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All pages submitted to PageToFame before March 1, 2010 have made their gauntlet run through the voting cycle, and three pages have emerged above the rest. The 4's and 5's stood out in these authors' bar graphs like Yoa Ming taking a walk through Hobbiton.
And so, without any further delay, the three winners of the $1,000 prize for highest rated 1st pages are:
MEGA-HUGE-DRUMMMROLLLLLLL
Mad River by Skyval
Innocence and Arrogance by Kreeves106
Last by Crusoe
Click on the titles to see the reader and agent ratings the pages received. There were some interesting differences between the two groups!
Congratulations winners! To celebrate this momentous occasion, we asked each winner to send us a pic, and answer the question that everyone will be asking...
What will you do with your freshly won $1,000?
Three cheers for the winners! If you didn't make the March 1 deadline, don't fret yet. All pages that were submitted before April 1 are also automatically entered to win another $1000 (just one winner this time, though). So keep an eye on your bar graphs, and if they're looking exceptionally top heavy, start thinking about how to spend your $1000!
The professional ratings are so interesting. Truly confirms that taste is subjective. I liked all three stories, alot. Congrats to you all.
Posted by: Susan James | May 21, 2010 at 07:50 AM
I thought the 3 first page winners were not so great; I would have given them all a 3 at most; I'm glad to see that the agents thought they were so so--or at least a majority of them. But it makes me question the rating system, from the average reader's standpoint--it makes me think good writing is not going to get pushed to the forefront--that somehow people are just voting for their own work, manipulating the system (even though I read that's not possible) . . .
Posted by: JM | May 21, 2010 at 11:13 AM
Three great reads. I am impressed.
Posted by: Terrance | May 21, 2010 at 02:46 PM
Okay, well maybe I am missing something here. I could have done as well, I believe, if I could have used over 200 words as they did. I wrote under the 100 as was instructed. It was more of a challenge trying to write with few words, as any old amount will do. So, to be honest, I am a bit upset. I wrote a good ending, but had to narrow it WAY down to fit 100 and that was difficult. So, are they "real" winners? Or, did I misunderstand the RULES?
Posted by: Pam | May 23, 2010 at 08:58 AM
Pam,
I think you are confused. The above submissions were general first-page submissions, not writing challenge submissions. There is no reason to be unnecessarily upset.
Posted by: Loretta | May 26, 2010 at 06:45 AM
Thank you to the person who said that they were unimpressed. As you should be. These works are undeserving. Good writing is not recognized by this particular populace. It is apparently too clever for the comprehension of most here. Write anything that appeals to tweens and you got a winner. Write anything that you have read a million times over and you got a winner. Do not dare to show your talent, because you will be voted down for it. This rating system is an absolute joke. Winners - perhaps pay for some writing classes with your undeserved gains.
Posted by: MM | May 28, 2010 at 02:21 AM
Wow. The anger in some of these comments is shocking. I don't understand it, but maybe because I wasn't eligible to win anyway, but I hope that even if I had been, I'd be a bit more gracious.
So, congrats to the winners! :-)
Posted by: Mary McDonald | May 31, 2010 at 07:37 AM
Congrats to all!
Posted by: DSGands | June 01, 2010 at 08:36 PM