BFM 2021: Results first round

This first round of the Blogable Fiction Marathon was a learning curve for us, as much as it was for the writers, especially those who used to participate in the Smut Marathon. There are similarities between the two competitions, but essentially the BFM is a new standalone competition with its own set of rules. In the voting, the most significant change is that only the top 70% of the jury vote goes through to the public vote.

During the public voting round, feedback was left on the stories, which you can find at the bottom of the first round voting post. May has dedicated a post to her feedback on the entries. A tip on reading your feedback: not all feedback will be good, and you might feel negative emotions when you read it. Don’t. It’s been given to help you, to give you tips to improve your writing. It’s up to you whether you do anything with the feedback, or just ignore it, but never feel discouraged when you read it. Turn it into something positive, and ace your next assignment!

Let’s get on to the official part of the first round results.

The authors

1. Naughty Nun – Toolie
2. No Regrets – Kelly Cluett
3. Travel Fun – GaynorBlue
4. An application – Cal
5. Let’s Go – Leonora
6. Brie Yourself – Su Orwell
7. Unjust Infringement – Cindy Cook DeRuyter
8. Thin Ice – Marsha Adams
9. Sincerity Rulz – Apryl Rae
10. Friday Night – David
11. Mom’s Advice – Jessica Wilcox
12. The Guess – Dawn Shelley
13. Bloody Mary – Peter Plancius
14. S’punk, innit – Elk Vilianni
15. Naughty Girl – Kinky Katie
16. Gotta Fever – Stephanie Scissom
17. Soaring High – Lyndsey Ellis-Holloway
18. First Contact – Dioscurus
19. Good Things – Textual Boyfriend
20. Tie Me – The barefoot sub
21. Future Adventures – Steeled Snake Charmer
22. Sweet Chance – Susie Mace
23. Destiny – MrsK
24. Seeing You – Jenn Hatfield
25. Awakened – Jolan
26. Times Two – Carolyna Luna
27. Forgive Me… – Paige Vest
28. Luscious Laundry – S.T. Hills
29. Book ‘em – Trond E. Hildahl
30. On Fire – Jae Lynn

Public vote

We kept track of all votes during the public voting round, and in total 101 legitimate votes have been received. We are amazed and grateful for your support!

Winner of the public vote: Destiny by MrsK

The result of the voting can be found below.

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This is the full result of the public vote:

Author	Story title	Public votes	Public result
MrsK	Destiny	21	10
Jessica Wilcox	Mom’s Advice	20	9
Apryl Rae	Sincerity Rulz	20	9
Trond E. Hildahl	Book ’em	20	9
Susie Mace	Sweet Chance	20	9
Peter Plancius	Bloody Mary	17	8
Kinky Katie	Naughty Girl	17	8
Toolie	Naughty Nun	16	7
Marsha Adams	Thin Ice	15	6
Carolyna Luna	Times Two	13	5
The barefoot sub	Tie Me	12	4
S.T. Hills	Luscious Laundry	12	4
Elk Vilianni	S’punk, innit	12	4
Your Textual Boyfriend	Good Things	12	4
Cindy Cook DeRuyter	Unjust Infringement	12	4
Dawn Shelley	The Guess	11	3
Leonora	Let’s Go	10	2
David	Friday Night	9	1
Jenn Hatfield	Seeing You	9	1
Lyndsey Ellis-Holloway	Soaring High	7	1
Paige Vest	Forgive Me…	7	1
Jae Lynn	On Fire	6	1
Stephanie Scissom	Gotta Fever	5	1
Dioscurus	First Contact	0	0
Kelly Cluett	No Regrets	0	0
Steeled Snake Charmer	Future Adventures	0	0
Cal	An Application	0	0
Su Orwell	Brie Yourself	0	0
GaynorBlue	Travel Fun	0	0
Jolan	Awakened	0	0

Jury vote

Each jury member sends in their votes individually. These votes are added up and divided by 3 to get to the jury results.

Winner of the jury vote: S’punk, innit by Elk Vilianni

The jury’s votes are as follows:

Author	Story title	Jury 1	Jury 2	Jury 3	Jury result
Elk Vilianni	S’punk, innit	8	8	7	7,7
Kinky Katie	Naughty Girl	7	7	8	7,3
S.T. Hills	Luscious Laundry	6	10	5	7,0
MrsK	Destiny	6	8	6	6,7
Jessica Wilcox	Mom’s Advice	7	9	4	6,7
Cindy Cook DeRuyter	Unjust Infringement	5	8	7	6,7
David	Friday Night	6	8	5	6,3
Stephanie Scissom	Gotta Fever	5	7	7	6,3
Lyndsey Ellis-Holloway	Soaring High	6	7	6	6,3
Carolyna Luna	Times Two	6	7	6	6,3
Trond E. Hildahl	Book ’em	7	8	4	6,3
Toolie	Naughty Nun	6	8	5	6,3
Paige Vest	Forgive Me…	7	7	5	6,3
Dawn Shelley	The Guess	5	9	4	6,0
Jae Lynn	On Fire	6	7	4	5,7
Peter Plancius	Bloody Mary	5	5	7	5,7
The barefoot sub	Tie Me	6	6	4	5,3
Marsha Adams	Thin Ice	5	5	6	5,3
Leonora	Let’s Go	6	6	4	5,3
Apryl Rae	Sincerity Rulz	6	7	3	5,3
Jenn Hatfield	Seeing You	6	6	4	5,3
Your Textual Boyfriend	Good Things	5	7	4	5,3
Dioscurus	First Contact	7	5	3	5,0
Kelly Cluett	No Regrets	6	7	2	5,0
Steeled Snake Charmer	Future Adventures	7	5	3	5,0
GaynorBlue	Travel Fun	6	6	3	5,0
Jolan	Awakened	6	6	3	5,0
Susie Mace	Sweet Chance	6	7	2	5,0
Cal	An Application	5	6	3	4,7
Su Orwell	Brie Yourself	5	5	4	4,7

Overall results + rankings after first round

The public votes and that of the jury are added up to get to the end result for the round. For this round, this is also the result of the rankings, but for the next round that will change as writers accumulate results from the first to the fourth rounds.

The overall winner of round 1 is MrsK with Destiny

The overall result for round 1 and the rankings after round 1 are as follows:

Rank	Author	Story title	Jury result	Public result	Result round 1
1	MrsK	Destiny	6,7	10	16,7
2	Jessica Wilcox	Mom’s Advice	6,7	9	15,7
3	Trond E. Hildahl	Book ’em	6,3	9	15,3
	Kinky Katie	Naughty Girl	7,3	8	15,3
4	Apryl Rae	Sincerity Rulz	5,3	9	14,3
5	Susie Mace	Sweet Chance	5,0	9	14,0
6	Peter Plancius	Bloody Mary	5,7	8	13,7
7	Toolie	Naughty Nun	6,3	7	13,3
8	Elk Vilianni	S’punk, innit	7,7	4	11,7
9	Marsha Adams	Thin Ice	5,3	6	11,3
	Carolyna Luna	Times Two	6,3	5	11,3
10	S.T. Hills	Luscious Laundry	7,0	4	11,0
11	Cindy Cook DeRuyter	Unjust Infringement	6,7	4	10,7
12	The barefoot sub	Tie Me	5,3	4	9,3
	Your Textual Boyfriend	Good Things	5,3	4	9,3
13	Dawn Shelley	The Guess	6,0	3	9,0
14	David	Friday Night	6,3	1	7,3
	Stephanie Scissom	Gotta Fever	6,3	1	7,3
	Lyndsey Ellis-Holloway	Soaring High	6,3	1	7,3
	Leonora	Let’s Go	5,3	2	7,3
	Paige Vest	Forgive Me…	6,3	1	7,3
15	Jae Lynn	On Fire	5,7	1	6,7
16	Jenn Hatfield	Seeing You	5,3	1	6,3
17	Dioscurus	First Contact	5,0	0	5,0
	Kelly Cluett	No Regrets	5,0	0	5,0
	Steeled Snake Charmer	Future Adventures	5,0	0	5,0
	GaynorBlue	Travel Fun	5,0	0	5,0
	Jolan	Awakened	5,0	0	5,0
18	Cal	An Application	4,7	0	4,7
	Su Orwell	Brie Yourself	4,7	0	4,7

Knocked out

All writers go through to the next round, as is stated in the marathon rules. At the end of round 2 there will be no knockouts either, as round 3 has 30 writers. This means all the writers of this round will stay with us until round 3, and have enough time to try and secure a spot in round 4, in the race to the final.

Also remember, the accumulating of points only happens until round 4. In round 5 the slates are wiped clean, and all writers that remain in the competition, will be on equal footing.

Next round

Thank you to everyone who has written for this round and thank you to all the voters who have taken the time to read the entries, to vote and for those who have given feedback. A special thanks to the jury members for their hard work!

The writers will be sent the second assignment later today and have until midnight London time on 21 May 2021 to send in their stories. The next public voting round opens on 29 May 2021.