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Eye of the Storm · Original Short Story ·
Organised by RogerDodger
Word limit 2000–8000

Prizes

The following prizes are courtesy of horizon and Trick Question:

  • $25 USD to 1st place
  • $15 USD to 2nd place
  • $15 USD to 3rd place
  • $20 USD to the top placing entrant who has never entered a Writeoff before

A complete detailing of the prizes on offer is here.

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Fic Results
# Artist Title Final ε Prelim ε
1 Gold medalMortarboard Not_A_Hat Bud, Blossom, Bloom 2.34 0.37 6.87 0.18
2 Silver medal Cold in Gardez IDDP 2.14 0.39 6.24 0.22
3 Bronze medal Bachiavellian The Girl and Her Robot 2.01 0.39 2.75 0.30
4 Ribbon Bradel YouTube Celebrity 1.27 0.45 3.41 0.29
5 Ribbon HoofBitingActionOverload A Phone Call Late at Night 1.09 0.44 1.89 0.32
6 Ribbon ThisFieldIntentionallyLeftBlank Of Thomas Hobbes and Frontal Lobe Trauma 1.08 0.45 10.95 0.16
7 Ribbon Fahrenheit The Skies in Their Fury 1.02 0.45 4.91 0.23
8 Ribbon bats A Dinner Guest at Midnight 0.89 0.45 2.12 0.29
9 Confetti TitaniumDragon Maelstrom 0.64 0.46 1.54 0.33
10 Ribbon horizon Tempest Fugit 0.61 0.44 2.16 0.30
11 Ribbon Pearple_Prose Debts to Settle 0.60 0.43 2.66 0.32
12 Ribbon Baal Bunny Vehemence 0.48 0.43 3.67 0.27
13 Ribbon Oroboro Pleasure in the Job Puts Perfection in the Work 0.35 0.38 1.64 0.34
14 Ribbon FrontSevens I Would Like to Speak With The Director 0.27 0.33 1.65 0.34
15 Ribbon Scramblers and Shadows Do Better Next Time 1.47 0.33
16 Ribbon fda_approved Will-o'-the-Whisper 1.24 0.37
17 Ribbon bookplayer The 33rd Annual Blueberry Pie Bake-Off 1.18 0.33
18 Ribbon Sunchaser Fire From Ashes 0.94 0.37
19 Ribbon billymorph The Dancers 0.92 0.39
20 Ribbon KwirkyJ Borrowed Power 0.91 0.38
21 Ribbon Ratlab Waverunning 0.90 0.36
22 Confetti Orbiting_kettle Looking at the Sky 0.84 0.40
23 Ribbon Fuzzyfurvert Fio 0.79 0.36
24 Ribbon Merc Grandpa on the Porch 0.78 0.34
25 Ribbon Budapest Petrichor 0.54 0.34
26 Ribbon georg The Stormwarden 0.51 0.38
27 Ribbon Aragon The Subtle Art of Robot Psychology, or Innocuous Cheese 0.50 0.36
28 Merc Scenes from a Grimdark Resturant 0.48 0.37
29 Ribbon Whitbane Scavenger 0.46 0.35
30 Ribbon DATA_EXPUNGED Dead City 0.46 0.35
31 georg We Are Five 0.45 0.36
32 Ribbon BlazzingInferno Siren 0.44 0.34
33 Ribbon Vi Home 0.39 0.35
34 Ribbon Nicktendonick Thunderclouds 0.38 0.32
35 Ribbon Soaring The Storm Near The Eye 0.36 0.36
36 Ribbon Farful_Knabe The Man Who Can Do Anything 0.24 0.31
37 Ribbon FloydienSlip The King in Yellow-Green 0.19 0.31
38 Ribbon Xepher The Derpy Hooves Deception 0.18 0.28
39 Ribbon Dolfeus Doseux Next Time 0.14 0.26
40 Ribbon Kritten The Wicked Queen of the North 0.13 0.27
41 Ribbon Monokeras Elsa 0.12 0.24
42 Ribbon Jane Trebec Eye of the Storm 0.10 0.24
43 Ribbon Gumball2 A Different Beginning 0.06 0.20
44 Ribbon veggiefries Obanje 0.06 0.16
45 Ribbon Akel Constant circulation 0.03 0.13
46 Ribbon Violent To Climb a Mountain 0.02 0.10