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reviews will come tomorrow, hopefully :)

in the public vote:

and according to the judges' scores:

and the judges' selections (reviews coming tomorrow!):

chosen by arden8283:

chosen by tuleangel:

chosen by yellowglue:

chosen by 22blue:

chosen by sadtomatoff:

chosen by sweetdulci:

there were so many great stories. so many well written secret-tales. thank you so much to my team and to all of you that participated!!

ready for round two?

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There are a total of twenty images provided on this website. They are the most recent twenty, directly after this post. After those are the banners for last year's winners, followed by last year's prompts. Only the twenty for this year are eligible for this year's contest.

Some are very straightforward, and others offer hints, implying at backstory or time to come.

Once you've scrolled to the bottom of this page, click on 'Older Posts' to see the rest.

You may draw ideas from as many images as you'd like, but please pick ONE key image per story entry to include your A/N.

These images are meant to inspire and can be taken literally, if you so choose. But you're not required to follow them to the T - any spin on point of view (person in the image, person seeing the image, etc), gender, age, etc is acceptable.

Thanks, and we look forward to a peek inside your imaginations :)

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dun dun dun!

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THE RESULTS ARE IN!!

in the public vote:

1st place: Red - by 22blue

2nd place: The Unrepentant Heart - by luvrofink

3rd place: For The Love Of My Obsession - by rmcrms5

judges:

1st place: My Heart of Darkness - by einfach_mich

2nd place: Bleeding Out - by morethanmyself

3rd place: Red - by 22blue

EACH of us were thrilled with and thankful for the calibur of stories this contest inspired, and gathered. There were so many that not only met and exceeded our desires and expectations, but that went even further beyond what we'd hoped for. The previously mentioned stories included in this sentiment, we'd like to also extend our gladness and gratitude for these following stories as well:

award for the story that made my heart bleed, chosen by arden8283: This Woman's Work - by nitareality

the get out of my head award, for frighteningly raw and real, chosen by annetteinoz: Vanishing - by SwedenSara

the cherry popper award for the author you'll be watching for and wanting more from, chosen by Sweetp: The Taste of Blood - by InDiscord

the cherry popper award, and best use of the photo prompt, chosen by dihenydd: Release - by LAwritingbabe

the PLEASE keep going award, for most wanted continuation, chosen by tuleangel: Perfume and Blood - by lambcullen

the explorer's award, for best exploration of a fetish/taboo, chosen by yellowglue: The Loved One - by Rags88 and Detochkina

the truly twisted award, for pushing that envelope *just* right, chosen by SweetDulcinea: Fire, Blood, Truth - by vampireisthenewblack

and for giving us the sweet relief of a good giggle :) for taking an angle that no one else did:
The Rabbit and The Fox - by bookjunkie1975

we're so thankful to EVERYONE who entered and who supported this. thank you writers, as well as readers for pushing your limits, and for doing so with open hearts and minds. YOU are awesome.

and we look forward to doing it again ;)

Beyond The Pale Contest

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There are a total of twenty images provided on this website.

Some are very straightforward, and others offer hints, implying at a darker backstory or time to come.

Once you've scrolled to the bottom of this page, click on 'Older Posts' to see the rest.

You may draw ideas from as many images as you'd like, but please pick ONE key image per story entry to include your A/N.

These images are meant to inspire and can be taken literally, if you so choose. But you're not required to follow them to the T - any spin on point of view (person in the image, person seeing the image, etc), gender, age, etc is acceptable.

Thanks, and we look forward to a peek inside your imaginations :)

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