The first round of winners of our editorial picks are here to behold, but it isn't over yet. Next up is the people's choice award, chosen through the honorable mention and runner-up stories below. Find your favorites from the collections of "Runner-ups" and "Honorable Mentions", share them out to your friends, and the writer with the most shares will get $100 in gift certificates to English Ales in Marina. And the sweetest prize of all--bragging rights. (2nd and 3rd place will also get $100 and dinner, respectively.) The people's champion cometh. Get to sharing.
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Some things about the 101-Word Short Story contest are as certain as, say, the Carmel Residents Association opposing live music permits.
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Same routine every Friday, the afternoon stop at SaveMart for milk, cereal, bread, and Lotto ticket. Same numbers every time: 2/14, her birthd…
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Benner Stumpf, the VP of HR, believed the 360 Review was a fantastic management tool, even though he didn’t understand it. Fortunately, he did…
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It all started with howling. The deer of Pacific Grove began howling like wolves. People wondered why. Loneliness, perhaps? Eventually, the de…
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