Wicked Writing II Winner!
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Remember, Remember,
This day of November.
Writers, Stories, and Plots,
That should not be forgot.
With November coming to a close, our final Macabre Monday bestows upon us a new winner of the Wicked Writing Contest!
BUT WAIT!
Just a few quick things while I have your attention…
In an effort to garner more participation for the contests, two new features are being brought to Macabre Monday!
Meet the Maniac interviews will now only feature one of the top 5 winners from the Wicked Writing Contest. We hope that this will encourage writers to not only participate, but really bring their best!
The Cemetery will now feature a piece of work from each author that makes it into the top 5! Instead of readers and writers having to go find their work in the comments, it will be promoted front and center in the newsletter.
As you can see, if you make it into the top 5 there is a good chance that Macabre Monday will promote you and your work for nearly a month! Sounds like a good deal, huh? That’s ‘cause it’s a deal with the devil…
Now, before we announce the winner, I want to remind everyone that these stories will likely be posted following the announcement today so go and check them out to support the writers! This time, feedback will not be shown publicly, rather it will be emailed to each writer privately.
did a phenomenal job with this months contest. From coming up with the theme, making graphics, judging the entries, giving feedback and more! We would like to give him a huge thanks for all the work he did.
Without further ado, the winner of the second Wicked Writing contest is….
1st place: Lauren Salas and her entry “Julie”
shocked us with her entry! It now has the highest score of any piece of work that was submitted to the Wicked Writing contest. She did a phenomenal job sticking to the theme and overall crafted a one of a kind story that is sure to chill you to your bones. She has won the prize of a $20 e-gift card, as well as being featured in the anthology due to come out in January. Congratulations Lauren! Go check out her publication Cobwebs and Candles.
Here are her scores:
Creativity and Originality: 8/10
Flow, Structure and Character: 8/10
Quality of Writing: 8/10
Macabre Meter: 9/10
Thematic Coherence: 10/10
Total: 43/50
Runner Ups to be included within the anthology…
2nd place: Hamish Kavanagh and his entry “The Beast of Fort Meade”
This was such a close runner up it is not even funny!
did an exceptional job at composing a well-written, scary story that adhered to the theme really well. All of his scores were phenomenal across the board! Go check him out at his publication The Sudden Walk.
Here are his scores:
Creativity and Originality: 9/10
Flow, Structure and Character: 8/10
Quality of Writing: 9/10
Macabre Meter: 8/10
Thematic Coherence: 8/10
Total: 42/50
3rd place: Bridget Riley and her entry “Spiral Cavity”
really brought out her best when writing Spiral Cavity. It was one of the most unsettling pieces we received, only to be tied with “Julie” getting 9/10 on the Macabre Meter! Go check out her publication Naptime Novelist.
Here are her scores:
Creativity and Originality: 8/10
Flow, Structure and Character: 7/10
Quality of Writing: 7/10
Macabre Meter: 9/10
Thematic Coherence: 7/10
Total: 38/50
4th place: Kathrine Elaine and her entry “The Ugly Cardigan”
gave us another exceptional entry with a dark fiction tale that is riddled with sadness, humor and some pleasant dread. Overall she did an amazing job! Go check out her publication Kathrine’s Substack.
Here are her scores:
Creativity and Originality: 7/10
Flow, Structure and Character: 6/10
Quality of Writing: 7/10
Macabre Meter: 7/10
Thematic Coherence: 3 /10
Total: 30/50
5th place: Suff and its entry “Untitled”
Uh, we are not sure how this got here… an email wound up in our inbox at the exact moment that the contest entries were closed. No subject line was present, and the only content within the email was “Suff” along with the attachment “Untitled”. What followed on the pages was…well, lets say it’s not for the faint of heart. In an effort to please this…being…they have won 5th place in the contest. Definitely do not going looking for this story.
Here are…its scores:
Creativity and Originality: 10/10
Flow, Structure and Character: 1/10
Quality of Writing: 1/10
Macabre Meter: 11/10
Thematic Coherence: 6/10
Total: 29/50
Your Weekly Horror Digest
made a rather ominous post about…teeth. If you have any sort of phobia towards teeth, I recommend you pass this one up.That’s all I have for you this week! Check back in next Monday for the announcement of the next Wicked Writing contest theme!
Join the discussion on notes here on the Substack platform every Monday!
Stay Spooky.
If you are looking for another community project to be apart of like The Suff, check out The Blackwater Files by
! Click here.If you are looking for people to follow on notes for Macabre Monday, check out all the people participating:
haunting the staircaseJenoviaHoneygloomJohn CoonShaina ReadreinancruzKoshmarovMichael S. AtkinsonPC3Author Michele BardsleyL.C. MarinoL.L. FordLloyd MinerA. B. FrankCyndi GacostaLaura JohnstonPatricia J.L. 👻🧶🖊️Jessica MaisonJennifer MorrowStirling S NewberryBrian SchellRoss JefferyNicolina TorresLauren SalasStephen A. DavisChaotic TrashSusan EarlamJon TDaniel W. DavisonDaniel O’DonnellMichael P. MarpaungRobert WalrodJohn ParceBuck WeissLeigh ParrishMaceyCole NobleOlivia St. LewisNewton WebbEJ TraskJoshua T Calkins-TreworgySkylaAndrei AtanasovAnna C. WebsterLucas MangumCarla Pettigrew
Thanks so much for the shout about Blackwater, Jeff! Another amazing digest, it never ceases to amaze me how you have the time
Congrats to Lauren and everyone else. I look forward to reading all your stories.