The WINNERS of the CoR Fanfic
Competition
A big thank you to everyone who entered the competition! Unfortunately,
not everyone can win ... But
we all - the judges and I - appreciated your efforts!
The pannel of judges consisted of myself, John Biles, Sean Gaffney, Chris
Willmore and Jamie Seaman.
To make it fair, we all gave scores out of 100 points in total, from
various categories including Plot,
Characterisation, Spelling and Grammar and Cannonicity.
Now, for the time you've all been waiting for (those of you who've been
waiting for it!), here are the
CoR Fanfic winners!
We awarded a first place, second place, third place, honourable mentions
and the judges'
choices awards.
First Place
The Gift by Gary Kleppe
VERY entertaining. Had me chuckling out loud several times. Excellent
story. Fun to read and
engaging. Good work! - Chris
Second Place
Hand of Glory by Alan Harnum
It was something new, I liked it. - Jamie
Third Place
Choice by Glazius Falconar
Nice, fun and light hearted - I liked the ending hell-to-heaven
symbolism. - Caroline
Honourable Mention
Shattered Hearts on the Road by Eimii
Excellent combining of Ryouga and Ah! My Goddess. - Sean
Another Honourable Mention
Closing the Chapter by TimeRunner
The bit with Ryouga rejecting his insight at Fuji was very nicely done.
- John
Sean's Choice
The Gift by Gary Kleppe
Well, The Gift got the highest ranking from me because Ryouga was written
impeccably, it had a
simple plot that didn't wander around, it was very well written with lots
of pig puns to break the
emotional center, and it was a sweet romance. Seems logical to me. ^_-
Jamie's Choice
The Reunion by LaShawn M. Taylor
I'd have to go with 'Reunions'. I was torn between it and 'Unbeatable'
because they both had a lot of
character growth (in a sense). I thought Ryouga's descent into madness
was very intriguing, and agree
that he would not be happy with Akari in the long run. LaShawn put such a
good twist on the old story.
John's Choice
The Gift by Gary Kleppe
I chose The Gift as my favorite, although it was a very narrow choice
between that and Shattered
Hearts on the Road. Shattered Hearts on the Road is a very well done
crossover, but it was hard to
make a final judgement from only the first half or so. The Gift was
strong both in writing and in tying up
loose ends from the series, addressing a variety of important unresolved
plot lines from the manga. It
also had some humour; a Ranma story without humour probably shouldn't
have been a Ranma story.
Chris' Choice
Subterranean Nerima Nightlife by James
Seaman
There were quite a few well-written stories in the bunch, but the ones
that stuck most in my mind were
'Subterranean' and the Wishing-well story. I enjoy new twists on an old
tale, and both of these were
refreshing variations on the standard Ranma (Ryouga?) 'fic.
If I must choose only ONE, it's only that it be Monsier Seaman's. It's
quite clear that the author put a
lot of thought and time into his writing - each page sparkles (and it's
not just monitor glare). Congrats
on a fine yarn.
Caroline's Choice
A Poorly Written Fic by Wing T. Wong
Very funny - I quite liked it! For a last moment, rushed job, it was
quite good. I guess what I liked the
most was how it was all about the fanfic competition itself! Cool idea,
however fast the 'fic was written.
^_~
Kun-chan...
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