• The nine winners of their respective categories will move on to the next round. These stories will be judged by 3 judges (including me), and the story with the highest average score will be titled Champion.

• I will reread all of the nine stories on my alternate account BTSXPRESS_ALT. Second round participants, you will see those votes when I reread your stories.

• I have posted the Prizes Preview, so Participants, please read it. Also, the Second Round Official List has been posted.

• This round will end in exactly TWO WEEKS on August 31st at 12:00 AM Eastern Time. If the judges do not send me their scores by then, their score will not be taken into consideration and I will notify the participants to unfollow them.

• I wish you nine category winners the best of luck. Let's move on to the Second Round Official List.