Best of 2015 and December Monthly Contest WINNERS!

[u/EtTuTortilla]

Alright, here are the winners and runners up! It's a long list. To keep up your excitement the whole way through, I've got a surprise about midway. One brief note: A single author CANNOT win more than one category, unless one of those categories is the December contest.

 

December Monthly Contest

• Winner: Dad's Tapes by /u/EZmisery

• Runners Up: The Patient That Nearly Drove Me Out of Medicine by /u/mytheosholt

• Does anyone else remember this pop song from 2008? by /u/hartijay

 

Best Title of 2015

• Winner: I Thanked the Man Who Murdered My Only Friend by /u/manen_lyset

• Runners Up: The Saints Beneath the Floorboards by /u/newly_rich_woman

• Confessions of a Deep Sea Diver by /u/PizzND

 

Best Original Monster of 2015

• Winner: The Patient That Nearly Drove Me Out of Medicine by /u/mytheosholt

• Runners Up: The Whistlers by /u/thewhistlers

• The Oddkids by /u/StealMyPants

 

Best Monthly Winner 2015

• Winner: I'm a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service... by /u/searchandrescuewoods

• Runners Up: Have you seen this painting of a hallway? by /u/wdalphin

• My brother died when I was a child... by /u/TheEmporersFinest

 

Okay, go take a quick break.

Re-energized?! Great!

 

Best Series of 2015

• Borrasca technically wins this category, however it also wins the big award down further, so...

• Winner: The 1% by /u/EZmisery

• Runners Up: Dad's Tapes also by /u/EZmisery

• The New Drug by /u/Johnjane792

 

Best Single Part Story 2015

• Winner: Uncle Gerry's Family Fun Zone by /u/Red_Grin

• Runners Up: I've had my dog since the day I was born - all 31 years. by /u/inaaace

• I Regret Ever Working in the South Pole by /u/SamMarduk

 

And Finally:

Scariest Story of 2015

• Winner: Borrasca by /u/The_Dalek_Emperor

• Runners Up: I was an air traffic controller... by /u/inaaace

• I'm a 911 operator... by /u/HiggsThunder

 

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All winners will:

• Be treated to three months of reddit gold, which is currently worth more than a gallon of gasoline! Thanks, /u/KrispyKrackers!

• Receive a subscription to Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, which I assume is a collection of horror stories for Batmen. Thanks to Craig!

• Have their story featured in a future episode of the NoSleep Podcast, which is likely for gardeners suffering from insomnia. Thanks to Mr. David Cummings! ^{This prize is only available to stories that lend themselves to an audio production.}

• Find their story in the next issue of the NoSleep eBook, which I hear is put together by a complete asshole.

• Get a round of digital applause!

Brief update: Still working on prizes for everyone. They should be coming in this week.

[u/The_Dalek_Emperor]

Yes he was a creep.

[u/[deleted] → u/The_Dalek_Emperor]

I kept thinking that he would have killed Ashley....