《The Echo Awards - Poetry Contest》September Contest - Results
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1. "I hope" by
This poem was... beautiful. It made us tear up--and honestly, it was just so important. This is what everyone needs to hear in their lives--feel free to find this poem in the comments of the previous contest, or in her book by the same title as the poem (it's in our winner's reading list, which you should just in general check out to be honest) because it.is.amazing. :)
2. "Ode to Myself" by
Also amazing! In this poem, we loved... just everything about it. The lines flowed together so well, there weren't any parts that weren't necessary, and it's clear you'd put a lot of work into the poem--both technically and artistically, it was amazing. (Plus also being really impactful and moving.)
3. and
Okay, we loved both of these poems so much that we had to give you a tie. Because we're soft like that. If you wrote "migration" we loved how you wrote about an important issue. It wasn't what we were expecting in terms of how people would interpret the prompt, but in a good way--it took us by surprise, and it made us feel something, and it shone light on something that the world really needs to remember. And if you wrote "Paper Birds" you are an amazing human being who deserves to be smushed in a hug for eternity—this poem was beautiful and moving. Both of these poems were so well-done!
All of these entries were literally so good and choosing was SO hard. Ideally, we would have a place for all of you so we could just shout your amazingness out into oblivion because seriously, you're awesome. There was not a single entry in this contest that wasn't amazing. We can't stress enough how good writers you all are--and we mean all
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If you want any feedback on your work, whether you won or not, please send us a PM. And for those of you who have already won before and therefore have already been given some of the prizes, and want to negotiate a different prize to compensate, again, just send us a PM. And don't forget to claim your prize by commenting the pronouns you want us to use in your shoutout, as well as the book you want added to the winners reading list.
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the admins of the Echo Awards
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Realms of Eas
Title if this was a japanese web-/lightnovel: "This world was boring, so we decided to invade another one.""Magic, some see it as an overused element in fictional works, others as a at least currently incomprehensible technology. Yet the very real truth is completely different. Magic is a phenomenon able to disregard the laws of thermodynamic and created by the soul through will and a mostly omnipresent, all-permeating light-like substance i shall call mana."- Sarah Goldschmidt, A Comprehensive Introduction to Magic in the Modern World 1, 1st Edition, opening textYet at the time the book was published, the author was already gone.Striving for a greater understanding of the world and magic, Sarah decided to ditch her old mana depleted world, a world which by itself seemed to oppose Sarah’s research into it's magical mysteries.Hijacking a summoning, her journey together with her twin sister began. A journey through the Realms of Eas, a world of swords and magic.What about her family? Not that they ever had a lot of presence in their life, though the two girls didn't dislike that fact.Social connections? Sarah would prefer not to have those in the first place.Modern technology? As if she couldn't replicate the most important items herself, if they didn’t exist.Morals and modern values? The two discarded those a long time ago to survive, but also to advance.Disclaimer:This is a work of fiction created by the author and not the history of another universe recorded by a higher being.Names, characters, organizations and events are definitely the product of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to similar entities, living, dead, existing, taken place or whichever other state may apply is purely coincidentally. Opinions and actions of characters in this work don't represent the opinion of the author or not involved higher beings and are purely for entertainment.Release schedule:1 chapter/week, released Monday.Additional chapters may appear whenever the stars align.Cover Art created by YunanoCover Art (c) quazeryon (me)
8 149Tales Of Magic Swordsman
The no. 1 player in VRMMORPG, Two Worlds, fall under the scheme of his lifelong enemy. From the top of the heaven he crashed to the bottom of the world. Being laughed at and with huge debt in his shoulder he try to get his revenge and conquer the game so no one will looked down on him anymore. With his best friend, can he conquer the game? ---------- Release rate: 3 chapters / week (Mon, Wed, Fri) with a random bonus chapter release. (GMT +7) ----------
8 190MrBeast x Reader
Yikes I'm sorry for doing this againAgain, please do not use my writing in any way. No video's, no pictures, no anything. I don't want to get ''famous'' on something for something I'm completely emberassed of.
8 172Trials of the Seven - Dawn of a new age
The world as we know it full of smart devices and high tech gadgets. What would you do if suddenally the devices that gave us hope and joy all turned off? What would you do if you were given a list of skill points to choose from? What would you do if giant rifts apeared in the sky and creatures from other worlds started to invade earth? Helping me with feedback will make it so that you can help with the story. I hope to not end it for a long time.
8 151Kittensei: Rebirth to a Cat
This is a 100-200 word chapter series about a weird MC gets reincarnated into fantasy world as a cat.He has all the powers that should be OP but somehow screws up in using them all.Spoiler warning: there is no truck Screw the description above, this fic is a cat video version of stories. It has not much length nor reason and it's about a NINJA CAT! WHO CARES ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE??? Ninja cats are more than enough if you want to click that first chapter. C'mon cliiiick iiiiiit!
8 175He's Mine (Ayato Sakamaki x OC)
Sabrina (my oc) lived a horrible life with her family. She was forced to cause she was addressed as the Sakamaki's fiance. Sabrina was never interested in them but she then met them in person and she instantly changed her mind. After a few months of spending her time with them, she developed feelings for Ayato. He too has feelings for her but it all changed when Sabrina stopped visiting the Sakamaki household. Years past and they finally met again face to face. What will happen next?
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