What an amazing round! My word, you all went deep on this one! We had such variety, and yet conversely such similarities, it was incredible to see how much the wider world influences us all, and as always, a real pleasure to read your entries <3 @calluna here, you have all honoured me once again with a wonderfully impossible task, I have spent the last week reading, and rereading, musing over the paths you went down, and it's been so hard to decide still.

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The Winners

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First Place - 5SBD

@agmoore with The Record, Chapter 2: A Perilous Mission

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Second Place - 3 @steembasicincome

@deeanndmathews with Escape to Atlantis of the Inner Sun

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Third Place - 2 @steembasicincome

@gaby-crb with Earth’s Cavity: A Life Below

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Thoughtful Prompt Fulfilment - 200 SNAX
_{Every round there is one story that meets the prompt in a way worthy of reward for that alone}

@sarez with City Of Gold

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Popular Vote - 1 SBD & 2 @steembasicincome _{In the end, it was won by half a vote, thank so much to everyone who voted!}

@gaby-crb with Earth’s Cavity: A Life Below

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Winning Voters - 1 @steembasicincome each & 100 SNAX each

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Winning Voters (Authors) - 1 @steembasicincome share & 100 SNAX tokens for our authors who voted for their favourite story - please leave your SNAX wallet address in a comment below to receive your transfer

@riottales
@tristancarax
@deeanndmathews
@agmoore
@wakeupkitty
@gaby-crb
@oivas

Winning Voters (Public) - 1 @steembasicincome share & 100 SNAX tokens for our member of the public who voted for their favourite story - please leave your SNAX wallet address in a comment below to receive your transfer

@marcybetancourt

Thank you so very much to everyone who entered and very much hope to see you on July 1st for the next round!

Thank you so much everyone! Another fantastic round! I really enjoyed all the entries, gosh, we had so many wonderful ideas in there, I had so many dreams about hollow earths, crazy conspiracies, caves, waterways, lost cities, all kinds of things, you gave me so much to think about. It's never easy to choose, but I am so glad you all make it so hard for me, please come back next week for the next round, hopefully, you'll love the next prompt I have for you. My internet at home has been a bit spotty this week, supposedly it will be fixed (and even better!) by midnight tonight so prizes will come through in the morning.

The Bananafish Tribe!

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