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2021 Medium Writing Contest
3 of 4 MWC Winners Took the Money and Ran
They are not engaging with the rest of us
“Winning and losing isn’t everything; sometimes, the journey is just as important as the outcome.”
The Medium writer’s contest (MWC) winners have caused a lot of angst within the Medium community for various reasons. This article is not about the complaints of eligibility. This article is about my wanting more from the winners.
Three of the four writers who won the big money have written nothing on Medium since winning. Of the four winners: Meera Vijayann, Sarah Hawthorne, Randi Ragan, and Hal H. Harris, only Hal H. Harris continues to write consistently on the Medium platform. I am disappointed both because the winners did not join our community, and the community did not embrace them or their winning articles. This was not what I expected would result from the MWC. I guess I am an eternal optimist.
#MWC Space ($10,000)
For the prompt #MWC Space, the winner was Meera Vijayann. Meera has 915 followers. Like many of us, Meera is a stop-and-go writer on Medium. She has articles from as far back as June 2015.
