Thank you to everyone who submitted entries to The Green Study’s “Positive Happy Nice Story” Contest. What I enjoyed most about reading the entries were the diverse perspectives in what brings joy, not just in the experiencing of something, but in the retelling as well.
In addition to the top three winners, I’ve added 3 honorable mentions and thrown in some prizes for fun. The six essays selected will be published on this blog over the next few weeks.
1st Prize goes to Kiri at The Dust Season for “A Happily-Ever-After Story Involving Break-ins and Police Action”. She will be sent one Green Study Coffee Mug and a cheesy Minnesota postcard. I will also make a $100 donation to her local American Red Cross Chapter.
2nd Prize goes to Ross at Drinking Tips for Teens for “The Secret Side-Effect of Kindness”. He will be sent one Green Study Coffee Mug and an extraneous Minnesota postcard. I will also make a $75 donation to the Canadian Red Cross.
3rd Prize goes to Cezanne at Pugaddinilgab for “The Love of a Grandfather”. She will be sent one Green Study Coffee Mug and a silly Minnesota postcard. I will also make a $50 donation to the Red Cross International Disaster Response fund.
Honorable Mentions: These three entries, listed in no particular order, included a philosophical storyteller, a doctor who cares, and a paean to love. Diverse and expressive, I couldn’t leave them out. I will publish each of these as guest posts to my blog, send them a Green Study Coffee Mug, goofy Minnesota postcard and donate $25 each to the American Red Cross on their behalf of their local Red Cross Chapter or their International Disaster Response fund.
Bill at pinklightsabre with “The Expectations of Joy”.
Catherine at Healing Through Connections with “Don’t Give Up!”.
Alison at Adventures in Wonderland with “Sometimes We Take for Granted Those Who are Most Important to Us”.
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Congratulations to everyone! I can’t wait to read the posts.
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Congrats to the winners! Can’t wait to read them. Have a great weekend.
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Congrats all… Waiting to read the entries😀
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Thank you, Michelle!! So looking forward to reading these posts, and now I know which blogs to visit this weekend!! Happy Friday and thank you so much again, for hosting this forum on happiness! 😊
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You’re welcome and congrats!
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PS – I sent you an email regarding publishing date, etc. Sometimes The Green Study emails end up in people’s spam folders. Let me know if you haven’t received anything from me – thanks!
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Thanks Michelle, I will check! Have a great weekend! 😊
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You too!
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Congrats to the winners! A little bit of positive energy is definitely welcome!
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Thank you for hosting Michelle. It’s a really smart and nice offset to the other content swimming around in this sea of (insert metaphor here). Your readers and contributors made some nice, sparkly looking objects I am sure. Bill
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Congratulations to all the winners! And thank you Michelle for including me. I look forward to reading them all. I’ll take all the positive energy I can get!
Alison
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Cheers to all the participants, and to the winners. More ‘Positive Happy Nice Things’ are needed in the general realm of the Out There, so well done, I say. 🙂
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Wow elated. Thank you Michelle for hosting. Thinking the positive experiences indeed inspires in gloomy days.
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I’ve sent you an email regarding your entry (when it gets published here, etc.) – also details on how to get your mug. Sometimes The Green Study emails end up in spam files, so let me know if you have not gotten anything from me. Thanks and congrats!
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I am sorry but I have not received an email. Please resend.
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I’ve just re-sent it. Let me know if you don’t receive it and we’ll figure out something else. Thanks for your patience!
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Is it self-serving to like this? Oh, who cares! LIKE!
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