Face Your Fears Contest Winners!!!

Hi all!!

The voting period has ended and we have four clear places decided! I would like to, again, thank everyone who voted, everyone who entered, everyone who donated prizes and every member of the group for making We-Write-To-Escape and our first ever contest so amazing!! I cannot tell you how much fun I had organising this contest! It was great and I look forward to the next one!

Anyways, without further ado I will announce our places, 1st through to Honourable Mention (I was going to put them in the opposoite order to maintain suspense but decided that I should should just list them in the way I listed the prizes. *Waves goodbye to suspense*)

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1st Place goes to *drum roll*:

with her poem Branches BranchesWe were sitting in a tree
On the first day of spring,
No one was around,
There was only you and me.
I sat on the bottom branch,
Dangling my little feet
So far above the ground.
You wanted to climb higher,
So I stood carefully,
But didn't follow you.
I could tell
From the way you smiled,
That you wanted me
To climb out on a limb,
But I refused.
I can't do that anymore.
I've done that once before,
But branches wore too thin,
And the one I climbed with then
Didn't reach my hand
To catch me when
The little tree-fingers snapped
And I plummeted to
The waiting earth below.
So, I will stay right here,
Holding on to the tree trunk
Where it is safe,
And the ground isn't so far away.
Maybe I'll just jump down,
Where there aren't any branches,
And you don't have to worry
About four-letter words
Like love.

She received 9 votes from the total 35 votes cast with her poem that addressed her fear of falling in love.

1st Place will receive the following prizes:
100 points;
An interview to be presented as a journal on the group;
A feature in the group's journal;
A feature in my personal journal;
A watch from me;
A llama from me;
A llama from GothKoala439
A llama from UnicornSaysNomNom
A llama and a watch from NothingIsEverOkay
A watch and a request from RabbyoSaberwolves (The subject matter of the request has to be agreeable with RabbyoSaberwolves)
A llama, watch and personal feature in journal from Starija
Critiques on 3 chosen pieces by Viking-American
A llama from Turnipgirl1
A llama from dragonawakener
A watch and a llama from Envy-You
A llama, watch and two requests (a line art and a full coloured piece) from paintshootingstar

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2nd Place goes to:

with the piece Writing

This piece received 8 votes from the total 35 votes and conveys the author's fear of writing.

2nd Place will receive the following prizes:
65 points;
A feature in the group's journal;
A feature in my personal journal;
A watch from me;
A llama from me;
A llama from GothKoala439
A llama from UnicornSaysNomNom
A llama and a watch from NothingIsEverOkay
A watch from RabbyoSaberwolves
A llama, watch and personal feature in journal from Starija
Critiques on 2 chosen pieces by Viking-American
A llama from Turnipgirl1
A llama from dragonawakener
A watch and a llama from Envy-You
A llama, watch and a request (a line art) from paintshootingstar

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3rd Place goes to:

with her piece The Ghost of a Former Self The Ghost of a Former SelfDarling, where did we fall?
When was it over?
My suitcase smells musty. Then again, it's been tucked away in the attic, unused and un-thought of. It was one of those things that was purchased for me, before I could even stand on my own two feet...a case bought for a day that I was never told about, and for which I could never truly prepare.
I fold my possessions into tiny cubes; all my thoughts, all my dreams, all my childish games of old are tucked into the corners of this dusty, grimy case, and I know they will never unfold in quite the same way. My carefree summer days, running about barefoot in the cool grass...I put those days in this case. The nights of winter, sipping hot chocolate by the fire with my best friend, laughing over some lame joke...yup, that's packed away, too. But it will never become uncreased, these memories that I stuff into this trunk. They will never be fresh again. They will grow old and wrinkled, monotone and forever fading.
I lug my overburdened hear

She received 7 votes from the total of 35 votes with her piece about her fear of growing up.

3rd Place will receive the following prizes:
36 pionts;
A feature in the group's journal;
A feature in my personal journal;
A watch from me;
A llama from me;
A llama from GothKoala439
A llama from UnicornSaysNomNom
A llama and a watch from NothingIsEverOkay
A watch from RabbyoSaberwolves
A llama, watch and personal feature in journal from Starija
Critique on 1 chosen piece by Viking-American
A llama from Turnipgirl1
A llama from dragonawakener
A watch and a llama from Envy-You
A llama and a watch from paintshootingstar

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Honourable Mention goes to:

with her poem Place, Purpose, and Water Towers :thumb300941902:

She received 5 votes from the total 35 votes with her poem detailing her fear of not knowing her purpose or where she belongs.

Honourable Mention will receive the following prizes:
A feature in the group's journal;
A feature in my personal journal;
A watch from me;
A llama from me;
A llama from GothKoala439
A llama from UnicornSaysNomNom
A llama and a watch from NothingIsEverOkay
A watch from RabbyoSaberwolves
A llama, watch and personal feature in journal from Starija
Critique on 1 chosen piece by Viking-American
A llama from Turnipgirl1
A llama from dragonawakener
A watch and a llama from Envy-You

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I expect all prize donors to give what they said they would to the winners without having to be asked. You donated the prizes, I expect the winners to receive them without any troubles.

Thank you all so much for making this contest as great as it was and on behalf of all of We-Write-To-Escape a big congratulations to our four place getters!!!

Your founder,


P.S. In a few moments I will be posting another blog marking the return of the Fortnightly Themes. I look forward to starting them up again until the next contest! Thank you!