Twist in the Tale: 150 Word Twisted Micro Results

Congratulations to all the winners! Your hard work, talent, and creativity are inspirational.

Judges broke any tiebreaks, so if your story is on the same points as another but rated higher/lower, it was the judges' decision.

Thank you to all participants.

On a mobile/tablet, you can scroll across the results table by swiping.

Top 10

Participant Story Title Total Score Genre Subgenre Character Prize
Writer_Anthea Ride For Your Life 108 Weird Fiction Bizarro Fiction Guide $1000
Freya The Housework 106 Weird Fiction Eco-Weird Guide $200
AggieNovak From the Furrows 105 Weird Fiction Eco-Weird Farmer $125
Kelli Johnson How Mara Half-Lived, After 104 Weird Fiction Eco-Weird Medium $100
Avery Other dear void 104 Weird Fiction Cosmic Horror Medium $75
BarbaraL Kindness on Academy Street 103 Weird Fiction Bizarro Fiction Grave Digger $25 dollars in site credits
Evereros Trick or Eat 102 Weird Fiction Bizarro Fiction Janitor 25 dollars in site credits
cheezopath The third space 101 Weird Fiction Cosmic Horror Guide 25 dollars in site credits
Probably Someone L'Appel du Vide 101 Weird Fiction Bizarro Fiction Plumber 25 dollars in site credits
HollyB Cocoon 100 Weird Fiction Strange Bedfellows Farmer 25 dollars in site credits

Honourable Mentions

Participant Story Title Total Score Genre Subgenre Character Prize
Harpweaver Eucharist 100 Weird Fiction Cosmic Horror Priest Random Pet Accessory (common to rare)
scmills The Ancest—ahhh! 100 Weird Fiction Cryptid Comedy Guide Random Pet Accessory (common to rare)
CSchades Communion with the Angels 99 Weird Fiction Bizarro Fiction Priest Random Pet Accessory (common to rare)
Lousie Walton The Other Woman 98 Weird Fiction Strange Bedfellows Farmer Random Pet Accessory (common to rare)
ChristopherPate Lamb 98 Weird Fiction Weird Folklore Farmer Random Pet Accessory (common to rare)
rosesprice Balranald, Australia. 1845. 98 Weird Fiction Weird Folklore Trickster Random Pet Accessory (common to rare)
CandyflossAndVinegar Fellside Favours 97 Weird Fiction Weird Folklore Farmer Random Pet Accessory (common to rare)
CHartman Hose-Hand Twins 97 Weird Fiction Bizarro Fiction Janitor Random Pet Accessory (common to rare)
TheMailman Beyond the Rings 97 Weird Fiction Cosmic Horror Trickster Random Pet Accessory (common to rare)
Kim H Visit Cerebrum Farms and Pick Your Own! 96 Weird Fiction Bizarro Fiction Farmer Random Pet Accessory (common to rare)

Subgenre Winners

Top 3 in Bizarro Fiction Subgenre

$5 credits to each person in the top 3 of their subgenre.

Participant Story Title Total Score Genre Subgenre Character Prize
Writer_Anthea Ride For Your Life 108 Weird Fiction Bizarro Fiction Guide $5 Credits
BarbaraL Kindness on Academy Street 103 Weird Fiction Bizarro Fiction Grave Digger $5 Credits
Evereros Trick or Eat 102 Weird Fiction Bizarro Fiction Janitor $5 Credits

Top 3 in Eco-Weird Subgenre

$5 credits to each person in the top 3 of their subgenre.

Participant Story Title Total Score Genre Subgenre Character Prize
Freya The Housework 106 Weird Fiction Eco-Weird Guide $5 Credits
AggieNovak From the Furrows 105 Weird Fiction Eco-Weird Farmer $5 Credits
Kelli Johnson How Mara Half-Lived, After 104 Weird Fiction Eco-Weird Medium $5 Credits

Top 3 in Cosmic Horror Subgenre

$5 credits to each person in the top 3 of their subgenre.

Participant Story Title Total Score Genre Subgenre Character Prize
Avery Other dear void 104 Weird Fiction Cosmic Horror Medium $5 Credits
cheezopath The third space 101 Weird Fiction Cosmic Horror Guide $5 Credits
Harpweaver Eucharist 100 Weird Fiction Cosmic Horror Priest $5 Credits

Top 3 in Strange Bedfellows Subgenre

$5 credits to each person in the top 3 of their subgenre.

Participant Story Title Total Score Genre Subgenre Character Prize
HollyB Cocoon 100 Weird Fiction Strange Bedfellows Farmer $5 Credits
Lousie Walton The Other Woman 98 Weird Fiction Strange Bedfellows Farmer $5 Credits
Jaime Gill Dated Concepts 95 Weird Fiction Strange Bedfellows Guide $5 Credits

Top 3 in Cryptid Comedy Subgenre

$5 credits to each person in the top 3 of their subgenre.

Participant Story Title Total Score Genre Subgenre Character Prize
scmills The Ancest—ahhh! 100 Weird Fiction Cryptid Comedy Guide $5 Credits
ADumbassWhoWrites Buns of Steel (Without Buying a Stairmaster 3000) 96 Weird Fiction Cryptid Comedy Plumber $5 Credits
Effie Old Nick’s Magic Toy Vending Machine! (25 cents) 95 Weird Fiction Cryptid Comedy Trickster $5 Credits

Top 3 in Weird Folklore Subgenre

$5 credits to each person in the top 3 of their subgenre.

Participant Story Title Total Score Genre Subgenre Character Prize
ChristopherPate Lamb 98 Weird Fiction Weird Folklore Farmer $5 Credits
rosesprice Balranald, Australia. 1845. 98 Weird Fiction Weird Folklore Trickster $5 Credits
CandyflossAndVinegar Fellside Favours 97 Weird Fiction Weird Folklore Farmer $5 Credits

Judges' Awards

Our judges each picked their favourite stories this contest, and have awarded their Mini-Companion (for your pets), to the following stories.

Story Title Author Award
The third space cheezopath Phoenix awarded
Cocoon HollyB Fantasy Fox awarded
From the Furrows AggieNovak Frog Monarch awarded

These special accessories will be awarded in a few days.