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CONTEST: Time to pick the grand prize winner!

10:59 am August 11, 2009, by JG

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School is back in session and summer’s winding down. Just one more thing to do before we pack away the beach toys, bring the boat home from the lake and put the luggage back in the closet.

We’ve read your travel stories. Now we need to award the grand prize.

Since June, we’ve been reading your vacation stories about different topics, then voting on which was best. Now, it’s time for one more vote to decide which of the finalists will win the three-night stay at the AAA Five Diamond rated Ponte Vedra Inn & Club.

This luxurious oceanside escape is 20 miles southeast of Jacksonville, Fla., and stretches along the sparkling blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Read more about the resort, and the grand prize here.

Thanks to all of you who have submitted stories, and to all of you who have voted, too. We’ve had a great summer, but someone’s is about to get better! Read the winning entries, then cast your vote for the best travel story of them all!

Which travel story should win the grand prize?

  • Vegas Nights story: Mistaken Identity (37%, 357 Votes)
  • Summer Camp story: Arts & Crafts accident (34%, 331 Votes)
  • Family Trip story: Pull my finger (17%, 161 Votes)
  • Romantic Travel story: We met at a hostel in Rome (9%, 88 Votes)
  • Vacation Horror story: The eye, the rat & the parasite (3%, 24 Votes)

Total Voters: 961

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21 comments Add your comment

Margaret Dunstan

August 12th, 2009
7:48 am

love it!

Glenda Godefroy

August 12th, 2009
10:31 am

Well done!

Emily Sullivan

August 14th, 2009
7:39 am

Vote for Vegas baby!!

PASTEL

August 14th, 2009
3:35 pm

Honestly, all the stories were pretty lame. Didn’t someone out there have anything better or exciting happen to them?

Jennifer Mathis

August 14th, 2009
3:37 pm

Vote for Arts & Crafts Accident!

Kim

August 14th, 2009
9:41 pm

Seriously the Pull my Finger was hilarious, can’t we all relate to this one??? I have 2 brothers…imagine!

Louisa Dasher

August 15th, 2009
3:20 am

“Arts and Crafts Accident” is the best…well-written, funny, entertaining!

Larry Russell

August 15th, 2009
9:10 am

My vote is for Pull my Finger. I had a similar experience as well. Great job Mr. Ed Fussell

Bonnie

August 15th, 2009
9:39 am

Vote for the camp mishap: well-written and something even the “ancients” in our lives can relate to!!!
Best of luck!!

Cris

August 17th, 2009
10:33 am

Pull my finger brings back some great memories for me as well.

Karen F

August 17th, 2009
11:30 am

loved the Arts and Crafts Accident!!

M. Gamez

August 17th, 2009
12:06 pm

Yes, sounds familar. Funny.

Curtis

August 17th, 2009
12:48 pm

I vote for Pull My Finger!!!!

Florence

August 17th, 2009
2:13 pm

“We met at a hostel” — delicious! Makes me want to pack my suitcase!

Jeanne

August 17th, 2009
5:39 pm

When does this contest/voting end? I wanna see a winner and let’s move on. Can’t the editor blog the answer to this burning question?

cynthia bowles davis

August 17th, 2009
6:13 pm

Hope Sarah wins!

Courtney Waite Smith

August 17th, 2009
7:59 pm

GO SARAH!

Laura Sherrouse

August 17th, 2009
11:33 pm

Arts & Crafts (the one to vote for)reminds me of my one and only camp trip. Somebody closed a door shut and locked it while my finger was in the jam! Lost the nail shrtly thereafter!

Mary Kraack

August 18th, 2009
8:43 am

Vegas twins should have asked the man if they could bring their children along!

Chris Key

August 18th, 2009
10:26 am

I can’t find where to vote for the Vegas Story…HELP?!?!?!

Wesley

August 18th, 2009
2:04 pm

Fussell you are brilliant! Once again you have stimulated the minds of America’s youth. Who would’ve though a Distinguished Professor could come up with such literary genious! Was this composed over hot wings and brews? Bravo Bravo!!! This rivals all poll training stories!