Well, we did have only three stories, but they were broadly acclaimed as good ones, and all received lots of votes!
If we were to follow the straight and strict lines, the awards would be as follows:
People's Choice Award: Heart's Desire by Snarky24 Best Overall: The Worst/Best Valentine's Day by Celtics534 Most Humorous: The Worst/Best Valentine's Day by Celtics534 Most Unexpected: Heart's Desire by Snarky24
However, we had multiple judges overlook my hard-nosed judging categories (rebels :) and institute one of their own. Among these improvisationalists, there was a unanimous selection for an improvised category:
Most Romantic: A Taste of Honey by indywriter
A fine choice, really! My sincere thanks to all judges (AS, MG, AM, SM, KL, YK, MS) for your hard work and consideration!
Sometime in the next week or so, be on the lookout for details regarding Challenge 2018-3 which will focus (if you dare) upon a mysterious hooded stranger!
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Gin110881 came out of the woodwork on 2018.08.01 - 08:29AM to say:
Congratulations to the winners and many thanks for the great stories. As for the additional category, maybe the reason is the tiny difference between the judging call per mail (for each category (Most Humorous, Most Unexpected, Best Overall) please let me know your top choice.) and in the Challenge 2018-2 Closed For Voting message from July, 26th, (while our judges deliberate on 'Most Adventuresome', 'Most Romantic' and 'Best Overall' categories.)