Vocal Bonus Leaderboard: 08/27/2025
Celebrating creativity, engagement, and community building on Vocal.

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.
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. Only top level comments and replies by Vocal+ creators will count, comments or replies by the story author will be excluded. You donβt need to be Vocal+ to appear on the leaderboard. You can appear on the Leaderboard once per week. You can appear on the Leaderboard multiple weeks in a row. No AI generated content.
β¨ Most Discussed Stories this Week β¨
Here are the stories that have sparked the most comments with their engaged readers this week.
π Winners
π₯ First Place ($20 Bonus): Matthew Fromm - Honor
π₯ Second Place ($15 Bonus): JBaz - Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
π₯ Third Place ($10 Bonus): Paul Stewart - Trusting Your Gut in Writing Competitions
π Forth Place ($8 Bonus): Sandy Gillman - My Bedroom Puppet Master
π Fifth Place ($5 Bonus): Lamar Wiggins - Boomerang
π Honorable Mentions ($3 bonus)
Raymond G. Taylor - We gotta get outa this fix
Susan FourtanΓ© - Dancing in a fog
Novel Allen - π«±π«² The Parable of the Left and Right Hands.
Rick Henry Christopher - Miss Gloria Hits the Catwalk (Part One)
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. Here's to another week of excellent writing and reads.
About the Creator
Vocal Team
By creators, for creators.
Reader insights
Outstanding
Excellent work. Looking forward to reading more!
Top insights
Compelling and original writing
Creative use of language & vocab
Easy to read and follow
Well-structured & engaging content
Excellent storytelling
Original narrative & well developed characters
Expert insights and opinions
Arguments were carefully researched and presented
Eye opening
Niche topic & fresh perspectives
Heartfelt and relatable
The story invoked strong personal emotions
Masterful proofreading
Zero grammar & spelling mistakes
On-point and relevant
Writing reflected the title & theme




Comments (23)
Congratulations to All!
Nice
Thanks and kudos to all. For little things grow into big things. Have a great day.
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Congrats to everyone!!!
Congratulations to all
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Nice to know so many people on the leaderboard;)
Thank you everyone and congratulations to all
Congratulations guys! ππππππ
Congratulations to everyone!
Thanks for everyone's support π . Congratulations to all!
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Hey All, congratulations on your placements on the Leaderboard πππ
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Congratulations π π to everyone π₯°
And Thanks Vocal Media Team
Congrats to all
Congratulations to everyone! :)
Congratulations, one & all. β‘
Matt, Paul, and Lamar all showing us how itβs done π
Thank you and congrats to the other people. Well done to the Matty and JBaz taking the top spots and nice to see Sandy and Lamar in the top five too! Everyone else - well done!
Hey thanks for the support everyone!