Hello friends! YOU MADE IT! We’re celebrating the finales for Summer of Stories and Avenue of Art 2022 today!! 🤩

I loved seeing you guys let your creativity shine this summer! You wrote fantastic stories and created great artwork. You tried making new things and explored inspiration! Thanks for taking part in these contests!

🌷 Here’s a refresher on all the Summer of Stories posts this year:

• SOS opening ceremony + 1st prompt
• 2nd prompt
• 3rd prompt
• 4th prompt

Now let’s wrap up the 4th prompt!

writeflow, diamond, d, writeflow, kaashvi, akshita, and vivianne submitted haikus for the final prompt of Summer of Stories!

This week’s judge’s pick is…

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🥁

Akshita! 😍 Congrats!!

Judge’s Pick 🐚

With Sandy gleaming shells
And the breeze in my hair
I get lost in the sun

~ credit to Akshita @ Anthology of Akshita’s Thoughts

🌊 final scores
for SOS 🌊

• dhriti: 10 / 15 / x / x
• kaashvi: 10 / 15 / 10 / 10
• d: 13 / 15 / 10 / 10
• writeflow: 10 / 15 / 10 / 10
• m!a: 10 / 15 / x / x
• diamond: 10 / 15 / x / 10
• vivianne: 10 / 15 / 10 / 10
• sawyer: 10 / x / x / x
• sassysummer: 10 / 15 / 10 / x
• liz: 10 / x / x / x
• kaley: 10 / 15 / x / x
• akshita: 10 / 15 / x / 15
• sateja: 10 / 18 / x / x

I’ve reached out to Evin about the final scores for Avenue of Art! I’m not sure when the finale for AOA will be posted, it should either be today or tomorrow.

AND NOW we’ll move on to the award ceremony!
After that, we’ll recognize all the participants
and give out a gift to everyone 😍

3rd place winner 🥉

A huge congratulations to…
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….
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Akshita!

evin and i will
send you the free
wallpapers and bookmarks
we made for you! 😍

I definitely recommend you check out Anthology of Akshita’s Thoughts! She shares book reviews, wonderful poetry, and her content will really liven up your Reader!

2nd place winner(s) 🥈

We literally have
3 people tied
for 2nd! 😂
Please give it
up for…
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Kaashvi,
Vivianne,
& Writeflow!

Kaashvi @ Admist // Admist is such a great, creative blog! This bookish post about the emotions of a reader was epic. 😄 The floral background on Admist looks so nice!

Vivianne @ Dollightful Friends // I’m a new follower! It’s so fun to read the posts you share – I love how close all of your dolls are! I really enjoyed this photoshoot with Evie and Lauren! The blog design is really pretty, and your photography’s amazing 💕

Writeflow // I really like the variety of content you share! A recent post that looks really cool is your Pinterest Tag. Your blog theme and design are such a nice shade of pink! 😍

Keep it up, guys! Y’all rock!

1st place winner 🥇

Alright guys!
It’s time to unveil
the WINNER!
A huge congrats to..
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D!

D!!! I already knew you were an incredible writer, but I seriously loved seeing your talent shine during this contest! 😍 Thank you so much for taking part – it was amazing to read more of your epic writings!

Reach out to me soon about your guest posting opportunity here on Maggie’s Doodles!

🌺 participant 🌺
🌺 badges! 🌺

awesome job,
participants!
🎉🎉🎉

dhriti
kaashvi
d
writeflow
m!a
diamond
vivianne
sawyer
sassysummer
liz
kaley
akshita
sateja

(Why did that look like the credits of an awesome movie rolling 😂)

PHEW we did it!! That was chaotically awesome! I totally didn’t spend 3+ hours on this post haha