These are the final entries in the 'An Adventure with My Hero' story writing contest, Elementary category. Which one of these is the best adventure story for you?
In a Facebook poll of 4,894 respondents, 46.5% chose “The Hero from Dumaguete”. How we count
The Hero from Dumaguete
46.5%2,276
My Special Hero
36.2%1,773
An Adventure with My Hero
8.6%423
Called to Serve
7.7%377
Everyday Adventure with My Heroine
0.9%45
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An Adventure with My Hero opened with 48% on day one. By day three, My Special Hero had it. Day six brought The Hero from Dumaguete to the front at 38%. Day seven swung back to My Special Hero. Day eight flipped it again — and this time it stuck, holding a steady 47% margin for the next 21 days straight.
The eventual winner didn't win the biggest room. Philippines cast 217 votes — the largest single bloc — and broke for My Special Hero. The Hero from Dumaguete built its 46.5%-to-36.2% margin everywhere else, finishing nearly 500 votes ahead despite losing the poll's most engaged country outright.
- Four lead changes · Lead flipped four times in the poll's first 8 days
- 21-day standoff · Dumaguete's 47% margin held unchanged for the final three weeks
- Philippines dissent · The largest voting bloc (217 votes) backed the runner-up