Hope Springs Eternal Contest Winners

Winners of the 2012 Hope Springs Eternal Contest

Congratulations to all of our authors for writing such fantastic entries.  The public voting was extremely tight between first and third, not to mention about five ties for fourth place.  You should all be extremely proud of your stories.

Thanks to Christag_Banner for all of her hard work at making these banners.


PUBLIC VOTING WINNERS


First Place - Cherry Blossoms and Second Chances by BestScentEver

Second Place - Saving Mary by KatieCav 

Third Place - TIE  - Contact by Evieeden

Third Place - TIE - Monster in My Room by Lacrimosa Moon

JUDGES CHOICE WINNERS

First Place - Contact - by Evieeden 

Second Place - Even Griffey Doesn't Always Get A Home Run by SqueakyZorro

Third Place - Monster in My Room by Lacrimosa Moon

HOST'S CHOICE WINNER

Host's Choice - Lost and Found by RisbeenColdplaywhore

Best Use of Prompt/Theme -  Contact - by Evieeden 

Author Reveal

Contact by Evieeden

Give Me a Reason To Live by Deslyncullen

Even Griffey Doesn't Always Get a Home Run by SqueakyZorro

In My Dreams And Beyond by Michaela07

No Need To Say Goodbye by Faerie Kitten

Lost and Found by Risbeencoldplaywhore

Meteor Shower Across The Night Sky  by MusicalWritingBookworm

No Matter What by SqueakyZorro

Guns and Needles by Celesticbliss

The Moment of Truth in Your Lies by Letzigprincess

Saving Mary by katiecav

No Regrets In Forbidden Love by Earthprincess4

Two Souls in Stillness Wait by Unfamiliar Faces

The Monster in My Room by Lacrimosa Moon

Thanks again to everyone who participated.  

2 days left to vote!

There are only 2 days left to vote for the Hope Springs Eternal Contest.
Click on the link, read the stories and vote for your favorites.
The Poll will be taken down on Wednesday, April 18th - Noon MDT.

The race is really close.  The first three places are all within one vote.
Hurry!  Do it now.  17 amazing stories to choose from.

Thanks!!
Winners will be announced Wednesday, April 25 at 10:30 AM MDT

VOTING NOW OPEN

The time is finally here!
All the entries have been posted on the HSE FFN profile.  There are 17 fantastic entries to read with various pairings and topics.  Go read and review them all, then vote for your favorite two.

The voting button can be found at the top of our profile page.

Voting is open until next Wednesday, April 18th at Noon, MST

The final countdown - Entries due Saturday!

The sands of the hourglass are...

Whatever, I'm not a soap opera.   

I'm just here to send you one last little reminder to finish up those fics.

You know, the one you've been working on for our little contest.

All entries are due no later than Saturday, April 7th  by 11:59PM PDT

They MUST be beta'd and meet our standard of grammar 

& punctuation, or it will not be accepted.

Please take the time to have someone look it over.  

Thanks & can't wait to see what you've come up with.

In the meantime, you can check out the entries we've already posted

I'll be posting another batch on Tuesday, so check back or put us on alert.

Hope Springs Eternal FFN Page

Send those entries in to HopeSprings2012@gmail.com

Entries Due - 12 days!

Just a happy little reminder that you only have 12 days left to complete your Hope Springs Eternal story, have it beta'd and turned in by 11:59 PST on April 7th.

We currently only have a couple of entries. I can't start posting until I have a few more to make sure things stay anonymous.

If you have yours finished, please send it in.  

I'd love to get a jump on reading these entries.

In case you need it, here is the header info:

Hope Springs Eternal Contest

Number of Prompt Chosen:

Pen-name: (Will be removed to keep the contest anonymous)
Twitter account: (If you don't have one, that's okay)

Beta: (Will be removed to keep the contest anonymous)

Title:

Word Count:

Rating:

Pairing:

Summary:

Disclaimer:

E-mail it to HopeSprings2012@gmail.com by April 7th 11:59 PST

Thanks!

One month to get your entries in. Due April 7th

Time keeps on ticking, ticking, ticking...

You have exactly one month to finish up your entry, have it beta'd and submit it.

Have you started yet?  If not, there's still time. Go pick a prompt and start writing.

If you're working on it, excellent! Keep up the good work.

If it's finished, and beta'd - send it on in!

Please remember that the beta process can take a while, so don't wait till the last minute.

