Spring Thing 2011 results

[Greg Boettcher]

The voting is finished for Spring Thing 2011, and the results are in:

1. The Lost Islands of Alabaz, by Michael Gentry
2. Bonehead, by Sean M. Shore
3. Wetlands, by Clara Raubertas
4. Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis, by One of the Bruces and Drunken
Bastard
5. The Promise, by Sean Huxter
6. Hallow Eve, by Michael Wayne Phipps Jr.

For a more detailed statistical breakdown of the results, see the
Spring Thing 2011 home page:
http://www.springthing.net/2011/

Several voters remarked that the games were consistently of high
quality this year. And the voting scores were as close as ever. I hope
all the authors feel good about participating in the competition.

We also had a record turnout of voters. I hope that those who played
the games feel free to post their thoughts about them here or else
send them directly to the authors. Authors are always looking for
feedback on the games they've written.

And of course this has also been a record year as far as Spring Thing
prizes. For details on the prize breakdown, see:
http://www.springthing.net/2011/prizes.htm

Authors, I'll be getting back to you later today about prizes.

So all in all, it's been a very successful year. I'll certainly plan
on doing it again next year!

Greg