Vocal Bonus Leaderboard: 02/04/2026
Celebrating creativity, engagement, and community building on Vocal.
Welcome to our weekly Leaderboard update! We're delighted to highlight Vocal's most popular stories. Join us as we recognize this week's standout contributors and their remarkable achievements.
A reminder of some ground rules we use to formulate the Leaderboard:
The time period of data analyzed for each weekly Leaderboard is collected from 12:00am Wednesday - 11:59pm Tuesday ET each week. Only top level comments and replies by unique Vocal+ creators will count, comments or replies by the story author will be excluded. You don’t need to be Vocal+ to appear on the leaderboard. You can appear on the Leaderboard once per week. You can appear on the Leaderboard multiple weeks in a row. No AI generated content.
✨ Most Discussed Stories this Week ✨
Here are the stories that have sparked the most comments with their engaged readers this week.
🏆 Winners
🥇 First Place ($20 Bonus): Dharrsheena Raja Segarran - Journey on the Stairs
🥈 Second Place ($15 Bonus): Tiffany Gordon - A Swift Kick In The Behind... 💪🏾
🥉 Third Place ($10 Bonus): Sandy Gillman - Operations May Cease
🏅 Forth Place ($8 Bonus): Lightning Bolt ⚡ - Deadlines Aren't To Be Trifled With
🏅 Fifth Place ($5 Bonus): Paul Stewart - John and Paul's Three-Word Haiku/Senryu Unofficial Challenge
🌟 Honorable Mentions ($3 bonus)
Rick Henry Christopher - Rick and Isabel vs. The Billionaires (Part Two)
Each winner will receive a well-deserved bonus in their Vocal Wallets within the next 72 hours.
Congratulations to all the winners! We love what you bring to the table at Vocal. Here's to another week of excellent writing and reads.
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