Vocal Bonus Leaderboard: 12/20/2023

Join us in celebrating the standout creators who lit up Vocal this week with their remarkable stories and poems, eliciting strong community admiration and support.

A reminder of some ground rules we use to formulate the Leaderboard:

The time period of data analyzed for each weekly Leaderboard is collected from 12:00am Wednesday - 11:59pm Tuesday ET each week.

Creators can only win one place in one category on the leaderboard.

Creators cannot win the same category two consecutive weeks.

Creators will win the category that they placed the highest in. However, if the category they placed the highest in is the category they won the previous week, and they placed in another category in a lower place, they will win the category that they did not place in the previous week, in the lower place.

And the winners are...

✨ Most Discussed Stories this Week ✨

Here are this week's top stories that have sparked the most comments with their engaged readers.

🏆 Winners

🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): Donna Fox (HKB) for "Winners of the Graveyard Challenge"

🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): Cathy holmes for "Snowflakes Frolic Upon My Nose"

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): Babs Iverson for "LOVE ENDURES"

Honorable Mentions are the stories that had the most comments without being selected as a Top Story. They will each receive a $3 Bonus.

🌟 Honorable Mentions

Hannah Moore for "Broken"

Kristen Balyeat for "wurds tae loue 'n' wurds tae hate"

Celia in Underland for "Earth"

Mother Combs for "Facebook Groups"

Judey Kalchik for "Ease Out 2023 With These Easy Prompts"

✨ Popular Stories with the Most Likes this Week ✨

These are the stories that captured hearts (literally) and commanded admiration.

🏆 Winners

🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): Morgana Miller for "FU FIL"

🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): HandsomelouiiThePoet (Lonzo ward) for "Winters Kiss 💋"

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): JBaz for "Wish upon the Christmas star"

✨ Most Subscribed to Creators this Week ✨

These creators have shown they have what it takes to build a following, attracting the most new subscribers this week.

🏆 Winners

🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): Dharrsheena Raja Segarran

🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): Kendall Defoe

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): The Dani Writer

✨ Most Supportive Commenters this Week ✨

The pillars of our community, these creators excel in uplifting others by leaving the most comments.

🏆 Winners

🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): Paul Stewart

🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): Grz Colm

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): Randy Wayne Jellison-Knock

✨ Emerging Creators✨

These creators have joined the platform within the last 90 days and achieved the highest combined likes and comments on their story, showcasing their rapidly growing impact on the community.

🏆 Winners

🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): Bravery TE Walker for "Lie With Me"

🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): Daphsam for "Deceit's Last Thread"

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): Kodah for "Mouthing words"

Each winner will receive a well-deserved bonus in their Vocal Wallets within the next 72 hours.

As we wrap up this week's moment of recognition, we extend our heartfelt congratulations to all the creators who poured their passion into Vocal. Your stories and poems mean so much to us. To our Emerging Creators, welcome to this dynamic space, and we look forward to witnessing your continued growth. Until next week, keep sharing, engaging, and inspiring one another on Vocal!