"Finally, the winners are announced and so are methods to improve!"

The long awaited results for the fantasy genre is here! Firstly, a huge round of applause and a namaste to the judges, Anony10298 and Brittney015 and for spending their valuable time to judge the entries! Secondly, Ilakshi and I would like to thank all the participants who took part!

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Let's continue to the scores!

.v^Lost and Found^v. by xmarzyx

Cover (3/5)- The necessary parts of a cover, the title and the name of the author is there. But it's hard to read due to the colour scheme. White letters on light blue does not make the title jump out at the reader, as a good cover should do. Other than that, the cover is fine.

Title (3/5)-  The title does attract attention, but not enough to make the reader want to click it.  I believe it is there for decoration purposes? It can do without it too, but it being there isn't doing any harm either.

Blurb (3/5)- The blurb is confusing. The first two lines suggest that Haley ran away because she was fed up of her brother. And then her parents told her a story about her great-gran? Rearranging the words a bit might help. Other than that the blurb does make sense, though it doesn't arouse the curiosity within the reader.

Creativity (3/5): I think the idea of a warrior great-gran leading her decendent to an epic adventure is pretty unique. Though the way of incorporating it (via dream) wasn't very creative.

Chapter- (Punctuation: 2/5) The whole of the first chapter is a big block of text. It exhausts the readers just looking at it. A big turn off. Since there were no paragraphs, it was hard to seperate dialogues from narrative, descriptive, and expository paragraphs. The way the dialogues were punctuated wasn't right either.

[Exerpt: 'Haley, we have something to tell you.' Mum shouted across the hallway.]

The correct way to right it would be: 'Haley, we have something to tell you,' Mum shouted across the hallway.

With a comma inside the quotation mark because a dialogue tag was used ("shouted"). The dad's line should be written similarly but as a new paragraph, to let the readers understand who said what and when Haley's dad started speaking. I noticed that eventually, the writer stopped using the quotation marks entirely.

[Exerpt: But that is not all. Dad continued, after she got run over the doctors came to see her...]

It should have been : 'But that's not all,' Dad continued, 'after she got run over, the doctors came to see her...'

All in all, I'd say they need to brush up the punctuations because it seems like they know what should be done, but are somewhat confused. Since most problems are in the punctuation of dialogues, that's probably the reason. A lot of people get confused when it comes to dialogue. I learned the rules recently too, and it doesn't take much time to clear the confusion. I don't think it will be a problem.

Personal enjoyment: 1/5- I found it hard to enjoy the story. I read 3 chapters, and all three were huge blocks of words. There is hardly any descriptive or narrative passages, and the dialogues are not in the dialogue tag. I was assuming most of the time who was saying what. Since it is mostly dialogue, I am guessing that the story was written in rp format, with only dialogues and the occasional dialogue tag.

And I'd say that using italics instead of capitalizing a word to stress it would be better, but it's a personal choice, so no comments there.

Grammar (4/5)- I didn't find many grammatical mistakes. There were a few here and there (like writing mums instead of mum's) but it isn't that much of a big deal. Capitalization is fine too.

Preciseness (2/2)- From the three chapters that I've read, it shows the beginning of both adventure and mystery.

Character development (1/3)- The way the characters are portrayed...is confusing. The only  sane ones are Haley, Hillary and their dad, who is a full grown adult, but still doesn't know basic subtraction (age gap between 12 and 10) but even then the following chapters keeps up with his given characteristic so I don't have any problem with him.

It's the mum. She was being so nice and friendly in the first chapter, asking her daughter if anything was wrong, sleeping with her so that Haley doesn't get any more nightmares, even willing to sleep on the floor. But in the next chapter, her personality has changed completely.

She is hating on Haley for absolutely no reason, and decided to steal an iPad 13, and then payed for it when they asked for it without hesitating or anything which makes one wonder why she tried to steal it in the first place.

The sudden change in her character trait was shocking and it felt surreal. I think the author needs to work on her.

Total points: 22/40

Margo Fawn & the Contagious Missing Delirium - 1 by Sasha_Samuel

Cover (5/5)- The cover is neat, simple and on the point. The title and the name of the author is clearly visible and the background aptly shows the theme of the story.

Title (4/5)- The title made me curious. Can you blame me? It says contagious missing delirium. How is a delirium contagious and missing? But the title is kinda long and knowing the short attention span of most readers, and the number of brain cells we use to decide whether to read the book or not, I'd say it would be cool if there was a way to shorten the title. It's a market strategy. Short catchy titles.

