Ah, I was hoping for that prize. Seems I have not impressed the critics!
A worthy contest. I enjoyed many of the stories, and congrats to sakura_inverse for taking the laurels (well, hi-res images). Thanks to all who contributed.
On a side-note, it seems we had a low voter turnout: 32 voters in total (probably including the writers). I was hoping more votes would roll in
Well 32 voters is better than was managed in Another Place last year, which must be a good sign.
The one feature that I wish we could've imported, however, was for the stories to be uploaded anonymously at first, and for the authors' identities only to be revealed at the conclusion of the voting process.
Anyone who had the gumption to enter has my respect.
In order to make an apple pie from scratch you first have to create the universe.