And the winners of BAT 55 are

Twenty seven entrants and from them, nineteen returned to vote for their favorites. 23 out of 27 entries garnered at least one vote, which is good to see. I thank all of you for participating in this edition.

The results of Blog-a-Ton 55, here is the list of participants and the cheers they garnered:

As evident, here are the Blog-a-Tonics of the Month. Click on their names to read their respective entries.

GOLD BATOM	SILVER BATOM	BRONZE BATOM
Cifar	Animesh	Khushi
MARSHAL PICK	MARSHAL PICK	MARSHAL PICK
Vidhya	Gunjan	aativas

Congratulations to the well deserved winners (Cifar Shayar, Animesh Ganguly, Khushi, Vidhya, Gunjan and aativas).

Winners (including Marshal Pick) must drop an email to pendownmythought@gmail.com with their real name, phone number and address to claim their badges and books on or before 25 June 2015 EOD. Marshal Pick (Vidhya, Gunjan and Aativas) will receive flipkart.com voucher worth 500 INR sponsored by me. Winners name will also be featured on Blog-a-Ton Cover Photo. In case if any of the winners fail to receive the book within a month of your response, please drop me an email to check the status of the same. Thanks and Keep Writing!!!

You all can also read the voting comments now. Just click here to find who all voted for you or liked your entry and what they had to say about it!

The Top Three contributors are

aativas

48

Someone is Special

38

Leo

33

And, we're off for our vacation. Since, this year, we did not go on a vacation during Feb, we will opt for it now. See you all in September. Please visit Blog-a-Ton 2.0 for more info!!!

A Reminder - Have your number of participation reached 10 or 25??? Then you are eligible to be included into the List of Veteran or Super Veteran Blog-a-Tonics.  Just drop a mail to "pendownmythought@gmail.com" with the links to all your posts (or simply label all your BAT entries and send Marshal that single link).

Hope you all enjoyed this edition!
Poetically Yours,
Marshal,
~ Someone is Special ~

Vote for your BAT55 Favorites

Voting ends at 23:59 hrs (IST) on June 21, 2015. Remember, that means time stamp of your comment can be at most 23:59 and not 00:00 on June 22, 2015.

The curtain closes on a wonderful edition of Blog-a-ton, the 55th one. We had entries from 27 entrants this time. I would like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for participating! Do comeback and vote for the entries worth winning!

We had 27 blog-a-tonics enter in this edition within the stipulated time. Only those 27 Blog-a-Tonics are eligible for voting. So feel free to vote for your B-A-T 55 Favorites.

Click here to check the fellow Blog-a-Tonics who took part in this edition of Blog-a-Ton along with the direct links to their posts.

Three Cheers to all the Blog-a-Tonics.

Please follow the following rules while voting.

1. ONLY THOSE BLOG-A-TONICS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VOTING (i.e., Contesting for votes and voting for others) WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT WITHIN THE STIPULATED TIME.

2. AS PER OUR RULES LISTED IN BLOGATON 2.0 ANNOUNCEMENT, THE NUMBER OF VOTES IS DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES. WE HAVE 27 ENTRIES THIS TIME. In this edition, you can cast upto 5 votes or cheers as we call them, and of course you can not vote for yourself. In short, you are allowed to vote for one, two, three, four OR five. All your votes will carry the same weightage.

3.  Your Voting Comment should be as follows:

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I, BLOGGER NAME, participated.
My Blog-a-ton 55 Entry Is Here: BLOGATON55 ENTRY LINK

I vote for:

1. BLOGATONIC 1 NAME: His/her entry is here: BLOGATONIC 1 ENTRY LINK
2. BLOGATONIC 2 NAME: His/her entry is here: BLOGATONIC 2 ENTRY LINK
3. BLOGATONIC 3 NAME: His/her entry is here: BLOGATONIC 3 ENTRY LINK
3. BLOGATONIC 4 NAME: His/her entry is here: BLOGATONIC 4 ENTRY LINK
3. BLOGATONIC 5 NAME: His/her entry is here: BLOGATONIC 5 ENTRY LINK

The voting format has been simplified for assisting you. Replace "BLOGGER NAME" by your name, and "BLOGATON55 ENTRY LINK" by the direct link to your BAT55 Entry. Likewise, for the votes, replace "BLOGATONIC 1 NAME" by the name of the entrant (as used in his/her participation entry) and "BLOGATONIC 1 ENTRY LINK" by the direct link to that blogatonic's BAT55 Entry. Votes NOT IN THIS FORMAT will not be accepted.

