FINAL: Best Short Story Award

[Jean]

As nominated by our membership in the nomination round, please vote now for the short story you feel should win the award for Best Short Story.

The 2009 finalists:
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away
Dolan's Cadillac
Here There Be Tygers
Jerusalem's Lot
Lunch at the Gotham Café
Nona
Strawberry Spring
The Boogeyman
The Man in the Black Suit

2009 winner: 1408

[Woofer]

Will there be a second tiebreaker? I missed it completely.

[Jean]

Not yet, now only if there's a tie in this round

[mae]

Come on, peeps, only eight votes in this huge award, really? :cry:

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Well, not even the top 3 short stories are on this list. So I refuse to vote.

[mae]

Which are what?

[pathoftheturtle]

Me, I just can't make up m'mind. :orely:

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Which are what?

Top 5
IMO:

In no particular order...

Survivor Type
Suffer the Little Children
Gramma
The Raft
Children of the Corn


There are several on this Final List that, frankly, I can't imagine why they are even an option.

That said.
My favorite from this list is Lunch at the Gothic Cafe. But, I don't feel compelled to vote for it, because it would be much further down on my personal list. And there are a couple on here that I felt were the absolute worst from their respective collections.

Also is Dolan's Cadillac not a novella? If not, then I definitely would expect to see the Mist here.

[mae]

Dolan's Cadillac is a novella. You can vote for it at the separate novella/novelette award poll.

[stone, rose, unfound door]

Well, not even the top 3 short stories are on this list. So I refuse to vote.

Same here. How did the stories get chosen?

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Well, not even the top 3 short stories are on this list. So I refuse to vote.

Same here. How did the stories get chosen?


By nomination, and seconding, thirding, etc. Best possible method for producing good results, but I disagree with the results none the less.

[stone, rose, unfound door]

Well, not even the top 3 short stories are on this list. So I refuse to vote.

Same here. How did the stories get chosen?


By nomination, and seconding, thirding, etc. Best possible method for producing good results, but I disagree with the results none the less.

Thanks. I wish I could've been around to pick the ones I liked best :(
I'm sorry everyone but I can't vote for any of these. I really didn't find these near good enough to be considered "Best short story".

[Jean]

bears are surprised that Lunch at the Gotham Café hasn't gotten any votes so far...

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

My fav from the list is Lunch at the Gotham Cafe, but for reasons above, I havent voted. I may vote at the end to break the tie if necessary.

[Girlystevedave]

Strawberry Spring. :wub:
I read this story when I was pretty young, and it's what made me really appreciate the magic of literature.

[Jean]

1408 is winning, but not very convincingly

more votes! more votes!!!

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[Sam]

Ah, but the stories that are right behind it are very worthy ones. The Man in the Black Suit is my favorite among King's short stories.

[Girlystevedave]

The votes are really scattered in this category.

[mae]

The votes are really scattered in this category.

I'm hoping we can revise the appended categories voting procedures for the future, so that we don't end up with a 10-choice final.

[Jean]

I entirely rely on your guidance here, pablo. I don't have experience enough to know which way is more likely to yield a satisfactory result, so I hope to have worked out the procedure together with you before the next season starts! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gifhttp://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gifhttp://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif