WEEK ONE.

This Week’s Top 5 Articles by Consistent Columnists

—as named by editor-in-chief Waylon Lewis et Les Elephants.

Winners in each of elephant’s five categories earn $50, which we pay on a immediate weekly basis (this is our first week!). Authors  can keep the $50—they’ve earned it and then some—or donate it back to elephant.

All prizes will increase in number and payment as you, our readers decide to support us and pay ($1-9/month) for what you read and enjoy. ~ WL

Reader’s Favorite (“Most Popular”):

Jennifer Hunt’s I Love You, But Please Note the Conditions.

Editorial Department’s Fave (“Best”): 

Lynn Hasselberger’s The Last Words I Wanted to Hear.

Best Post by a Relative Newbie (“Rookie-of-the-Week”):

Lisa Montierth’s Portland Sun and Spiders.

Most Commented (“Controversial”): 

Scott Robinson’s (Dear Ines Sainz: Please Stop Dressing Like That and then) Ines Sainz Do Over.

Extra Credit:

(The Above and Beyond the typical Elephant Columnist Award)

Bob Weisenberg’s

“Effortless Well-being”: Meditation as Everyday Life and a few other posts…but also his commenting on many other writers’ articles, generously taking time to create community through twitter, comment forums, posts on other sites, articles on this site, and hosting other notable book clubs and authors on elephant. Most telling—it’s not about him—he continually sends us introductions to other great writers who join the elephorum and add greatly in diversity to elephant’s writer community and reader experience.