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Highest Rankings for ADULTHOOD

Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:27 pm
by impeej
TOP 40 - “ADULTHOOD” CHALLENGE
(Total number of Entries: 125 )

1 The Ballerina by Debbie Roome
2 Life in Between by Loren Thomas
3 Framed by Virgil Youngblood
4 Of Age by Ann Grover
5 It's Me Again, God by Ruth Neilson
6 That's What Grown Ups Do by Pat Sipperly
7 Wholly Weaned by Emily Gibson
8 Mr. Smith's Reality by Diana Dart
9 Grownups by Deborah Riall
10 Trust like a Child by Josiah Kane
11 Juror Number Four by Mona Purvis
12 Up Here in Heaven by Gregory Kane
13 Second Nature by Carol Slider
14 So Much for Makin' Applesauce by Marianne Holbrook
15 An Abrupt Landing by Helen Dowd
16 When Did I Become an Adult? By Seema Bagai
17 Ramblings from the Mother of an Eighteen-Year-Old by Sheri Gordon
18 For Never Young by Cathy Hall-Sharpe
19 Too Old Too Soon by Marlene Bonney
20 Just Call Me Baby by Sherrie Coronas
21 A Far Cry from February by Larry Troxell
22 This Forever Child of Mine by Patricia Herchenroether
23 A Shot in the Dark by Bryan Ridenour
24 The Horizon by Paul Potenza
25 Sometimes Reality Stinks and the Truth Hurts by Kristen Hester
26 Same Seat by CJ Raney
27 Childish Things by Jackie Wilson
28 Not Me--No Sirree by Verna Cole Mitchell
29 Chandler by Karlene Jacobsen
30 The Measure of Maturity by Lizzy Gardner
31 Elsa and the Git Man by Beth Muehlhausen
32 Free to Be by Deborah Engle
33 Clover Connection by Allison Egley
34 A Hard Decision by Mick Dawson
35 Collision Course by Laury Hubrich
36 Dear God, Will I Ever Be an Adult? By Kathy Warnes
37 Better than Sweeping Kitty Litter by Donna Emery
38 It’s Time to Grow Up! By Chrissy Siggee
39 When I Grow Up, I Want to Be Young Again by Margarita Bloom
40 Energy Crisis by Karen Gross

TOP 15 LEVEL 1 - “ADULTHOOD” CHALLENGE
(Total number of Entries for Level One: 45 )

1 Grownups by Deborah Riall
2 For Never Young by Cathy Hall-Sharpe
3 Childish Things by Jackie Wilson
4 When I Grow Up, I Want to Be Young Again by Margarita Bloom
5 Tossing Out Left-Overs by Jennifer Galey
6 Trouble in Life by Dianna Schnabel
7 The Blue Line by Laura Godsen
8 Winning His Spurs and Sword by Daniel Kane
9 The Initiation by Nayiba Yavala
10 Ideas Have Consequences by Domingo Jr. Capias
11 Childhood Robbery by Renee Small
12 The Gift of Imagination by Ashley White
13 Would that Boyish Grin Ever Return? By Noel Mitaxa
14 The Cult of Being Adult by Brian Haugrud
15 Blessed Peace by Julie Prim

TOP 8 LEVEL 2 - “ADULTHOOD” CHALLENGE
(Total number of Entries for Level Two: 23 )
Top 8 only due to low number of entries for this Level.

1 Just Call Me Baby by Sherrie Coronas
2 The Horizon by Paul Potenza
3 Same Seat by CJ Raney
4 Energy Crisis by Karen Gross
5 Decisions by Valarie Sullivan
6 And then he smiled... by Rachel Phelps
7 Be a Man, My Son by Diana Kay
8 In the Forest with God by Brenda Welc

TOP 15 LEVEL 3 - “ADULTHOOD” CHALLENGE
(Total number of Entries for Level Three: 37 )

1 Framed by Virgil Youngblood
2 Trust like a Child by Josiah Kane
3 Juror Number Four by Mona Purvis
4 An Abrupt Landing by Helen Dowd
5 When Did I Become an Adult? By Seema Bagai
6 Too Old Too Soon by Marlene Bonney
7 A Far Cry from February by Larry Troxell
8 This Forever Child of Mine by Patricia Herchenroether
9 A Shot in the Dark by Bryan Ridenour
10 Chandler by Karlene Jacobsen
11 The Measure of Maturity by Lizzy Gardner
12 A Hard Decision by Mick Dawson
13 Dear God, Will I Ever Be an Adult? By Kathy Warnes
14 It’s Time to Grow Up! By Chrissy Siggee
15 I'd Puke if I Got Clothes for Christmas by Patricia Turner

TOP 15 LEVEL 4 - “ADULTHOOD” CHALLENGE
(Total number of Entries for Level Four: 20 )

1 The Ballerina by Debbie Roome
2 Life in Between by Loren Thomas
3 Of Age by Ann Grover
4 It's Me Again, God by Ruth Neilson
5 That's What Grown Ups Do by Pat Sipperly
6 Wholly Weaned by Emily Gibson
7 Mr. Smith's Reality by Diana Dart
8 Up Here in Heaven by Gregory Kane
9 Second Nature by Carol Slider
10 So Much for Makin' Applesauce by Marianne Holbrook
11 Ramblings from the Mother of an Eighteen-Year-Old by Sheri Gordon
12 Sometimes Reality Stinks and the Truth Hurts by Kristen Hester
13 Not Me--No Sirree by Verna Cole Mitchell
14 Elsa and the Git Man by Beth Muehlhausen
15 Free to Be by Deborah Engle

Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:50 pm
by CreativeWords
Three weeks in a row at 6th place in my level. Well, at least I'm consistent. :D

Congratulations to everyone for their awesome work!

Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:03 pm
by gemstone
Here I am at # 11 and in between 2 Kanes! How's that for placement?

Mona

Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:19 pm
by Allison
gemstone wrote:Here I am at # 11 and in between 2 Kanes! How's that for placement?

Mona
Oh, that #11 spot can HURT! lol I was there last week. Congrats, though!

Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:29 pm
by Granny's Pen
Good job, everyone! I really didn't expect to see my name on this list, so it is a pleasant surprise. So many of the other entries inspired me this week, and there were so many great poems, too. :thumbs

Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:35 pm
by CatLin
Good work all!!!!!!!!!! Big time happy dancing for y'all.

Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:04 am
by Keleitha
Well done everyone. so many great entries.

A special cheer for Mick and Chrissy :superhappy

Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:32 am
by South-paw-Scribbler
Ok so that totally shocked me, my entry made 29th over all and 10th lvl 3? I am in NO WAY tooting my horn, I'm shocked is all :shock:

Totally amazing!

Congratulations to all you deserving folk out there! Many of you are WAY better than me!

Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:47 am
by ThreeDee
Happy Dance for Everybody - Cha cha cha... shuffle, shuffle... boogie.

Way to go KARLENE!! Yee haw! And Debbie, you are hot, hot, hot. Congrats to All.

Di Dart

Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:04 am
by VirgilY
Oh, Wow! To get off the road after going to meet my newly-born first great-grandson and find I placed, I am thrilled to say the least. Thanks to everyone that has helped me and blessed me.

Congratulations to all for some excellent writing last week.

Virgil Youngblood

Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:09 am
by itsjoanne
After a..ehem...REMINDER from a friend, it's WOOWOO time! (just LOVE to see my friends up there in lightss!!)

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Super job, folks!!

Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:18 am
by lthomas
:party I'm so happy to see some great writing listed here and note some gifted, upcoming authors. This will be an exciting season.
Congratulations, one and all :clap

In God's countenance - Loren

Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:57 pm
by beff
Congratulations everyone listed above. Great work! After last weekend, it's fun to see names of writers I've actually met!

Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:32 pm
by South-paw-Scribbler
beff wrote:Congratulations everyone listed above. Great work! After last weekend, it's fun to see names of writers I've actually met!
Isn't it though? :mrgreen:

Congrats!

Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 6:07 pm
by Dan Blankenship
Great job, everyone!