Stealing the Spotlight
In Eclipse acrostic poem challenge
Every chance I get to shine bright, I can
Count on you to ruin my best moment
Lurking like a shadowy villain, you
Invade my space and darken my limelight
Painful as your upstaging is, I feel
Saddened by your frantic need for favor
Even as crowds applaud your thievery
About the Creator
Heather Hagy
Stephen King fan (but not like Annie "I'm your #1 fan" Wilkes cuz I'm sane and she's not)
Horror/supernatural are my favorite writing genres
Wife to 1 and mom to 4 humans, 4 dogs, 6 cats, and a dragon
"Jaws" is the greatest movie ever
Reader insights
Outstanding
Excellent work. Looking forward to reading more!
Top insights
Compelling and original writing
Creative use of language & vocab
Heartfelt and relatable
The story invoked strong personal emotions
Easy to read and follow
Well-structured & engaging content
Excellent storytelling
Original narrative & well developed characters
Masterful proofreading
Zero grammar & spelling mistakes
On-point and relevant
Writing reflected the title & theme
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The Ritual of Winter Challenge Winners
Welcome to the Winners Announcement for The Ritual of Winter challenge. This prompt focused on winter rituals and the meaning that settles into them over time. The top pieces stay grounded in ordinary acts and repeated routines, letting winter shape the work through pace, attention, and restraint.
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Comments (14)
Congrats on Top Story!🥳🥳🥳
This has such great imagery! Congrats on top story!
Great story congratulations
Congrats on top story! Excellent take on the prompt!
Congratulations on the top story.
I like this, Heather. Great use of the meaning of the word eclipse and this has resentment in spades!
wow. powerful acrostic. Congratulations on Top Story!
Sounds like a narcissist betrayal poem. Really well done
I really like this one. Great job! Congrats on TS!
The first line feels so hopeful and the second smashes it down. Amazing emotion in this. Congrats on the Top Story!
Good job!
Pathetic theatre kid here. Felt. Keep it up!
Love the different perspective.
We all know someone like that