FEBRUARY 19, 2016

 
                                          SCARLET LEAF REVIEW
                                                 NEWSLETTER
 
           Hello, dear readers and dear authors!
 
            All of you are extremely essential to the existence of this review and we would like to thank you, all of you, for helping us to keep it going.
 
          Today, we would like to announce the poets and authors that won the competition for January – please, keep in mind, the period for the competition was between January 15 and February 15 only.
 
          Initially, we thought of having only one winner for each category, however, it did not seem right. Not being aware that we could actually see how many readers a specific piece would have, we thought of taking into consideration the likes and comments, but as far as I can see 90% percent of the readers, if not more, do not leave comments or click on LIKE.
 
          Therefore, this month we decided to present the winners as it follows:
 
          POEMS

POSTHUMOUS PRIZE – MIHAI EMINESCU – over 6,000 readings
 
NEIL SLEVIN – 927 READERS; 99 LIKES; 14 COMMENTS

ROBIN WYATT DUNN – 468 READERS; 80 LIKES; 32 COMMENTS

MALGORZATA SKALBANIA – 422 READERS; 44 LIKES; 5 COMMENTS    

CRAIG KURTZ – 422 READERS; 2 LIKES

ANUJA GHIMIRE – 368 READERS; 8 LIKES; 32 COMMENTS
 


           PROSE – SHORT STORIES

WILLIAM QUINCY BELLE  “A BETTER MAN” – 927 READERS; 34 LIKES

JUSTIN ZIPPRICH  “THE WORLD IS FALLING APART” – 862 READERS; 139
                                                                                     LIKES; 6 COMMENTS

SCOTT HOTALING “SOLDIER” – 586 READERS (ON THE ENGLISH REVIEW);                                                            9 LIKES; 5 COMMENTS
                                                 642 READERS (ON THE ROMANIAN REVIEW);

ALEX CSEDRIK – “THE INTERVIEW” 585 READERS; 77 LIKES; 3 COMMENTS

ANNIS CASSELLS – “THE BLESSING” 573 READERS; 280 LIKES; 44                                                                                     COMMENTS
 

           PROSE – FANTASY AND S.F.

JEFF SULLINS – “LYNN’S ESCAPE” – 585 READERS; 10 LIKES; 18                                                                                        COMMENTS
 

              ART
MALGORZATA SKALBANIA – DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS           

RONY NAIR - PHOTOGRAPHY
 
 
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS!!!
 
HOWEVER, IN MY MIND, YOU ALL ARE WINNERS – ALL THE POETS AND THE WRITERS! YOU WON THE MOMENT YOU PUT YOUR PEN ON PAPER AND POURED YOUR THOUGHTS INTO WORDS FOR THE WORLD, SHARING EMOTIONS AND EXPERIENCES.

SO, TO YOU ALL, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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