53 | 3 | 20 |
| Entry 63811 | Member 9791 | 2.33 | 4.43 | 2.90 | 128 | 10 | 21 |
| Entry 63613 | Member 6747 | 4.75 | 3.50 | 2.90 | 17 | 40 | 22 |
| Entry 63801 | Member 36073 | 3.67 | 4.67 | 2.89 | 66 | 6 | 23 |
| You Need Your Pants | Josh Davis | 4.33 | 4.17 | 2.67 | 32 | 18 | 24 |
| Vacancy | Brad Fraver | 5.00 | 4.00 | 2.60 | 12 | 23 | 25 |
| Entry 63682 | Member 38920 | 3.67 | 4.00 | 0 | 67 | 25 | 26 |
| Entry 63810 (disqualified) | Member 10640 | 6.00 | 3.83 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 27 |
| Letters to the Past (disqualified) | L. J. M. | 3.67 | 3.83 | 0 | 68 | 27 | 28 |
| Urinary Redemption | Mike Rizzo | 3.33 | 3.83 | 0 | 83 | 28 | 29 |
| Dark Rooms (disqualified) | Enzo Kim | 1.67 | 3.83 | 0 | 140 | 29 | 30 |
| Hell From Everywhere | Charles Merkel | 2.50 | 3.80 | 0 | 124 | 30 | 31 |
| A Stranger Cometh | Taylor Metzler | 3.50 | 3.75 | 0 | 80 | 31 | 32 |
| The Last Pagan | Andrew Hoffmeister | 3.67 | 3.67 | 0 | 69 | 32 | 33 |
| Entry 63792 | Member 39145 | 3.00 | 3.67 | 0 | 108 | 33 | 34 |
| Who's Running This Thing, Anyway? | L. Michael Bohigian | 2.33 | 3.67 | 0 | 129 | 34 | 35 |
| Ash and Earth | Dustin Stamper | 4.67 | 3.60 | 0 | 21 | 35 | 36 |
| Entry 63835 | Member 39199 | 3.67 | 3.60 | 0 | 70 | 36 | 37 |
| Entry 63830 | Member 39194 | 4.50 | 3.57 | 0 | 25 | 37 | 38 |
| Entry 63943 | Member 38965 | 3.00 | 3.57 | 0 | 99 | 38 | 39 |
| Procyon and Gomeisa | Michael Badal | 4.00 | 3.50 | 0 | 56 | 39 | 40 |
| Entry 63904 | Member 39245 | 4.00 | 3.33 | 0 | 58 | 41 | 41 |
| The Gelding (disqualified) | Haley Rice | 4.60 | 3.33 | 0 | 24 | 42 | 42 |
| KEEP OFF THE GRASS | Nadiya Hafizova | 3.67 | 3.29 | 0 | 71 | 43 | 43 |
| Entry 63779 (disqualified) | Member 39125 | 3.00 | 3.29 | 0 | 100 | 44 | 44 |
| Entry 63803 | Member 39089 | 5.00 | 3.17 | 0 | 10 | 45 | 45 |
| The secret of the "Blue parrot" (disqualified) | Bojidar Bakalov | 3.00 | 3.14 | 0 | 101 | 46 | 46 |
| Her Vanity (disqualified) | Richard | 2.67 | 3.14 | 0 | 118 | 47 | 47 |
| Perennials Versus Annuals | Ian Villmore | 4.67 | 3.00 | 0 | 22 | 48 | 48 |
| Cafe Ya Ya | Beth Gibbs | 4.50 | 3.00 | 0 | 26 | 49 | 49 |
| Chainsaws & Sharks | JKBussman | 5.00 | 2.83 | 0 | 11 | 50 | 50 |
| The Good Fight | Member 39157 | 3.00 | 2.80 | 0 | 109 | 51 | 51 |
| Prisoner | Member 39344 | 3.33 | 2.67 | 0 | 84 | 52 | 52 |
| THE MEMORY FORGETS | Cal Polk | 2.50 | 2.60 | 0 | 125 | 53 | 53 |
| Entry 63850 | Member 39196 | 2.50 | 2.40 | 0 | 126 | 54 | 54 |
| Entry 63828 | Member 39193 | 3.00 | 2.33 | 0 | 102 | 55 | 55 |
| I'm For You, If You're For Me | Jack Smiles | 2.00 | 2.25 | 0 | 138 | 56 | 56 |
| Entry 63774 (disqualified) | Member 8903 | 4.00 | 2.20 | 0 | 57 | 57 | 57 |
| The Haunting | Sally Zalac | 4.00 | 2.14 | 0 | 59 | 58 | 58 |
| Entry 63853 | Member 39001 | 2.67 | 2.00 | 0 | 119 | 59 | 59 |
| Beautiful Weeds | Member 39066 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 0 | 103 | 60 | 60 |
| Entry 63733 (disqualified) | Member 39027 | 5.50 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 61 | 61 |
| Entry 63848 (disqualified) | Member 39212 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 62 | 62 |
| November (disqualified) | Mary Lou Schram | 4.75 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 63 | 63 |
| Entry 63749 (disqualified) | Member 38981 | 4.67 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 64 | 64 |
| Recollections (disqualified) | Delilah Farris | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 65 | 65 |
| Entry 63974 (disqualified) | Terry Mulhern | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 66 | 66 |
| Entry 63698 (disqualified) | Member 38945 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 67 | 67 |
| Entry 63762 (disqualified) | Member 39094 | 4.33 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 68 | 68 |
| Entry 63782 (disqualified) | Member 39131 | 4.33 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 69 | 69 |
| My Father The Man in the Chicken Wire Carnival Cage (disqualified) | Ian Taylor Presnell | 4.25 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 70 | 70 |
| Entry 63852 (disqualified) | Member 6795 | 4.25 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 71 | 71 |
