Writing Contest 2023/II - Results

The results!!

The voting deadline is over. I sadly had to deal with vandalism, or worse. But I have dealt with that. The votes of ten (most likely fake) members are officially declared invalid. (They are still visible in the poll on ATF, but they do not count).
Note that I am still looking into further information as it becomes available. This might result in adjustments of the results, if needed.

The final (?) result for the Readers' Choice Award is based on valid votes from 28 form users, cast as follows:

1. (13 votes) Twins Are Fun, by Chaosmode
2. (12 votes) The Pumpkin Twins, by Locutus2366
3. (10 votes) Island Seduction: A Dinosaurian Adventure, by keyontae
4. (9 votes) Two Is Better Than One, by Beth98
5. (8 votes) The Story Writer's Ruse, by Anonymous 3
6. (7 votes) Wet Dreaming, by Mek
7. (6 votes) A New Nightmare, by Noods2
7. (6 votes) Me and the other Me, by Purre
9. (4 votes) The fright before Christmas, by Antabus
9. (4 votes) Who Knew the DC Universe Could Be So Fun, by Eridan
11. (3 votes) Congenital, by Bennny Blanco
12. (2 votes) Extra Life, by AoiHikari
12. (2 votes) My helpful ex Melanie bathes my little boys, by wamikata
12. (2 votes) The cellar, by foalpoots

But there is of course also Writers' Choice Award. And I bet you want to know the result of that vote too. Well, here they are!
(Note that "Anonymous 4" in the screenshot below is foalpoots)

(Reading guide: every line lists a writer, their story, then their votes. So keyontae voted for Eridan's story as their #1 pick, Chaosmode as #2, and the story by Locutus2366 as #3. The final columns are for the score computation: three other writers had keyontae as their #1, one as their #2, and two as their #3. That gives a total of 39 points: 3 * 10, 1 * 5, and 2 * 2. For the two writers who did not vote, a 6 point penalty was deducted from the score).

So, a first place for keyontae, a second place for Mek, and a third place for Locutus2366. But he is followed at a distance of just a single point by a tied fourth and firth place for Beth98 and Chaosmode.

(And as a side note ... looking at some of the votes cast, I notice that I once more have to conclude that anonymous submissions is the way to go. This looks way too much like the Eurovision Song contest to me)

Congratulations to all winners. Thanks to all who participated, to all who read and commented, and to all who cast valid votes. And a final whole-hearted fuck you to the asshole(s) who tried to rig the results.

The next contest) is already underway ... so if you have not yet already, now would be a perfect time to start writing a story about Sexual Education!