Hello, everyone! Welcome back to another batch of introductions & results! First, we'll start with introductions, and the results will be posted within the next 48 hours!

Apologies for posting these a tad late. I meant to have these out yesterday and results today, but if I were being very honest, I... well, I went to the casino yesterday. You can fill in the blanks from there for why I wasn't around lol. Anyway, enjoy these intros! I'll be back soon to answer comments from the last two posts.

Question of the day: What is your favorite book you've ever written and why?

Let's meet the participants of the Best Aesthetics category! Here are all of the participants and what books they are participating with:

B7Slyvii with the book The Snowman. B7Slyvii, or simply Ivi, is a BTS fanfiction writer who loves designing and exploring. She also founded -The_Magic_Shop_ a month ago, so if you're a BTS fan or just someone who likes communities, I'd suggest giving this new community some support! In general, Ivi has always been so kind and supportive, so I'd really appreciate it if you showed her that same love right back, as she deserves it. I'm so excited to post my review, Ivi, and as promised, I will be giving brief thoughts on your writing style in my review as well :D

QuinceArchFortes with the book Haggard. Quince is a frequent participant in my contests, and she's a very talented writer and designer! Haggard is her ONC 2025 entry, which performed quite well in ONC, and for good reason. I've read all of the ONC entries, so I can speak from experience when I say it's one of the most unique entries of the year. If that's not enough to entice you, I don't know what will do it- oh, wait, I know: to top it all off, it has a banger cover. Still not sold? Well, it's a folklore story centered around intense trials and self-discovery, all in the life of Anyanka Morozova, the main character, and her sister. I think you should go check this book out *wink wink nudge nudge*.

IrenicJ_stories with the book Forever Be My Always. IrenicJ_stories, or simply Irena (which is a beautiful name, by the way), is a poet, writer, and designer who you'll see pop up again shortly in this contest! Forever Be My Always is a grumpyxsunshine work. Do I need to say more to convince you it's a banger of a story? I mean, come on, that's one of the best tropes out there (in my humble opinion), so I think you should check it out. I also strongly encourage giving Terra Humana some love, as it's a wonderful poetry collection you'll get to hear my extended thoughts on once the Poetry Collection results come out soon!

_reichii with the book Their Parallel Universe. Rei is an amazing writer and poet who is another one you'll see again in this contest! Rei writes many bxb stories, best known for Their Parallel Universe (the one submitted here) and Calathea, both works I have read before and can personally recommend. I especially enjoyed Calathea due to its unique writing and powerful messaging, though every work Rei has posted has resonated with me! I strongly recommend checking out Rei's profile, and Rei, as always, it's great to see you here! I'm always excited to review your work!

KanhaiyakiSakhi9112 with the book Falling In Love. KanhaiyakiSakhi9112, or Lakshmi, is a talented writer and designer who is a frequent participant in my contests. It's great to see you back! Lakshmi has 10+ works on her profile, and all of them are worth your time! She has poetry collections, graphic portfolios, oneshots, Mahabharat fictions, and more! Lakshmi's profile is incredibly diverse, so you're definitely going to find something for you on her site! Falling In Love is a good one to check out, but so is Melodies in Moonlight, which is a beautiful poetry collection!

Total participants: 5

This marks the near-end of the first three categories of this contest, making a good dent in the categories that need to get judged. I'm excited to announce these results, and I'm beyond happy that such good progress has been made already!

I'll see you soon for the results!