![pic1.png111.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPGi1PovYzLejdWMDuNhaSp2m7xe9AFDNzGxKooSeQb8m/pic1.png111.png) Hello, my dear fellow Steemians, I welcome you to our third weekly report of the "Steemit Learning Challenge Season 24 Week 3", organized by the Team Wordsmiths. This was the third week of the challenge, and as expected, a few participants made a few mistakes. However, we ignored the entries with few words here or there but the ones that went over 300 or even more received lesser marks. This week, we received a total of 50 entries, and we consider all of them valid, even if a few strayed from the line but they suffered as they received lower marks for not following the rules, especially for posting in other communities that we marked as NC. Thankfully we received no entry with a high percentage of AI use. ![Cover image week 3.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYxBgmfw6hjgbm3aidBagHQiF3tpdwz9n6MFAGdU6yK16/Cover%20image%20week%203.png) [Check the contest post](https://steemit.com/fictions24wk3/@senehasa/29tnet-wordsmiths-fiction-week-3-the-last-photo-or-steemit-challenge-season-24) ### Participation Statistics ###### Total number of entries: 50 ![seagull-1635657_1280.jpg123.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYsPKXmZ5jwXBygcKNatAVxhAL4kH38AGDSa7PGGDzoSF/seagull-1635657_1280.jpg123.jpg) Highest Score: 9.25/10 Lowest Score: 4.00/10 ##### Countries at a glance ![Screenshot (3045).png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmV4aS336HcMCvnSJNuLUiWCqWVWknasiSgzB6A4hhT34z/Screenshot%20(3045).png) Majority of posters were from: ![Screenshot (3044).png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmP1Enxc9pTD9nHPTY7wFKM4WeakC7ttKiv9DVQZtvDPKj/Screenshot%20(3044).png) *Venezuela *Nigeria *Pakistan Post moderation stats ![Screenshot (3046).png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTx59WDkpiDs3KavGJZwSGm2ZEwUz2erm9F1TdLx7adBA/Screenshot%20(3046).png) ![banana-leaf-910810_960_720.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmb43m4pVhxPEyDYe89gSoZb4G7s8ikKwqKVyfEjHubVKs/banana-leaf-910810_960_720.jpg) ##### Conclusion We consider the Steemit Learning Challenge Season 24 Week 3 was a success, and most participants did justice to the prompt provided by our team. I would like to mention here that fiction writing is non-factual texts but it should make sense. Fictional writing is produced as a story meant to entertain or convey an author's point of view but some of contestants went overboard so what could be a great theme lost midway. Moreover, if you are writing a prompt-based story, few of our contestants gave it a different turn that did not meet our expectations. We chose fictional story writing as the subject of our challenge, and we are happy that we met this challenge to a great extant. I am here with a hearty thank you to all contributors for their quality stories. The number of entries shows that the participants displayed their skill in writing in Fiction Niche, and we are hopeful the number of participants will increase in the coming weeks. Unfortunately one of our teammate sur-riti resigned as he was unable to perform his duty due to sickness yet our team did their best evaluation based on set criteria of content: story setting and word-building, originality, formatting, presentation, uniqueness, and, of course, rule-following. It was not easy, but we selected our top 6 winners purely based on points obtained. The Winners of the Week ![Screenshot (3047).png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmP25P9FkJRtjFbzKDZvX3XatG9e6TyX1DazfauUTakU5j/Screenshot%20(3047).png) Congratulations to the winners for their efforts, imagination, and story-building ability. ##### Summary of the winners ![banana-leaf-910810_960_720.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmb43m4pVhxPEyDYe89gSoZb4G7s8ikKwqKVyfEjHubVKs/banana-leaf-910810_960_720.jpg)

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Post-1 @marvinvelasquez [The post is live for the next 3 days](https://steemit.com/fictions24wk3/@marvinvelasquez/wordsmiths-fiction-week-3-season-24-the-last-photo) El mayor de los veteranos detuvo al grupo, no sabían a qué se enfrentarían. Aunque en apariencia era una persona sola la que estaba ahí, la leyenda de la bruja estaba tan arraigada a sus creencias que recomendó tomar precauciones. Uno de ellos rodearía la zona para cerciorarse de si la joven desaparecida estaba dentro de la cabaña, los otros se mantendrían a una distancia prudencial en caso de que este fuera descubierto para auxiliarlo. Moderator: @dove11