For eg: A valid vote can look like this:

I, Vipul, participated.

My Blogaton entry is here: http://vipulgrover.blogspot.com/2010/08/goodbye.html

I vote for the following:
1. Someone is Special: http://www.fewmiles.info/2015/06/the-rain.html
2. Leo: http://artofleo.com/2014/10/05/a-knot-in-time/
3. Amity: http://intelclub.blogspot.com/2010/10/train-of-thoughts.html
4. C Suresh: http://jambudweepam.blogspot.in/2013/01/the-silent-world.html
5. The Fool: http://luciferhouseinc.blogspot.com/2011/08/in-search-of-freedom.html

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4. While voting for a Blog-a-Tonic, use his/her name as provided by him/her in his/her participation entry and not his/her profile name.

5.  Post your vote in the comments section of this post.

6. All your votes should be posted in a single comment. So, take your time - go through all posts - only then decide your one or two or three or four or five winning entries. In case you vote separately, only the first comment will be taken into consideration.

Now coming to the other rules:

• Voting ends at  23:59 (IST) on  SUNAY, June 21, 2015.
• I have started moderating the comments and won’t display the voting comments till the end of this process to keep the result secret till its conclusion.
• After the voting code mentioned above, you may also add the reason, why you voted for a particular post to help others know what you expect as a reader. Moreover, you may also mention the other posts that you liked though you can vote for just for three of them. 
• A THOUGHT: Be it Gerneral Elections or Blog-a-Ton, it is your duty to vote, because you have the power to select the winner, so please DO NOT WASTE YOUR VOTE.

The Votes will be discarded without any prior warning in case they are not sufficiently compatible with the rules.

A Reminder - Have your number of participations reached 10 or 25??? Then you are eligible to be included into the List of Veteran Blog-a-Tonics.  Just drop a mail to "pendownmythought@gmail.com" with the links to all your posts (or simply label all your BAT entries and send Marshal that single link).

Remember, the time stamp of your comment can be at most 23:59 on June 21, 2015 and not 00:00 on June 22, 2015.  

May the best entries in this edition win..!
Poetically Yours,
Marshal,
Sarav

Rules and Reminder for Blog-a-ton 55

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Deadline extended till 23:59 HRS on June 15, 2015 (IST)!

Publish the post anytime between 00:00 HRS and 23:59 HRS on June 14, 2015 (IST)!

Welcome to Blog-a-Ton 55!.

Our dream is to have a hundred participants come in one day and take part in an edition of Blog-a-ton. Can we make this happen in this edition?

Date for Blog-a-Ton 55 :  June 14, 2015

As you already know, the image for Blog-a-Ton 55 has been finalised as:

Monsoon by Yann (Wikimedia Commons). Shared with GNU Free Documentation License CC Attribution-Share Alike.

Please follow these rules while publishing your post and thereafter:

• You can choose the title for your post as you wish.
• You can submit MORE THAN ONE POST this time, but you are allowed to vote only once irrespective of the number of posts that you submit.
• Your post must justify the image Monsoon. 

• The post should start with this code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode:
  
  <div style="text-align: justify;">
  <blockquote>
  This post has been published by me as a part of <b>Blog-a-Ton 55</b>; the fifty-fifth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. In association with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rashmi-Kumar/311383238048" target="_blank"​>​Rashmi Kumar</a>, the author of <a href="http://bit.ly/HLSRashmiKumar" target="_blank"​>Hooked, Lined and Single</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jy0tiar0ra" target="_blank"​>Jyoti Arora</a>, the author of <a href="http://bit.ly/LemonGirlJyotiAroraFK" target="_blank"​>Lemon Girl</a>. .
  </blockquote>
  </div>

• The post should end with the following code. Just copy the following HTML code and paste to your post in Edit HTML mode and replace XX with your Blog-a-Ton participation count:
  
  <div style="text-align: justify;">
  <blockquote>
  The <b>fellow Blog-a-Tonics</b> who took part in this Blog-a-Ton and links to their respective <b>posts</b> can be checked <a href="http://www.blogaton.in/2015/06/blogaton55.html"><b>here</b></a>. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <b><a href="http://blogaton.in/">Blog-a-Ton</a></b>. Participation Count: XX. Image Credits: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monsoon.jpg" target="_blank"​>Monsoon</a> by Yann (Wikimedia Commons). Shared with GNU Free Documentation License CC Attribution-Share Alike.</blockquote>
  </div>
  
  

• Publish the post on June 14, 2015 anytime between 00:00 HRS and 23:59 HRS. (Indian Standard Time)

• After publishing it, do not forget to leave the link in the comments section of this post.

