Aw, man, where are the editors’ picks?
Well, at press time, there were fewer than 30 posts on the challenge grid, so even though we did our best to attract good writers to this week’s challenge, we couldn’t unlock the editors’ selections. And since there is no invitational grid to house the picks, neither will there be a jury prize winner. Maybe next week!
So then, no prizes for this week’s promo with Deb Quinn? That’s why I’m here
Okay, fine. We will choose a random winner from the challenge grid to receive this week’s book bundle prize: the humor anthology You Have Lipstick on Your Teeth, in which Deb Quinn has an essay, and the two writing classics On Writing by Stephen King and Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott. If you’d like to be included in the random drawing, please make sure you’re subscribed to the yeah write weekly email blast before this week’s voting period ends at 10:00 U.S. eastern time tonight. The winner must also be willing to share his or her mailing address for shipping.
Good luck!
Challenge grid voting
The challenge grid crowd favorite and top row five winners will be determined by popular vote.
Everybody gets five votes
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Winners’ post published Friday by noon EDT
Once the voting ends, the challenge grid will sort itself from highest number of votes to the fewest. Ties are broken by number of page views. Until the winners’ post is published, none of the sorting will be official, but you can still get a good idea of where everyone ended up until the votes are validated.
Refreshing the page, watching the votes go up or down?
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Yeah write #128 voting is open…
Terrific writing again this week. Thank you all for sharing your stories, and congrats to the rest of the top row five. I hope everyone has a terrific weekend.