User blog:ChromastoneandTabby/Fall Fanon Con Creative Writing Contest 2016 ~ Results!

Alright everybody, here are the results of the Fanon Con Creative Writing Competition! Even though half of the competitors either dropped out or failed to deliver, we still got some pretty good entries. Choosing the placements for each of these was actually kind of difficult. Anyways, let's get on with the rankings!

Third Place
Sorry Primal, no bribes allowed. Anyways, this is a good story, but some of the sentence structure is off, the Killing Joke reference is sort of painful to read (but that's more of a personal issue so I'm not counting it against the story), and Ben just killing off Vilgax in a random encounter seems odd. It just doesn't seem like there was enough weight to the situation. To be honest, I think this entry would've been better off in the Normal Writing contest. It's still good, but it doesn't quite fit, so I gave it third place.

Second Place
As far as poem entries usually go, this is pretty decent, with some lines having nice flow and the whole thing delivering a coherent message. However, some lines feel sort of janky and interrupt the flow of the piece, and the tie-in to the theme of the contest seems really shoehorned in. In addition, it would've been better if you had cut out the "ha ha ha" line at the end and just ended it on the line before. Writing out laughing like this almost never works.

First Place
Mig you absolute madlad, this was absolutely byootiful. It practically embodies the proper usage of "Show, Don't Tell", making what's going on fairly clear to the audience, but never having the narrative directly say it. The progression from adrenaline-fueled excitement to denial and ultimately insanity is amazing to read. The one criticism I have for this is that a couple bits feel too rushed, but the majority of the pacing is fine. Overall, I seriously think this deserves its spot at first place.

Alright everybody, that wraps up the individual contests portion of Fall Fanon Con! The combined writing contest winner will be announced tomorrow, so make sure to stay tuned for that! Thank you to everyone who participated!

Do you agree with the results? Yes No, Primal should've won second place, followed by Alan No, Alan should've won, followed by Mig and Primal No, Alan should've won, followed by Primal and Mig No, Primal should've won, followed by Mig and Alan No, Primal should've won, followed by Alan and Mig