Drum roll please!!!

The entries, especially a few that battled for the first place actually gave me the biggest headache ever. With the help of two judges and a dear friend [you know who you are and I love you].
So before I announce who won, I just want to thank everyone for involvement and tell you guys, that every entry has been amazing. We were damn close to bickering when trying to pick a winner. You diversified a lot, and although the task was very specific you didn't do entries that blended into one another.
Each of you should be damn proud of yourself.

1st place winner after much debate and notes and headache and crushed walls:
Jofer Serapio:
Congratz dear!
You've no idea how thin of a line it was before winning and loosing tonight. So anyone who didn't make it, don't stress about it.

This one held a place in everyone's hearts since the moment it came in [it was also the very first entry in my inbox, only a couple of days after the contest started]
So second place, for an original charm:
Aysha:

Now something that should have not occured. There is as of today, a third and a fourth place, because two more writers whacked me over the head with their entries so hard I couldn't get them out.
Its Mari: and =Christine-Devereux
Their pieces charmed me, and was one hell of a competition for Jofer.
So my dears, I'll cook you up some prizes latter, promise.

As for the two very official winners, I'll get to sorting prizes as soon as I can, and as well a feature for you and the rest of the entries.

But now, I should probably go and get that hour and a half of sleep I still have left before my flight and the 26 hour day I have ahead of me due to the time difference. Add the fact that I haven't had a proper night's sleep in a loong time and a few people already think I should stop functioning, well it really beats me why I'm still typing.

Anyway, blame the lack of sleep if I'm not making any sense.

So I'll be in Lithuania for three weeks from tomorrow. Having some mad fun with ~Padange, ~kukalis, ~keiruze and a bunch of others. And also, I'll get to see my cousin, ~Pakrantte whom I miss a lot.

Oh, Just remembered, still need to do a story for Flash Fiction month and finish packing my hand luggage.
Make that 1 hour of sleep.

Goodnight to you all.

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Go give them some LOVE

And also visit a new friend I unexpectedly found and who proved to be as kind as anyone could be. She is also really talented but refuses to admit that sometimes, so go abuse her page with your utter awesomeness.

Love ya all,
see you whenever I can get a spare minute and
some Internet connection,
Ruta.
xxx