Congratulations, folks! There were so many fantastic stories, so you should be proud of yourself! Listed below are the entries that scored the highest in Round One.

A huge thank-you goes to the judges for all the hard work!

✨ Horror/Paranormal | pixelmum (pixelmum)
✨ Science Fiction | MiyaHikari (Miya)
✨ Fantasy | backto541 (Ren) & WolfHusky88 (Fiadh)

As for those of you who didn't make it, don't lose heart! The judges had a hard time since there were so many awesome entries, and only one mark or two decided if the top books snagged a spot on the shortlist or not. There's always a next time, so keep rocking!

***The books are in random order, not according to the score.

HORROR/PARANORMAL

★ Angel of Vengeance by ReneeShantel

★ Justice for the Fallen by axgirl13

★ Cocytus by empiresofwater

★ Heart of Sparrow by annkreeves

★ Salvage by RJGlynn

SCIENCE FICTION

★ Ultima Ratio: The Last Resort by laurendoubleu

★ Masters of the Sky by axgirl13

★ Verdant Ink by pixelmum

★ Furnace (Hunter-Killer #1) by words_are_weapons

★ Velocity to Never Exceed by RachelReissAuthor

FANTASY

★ Whisper of Blade by MiyaHikari

★ Of Caverns and Casters by avadel

★ Destiny Unbonded by wdhenning

★ Fated Desires by Han_Banana21

★ The Whispers of Petals by KaraCarreira

★ Callisto by TraversingtheDark

★ The Black Lotus by ldjwrites

★ Throne of Dragonix by Baqkns

★ The Great Eillini by obliviablack

★ A Sliver of Frost by MoYun_ZJ

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Congratulations again! Yes, we know there are more books in the Fantasy shortlist. There were 30 entries and so many cool stories! Since one third made it to the shortlist in other categories, we had to admit 10.

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