All righty! Got both our new entries in the OTP Challenge #18 index, bringing us up to seven (7) stories in-competition! Looking great, folks!

And just a reminder that there’s about a month left: stories for this challenge come due on January 30 at 11:59pm PST!

 

Finished my story:
OTP Challenge #18: 5+1 The Courtship of Jacen Solo (Jacen/Tenel Ka AU)

 

Hey, everybody! Just letting you know that there are now two (2) weeks left in challenge #18, with stories due January 30!

 

I posted the first half of my entry, Conversational Mando'a for Beginners, featuring Wren and Kaz.

 

And got it in the index! Thanks so much! We’re up to eight now—not at all shabby.

 

And now just one week left to get your 5+1s in for OTP Challenge #18! Stories are due January 30. Let’s see what we get!

 

And three days left now in OTP Challenge #18: today, tomorrow, and Saturday! Aaaalmoooost theeere!

 

I know this is very last-minute, but I managed to write something for the 5+1 challenge!

Stumbling To Bethlehem, yet another Stranger Things AU, this time with Joyce Byers/Jim Hopper.

Thank you so much for running these challenges!

 

Awesome! Got it in the index! You are very welcome, and thank you for taking part—it’s you amazing writers that really make these challenges amazing!

 

Wow, can you believe it’s already time to vote on OTP Challenge #18: 5+1? What a success this challenge was—we’ve got nine (count ‘em, nine!) awesome 5+1s to choose from. Here’s the list, which is in alphabetical order by title:

• Conversational Mando’a for Beginners by Raissa Baiard (Kazuda “Kaz” Xiono and OC Wren Ordo)
• The Courtship of Jacen Solo by Anedon (Jacen Solo and Tenel Ka Djo)
• Driving Lessons by Kit’ (OCs F’kisi and Estra)
• Love Spoken and Unspoken by devilinthedetails (Bail Organa and Breha Organa)
• The Simplest Gesture by Gabri_Jade (Kanan Jarrus and Hera Syndulla)
• Stumbling to Bethlehem by amidalachick (NSWFF: Stranger Things, Joyce Byers and Jim Hopper)
• Things I Just Had to Say by WarmNyota_SweetAyesha (NSWFF: Star Trek; Amanda and Sarek)
• What If This Storm Ends? by ViariSkywalker (Allana Djo Solo and OC Darth Festus)
• Yes, She Was Counting… by Adalia-Durron (Kyp Durron and OC Adalia Tehanis)

As well as two out of competition:

Spoiler: Out of Competition

Good Boi by Kit’ (a pet story inspired by the challenge, featuring OC Zallie and her dog Blu)
Sixth Time’s the Charm by Findswoman (Kanan Jarrus and Hera Syndulla)

So, as usual, here's what to do: PM your vote to this sock by 11:59 pm (23:59) PST on Sunday, February 14. Two weeks to vote, as usual. And hey, a Valentine’s Day due date will make it easy to remember!

Here's what not to do: vote more than once, vote for yourself, vote using a sock as well as your normal account, vote for something that's not on this list or that is not votable, etc., etc.

Here's when the winner will be announced: on or about Monday, February 15 (barring all RL catastrophe).

So, off we go, folks! Happy reading and voting!

 

Sharing this nummy by Johnny Mathis; it fits so many OTPs. Luke/Mara & Kyp/Adalia come swiftly to mind LOL

 

Hey, everyone, just letting you know that there’s now only one week left to get your votes in for OTP Challenge #18: 5+1!

 

And now there are three days left to vote! Due at the end of the day (PST) Valentine’s Day!

 

And voted.

 

Happy Valentine’s Day, all! So wonderful to see the votes coming in. For anyone who still would like to, today is the last day for voting in challenge #18! You’ve got till 11:59 pm (23:59) in the PST time zone today. Almost there!

 

All right, everyone! The votes are in, and the results are pretty darn astounding—because we have a THREE-WAY TIE! Please join me in giving our three awesome winners a hand:

Conversational Mando’a for Beginners by @Raissa Baiard
and
The Courtship of Jacen Solo by @Anedon
and
Yes, She Was Counting… by @Adalia-Durron ​

Kudos and huge thanks to all who participated and made this such a successful challenge!

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Congratulations to the triple tiers. Three super-duper stories, and this entire challenge was a blast!

 

Woohoo! Congratulations, @Raissa Baiard, @Anedon , and @Adalia-Durron on a mighty fine showing! And well done to all who took part—what an awesome challenge this was!

 

Wow, thanks to those who voted.
Winning with a Jacen story, didn´t expect that at all.

Congratulations to @Adalia-Durron and @Raissa Baiard

 

Congrats to all the winners

Well-done to all who wrote stories for this challenge.

And, as always, excited for the next one because they always inspire great fic

 

Congrats to @Raissa Baiard , @Adalia-Durron , and @Anedon! Very much enjoyed reading all of your stories. And kudos to all the rest as well, this was a really, really good bunch of stories.

 

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone who took part! Always great to see a new batch of fun stories from a challenge

 

Seconded! I've really been loving these challenges - they've inspired some great stories!

 

Thank you! and congratulations to @Anedon and @Adalia-Durron and kudos to everyone who entered. This was a unique format for the challenge and I’m also looking forward to the next one!