Thanks again to both epithalamium and myprettycabinet for their graciousness in letting their lovely artwork grace our fest and banners. Hugs to both of you!
Thank you so much to everyone who read and voted this final week of Round Two. The voting this week was ridiculously close with our authors saving the best for last. We do have a winner, though, so, without further ado, the winner of Round Two of mp_ldws is...
So that's it for Round Two of mp_ldws! Thank you to all our participants for the high-quality drabbles that made it so hard to choose a favourite, and to our voters for reading and making the hard decisions.
Our final two drabblers, whitmans_kiss and anothersaturday have produced fantastic final drabbles for you. I don't envy you guys for having to choose a favourite.
Welcome to Week Eleven of the second round of mp_ldws!
It is the final this week and it's been a tough battle. Our authors have produced some amazing drabbles throughout the last ten weeks, and that's been showing in the close voting (and your mods bitten down fingernails).
Remember, your drabble must fit the genre or cliché, and you must use the word prompt somewhere in your drabble. Any drabbles that don’t adhere to the exact word count, deadline, or prompt use will be eliminated. (On some word processing programs, html coding is included in the final word count so please be careful to ensure your number of actual words is correct. If in doubt, please use this word counter to check.)
All drabbles are due by 7.00pm Sunday 24th (EST--think New York).
We are using a simplified header. Please do not make any reference to a beta as we will not publish their names (you can thank them later!). Please use the 'Contains' section for any warnings or to provide any information a reader might need to make an informed decision about whether they wish to read on. Eg: Contains: angst, oral sex, naked Hagrid.
Copy and paste this header for your drabble:
Send completed drabbles to the mods at mp.ldwsmod@gmail.com, with your username and the week you're participating in included in the subject line. The drabble can be submitted as an attachment (.doc or .docx only please) or pasted into the body of the email. If you do paste your drabble, please ensure you include < br > codes (without the spaces) wherever you want a hard return as copypasting tends to mess up your line breaks. For example:
"Sirius! God, you stink!"< br > "You don't smell like roses yourself. What did we roll in last night?"< br > "I just hope it was dead before we found it. I have a nasty taste in my mouth...< br > "Ugh."
We will respond to your submission email to let you know we received it. If you don't hear from us within 24 hours of submission, please let us know through a PM.
Any questions? Poke the mods: dogsunderfoot or remuslives23 either through the email address above or a PM through our journals.
So, I actually closed the voting at 7:11 (yes, I was late. Does this honestly surprise anyone?) only to realise that I posted the closing in my own journal. GAH!
Anyhow, that does not change the fact that voting is closed, and I have to announce the winner!
Welcome to the tenth week of the second round of Moony and Padfoot's Last Drabble Writer Standing!
Whether you're new or whether you're a faithful reader, we want to thank you for coming here to read and vote. This contest relies on fabulous people like yourselves who take the few minutes to read and vote, and we couldn't do it ourselves!
Having said that, we are now down to the last three writers, and your vote counts more than ever! Good luck deciding which one is your favourite and least favourite this week! I know we say that every week but, WOW! This week... Well, just read the three drabbles and you'll know what I mean.
PLEASE VOTE FOR ONE DRABBLE AS YOUR FAVOURITE AND ONE DRABBLE AS YOUR LEAST FAVOURITE. Please include the number of the drabble as well. Writers, we encourage you to vote, but ask that you not vote for your own drabble.
Comments are screened--or they should be if I've done it correctly.
Voting will end on Wednesday, 20th April at 7:00pm Eastern Time (think Boston or Morgantown, WV.)
anothersaturday and 
mp_ldws is...