It's the time we've all been waiting for! This year, we had so many awesome ships and crews participating in LSS Round III! I hope everyone enjoyed the storytelling, worldbuilding, and collaborative writing! Of course, there will always be some rough seas ahead, but we had three ships that pulled through! As for all the other ships, you guys still did amazing, and you should be extremely proud of yourselves! Firstly, I just wanted to give a little shoutout to all the ships that participated in the event!
Registered LSS Ships:
Before the Wave Breaks - @soundofmind, @Carina, @SilverNight, @urbanhart.
Sailing With Strangers - @TheMythMaster, @LadyMysterio, @Omni, @APoltergeist, @KocoCoko
Voyage of the Starry Seas - @WeepingWisteria, @Ley, @KateHardy, @Spearmint, @chrysanthemumcentury.
Dunegons and Detectives - @Plume, @RavenAkuma, @yoshi, @RangerofIthilien
Once Upon a Time - @EllieMae, @JazzicusMaximus, @LuminescentAnt, @Inferno, @NadyaStatham, @Valkyria
Above a Red Moon - @ScarlettFire, @Razor, @22Midnight
Total Party Kill - @Griffinkeeper, @Snoink, @Book, @TheGolux, @Ichthys
And our only Pirate Ship:
Everywhere in a Toy Store - @OrabellaAvenue, @LucidNightmare
Now... For some long awaited statistics!
The total word count for all Registered, competing LSS Ships this year was an outstanding: 992,634 words! Which is absolutely amazing! Though, I'm not shocked. We have some pretty talented and inspired writers on YWS, if I do say so myself. ;)
If you'd like to compare this number (992,634) to other popular books,
All 7 Books in the Harry Potter Series: 1,084,170
The Hunger Games (Full Series): 301,583
Lord of the Rings (Full Series) 550,147
As you all can see, we hit some major milestones here! Everyone should be extremely proud of themselves, so let's give all the crews a round of applause!
If you'd like to compare this number (992,634) to other popular books,
All 7 Books in the Harry Potter Series: 1,084,170
The Hunger Games (Full Series): 301,583
Lord of the Rings (Full Series) 550,147
As you all can see, we hit some major milestones here! Everyone should be extremely proud of themselves, so let's give all the crews a round of applause!
The Rewards!
3rd Place
Finalist Trophy
Bronze Trophy
Bronze Trophy
2nd Place
Finalist Trophy
Silver Trophy
Silver Trophy
1st Place
Title of the Last Ship Sailing
Place in the YWS Big Book of Records
Finalist Trophy
Gold Trophy
Place in the YWS Big Book of Records
Finalist Trophy
Gold Trophy
The Award Ceremony!
Now, since I've given you the statistics, acknowledged all the ships, and told all of you wonderful rewards, here's our winners! Drumroll please......
3rd Place
Voyage of the Starry Seas
Tsunami Count: 405 Words
Total Count: 303,374 Words
@WeepingWisteria - Captain
@Ley
@KateHardy
@Spearmint
@chrysanthemumcentury
Tsunami Count: 405 Words
Total Count: 303,374 Words
@WeepingWisteria - Captain
@Ley
@KateHardy
@Spearmint
@chrysanthemumcentury
2nd Place
Total Party Kill
Tsunami Count: 16,596 Words
Total Count: 85,409 Words
@Griffinkeeper - Captain
@Snoink
@Book
@TheGolux
@Ichthys
Tsunami Count: 16,596 Words
Total Count: 85,409 Words
@Griffinkeeper - Captain
@Snoink
@Book
@TheGolux
@Ichthys
1st Place
Before the Wave Breaks
Tsunami Count: 89,284 Words
Total Count: 475,932 Words
@soundofmind - Captain
@Carina
@SilverNight
@urbanhart
Tsunami Count: 89,284 Words
Total Count: 475,932 Words
@soundofmind - Captain
@Carina
@SilverNight
@urbanhart
You should all recieve your badges soon! Lets wish all the winners congrats on this huge accomplishment! This competition was definitely a hike, but we got to the top of the mountain eventually. I'm so proud of every single person that participated :3