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@tahispadron [This post is live for the next four days](https://steemit.com/fictions24wk3/@tahispadron/wordsmiths-fiction-week-3-season-24-the-last-photo) Los chicos seguían caminando, dando vuelta y buscando esa casa que ya su amiga le había comentado de su existencia, pero por todas las cosas que ella le había comentado, jamás pensaron que ella se atrevía a adentrarse en este lugar de tanto misterio. Moderator @dove11 ![banana-leaf-910810_960_720.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmb43m4pVhxPEyDYe89gSoZb4G7s8ikKwqKVyfEjHubVKs/banana-leaf-910810_960_720.jpg) Post-3

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@kouba01 [This post is live for the next ](https://steemit.com/fictions24wk3/@kouba01/wordsmiths-fiction-week-3-the-last-photo-or-steemit-challenge-season-24) The memory card contained a series of sublime shots, capturing the slanting light of a foggy morning, the blurry flight of a deer, a butterfly frozen in mid-wings and, at the very end, an image so strange, so charged with an almost palpable tension, that those who saw it could not suppress a shudder. Moderator @waqarahmadshah ![banana-leaf-910810_960_720.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmb43m4pVhxPEyDYe89gSoZb4G7s8ikKwqKVyfEjHubVKs/banana-leaf-910810_960_720.jpg) Post-4

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@cruzamilcar63 [This post is live for the next three days](https://steemit.com/fictions24wk3/@cruzamilcar63/wordsmiths-fiction-semana-3-temporada-24-la-ultima-foto) Allí, debajo de un abovedado bosquecillo de buganvilias se encontraba la muchacha. Tenía heridas en la cara, pronunciados rasguños en los brazos y el pie derecho escandalosamente amoratado; todos temieron lo peor, pero seguía con vida y estaba consciente. ![banana-leaf-910810_960_720.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmb43m4pVhxPEyDYe89gSoZb4G7s8ikKwqKVyfEjHubVKs/banana-leaf-910810_960_720.jpg) Post-5

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@luisito01 [The post is live for the next 4 days](https://steemit.com/fictions24wk3/@luisito01/6kn8ml-wordsmiths-fiction-week-3-season-24-the-last-photo) Al llegar abajo, todo eso era basura, además de que se escuchaban susurros muy extraños. Paulo siguió adelante, y Mateo se quedó cerca de las escaleras, por cualquier aviso. Mateo vio que en el piso de tierra había pisadas, así que las siguió, pero en eso vio nuevamente a aquella figura de la foto. La piel se le puso de gallina, y quedó muy sorprendido con aquella figura. Era horrible, y más cuando las veías en persona, Mateo no se rindió, y cambió su rumbo. Moderator @waqarahmadshah ![banana-leaf-910810_960_720.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmb43m4pVhxPEyDYe89gSoZb4G7s8ikKwqKVyfEjHubVKs/banana-leaf-910810_960_720.jpg) Post-6

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@evagavilan [The post is live for the next 2 days](https://steemit.com/fiction-s24wk3/@evagavilan/wordsmiths-fiction-semana-3-temporada-24-la-ultima-foto) A Nadeesha le encantaba la fotografía de vida silvestre. Cada fin de semana, llevaba su cámara y se adentraba en el bosque cercano a su aldea. Esperaba en silencio durante horas para capturar animales en su comportamiento natural. Tiene muchísimas colecciones, como un leopardo bostezando, un ciervo bebiendo agua o un pájaro alimentando a sus polluelos. Moderator @senehasa ![banana-leaf-910810_960_720.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmb43m4pVhxPEyDYe89gSoZb4G7s8ikKwqKVyfEjHubVKs/banana-leaf-910810_960_720.jpg) Best Regards from Team Wordsmiths, @dove11 @waqarahmadshah @senehasa sur-riti has resigned based on health grounds. [Datasheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w1mf5SvA5BGwnS-t0x0HCcK6MlWNnWss4WsEkgvLspw/edit?gid=0#gid=0) Cc. @steemitblog