Vocal Bonus Leaderboard: 12/28/2025
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Welcome to our weekly Leaderboard update! We're delighted to highlight Vocal's most popular stories. Join us as we recognize this week's standout contributors and their remarkable achievements.
This will be the final Leaderboard update of the year, we'll be back at it January 7, 2026. Wishing everyone a happy holiday season.
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✨ Most Discussed Stories this Week ✨
Here are the stories that have sparked the most comments with their engaged readers this week.
🏆 Winners
🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): Caitlin Charlton - The absence of fire
🥈 Second Place ($15 Bonus): Paul Stewart - That Same Old Refrain
🥉 Third Place ($10 Bonus): Harper Lewis - Painting the Dress
🏅 Forth Place ($8 Bonus): Matthew J. Fromm - The Last Hearth
🏅 Fifth Place ($5 Bonus): Tiffany Gordon - You're Almost There...
🌟 Honorable Mentions ($3 bonus)
S. A. Crawford - Confession: I am Not Nice
Susan Payton - The Challenges
Rick Henry Christopher - Mute Marches
Sara Wilson - HUMAN Content for HUMAN Readers
Caroline Jane - Ante-Christmas
Each winner will receive a well-deserved bonus in their Vocal Wallets within the next 72 hours.
Congratulations to all the winners! We love what you bring to the table at Vocal.
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I’m a passionate writer who believes words have the power to inspire, heal, and challenge perspectives. On Vocal, I share stories, reflections, and creative pieces that explore real emotions, human experiences, and meaningful ideas.
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Hope is the thing with feathers
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm. I’ve heard it in the chillest land, And on the strangest sea; Yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me.
By The best writer 22 days ago in Poets
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