I’m On The Medium Writers’ Challenge Best List — But I Can’t Celebrate It

Check out whether you’re on the shortlist too

A few days ago my fellow Medium friend Yana Bostongirl reached out to me:

Guess who is on the MWC reentry best list?

First I thought it was Yana herself and so I congratulated her.

Then I found out Yana meant my story.

How to use the #Mwc reentry tag page

Here you can find the most insightful stories in regard to #MWC Reentry. Check out whether your story is on the list too. Fingers crossed!

As you can see from the tag page, 2.1k writers participated in the challenges and submitted their stories.

I’m one of them but…I can’t celebrate my small win.

I couldn’t participate due to my Mother’s Block. My baby was teething and screaming. Due to my mommy duties, I couldn’t finish my article until midnight German time.

Still, I gave it the #Mwc Reentry tag.

But, hey, good for you! I’m just a friendly writer friend, no competitor in the Medium Writers Challenge in regard to this tag.

Here’s my trending story for you — Grab your popcorn🍿:

Where to find what on the tag page

The tag page is a valuable resource for you.

• In regard to #Mwc reentry can see that you’re article is in the competition with a pool of 2k entries. As I showed above, I can imagine there are a few entries that don’t fit the criteria but are still on the list — simply because they tagged their story with #Mwc Reentry, like me.
• You can filter ‘Trending’, ‘Latest’ and ‘Best’.
• Whereas ‘Trending’ is just a temporary thing, I’d recommend having a look at ‘Best’. Here you can see the high-performing articles.

Above you can see the high-performing articles in regard to ‘reader engagement’ (=views, claps comments, reading time):

• Kelsey L.O. with around 4k claps, 67 comments
• Sebastian Dubois with no comments but I guess a high reading time
• Leah R. Singer with 25 comments and around 3k claps.

Congratulations, guys!

Links to the tag pages of #Death, #Space, #Work

Here are the tag pages you can check out:

#Death

#Mwc Death: 3.7k stories from 3.6 writers.

One of the best performing stories is by Keith Dias— the narrative gives you goosebumps — my favorite quote:

‘Death is coming for us, faster than we think.’

#Space

#Mwc Space: 2.4k stories from 2.3 writers.

One of the best performing stories is by Orrin Onken —I just love the narrative. It’s about eating in an old-people restaurant called ‘Heidi’— my favorite quote:

‘It is the culinary equivalent of nostalgia, harkening back to restaurants my parents took me to when I was a child.’

#Work

#Mwc Work: 2k stories by 1.95k writers.

One of the best-performing entries is by Ann Marie Houghtailing. My favorite quote:

Eating a little bit of poison everyday doesn’t kill you; but it does make you sick.

Good to know about the Medium Writers Challenge

Medium will select the ‘four finalist winners — one for each prompt’ who will get $10,000 each.

• Announcement of the winners: September 21, 2021
• Announcement of the grand prize recipient: September 23, 2021

One of the finalists will be selected for a grand prize of $50,000.

The Top 100 honorable mention selections will each win $100.

Submissions will be scored based on:

• creativity (40%)
• originality (30%)
• writing quality (30%)

Your Takeaways

There are so-called ‘tag pages’ for every tag of the Medium Writers Challege:

• #Death
• #Space
• #Work
• #Reentry

On the tag page, you can see the pool of entries. You can filter ‘trending’ or ‘best’ and see who the top writers are. Moreover, you can check whether your story is on the shortlist.

Please keep in mind: Ev William and his team will read every entry and select their favorite ones.

‘Member engagement’ (=claps, visits, comments, reading time) is always crucial on this platform but in the end, the judging panel will choose their favorite pieces of content.

• It’s all about creativity and originality.
• If your story stands out from the crowd you have an advantage over your competitors.
• If your story is memorable, that’s really good.

Don’t forget, ‘the best surfer out there is the one having the most fun.’ (Phil Edwards)

Wishing you a late summer of high tides 🌊and good vibes🏄‍♀️!

I‘d love to hear about your thoughts in the comments!

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