Alright, with a dead heat between these two, I had to make the tie-breaking vote. It was actually kind of difficult because I was particularly fond of both stories this time around. In any case, Eldir's poem has won this round of the Round-Robin Writing contest with a one-point lead. Still, congratulations to both him and Lucky Fire for such dead-heated entries that earned them nearly split-even scores.
The next round will begin sometime between now and the weekend. I've actually opened it up to include both story and non-short poem entries from the get-go this time. Also, there won't be a minimum or maximum word-count requirement for entries either, so hopefully that will boost participation a little and be less of a burden on everyone. There are still genre and theme requirements, though.