Something Or Other Publishing is delighted to announce the winners of The Curator’s Choice Awards!
We cannot thank you enough for our high participation level during the entire year. Our curators had a wonderful time going through all these stories; it wasn’t easy to pick the winners looking at the effort and dedication each of you delivered.
All winners will receive an email with instructions to redeem their Certificate and their Cash Prize! The top three entries from each Heat move forward to the Semi-finals, to be judged by an independent panel of judges, for consideration for additional Awards and Cash Prizes to the authors.
SOOP’s purpose in conducting this contest is to provide a steady flow of stories for SOOP’s curators to review. SOOP’s Curators recommend stories to our editorial team to offer a unique publishing opportunity for these emerging Authors. Anyone provided and accepted a contract will have their submission published in one or more carefully curated anthologies, similar to a 25 Servings of SOOP Volume I, with royalties that are generally above industry standards.
Without further ado, the winners are:
Romance
1st Heat
WINNER: Happy With a Twist by Clara Schenk
RUNNER-UP 1: The Trip for True Love by Deja Kuehn
RUNNER- UP 2: Time and Elevators Heal All Wounds by LaPlant
2nd Heat
WINNER: Daddy Day by Billy Vera
RUNNER-UP 1: Commodity Fetishism by Sofia Tantono
RUNNER- UP 2: The Runaway Princess by Michaela Vlčejová
Fantasy
1st Heat
WINNER: The Storyteller’s Daughter by Sophie Trist
RUNNER-UP 1: Home For The Caillte by P. Ghearing
RUNNER- UP 2: Constant Companions by T.L. Fladager
2nd Heat
WINNER: Liana and the Seventh Spin by Roberta Azzopardi
RUNNER-UP 1: Twelve by Wren Handman
RUNNER-UP 2: Through the Ether and Ashes by Jones
Historical Fiction
WINNER: If the Lord Don’t Forgive Me by Brincat
RUNNER-UP 1: Harmony Hall by Chad Crossley
RUNNER-UP 2: Tillamook by Drowley
LGBTQ+
WINNER: The Gift by Travis Miles
RUNNER-UP 1: Max by Travis Miles
RUNNER-UP 2: Letters for Maggie by Travis Miles
Memoir & Autobiography
WINNER: Divorce in the Time of Social Media by Lindsay Schraad
RUNNER-UP 1: The Little Black Book of Soyuznik by David Lutes
RUNNER-UP 2: The Family by C. Kohanchi
RUNNER-UP 3: Once Upon a Pink Balloon by Laura Harper
Biography
WINNER: Roy McDonald: Profile in Courage by Ken Tingley
RUNNER-UP 1: A Sullivan Survives by L. Underwood
RUNNER-UP 2: The Chipper by Smith
Religion
WINNER: Black and Benevolent is the Dark by Bishop
RUNNER-UP 1: Crocheting In Heaven by Eve Gaal
RUNNER-UP 2: Born Broken by Davis
Horror
1st Heat
WINNER: Bound Together by Morris
RUNNER-UP 1: Return by Kyle Fairhurst
RUNNER-UP 2: The Corvid by Chandra Menezes
2nd Heat
WINNER: Workaholic by Ralynn Frost
RUNNER-UP 1: Sweet Rot by Benjamin Headlee
RUNNER-UP 2: An Impossibly Casual Nexus by Christèle G
Young Adult
WINNER: One Thousand Degrees by Florence Krieger
RUNNER-UP 1: Wireless Headphones on Full Blast by M. Sunderland
RUNNER-UP 2: The Collector by Haley Forté
Humor & Entertainment
WINNER: My Interview with an Airline by Marlene DeVere
RUNNER-UP 1: Fish Wish by Eve Arthur
RUNNER-UP 2: The Chicken Lady by Jimenez
Thriller
WINNER: A Key in the Lock by K. Hirsch
RUNNER-UP 1: Bury Your Dead by Emily Dernoeden
RUNNER-UP 2: What Goes Around by Walt McKenzie
Detective
WINNER: The Hexagon Key by Dawn DeBraal
RUNNER-UP 1: Hill, Anderson, Waggoner by Dave Anderson
RUNNER-UP 2: Rice by Him
Adventure
WINNER: Hotel Bara by Susan McCartney
RUNNER-UP 1: Tales of Hunger in the Forest of Death by Chatterjee
RUNNER-UP 2: Deadly Hunt by Bunge
Motivational & Inspirational
WINNER: Between Life and Death by Azmat
RUNNER-UP 1: The Simple Impediment by Hassan Rauf
RUNNER-UP 2: Three Blonde Wigs by Henderson
Children’s Fiction
WINNER: The Extraordinary by Joy Christopher
RUNNER-UP 1: Alyssum’s Wish by McDougal
RUNNER-UP 2: A Very Beautiful Rainbow by Marcus Mulenga
Sci-Fi
1st Heat
WINNER: The Eastside Wasteland has a Winning Team by Les Abernathy
RUNNER-UP 1: Population Control by Blanke
RUNNER-UP 2: The Big Bang by J. Wilson
2nd Heat
WINNER: The Gate by Paolo Decena
RUNNER-UP 1: Dust and Laughter by McCaskill
RUNNER-UP 2: To Steal the Stars by Lauren Smith
Dystopian
1st Heat
WINNER: The Iron of Everything by Rubinger
RUNNER-UP 1: Remember the Good Things, Forget the Bad Things by Lillian Brueckman
RUNNER-UP 2: Generation P. by Zagerson
RUNNER-UP 3: Zombies Hate to See You Cry by Vincenzo Pasquarella
Congratulations to the winners!
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