{"id":6978,"date":"2010-05-21T01:17:46","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T09:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huntsmanslodge.flywheelsites.com\/?p=6978"},"modified":"2010-05-22T10:12:23","modified_gmt":"2010-05-22T18:12:23","slug":"we-have-a-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huntsmanslodge.com\/staging\/6978\/we-have-a-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"We have a winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Trophy\"…and the winner’s been notified. I’m sorry I couldn’t award all of you who entered with a coveted Celestial Steed mount<\/a>. I mean it… I really am.<\/p>\n

I honestly didn’t expect the race to be this close. Being that I asked so much of everyone, I figured only a couple of you would invest the time needed to put together a well developed short (…and I use that term loosely) story.<\/p>\n

As it turned out, I had to grade (err… judge may be a better term – I’m no teacher, that’s fer sure) these stories using several criteria. If it’s any consolation, the four top submissions had at least one component that bested the other three. In other words, I favored each article for one reason or another.<\/p>\n

The decision was made after having read through the top submissions 2-3 times each, along with a lengthy period of contemplation. I actually wavered a few times in the process.<\/p>\n

Honest to god… I had a really hard time choosing one. I mean some of these were… holy s**t… I wanna keep doing these contests because of it.<\/p>\n

In the end, one entry stood out just a little bit farther than the rest. This contestant, I felt, not only put forth a tremendous effort in crafting his tale and painting a picture of his character’s adventure, but just really thought outside the box in my opinion. So, although I would’ve loved to award 4 Celestial Steed mounts to my faves, there can be only one.<\/p>\n

Now, as I’d mentioned… I intend on publishing the other articles which I deem to be far to good to be enjoyed by only me. I really want to share these fantastic feasts of fan fiction with anyone wanting to sit down at the table – the table being this website. \ud83d\ude09 That will have to wait until tomorrow though. I need to prepare the articles for posting, which can take awhile.<\/p>\n

On a side note, those of you with stories that I publish on here will automatically get bumped to Contributor<\/em><\/a> status here at HuntsmansLodge.com. *ooohs and aaahs ensue* That title, along with $2.50 will get you a cup of coffee just about anywhere. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

I keed, I keed. Seriously though, it means I’ll be glad to feature additional postings from you in future. Also, it means you’ll be included in any contribution-y cool things that I implement down the road.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, congratulations to the anonymous winner who still needs to submit their final screenshot(s) with their hunter poised atop the Celestial Steed so that I may publish the story. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

*wink, wink* *nudge, nudge*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…and the winner’s been notified. I’m sorry I couldn’t award all of you who entered with a coveted Celestial Steed mount. I mean it… I really am. I honestly didn’t expect the race to be this close. Being that I asked so much of everyone, I figured only a couple of you would invest the time needed to put together … <\/p>\n

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