| Entry 63687 (disqualified) | Member 38925 | 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 72 | 72 |
| Entry 63751 (disqualified) | Member 39074 | 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 73 | 73 |
| Olivia (disqualified) | robin lovelace | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 74 | 74 |
| Entry 63700 (disqualified) | Member 38952 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 75 | 75 |
| Entry 63908 (disqualified) | Marah herreid | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 76 | 76 |
| The Dead Man in the Mansion (disqualified) | Nicholas Dimond | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 77 | 77 |
| INGRID'S ASHES (disqualified) | Member 38642 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 78 | 78 |
| Datura Tea (disqualified) | Chae Christy | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 79 | 79 |
| Entry 63718 (disqualified) | Member 39002 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 80 | 80 |
| Entry 63760 (disqualified) | Mina W. | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 81 | 81 |
| Entry 63787 (disqualified) | Member 34018 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 82 | 82 |
| Hammer and Belt (disqualified) | David Agard | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 83 | 83 |
| Entry 63928 (disqualified) | Member 39280 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 84 | 84 |
| Writer's Block (disqualified) | Christopher Vertefeuille | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 85 | 85 |
| Fall From a Distance (disqualified) | Renahy | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 86 | 86 |
| Hidden Book to the Celestial City (disqualified) | Indigo Teran | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 87 | 87 |
| Jenny's Dreams | William French | 3.80 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 88 | 88 |
| Entry 63719 | Member 1963 | 3.80 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 89 | 89 |
| Entry 63744 (disqualified) | Member 39067 | 3.80 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 90 | 90 |
| Entry 63789 (disqualified) | Member 36604 | 3.80 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 91 | 91 |
| Entry 63614 (disqualified) | Member 38394 | 3.75 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 92 | 92 |
| Kindred (disqualified) | Larai Breithaupt | 3.75 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 93 | 93 |
| Entry 63635 (disqualified) | Member 38733 | 3.60 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 94 | 94 |
| The Editor (disqualified) | Derek Brooks | 3.60 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 95 | 95 |
| Plenty Of Water Out There (disqualified) | Troy Bloom | 3.60 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 96 | 96 |
| Jesus of America (disqualified) | Michael Matejcek | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 97 | 97 |
| Catching Stairs (disqualified) | Angela Chong | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 98 | 98 |
| Juno (disqualified) | Juno Maya | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 99 | 99 |
| What Are You Hiding? (disqualified) | Olivia W Harding | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 100 | 100 |
| Mary and Maud (disqualified) | Patrick Murphy | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 101 | 101 |
| Lexi's Lamentation (disqualified) | Samantha Rios | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 102 | 102 |
| Entry 63717 (disqualified) | Member 39000 | 3.40 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 103 | 103 |
| Entry 63766 (disqualified) | Member 32722 | 3.25 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 104 | 104 |
| Dial Her by the Water (disqualified) | sophia motameni | 3.25 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 105 | 105 |
| Entry 63808 (disqualified) | Member 39126 | 3.25 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 106 | 106 |
| A Pause in Civility (disqualified) | Rian Davis | 3.25 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 107 | 107 |
| Entry 63868 (disqualified) | Member 39232 | 3.25 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 108 | 108 |