• Use the following code to provide direct link to your post.

<a href="DIRECT LINK TO YOUR POST">YOUR NAME - YOUR TITLE</a> 

It will look like this: Someone is Special - Welcome to Blog-a-ton! and will link to your post.

And this time....

• The winners of BLOG-a-TON 55 will receive the book "Hooked, Lined and Single" by Rashmi Kumar. You are welcome to add the book to your reading list on Goodreads and like the author on Facebook
• Jyoti Arora, the author of "Lemon Girl", will be giving away smashwords gift coupon of the book Lemon Girl for the first twenty-five participants. You are welcome to add the book to your reading list on Goodreads and like the author on Facebook.
• Marshal Pick (winners picked by me) will receive e-Gift Vouchers. *Marshal decision will be final.
• The winners will also be featured on the Blog-a-ton Facebook Page cover photograph.
• Thanks to Jyoti Arora and Rashmi Kumar :)

Please follow this rule to ensure easy navigability to your post.

•  Use your complete name to prevent any confusion and mix up with other bloggers.
  

• In case you post your link after the stipulated time, then your submission will not be considered for voting. 

• Return between June 16th 13:00 IST and June 21th 23:59 IST to vote for your favourite post. A separate notification for the same will be posted upon the conclusion of the event. So do not vote till then. Just enjoy reading the various entries, keeping in mind your favourite but worth-winning ones.

DO NOT USE THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE. If there are any queries, ask them in the comments section of previous post.

...HAPPY WRITING ...

Looking forward to a read wonderful passionate Blog-a-Ton writers post again!
Poetically Yours,
Marshal,
~ Someone is Special ~

The image for Blog-a-Ton 55 is...

Subscribe to Blog-a-Ton Reminders & stay updated!

Welcome to Blog-a-Ton!.

DATE for BLOG-a-TON 55: June 14, 2015
Image for Blog-a-Ton 55:


Monsoon by Yann (Wikimedia Commons). Shared with GNU Free Documentation License CC Attribution-Share Alike.

Our dream is to have a hundred participants come in one day and take part in an edition of Blog-a-ton. Can we make this happen in this edition! Thanks for the support as always.

The rules for Blog-a-ton 55 are:

• You can SUBMIT MORE THAN ONE POST.
• You can give your post any title that you wish to.
• You must justify this image with your post. You can do it with any type of post (i.e. Poetry, Fiction, 55 fiction, dialogue, Essay... etc). You can also choose to make it serious, humorous, tragic, romantic... whatever setting you'd love to give.
• You can write in any language as well, but since most Blog-a-tonics would prefer English as their language of communication, we'd suggest that too, so your post reaches a wider audience, and help you when it comes to Blog-a-ton 55 voting time.
• The other rules (viz. header & footer to put in your post, the way to submit it on June 14, 2015 etc.) will be conveyed to you on June 13, 2015 10:00 AM IST. So kindly wait for that notification then rather than putting up queries right now. If the queries are regarding general pattern of the event, please go through the posts about previous events.

And this time....

• The winners of BLOG-a-TON 55 will receive the book "Hooked, Lined and Single" by Rashmi Kumar. You are welcome to add the book to your reading list on Goodreads and like the author on Facebook
• Jyoti Arora, the author of "Lemon Girl", will be giving away smashwords gift vouchers for the first twenty-five participants. You are welcome to add the book to your reading list on Goodreads and like the author on Facebook.
• Marshal Pick (winners picked by me) will receive e-Gift Vouchers. *Marshal decision will be final.
• The winners will also be featured on the Blog-a-ton Facebook Page cover photograph.
• Thanks to Rashmi Kumar and Jyoti Arora :)

You have twelve days to write your post but please publish the post only on June 14, 2015 and not before. The aim of Blog-a-ton is to have many people posting on the same theme on the same day, and that day is June 14, 2015 for BLOG-a-TON 55!!

Encourage your fellow bloggers to participate in this edition. You can share this post on your various social networking profiles through the ShareThis widget present at the bottom of this post.

Looking forward to a good Blog-a-Ton again.
Poetically Yours,
Marshal,
Someone is Special