The Best of 2009 #fridayflash Anthology is due out sometime early next year. I’m shooting for January, but until the thing is pretty well wrapped up with a bow the actual release date remains an unknown. To help generate a little buzz, and some buy-in from our readers, we are announcing another reader’s contest. This time around you, the readers, may not only win valuable prizes, but will also help determine which #fridayflash story wins the Reader’s Choice Award.
Rules. Always with the rules
First off, go read some #fridayflash. Find it via Twitter, the Facebook group page, by visiting the newly revamped Archives, or simply by visiting your favorite participant’s website.
Second off, come back to this post and nominate your favorite story for the Reader’s Choice Award in the comments any time between now and midnight (11:59:59, actually) on January 2. You could be a sport and also tweet its praises to the world, along with a link to the story. A comment on the author’s blog would also be a class act. They’ll love you for it.
That’s it.
That’s right. Just two simple rules.
Well, I lied. There is a third rule. The contest is not open to anyone entering submissions to the #fridayflash anthology. We really want to hear from our readers this time around.
So, what’s in it for you?
For one thing, you get to read some terrific flash fiction. Over and above that, two winners will be chosen at random by the random number fairy. The first winner will receive a $25 gift certificate from Amazon.com and a free digital copy of the anthology once it’s released. The second winner will receive a free copy of the anthology, in hard copy.
OK, I lied again. There will be three winners. The third winner will receive a free copy of the anthology, in electronic format.
The coveted award
A poll will be posted on this site on January 5th, or thereabouts. It will remain open through midnight (yeah, again, 11:59:59) January 9th. The story with the most votes when the poll closes will win the Reader’s Choice Award.
The author will be contacted, and if they wish to participate, the story will be included in the anthology, along with the nifty Reader’s Choice moniker. If they choose not to participate they will get our warm wishes, kudos, and a link to their website in the anthology and on this blog.
So what are you waiting for? Start reading!
~jon
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Hi, I’d like to vote for Michelle D Evans’s – Slide Into Satin & Gold
http://michelledevans.blogspot.com/2009/10/slide-into-satin-and-gold.html
Good luck, Michelle!!
I nominate Linda’s “Sliver Bullet”
http://linda-leftbrainwrite.blogspot.com/2009/12/silver-bullet.html
Can we nominate more than one, or one per reader?
–John
Ah, always testing the limits, John.
I thought about that and decided the rules (always with the rules) say, “nominate your favorite story,” which sounds like one to me. So just one per reader. Now, your daughter might want to nominate a different story…
Pets are right out.
~jon
I’d like to nominate The Fable of the Great Horned Owl, by Barry J. Northern.
http://barryjnorthern.blogspot.com/2009/10/fable-of-great-horned-owl.html
I’d like to nominate First Foot by Sam over at Future; Nostalgic
http://future-nostalgic.blogspot.com/2009/12/fridayflash-first-foot.html
My Reader’s Choice: The Bathroom Monologues: Bathroom Monologue: Succubyebye http://kuex.us/59eb
Susan
I would like to nominate Puma and Jaguar Save the Planet.
http://mazzz-in-leeds.blogspot.com/2009/10/puma-and-jaguar-save-planet.html
I nominate Lily Mulholland and The Touchstone.
http://tensecondsaday.blogspot.com/2009/11/fridayflash-touchstone.html
The reader’s contest part of this is now closed. Thank you Thea, John, Carol, Julie, Susan, Barb, and Deb. Your names will be fed to the Random Number Fairy and I’ll be announcing the winner later when the poll goes up. And congrats to the seven authors who were nominated. Great stories, all.
~jon