Vocal Bonus Leaderboard: 06/19/2024

Welcome to the weekly update of the Leaderboard! We're thrilled to showcase Vocal's most discussed stories, popular picks, and rising stars. Here are this past week's standout contributors and their remarkable achievements.

A reminder of some ground rules we use to formulate the Leaderboard:

The time period of data analyzed for each weekly Leaderboard is collected from 12:00am Wednesday - 11:59pm Tuesday ET each week.

Creators can only win one place in one category on the leaderboard.

Creators cannot win the same category two consecutive weeks.

Creators will win the category that they placed the highest in. However, if the category they placed the highest in is the category they won the previous week, and they placed in another category in a lower place, they will win the category that they did not place in the previous week, in the lower place.

✨ Most Discussed Stories this Week ✨

Here are this week's top stories that have sparked the most comments with their engaged readers.

🏆 Winners

🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): Dharrsheena Raja Segarran - Oneirodynia

🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): Lamar Wiggins - Destinations

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): Kendall Defoe - Broken Glass

Honorable Mentions are the stories that had the most comments without being selected as a Top Story. They will each receive a $3 Bonus.

🌟 Honorable Mentions

Cathy holmes - The Seventh Day

L.C. Schäfer - One Lazy Sunday

Hannah Moore - What Dreams May Come

Matthew Fromm - My Self-Critique of My Writing Battle Entry

Heather Hubler - to wither and bloom

✨ Popular Stories with the Most Likes this Week ✨

These are the stories that captured hearts (literally) and commanded admiration.

🏆 Winners

🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): Christy Munson - Never Alone

🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): Proud ViM Productions - Letters to Our Queer Youth

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): Rachel Deeming - Change (tie)

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): Kelli Sheckler-Amsden - Til Death (tie)

✨ Most Subscribed to Creators this Week ✨

These creators have shown they have what it takes to build a following, attracting the most new subscribers this week.

🏆 Winners

🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): Esala Gunathilake

🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): Cindy Calder

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): Melissa Ingoldsby

✨ Most Supportive Commenters this Week ✨

The pillars of our community, these creators excel in uplifting others by leaving the most comments.

🏆 Winners

🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): Andrea Corwin

🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): D.K. Shepard

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): Babs Iverson

✨ Emerging Creators✨

These creators have joined the platform within the last 90 days and achieved the highest combined likes and comments on their story, showcasing their rapidly growing impact on the community.

🏆 Winners

🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): Alyce Willow - I still know you, right?

🥈 Second Place ($10 Bonus): angela hepworth - I’m Not Happy (I’m Lost)

🥉 Third Place ($5 Bonus): The Cafecito - The Girl At The Front Row

Each winner will receive a well-deserved bonus in their Vocal Wallets within the next 72 hours.

Congratulations to all the winners! Your creativity and dedication to the craft continues to inspire. Here's to another week of fantastic reads.