so the very first award conceived for this challenge was this one: first place, the top point-earning participant. i have to admit, though, we never really expected the points to get so high, or for the race for first to stay neck and neck until the very last minute. it was so exciting! and a bit of a last-minute upset, too, like all great contests.
with a total of
sixty two stories read, earning
SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THREE points,
twasadark is our overall
amplificathon winner!

i think it's appropriate here to take a moment to recognize something else that
twasadark excelled at throughout this challenge: encouraging other readers (and the mods). we all know it takes energy to pat each other on the back, and i know that we all try - and sometimes we can manage it, and sometimes we can't.
twasadark really went above and beyond, making good suggestions, helpful comments, and piping up with awesome cheerleading. so. we don't have a prize for that. but here you go! international recognition:
twasadark is fully and completely made of awesome.
twasadark's prizes include the lovely graphic seen above, donated by
cybel, and an anthology of her
amplificathon recordings, selected by the
podmod team and
cybel, encoded by and with a cover created and donated by
cybel! (erm, there are other prizes too! they just aren't ready yet. :p also - the cover you see below is a variation! the one in the actual podbook is even more awesome!)

download -
regular version -
click to download (145.1 MB)
smaller file size version -
click to download (72.2 MB)
running time - 5:08:07
(these two files are the same except for the bitrate - you may or may not be able to hear a difference in quality.)
( track listing )\o/ YAY
twasadark! \o/
thank you and congratulations!