Elimination Voting – 1
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THIS POLL HAS NOW CLOSED. THE RESULTS ARE BELOW.
Read the contestants’ opening sentences and vote for one TO BE ELIMINATED. For the opening sentences, scroll down or click on the contestants’ names in the sidebar. The poll closes at midnight, August 13th. You can find out who was eliminated and learn what the Round 2 challenge is in a video that will be posted on the night of the 14th. All of the results of this poll will be made public on the 15th (Igor is exempt from this round of elimination voting since he received the most votes in the pre-competition* poll for favorite contestant).
*To read the pre-competition writing by the contestants, see the First Ten Days on Twitter, or the Roundup of the 10 Literary Dares or the Chain Story.





August 11th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
So far so good! Interesting expectation.
August 12th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Wondering if contestants themselves will let us in who they’re voting off
August 13th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Dan Powell has posted a 3-part critique of the twelve contestants’ opening sentences that’s well worth reading.
To read his analysis of the openings by Fyor, Olaf, Utah, and Rhae: http://bit.ly/bpBX7
For the openings of Tess, Fido, Igor, and Coco: http://bit.ly/15vFHF
And for Tuck, Isis, Omar and Nora: http://bit.ly/KbiBM