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Here are this week's votes tallied, and below the cut are our winners for Challenge #253 – A Light in the Dark!

( This week's finalists are... )

Total Challenge Words Written: 4473

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.

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Third Place: 47. Finally a third fic title goes here

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Voting closes Wednesday, March 26, at 9:00PM EST.

endlesstwanted

Theme Prompt: #253 – A Light in the Dark
Title: When the Lights Go Out (Ao3 link)
Fandom: Captain America (Anthony Mackie Movies)
Rating/Warnings: Teen and Up Audiences for language; set post-Brave New World, mild mention of minor canon event.
Bonuss yes
Word Count: 1000
Summary: Joaquín hosts a date in his place to make sure it’s perfect; of course, the power blackout wasn’t in the plan.

( Joaquin made sure, four times, that everything was ready for their date… )

Current Music: POR LOS DOS — Enol

quicksilverfox3

Theme Prompt: Light in the Dark
Title: don't look for me
Fandom: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System
Rating/Warnings: T, previous canon temporary character death
Bonus: No
Word Count: 900
Summary: Shen Yuan wakes trapped in a box.

( too much labour )

peipakao

Theme Prompt: #253 – A Light In The Dark
Title: Brightness
Fandom: One Punch Man
Rating/Warnings: Gen / None
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 573
Summary: To Flash, in the consuming darkness of the village, there is only one thing that is bright.

( Read more... )

m_findlow

Theme Prompt: #253 - A light in the dark
Title: Hope
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: PG.
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: Ianto knows things are dire, but there’s still something to cling to.

( Read more... )

badly_knitted

Theme Prompt: #253 – A Light In The Dark
Title: The Light Of Hope
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1000
Summary: Several months into his search for Jack, Ianto is starting to lose hope because the task he’s set himself seems so impossible.

( The Light Of Hope... )

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my desk

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Challenge 253:
A LIGHT IN THE DARK

The dark is generous, and it is patient, and it always wins – but in the heart of its strength lies weakness: one lone candle is enough to hold it back. (Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith novelization)

What is your characters’ light in the darkness? Maybe it’s literal – the faint glow of a candle in a window, the tiniest spark of light marking the end of a tunnel, a flashlight across the road on a pitch-black night. Maybe it’s more metaphorical: a friend whose smile brings them hope, a goal or a memory they hold on to no matter how dark their circumstances get, or a star on the horizon.

Write a story about a light in the dark.

BONUS GOAL: “What are we holding on to?”

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

Challenge ends Monday, March 24 at 9:00PM EST.

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[#253] When the Lights Go Out (Captain America Movies)

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[#253] Brightness (One Punch Man)

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