| The Ghost of Johnson's Creek (disqualified) | Sandra Brown Lindstedt | 3.25 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 109 | 109 |
| Entry 63742 (disqualified) | Member 39060 | 3.20 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 110 | 110 |
| Entry 63903 (disqualified) | Member 39244 | 3.20 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 111 | 111 |
| The Emotional World (disqualified) | Vandana Agarwal | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 112 | 112 |
| Entry 63734 (disqualified) | Member 39029 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 113 | 113 |
| Entry 63796 (disqualified) | Member 39152 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 114 | 114 |
| Entry 63832 (disqualified) | Member 39200 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 115 | 115 |
| Jibing (disqualified) | John Foley | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 116 | 116 |
| Crossroads (disqualified) | Member 38812 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 117 | 117 |
| The Americana Hotel (disqualified) | Member 38819 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 118 | 118 |
| Entry 63699 (disqualified) | Member 38946 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 119 | 119 |
| Entry 63816 (disqualified) | Member 39183 | 2.80 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 120 | 120 |
| Entry 63933 (disqualified) | Member 2666 | 2.80 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 121 | 121 |
| Islands Rocked (disqualified) | Richard Schultz | 2.75 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 122 | 122 |
| To All The Holiday Magic Makers (disqualified) | Jayme Stark | 2.75 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 123 | 123 |
| Entry 63856 (disqualified) | Member 24290 | 2.75 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 124 | 124 |
| Precious Insights (disqualified) | Tenna Lynne Noyes | 2.75 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 125 | 125 |
| What is the Meaning of a Flag? (disqualified) | Margo | 2.75 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 126 | 126 |
| Within (disqualified) | Member 39008 | 2.67 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 127 | 127 |
| The Mirror (disqualified) | Rocco Greppi | 2.67 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 128 | 128 |
| Hong Kong Rain | Bailey Brown | 2.60 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 129 | 129 |
| The Edge (disqualified) | Zahra Khan | 2.60 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 130 | 130 |
| Entry 63831 (disqualified) | Member 39198 | 2.40 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 131 | 131 |
| Entry 63737 (disqualified) | Member 39041 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 132 | 132 |
| Try Them On (disqualified) | Sarah Reilly | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 133 | 133 |
| Entry 63702 (disqualified) | Member 38958 | 2.20 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 134 | 134 |
| Entry 63738 (disqualified) | Member 38588 | 2.20 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 135 | 135 |
| Entry 63813 (disqualified) | Member 39176 | 2.20 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 136 | 136 |
| Plane Guy (disqualified) | Kortney Wattles | 2.20 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 137 | 137 |
| Three Minutes (disqualified) | patrick gilligan | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 138 | 138 |
| Entry 63703 (disqualified) | Member 38959 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 139 | 139 |
| gray and white tree (disqualified) | M.A. sage | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 140 | 140 |
| Barranco Oscuro (disqualified) | Keith A. O'Neill | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 141 | 141 |
| Entry 63757 (disqualified) | Member 39090 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 142 | 142 |
| Entry 63985 (disqualified) | Member 39357 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 143 | 143 |
| The reward for excellence (disqualified) | Ugbodaga Jedidiah | 1.33 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 144 | 144 |