But it can do well if left just as it is, too.

Blurb (3/5)- The blurb does have the main elements of a typical blurb. It introduced the MC, showed us what she wants and the obstacles in her way. But all the names got me a bit confused. Aiden, Electra, Desiree, Irsia, Verena Arevalo. I am still not sure what to do of this info.

Creativity (5/5)- A very unique idea. At least, I have never read about parasites living off a person's soul.

Chapter- (Punctuation: 5/5) I didn't find any punctuation errors while reading the first 3 chapters.

(Personal enjoyment: 3/5)- I enjoyed the story. The only reason 2 points were deducted was due to some redundant words that broke the flow, and that I am not very interested in the genre, so don't mind it.

Grammar (5/5)- Didn't find any grammatical error either. Good job, writer!

Preciseness (2/2) - Fantasy and paranormal? Totally. I am guessing the romance part comes later on in the story, and I have only read the first 3 chapters.

Character development (3/3)- The characters don't seem like cardboard cutouts to me. Lauren is a pretty smart girl, if her thought processes about PSBs were anything to go by. And she also has a lover.

Verona used to be good, I am supposing, as Lauren used to trust her, but then she became a parasite and now  she's...well, evil is an understatement.

There are many more characters introduced within the first 3 chapters and I found it hard to keep track of them all, but from what I've read, theses two seem to be important characters.

Both of them are pretty well written.

Total: 35/40

Tethered Destinies by MiniMoxx

Cover (4/5)- Neat, but it's hard to read the title in the cover.

Title (5/5)- Tethered Destinies has a nice ring to it. It just...sounds poetic. I think it's perfect!

Blurb(4/5)- The blurb, must say, pulled me in. The only problem I saw was the abrupt change in tenses. It was present tense in the first para, and past tense in second.

Creativity (3/5)- The idea of soulmates isn't new. Nor is the idea of having identical tattoes, but the MC doesn't like the system and that is definitely something new. At least, I have never read anything of the sort.

Chapter- (Punctuation: 4/5)  Except for some issues with capitals, I didn't see any punctuation errors.

(Personal enjoyment: 4/5)- Enjoying it immensely! Like, seriously. I am planning to continue reading it after submitting the scores. I am interested in the genres (fantasy, romance). And it's so beautifully written. The author presented us the world (soul mate system) without info dumping while introducing us to the character (Amelia) and showing us her personality. There were, of course, a few errors here and there. But they are hard to spot.

Grammar (5/5)- Didn't find any grammatical errors.

Preciseness (1/2) - Though the story is in Fantasy genre, the only fantastical element (from the first 3 chapters I've read) is the soulmate system which, I think, would fit more in the romance genre.

Character development (3/3)-  The MC, it seems, is sceptical about the system. Her thoughts and actions, however, made her relatable. She doubted the system but when the tattoo showed that the man she loved, Owens, was her Fated One, she didn't have a problem anymore. That was very relatable.

As for Joshua, Amelia's other Fated One, he seems like a person who chooses his words carefully.

Total: 33/40

Married under the full moon by NabiBlack

Cover: 3
Blurb: 4
Title : 5
Creativity: 5
Chapters:
Personal enjoyment: 5
Paragraph & punctuation: 4.3
Grammar: 3.7
Preciseness: 3
Character development: 2
Total: 35/40

REVIEWS

The characters were believable and your writing is beautiful , same as your creativity. Although, it’s could use a little bit of suspense and dramatic moment.

The Gemino Glitch by crchapman
Cover: 3.5/5
Blurb: 4/5
Title : 5/5
Creativity: 5/5
Chapters;
Personal enjoyment: 3.9/5
Paragraph & punctuation: 4.5/5
Grammar: 5/5
Preciseness: 3/3
Character development: 2/2
Total: 35.9/40

REVIEWS
It’s a really good book , creative enough and I love your grammatical expressions . Your writing is captivating and you also have a good writing skills . Keep up the good work.

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I am extremely pleased to announce the winners of Poetry genre. To those who lost, do not worry. A little bit more hard work and your work is going to win the first place! Winners, please request for your rewards if we forget to deliver them. Our hearty congratulations to all the winners!

🎊 First place goes to:
crchapman for The Gemino Glitch

🎊Second Place goes to:
NabiBlack for Married Under The Full Moon

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asha_Samuel for Margo Fawn & the Contagious Missing Delirium - 1 ,

🎊Third place goes to:
MiniMoxx for Tethered Destinies

🎊Honorary Mention:
xmarzyx for v^Lost and Found^v

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