View Poll Results: Please vote for the story you like best by August 31st.

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  • The Song of the Humpback Whale

    2 20.00%
  • The Devil's Son

    2 20.00%
  • A List Before Flying

    4 40.00%
  • A Dog of Dubious Distinction

    2 20.00%
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Thread: August '12 Elimination

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    Pièce de Résistance Scheherazade's Avatar
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    August '12 Elimination

    Please vote for the story you like best and the winner will be taking part in the final vote at the end of the year.

    Discussion of the stories, to avoid influencing the outcome of the poll, are not allowed.

    If contributers would like to ask questions, they should email us at litnetcompetition@hotmail.co.uk.

    Please note that the authors agree to keep their identities secret when they enter the competition.
    Those who breach this rule will be disqualified automatically.

    Good luck, everyone!



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    Hooray! Stories to read!
    Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine...

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    Justifiably inexcusable DocHeart's Avatar
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    It's time for my weekly pedantry, so shouldn't the heading in the poll read

    Please vote for the story you like best by August 31st

    (and not August 1st)?
    Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine...

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    Pièce de Résistance Scheherazade's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by DocHeart View Post
    It's time for my weekly pedantry, so shouldn't the heading in the poll read

    Please vote for the story you like best by August 31st

    (and not August 1st)?
    Did I mention that English is not my first language?



    PS: Thank you, Doc. Fixed now.
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    AG voted! Great stories and it was not easy to select just one. Good luck!
    I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. ~ William Blake

    Captivity is consciousness,
    So's liberty. ~ Emily Dickinson

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    Did I mention that English is not my first language?



    PS: Thank you, Doc. Fixed now.

    The body message also mentions: "This poll will close on August 1st, 2012."

    (Yippeee, double pedantry this week!)

    DH
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    DH voted, and helped himself to a light lunch.

    Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine...

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    Sancho Voted

    Yo voté por Nacho Libre
    Say it ain't so, Joe.

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    Nachos all round!
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    Gracias, señorita!

    ~delivered with a strong, fake Mexican accent~

    " Chancho. When you har a man, sometime you wear stretchy pants in your room.

    Ees for fun."

    --Nacho Libre
    Say it ain't so, Joe.

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    A screwdriver walks into a bar. Barman says, hey, we've got a drink named after you. Screwdriver says, you've got a drink named Murray?

    (Just bumping this up so that the tie is broken...)
    Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine...

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    Going once...
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    Going twice...
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    Enjoyed reading the stories and voted.

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    Congratulations to the author of "A List Before Flying" who is the winner of August '12 and many thanks for everyone who's contributed and read the stories.
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