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Winners by the Numbers

Oh for goodness’ sake! Don’t you know that most of you are supposed to totally biff the challenge and let one person stand out as the obvious winner? There’s no way to subjectively choose a winner, so I’ll have to use numbers.

20 entries, nice and even. So let’s eliminate the odds.

That didn’t help much. Let’s add the remaining designation numbers and take the average.

11. Well, there’s a paradox. I already eliminated #11.

But wait, K is the 11th letter.

Only 3 entries have K in the title and author’s name. And they are all ficlets I was strongly considering in the winner’s pool. Aha! Therefore, the winners are as follows.

Making it Count by John Perkins: Really a great, stand-alone, intense story with a surprise ending.

Ask the Wonderball by Eckhouse: I hate to award winnership when it’s already featured and sequeled, but it was a darn good example of how ominous a number can be.

In the Dark by Mistress Elsha Hawk: Loved it, very emotional, and I’ve seen a newly blind person do this.

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PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA)
Posted 2 months ago

Good choices. But what about pi? which is approximately 22/7 = 11.2/7 and since 11 is the winner and 2 and 7 were used in your original challenge I should at least get a consolation prize.
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Ana Cristina
Posted 2 months ago

Congrats to the winners! This was one of the better challenges. It’s a pity I don’t spell my name Ana Kristina… ;-)
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THX 0477
Posted 2 months ago

Haha PPP , I seriously had a hard time picking winners and thus the idiot-math method of selecting winners. Consider your consolation prize awarded, for persistence if nothing else. And this was an amazing field of entries.
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Eckhouse
Posted 2 months ago

Thank you for the recognition. I’m still amazed at the life Wonderball has. Kudos for a thought-provoking and Ficlet-provoking challenge.
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thebetweenspace
Posted 2 months ago

Well, it’s all in the numbers and the numbers have chosen three excellent stories by three excellent writers. Congrats!
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John Perkins
Posted 2 months ago

Wow, thanks! I’ll take it even if it wasn’t based on merit.
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Wolfechu
Posted 2 months ago

I’m not worried about winning, I just enjoyed the challenge. Definitely a fun one; keep ‘em coming :)
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Mistress Elsha Hawk
Posted 2 months ago

thanks! I feel like I won a lottery though, what if I titled it something else??? I always appreciate a Nod, even if it’s only chance. :)