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Here are this week's votes tallied, and below the cut are our winners for Challenge #242 – Tragedy!

( This week's finalists are... )

Total Challenge Words Written: 3164

Congratulations to all this week's participants, and thank you to everyone who took the time to cast their votes!

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Here are the entries for this week's challenge:

( List of entries )

In order to vote, please reply to this post using the form provided. All comments are screened, and entries are listed in the order they were submitted. For your vote to qualify, you must fill out your entire voting card (all three spots) in order to be counted. First place votes are worth 3 points, second place votes are worth 2 points, and third place votes are worth 1 point. Meeting the bonus goal on an entry gets an extra point for that submission.

When voting, please copy/paste the ENTRY NUMBER and the FIC TITLE from the list above into the spot you're voting for (this prevents accidentally mis-numbering a vote and casting it for the wrong entry). It should look like this:

First Place: 61. Fic Title Here
Second Place: 88. Another Fic Title
Third Place: 47. Finally a third fic title goes here

Please note that you cannot vote for your own entry, and that votes cannot be made anonymously. You do not have to be a member of the community in order to vote, nor have submitted an entry for this week; everyone is welcome to participate in the voting. IP addresses are logged to prevent duplicate voting.

Voting closes Wednesday, December 18, at 9:00PM EST.

quicksilverfox3

Theme Prompt: Tragedy
Title: one more
Fandom: The Scum Villain Self-Saving System
Rating/Warnings: Teen
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 651
Summary: Shen Jiu is no stranger to hunger, but he will do nearly anything when Yue Qi is sick and it's his fault.

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yoshishisha

Theme Prompt: 242 - Tragedy
Title: Betrayal
Fandom: Original
Tags: Mermaids, Betrayal
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 264
Author's note: I spent far too much time looking up if animals can cry, and thus would mermaids cry in return. (Fish don't, mammals do, aquatic animals may?? idk, but mermaids do)
Summary: This betrayal is a tragedy to Xenia. She has to prove everyone wrong.
( Xenia is back with no less mystery but more emotional distress :) )

Current Location: work

m_findlow

Theme Prompt: #242 - Tragedy
Title: In memoriam
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings:PG
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: Jack feels obligated to observe the full burden of Torchwood and what it costs others to do the job.

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imhilien

Theme Prompt: #242 - Tragedy
Title: looking for a better tomorrow
Fandom: Valdemar series
Ratings / Warnings: PG-13
Bonus: No
Word Count: 279
Summary: The Mage Wars had ended, but at the cost of their homeland. Now they have to flee.

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Current Mood: contemplative

badly_knitted

Theme Prompt: #242 – Tragedy
Title: Not This Time
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1000
Summary: Torchwood’s history is littered with tragedy, but maybe this time it can be prevented.

( Not This Time... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

fanweeklymod

Challenge 242:
TRAGEDY

n. a disastrous event; calamity; misfortune; a drama portraying someone’s downfall

Not every story can end happily. So what happens when they don’t?

Maybe your protagonists are just a few minutes too late to save the day, or maybe their decisions brought about the calamity in the first place. Maybe they did everything they could, but whatever they’re facing just can’t be defeated. Or maybe the tragedy didn’t happen to your protagonists at all, but they’ve seen it happen – a cautionary tale, or someone else’s failure that they couldn’t prevent.

How did it happen? What are they going to do about it now?

Write a story about a tragedy.

BONUS GOAL: Stormy Skies

If your submission features rain, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting!

Challenge ends Monday, December 16 at 9:00PM EST.

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