Judges, f0llow these rules:

1. Please PM all scores to my Inbox. There will be no posting of scores in this topic until the judging concludes.

2. Please keep the scores as whole numbers (no decimal places; WHOLE NUMBERS). Each score (for the stories submitted) will be tallied on a 1-10 scale, with 1 being complete garbage and 10 being literary genius.

3. Along with the desired score for each entrant, please include a one to two sentence statement, detailing a good and bad quality for the story.

4. When I tally up the scores, I will be listing the hierarchy of winners from first to last, with their final score, how the score was tallied, and comments from their story (the feedback will be anonymous).

5. Entrants who entered the contest MAY VOTE FOR OTHER ENTRIES, but not their own.

Thank you for your time, and good luck to all entrants who entered!

Okay, folks. I know I told someone that I would tally these scores an hour ago, but I was having too much damn fun playing on my DS. Now, before I announce the winner and runners-up, I would like to first and foremost thank the entrants who committed time to participate in this contest. I would also like to note that in the scoring process, I noticed that a few entrants had one score more than the others. In all fairness, to keep the numbers even, I will added the highest and lowest number together, find the mean, and that will be the score. Now, let us score this thing:

First Entrant: Staffy

Scores: 6, 5, 6, 7 (7+5=12/2= 6)
Score Adjusted: 6, 6, 6 (Uh oh!)
Final Score: 18
Rank: 4th

Second Entrant: The Gansher

Scores: 9, 9, 7, 8 (9+7=16/2= 8)
Score Adjusted: 9, 8, 8
Final Score: 25
Rank: 1st

Third Entrant: Bonanza

Scores: 8, 8, 8
Final Score: 24
Rank: 2nd

Fourth Entrant: Guarionex
Scores: 8, 6, 9
Final Score: 23
Rank: 3rd

Fifth Entrant: King Spoom
Scores: 7, 7, 5
Final Score: 17
Rank: 5th

Congratulations, Gnash! You have won the third Short-Short Story Contest! Please PM me within 48 hours to choose the new theme for the next contest. I also have a special surprise awaiting you Magonians tomorrow. You’ll see.