Winners and Special Awards

Hey, fellas! We are back with the results of the contest - in record time, if I may add! 

Firstly, I'd like to thank all of you for participating so enthusiastically and giving our judges such a tough time  To work within a certain framework and put your precious work out there to be judged anonymously takes a lot of courage, and I applaud all the participants for their fire and sheer love for writing. Whatever the results may be, please carry the same zeal in all your stories as they are worth much more than a contest.

I would also like to thank the wonderful judges of Barso Re - tournesol and Viswasruti. They were my backstage cheerleaders and worked tirelessly to get the results out faster. Moreover, they truly cared about the stories and gave their full attention to the tiny, special details in each one.

We received so many amazing entries that it was difficult to choose just a couple of winners. So, to honor some fabulous entries, we present to you

Best Story Concept Award

A Monsoon Soaked Melody by So-So for Best Story Concept

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Pearls Of Wonder by oye_nakhrewaali for Best Story Concept

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Creative Drizzle Award

Of Rains, Storms and Heartbeats by Bee222 for Creativity

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Come Rain or Come Shine by DelusionsOfNeha for Creativity

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Best Story Title Award

Of Rains, Storms and Heartbeats by Bee222 for the Best Title

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Spotlight Award

Polar Opposites by BlurredLines for a well-written story

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In the Same Rain by frostedstarlit for a well-written story

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Most Promising Writer Award

Shri_12 for being a writer with great potential

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Congratulations, everyone! 

Much love to Sevenstreaks for making such gorgeous siggies!

And now, moving on to the star of this contest *cue drumrolls*

We present to you the winner of Barso Re! 

Smile by Wildest Dreams 

"The writer paints pictures with her words. Beautiful, vivid description of the rain and an introspective mind."

It Hurts Like Hell by WildestDreams

"Beautifully written. Some of the descriptions in the story have a very deep philosophical meaning."

"The author of this narrative did a wonderful job of conveying all the tragedy and sad circumstances in a suggestive way, without providing a distinct picture. This gave the theme a dignity that was well appreciated."

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Congratulations, Parm!  Well deserved! 

But wait, it's not over yet 

There is a tie!  

The joint winner of this contest is

Love Conquers All by oye_nakhrewaali 

"Loved Savitri's characterization in the story, how she is a strong, loving and determined woman right from the start. She is the driving force of the entire story and rightfully so."

"This is the best story that has ever been written without any doubt! The writer has displayed exceptional maturity as an author as well as a lady while defining the true feelings of a princess while in love and in distress, by choosing apt words and phraseology to give a death theme a new life."

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Heartiest congratulations to all the winners! 

Lots of pyaar to Animagus_Shiri for creating the winners' siggies and tags! 

Before we sign off, we would like to thank each writer who participated in this contest. The below siggies, created by the talented Sevenstreaks, are a token of our regard for your beautiful work  

A special note of appreciation for SEA05 for writing so well in a language foreign to her 

SEA05 

"Despite belonging to a country where English is not as widely used, the writer creates beautiful imagery with her words. Hope she writes more because there is a lot of potential in her writing."

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 AWolfAndParrot 

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BrhannadaArmour

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sxursaep MaDiee

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MaDiee

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tellyme

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PangaNaLe

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SummerBorn

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DazzlingLight

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Till next time,