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Hello my dears. 2019 has turned out to be quite a challenging year for me so bear with me when it comes to being a bit late on stuff. now after the usual mea culpa I would like to thank everyone who entered and thank you for your patience with me -I am always so happy to see people still participating as many contests on the platform seem to be suffering silent unseen deaths of late. so let us see who won this round, but before we do I really need to say that the quality of this rounds submissions was exceptional. i mean you guys are always good but you really amped it up this time and choosing was really hard. so let’s get to it shall we -

Third place

Third place goes to @oivas with Future Uncertain, Past Doomed, Present Beautiful! 😊I liked the time travel aspect of this peace and the sneaky it ain’t aliens twist 😊 you will receive 0.17 Steem = 1/3 of the authors rewards and 1 Steem congratulations and thank you 💜

Runner up

The runner up is @gaby-crb with Invisible Conflict 😊 such a bleak piece but so well written. I enjoyed it very much 😊 you will receive 0.17 Steem= 1/3 of the authors rewards and 2 Steem congratulations and thank you 💜

Winner

The winning story is is by @calluna and called
Cities Of Dreams I am always in awe of your writing talent, you are so good and I can never understand how you do not see that in yourself. I loved this story and how you always make your worlds very real . the only complaint … you left me at a cliff hanger … Again !!! POKES YOU!!!😊 you will receive 0.17 Steem = 1/3 of the authors rewards and 3 Steem congratulations and thank you 💜

Thank you also to all the following stellar entries

@blueeyes8960 with Retributioner 😊 Thank you for your entry I am so glad you joined our little group of merry maniacs and hope to se yo here again 😊 As the steem drop is so demoralising you will be receiving 0.5 Steem as small appreciation for still hanging on to the platform and playing with us 😊

@jadams2k18 with Invasion 😊 I am always glad to see you here and enjoyed reading this entry 😊 As the steem drop is so demoralising you will be receiving 0.5 Steem as small appreciation for still hanging on to the platform and being an Electricdreams frequent flyer 😊

@theironfelix with And so I saw their feet 😊 You are my fav quirky writer on this here rock and I so loved the title- I might even steal it as song name one day 😊 As the steem drop is so demoralising you will be receiving 0.5 Steem as small appreciation for still hanging on to the platform and being an Electricdreams frequent flyer 😊

@simgirl with Meadowbrook 😊 was so glad to see you back o the roster and hope you will join us next round 😊 As the steem drop is so demoralising you will be receiving 0.5 Steem as small appreciation for still hanging on to the platform nd being an Electricdreams alumni 😊

💜 💜💜Thank you one more time all participants hope to see you at round #18! 💜💜💜

💜 💜💜Round #17prompts ! 💜💜💜

In this is eightennth run of the electric dreams contest. There are as usual 3 prompts : #1 our protagonist finds him/herself in the body the president of the united states. How did he/she get in there? Who is behind it? and how can he/she survive the attempts to kill him/her long enough to make sense of it all and do something useful with the hand fate as dealt him/her #2 the story must include the sentence “ Somehow she reminded him of a blowfish “ #3 mudwrestling ” Take it from here and let's see where it goes 😊”.

We are upping the rewards this round -
The First Place Winner will receive 5 SBD and 1/3 of the SBD this post generates.
Second Place will receive 3 SBD and 1/3 of the SBD generated from this post.
Third Place will receive 2 SBD and the remaining 1/3 of the SBD generated.

Contest Specifications:

Your mission, if you choose to take it, is to write a short story of 1000+ words (no longer than 5000 words). Write it including the following 3 prompts: #1 our protagonist finds him/herself in the body the president of the united states. How did he/she get in there? Who is behind it? and how can he/she survive the attempts to kill him/her long enough to make sense of it all and do something useful with the hand fate as dealt him/her #2 the story must include the sentence “ Somehow she reminded him of a blowfish “ #3 mudwrestling ” Take it from here and let's see where it goes 😊”.

other specs:

1-upvote this post as it will help making the rewards pool larger. (You do not have to resteem but it would be appreciated as it lets people know about the contest).
2- all included pictures need to be your own or include a correct image source
3- the story needs to be your own work specifically written for this contest. Plagiarism or recycling will be cause for instant disqualification.
4- you must post it under the tag #electricdreams
5- leave a link to your entry in the comment section of this post
6- only one entry is allowed per participant
The deadline falls on july 1st 00:00 (midnight) Eastern Standard time

💜 💜💜Good luck to all participants! 💜💜💜

Electricdreams alumni’s are :

@ambarabby, @blueeyes8960 , @bohemian.machine, @calluna, @cyemela, @dirge, @felt.buzz, @foxfiction, @gaby-crb, @giddyupngo,@henry-gant, @iamthegray, @jadams2k18, @mineopoly, @nwjordan, @oivas, @rindaman1234, @rebeccabe, @simgirl, @seesladen, @spalatino @theironfelix & @tristancarax Hope to see you In the next round 😊

Past Electric dreams contests :
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