#ValentineDayChallenge2022: Announcing the Winners!
February 14, 2022. No. 157
First of all, I want to thank everyone who participated in the contest. In total 24 users participated, all with excellent articles.
We have been organizing the articles for several days and today I have spent a good part of the day reading them all again, to select my finalists and then analyze them with those selected by @PVMihalache and @Jane. After the 3 reached a consensus, the 3 winners were selected, in the two categories (article and special request)
All the articles had something for which we would have made them winners. When I finished reading for the first time, I realized that I had 5 articles that I wanted to give first place to Ahah. It is not easy to choose, it is my first time as a judge in a contest of this nature, so I try to do my best. For this reason, the help of 2 more colleagues when choosing is of vital importance, because it gives impartiality and makes it more objective when selecting the winners. So it was a good idea to bring PVM and Jane into this contest as judges as well.
Special thanks to PVMihalache, Jane, @Eybyoung, and @Ruffa for increasing the value of the prize to the winners. “I want you guys for free”, as a good friend of mine would say. Thank you.
Now, let's see the winners:
Articles
1st place $4:
@Lucifer01 “#ValentineDayChallenge2022: When the Love defeats the Death”
2nd place $3:
@Athaliah “A letter For the Man I loved since 2017: Valentines Day Challenge”
3rd place $2:
@Sequoia “A letter for everyone: Valentine's Day Challenge.”
Special request (photo) Authors who were not among the first 3 places for their article $1 USD each.
@rebeysa85 $1.50 BEST PHOTO
@BCH_LOVER $1.0
@Belozoriana $1.0
@George_Dee $1.0
The rest of the articles that did not earn anything will be rewarded with $0.50 each, so everyone is a winner one way or another.
The users are the followings:
@Ling01
@Trifecta
@trofi01
@jay997
@Stanley_Clark1
@JustMaryel
@GarrethGrey07
@Aimure
@Grecy095
@Kleah97
@JessicaOssom
@Lhes
@Ellen-he
@Niazi420
@Abhay
@Mazekin
@Theblackdoll
If any of you were able to read all the entries, you will be able to find love, passion, dedication, enthusiasm, sadness, joy. In short, a number of emotions that will surely make you enjoy the beauty of each reading. I loved being able to read them and thoroughly enjoyed the process. From the love letter to your family, friends, and partner, to the most complex stories with unexpected endings.
I like to have a bit of imagination when writing, and I like to use the occasional fancy word, if you are one of those who have been following me for a while, you will know that some of my articles are like that. So I enjoy it a lot whenever I read these types of articles. Most of the time, we have to have a bit of madness and sanity at the same time, so that the words come out as well as possible, although many do not understand them due to their complexity.
Happy Valentine's Day everyone, today is a special day, so enjoy and let the person next to you know that you love them with all your soul. Don't leave for tomorrow, today is the day. We have reached a point, where many times we do not say or express our feelings towards others. The day of love and friendship cannot be the day in which we remain silent about the feelings that, for a long time, we should have expressed, even on a daily basis!
The prize has already been rewarded in each of the articles.
Congratulations to all!
Happy Valentine's Day!
Feel so honored and happy for making it to the top three hihi. Thank you sir. Belated Happy Valentines to you and your family 🤗 More blessings to come.