We have some great beta resources in the fandom.  

See below for links to their sites.

 Project Team Beta

 Emergency Beta Service

 Sparkly Red Pen

   

 *Please note if your story does not meet certain grammatical standards, we will return it to you for rebetaing.  Your entry must still be returned by the submission close date.  

Once again, I CANNOT wait to see what you guys come up with. I've heard a lot of rumblings on twitter about people writing and I'm very excited, should it all be true.

We are accepting entries now.

So send yours in if it's complete.

Thanks again!

Now Accepting Entries - Hope Springs Eternal Contest

Now Accepting Entries

If you've completed your story and have had it beta'd - then please, send it on in.
You can send it to HopeSprings2012@gmail.com. Please include Contest Entry as the subject of your e-mail.  If you haven't finished it just yet, don't fret.  You have until April 7th to get it in.

Don't forget to have the header at the top of your story.  I've added a new entry for Twitter Name, which will help when we announce the winners & reveal the authors.  If you don't have a Twitter account, that's okay.

Header Info:

Hope Springs Eternal Contest

Number of Prompt Chosen:

Pen-name: (Will be removed to keep the contest anonymous)
Twitter account: (Will be removed to keep the contest anonymous)

Beta: (Will be removed to keep the contest anonymous)

Title:

Word Count:

Rating:

Pairing:

Summary: (remember to keep it under 250 characters for FFN)

Disclaimer: 

Once we have a decent number of entries, I'll begin posting them to our FFN account. Don't forget to put the HopeSpings2012 FFN author page on alert so you know when we start posting.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to e-mail or tweet me @hopesprings2012

Looking forward to seeing what you've come up with. So far there are a lot of wonderful authors already committed to entering.  Are you one of them?

Hope Springs Eternal O/S Contest

Have you ever had the feeling like life was just piling one thing after another on you?

That all the bad luck in the world was directed at you?

But then, after a while, life eventually turned around.

Was it perfect? No.

But did you find the light at the end of the tunnel or a way to cope, maybe even met a new friend in the process?

The Hope Springs Eternal Contest is about finding the bright side.

Everyone goes through challenges in life, it's how you deal and move forward that truly illuminates the character of the person.

So write us whatever you want, but please, don't make it a picture perfect characterization of life.

The flaws, the heartache, the battle and triumphs are what we want to read about.

Select one of our many prompts to get your inspiration. 

Then go write us your best tale of hope. 

That in the end, things will get better.

I'm not saying you have to make your story a sickly sweet happily ever after, 

but we do want to see some promise of better things down the road.
It also doesn't need to be super angsty, just write us a tale of life's ups and downs.

Up for the challenge?  

Be sure to read all the rules on the tab above and to have your entry beta'd prior to submitting it. We will not be accepting any entries that do not meet the minimum standards for grammar and punctuation.

This contest is anonymous, so please don't tease or tell people which story is yours.  

It will be disqualified, and we don't want that.

Dates to Remember

Entries will be accepted from March 1st - April 7, 2012

Voting will be open from April 9, 2012 - April 16, 2012

Winners will be announced on April 20, 2012

Any questions?  

Please feel free to e-mail me at HopeSprings2012@gmail.com

or Tweet me @HopeSprings2012

Huge thanks to @Christag_Banner for agreeing to create the winner's banners.

Thanks to our fabulous judges who volunteered their time to help me:

Burntcore

Aylah50

Fairusa84

December_LeNoir

IamTheAlleyCat

DaCherry

Please note, I reserve the right to change the dates, rules, etc. as needed.

Thanks, now get writing!

Hope Springs Eternal - 1 month till entries are accepted

We have one month until we start accepting entries and I'm so excited by the response we've already gotten by some of my favorite authors and friends among the fandom.

Have you selected your prompt yet?  

I heard someone comment that the theme seemed a little complex and convoluted.

Just to clear things up, the only real constraint on your writing is that we don't want a tale where everyone is perfect and their lives are all sunshine and roses.  Other than making your characters flawed and their lives complex (Not unlike yours I'm sure), I can't think of any other real ties to bind your creativity.

So go on now, I am expecting great and wonderful things from you lovelies.

Until next time,
Mcgt

PS. If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail us at HopeSprings2012@gmail.com or tweet us @Hopesprings2012.   I promise I don't bite (hard).  In fact I think I'm pretty nice, so ask away.  I'd rather you clarify something first then have to change it because you didn't inquire.