Wow... Ok guys, I've been looking over these entries and...

I don't know how I'm going to pick any winners.

All of these are really good in their own way. I feel like I might just scrap the "single-winner" concept of a contest and go with an "everypony wins" type ending here. Honestly, everypony worked hard, and I actually like those sorts of scenarios better, but I'll have to figure out what I'm going to do to make that meaningful at some point...

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"Okay, finally finished with Thorax's thing."

"Yep, now, let's see who dies next."

"Go Cousin Hero!"

"Yeah, go me!"

Day 4:
Smolder attempts to climb a super tall tree but falls to her death
Stinger poisons Gallus' drink, he drinks it and dies
Mantis searches for water and firewood
Hero searches for water
Ocellus dies from an infection

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Okay, as of right now, I've been busy working on the commissioned sequel for Unfamiliar Patterns, which is titled Clashing Colors. The story (which may or may not be a precursor for more tales of their relationship) will follow Rarity shortly after revealing her relationship with Zecora to her friends. Even though the two intend to be public about being marefriends soon, Zecora is insistent about having her come out to her family privately out of respect. Rarity agrees, but that

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I have read every story. I have judged them all. And now... it is time for the results.

Let's begin with the odd awards!

Good Story, But Not The Deepest

EThe Composer

• MLP: FiM
• MLP: Movie
• Comedy
• Sad
• Slice of Life

Life after ruling for Celestia is boring, almost too boring. However, on one of her strolls, she comes across a lost runaway filly. It quickly becomes clear that there is more to the filly than what meets the eye.

• Celestia
• Luna
• OC
• Luster Dawn

Smug Anime Girl · 42k words  ·  75  5 · 3k views

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Well, guys, I did it. First place out of 19 stories. Link to the announcement.

I'm pretty stoked about winning. Since the announcement, I've picked up 4 new upvotes and sadly one angry anon downvoted both Dibs and its parent fic, Don't Feed The Bats. It's all good though. So long as my haters are at my back and never at my front, then life is good, eh?

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Okidok, at around the same time me and the other admins of HazMat wrapped up our own contest, the results of the EFNW Scribblefest also arrived. There was only one story that got a winning category that I didn't read (the Twilight award, which interestingly was the one I figured two other stories would have a shot at winning) so I can say with pretty reasonable confidence that I'm happy with all the winning entries (even the poem one. I still hate poetry with a vengeance, though, but I do think

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The artist of the Twilight's Dollhouse comic had a great idea of a contest we could do so that more people see the comic, or the story if they want to spoil the rest of the comic.

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Last time, on the OC Apprentice. The two finalists: Coalstone and Reneigah discovered presents on their beds from Gob. Here, they open them.

Fan's submission.

Zoetic's Submission.

Now, I present, part one of the OC Apprentice Finale!

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Ah, just click and read. I'm lazy today.

That night Gob turned Coalstone into an infant, he had decided to turn in early. Feeling quite tired after that day of doing nothing but pranking his stone cutting contestant. Gob snuggled into his levitating bed and almost fell right asleep until remembering a very important detail.

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I finally got my laptop up and running. My internet is still extremely shitty dorm internet right now, but hopefully, it will get just a bit faster. I can still write, though. Hurrah. Now that I've done that, below I will have updates on all the stories and how much I progressed on them over the summer. I also have some very nice contest results right below the break and in the tagged story.

TSong of Myself

• MLP: FiM
• Romance
• Drama

Luna is many things: a goddess, princess, and wife. What happens when she has a secret that threatens to unravel every one of those things?

• Alt. Universe
• Luna
• King Sombra

Ice Star · 15k words  ·  121  17 · 2.5k views

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Welcome to the result blog of the OC Hunger Games! Here, I will list the winners of Round One. I know there are few who haven't submitted a story yet so I'll be nice and give you the rest of today to submit. If you fail to do so, your opponent will win. Okay, the first couple that have submitted a story was...

Kaiber's story was short... Too short. So short that I can add it here.

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Secret Moon's Self-Isolation Contest 2020
*WINNER*

TAway

• MLP: FiM
• Dark
• Slice of Life

A unicorn with an unwanted special magical talent isolates herself on a remote hillside, away from other ponies, for their sake and hers.

• Death
• Celestia
• Luna
• OC

The Cloptimist · 8.2k words  ·  110  4 · 1.6k views

Well, I guess now I can officially put "Award-Winning Writer" on my business cards without getting in trouble with the trading standards people.

....Excuse me a moment.

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Now you may be wondering, why a story GOB? Well, short answer is I wanted to make this one a memorable one. Hope you all enjoy.

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Since this was a solo pre-challenge, I'll present each submission in no real order.

Coalstone's Submission:

Coalstone now found himself in what could best be described as a completely empty black void and was now wishing greatly he understood just what the hell the challenge was he was asked to perform.

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So the contest is over and might I say, I am quite happy with this turnout. Now, sure, the winning choice was OTHER, which was to let me choose, but I decided to go with two most popular ships. That means the choices will be from TwilightxCold Blue and from CloverxRex. Since I threw my own vote toward at a TwilightxCold choice, I decided to have that one be commissioned last. So the first one on the commission list will be...

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Okay. Voting for my next story over. And the winner is:

Yes, with 32 votes, 'A Dragon's Nature' won.

The one with the second most votes was, 'Just a scepter, right?' with 22 votes.

Then, 'The Great and Controlled Trixie', with 13 votes

'The Bracelet' with 12

And lastly, 'Timberwolf', with 8 votes.

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The following a duplicate of the main results post from the Spring Fling group, plus a few extra personal recommendations at the end. Leaving comments on that page instead of here is suggested.

Yes, the big night is finally here! It's time to see the results of the Spring Fling!

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Despite the constant cheering and screaming from the crowd. Everything was silent to Reneigah as she tried to wake Coalstone from his unconsciousness. She had seen his fight backstage and she’d be lying if she said she wasn’t impressed by her friend’s strength and endurance. Not wanting to be in the way, she stepped aside to let the medics take care of him. Everything else was silent to her, not even the roaring crowd made a sound to her. She was still too shocked by what she saw. Then her

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#Shrekt's Submission

The losing team went to their stand in silence. Golden was silently cursing to himself about speaking out. He had to do something to make up for it.

Nova’s body still ached from the numerous attempts he made to bat. Now all of them served as reminders to his failure. While Spark was saddened for the lost she couldn’t help but feel worse for what the dragon was going through. He was so confident in his ability to win them the challenge.

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Once again, this was a solo challenge, and each player submitted their work.

Coalstone's Submission

“Once again I find myself in a shitty situation on the cusp of this ridiculous game. And just after I was humiliated in front of my teammates, friends and everyone else.” Coalstone grumbled to himself as he tried to reign in his infamous temper, whilst seated at a bus station with a stack of 100 game consoles bearing GOBB’s name and insignia.

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