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Winner's Circle: Prompted #3

the envelope, please

By Randy BakerPublished 2 years ago • 2 min read
Top Story - April 2024

INTRODUCTION

Prompted: #3 is over and done with. There were a total of 7 entries for this challenge, just like with Prompted #2. That was a bit surprising, considering this was a poetry challenge. The first poetry challenge garnered much more attention. Of course, one way to look at the drop in participation is that Vocal writers are not fans of the rondel.

If you don't know the criteria for this challenge, you can catch up on the rules for Prompted #3 HERE.

Thanks to everyone who participated!

THE WINNERS

Of the total of 7 entrants, these are the poems that made it into the Winner's Circle:

1st Place: $20.00 - "After the Eclipse" by Matthew Fromm

2nd Place: $15.00 - "I Am My Own Play" by Lindsay Sfara

3rd Place: $10.00 - "Automatic Writing" by D.J. Reddall

Congratulations to each of you! Well done!

CONCLUSION

Thank you again to everyone who took part in Prompted: #3. Thanks, also, to those who helped spread the word. Although participation in these challenges has dropped considerably, there are some die-hard challengers still on Vocal.

Congratulations once again to the To the Prompted: #3Winner's Circle!

There have now been two poetry challenges and a fiction challenge. You may have noticed a pattern developing, bringing us back to fiction for Prompted #4. That's right! Polish up those prose pens and stay tuned for the May Writer's Challenge; a.k.a. Prompted: #4.

If you enjoy these challenges and want to see them continue, please let me know in the comments. A "like" and subscribe would be appreciated, as well!

At this point, I have committed to running the Prompted: #4 Challenge, but if the participation levels continue to dwindle, I don't know that there will be a Prompted: #5. So, please do let me know if you want more of these and, if you've been hesitant to participate, jump in on the next challenge and help breathe some life into the competition.

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Please visit the other Prompted: #3 Challenge entries.

Give them a read, give them a like, and give them a comment!

"Over and Over Again" by Anna

"All Love Only" by Catherine Nyomenda

"Your Soul's Beholder" by Lindsay Sfara

"Eclipse or Winks" by Kelli Sheckler-Amsden

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About the Creator

Randy Baker

Poet, author, essayist.

My Vocal "Top Stories":

* The Breakers Motel * 7 * Holding On * Til Death Do Us Part * The Fisherman

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