I Win Third Place In The Answers.com Creative Writing Challenge

window.document.getElementById(‘post-3845’).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Wow, a story of mine placed third in a contest. Very cool. My “dictionary superheroes” story took third place in Answers.com’s Creative Writing Challenge, giving me no prize, but a link in the Hall of Fame at Answers.com. I’m feeling all warm about the recognition, and from an SEO perspective, I know the link is a very good thing.
Who dared to beat me? First place went to a story at Distracted Consumers, a pretty good story about illegal wildlife trafficking (trust me, it works). Second place was a story about a shepherd.
The words for the second Challenge are out, and I’m far too tempted to try it all over again. I’m especially excited about the fact that the tenth term, Kew Gardens, is practically the name of the neighborhood I live in (Kew Gardens Hills), which I’m taking as some sort […]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg