Puddle for Best Short Story Title: Round 2

Apr. 5th, 2010 at 12:21 PM

Welcome to the second (of three) qualifying rounds to select the finalist for this year's MEAGER PUDDLE OF LIMELIGHT AWARD FOR BEST SHORT STORY TITLE.

You can vote for as many entries (in each question) as you like in each round. When the dust settles, the eight titles with the most votes from all three qualifying rounds will go through to the final (in the event of a tie, those in joint eighth position will both (or all) go through).

Poll #1547622 2010 PUDDLE for BEST short story title: Qualifying round 2 of 3

This poll is closed.

Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None. Participants: 30

From the following list, please select any short story titles which you think should progress to the final round.

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Eyes

2(7.1%)

“Fries with that?” (science fiction)

1(3.6%)

Gloucestershirehilltownbergville

3(10.7%)

Godspeak (speculative fiction)

8(28.6%)

Harvey Benson and the Search for the Meaning of Life (science fiction/humor)

1(3.6%)

Howard Cavendish's Midweek Crisis

3(10.7%)

From the following list, please select any short story titles which you think should progress to the final round.

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Hurling the Total Eclipse

2(7.4%)

The Man Who Never Smiled (fantasy)

2(7.4%)

The Man Who Tortured Trees (fantasy)

4(14.8%)

Mine Forever

1(3.7%)

My Last Days In The Hive

3(11.1%)

Opheliac

1(3.7%)

The three qualifier polls for best short story title all close on Wednesday, April 14th at noon (US/Eastern). I'll do the qualifiers for best flash fiction title the following week.

Have fun.

IF YOU HAVEN'T YET VOTED FOR THE FIRST BATCH OF ENTRIES IN ROUND 1, YOU CAN FIND THEM HERE