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Final Results of the January 2020 Best Post Contest are here!

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Be Bedazzled!: The bounty of the best continues with Week 4 results of the January 2020 Best Post Contest.

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Oooh, shiny: the week 3 results of your January 2020 Best Post Contest have been tabulated!

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Week 2 Results of the January 2020 Best Post Contest are in!

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Starting off the New Year with a bang, Metafilter's January Best Post(s) Contest.

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The awards are in, the envelopes have been opened, come check out the December Best Post Contest results!

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It's time for the December Best Post Contest!

For the Mefites' Choice awards, everyone can vote, all month, with Fantastic Flags -- awards for most-Fantastic-Flagged post of the week, posts by first and second time posters, and more. And, members and mods are offering separate awards for individual tag categories - so check out what categories are on offer (for posting inspiration) and offer your own if you like!

The results of the first week of the December Best Posts contest are revealed!

1. cthuljew's amazing post about the life and death of the Islamic Golden Age from July 30, 762 to February 13, 1258.

2. Pope Guilty's comprehensive history of Doom post: Twenty Years of Ultra-Violence.

Doom 3: Mancubus by Psycho Al (cc by)

3. daisyk's post People of Color are not an anachronism

Balthazar at the Adoration of the Magi

4. Honorable Mention goes to Going To Maine with their quirky Grandma's GIFT post that caught cortex's eye.

Thanks for all the great posts and great voting and prizes offered. We still have two solid weeks of contest left as well as many month-end competitions going. Go vote for your favorites!

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We've been running a casual best post contest for December on MetaFilter (using audience votes via the fantastic flag) and so far the first two weeks of winners have been decided:

Week 1
Games Designed by Women
Privilege checking and callout culture

Week 2
A mega-post about the BBC series Porridge
A mega-post covering loads of data about how humans die
a mega-post about Paul Frees (the voice of Toucan Sam, Morocco Mole and Burgermeister Meisterburger)

Check them all out and stay tuned for next week's winners.