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

The long awaited results for the short stories genre is here! Firstly, a huge round of applause and a namaste to the judges, beingmyself06, feechi17 and hooWoman for spending their valuable time to judge the entries! Thank you! Secondly, Ilakshi and I would like to thank all the participants who took part!

There will be an honourable mention only for this genre as we did not want the participant to be left out.

Please respect the decisions and reviews of the judges! Do NOT blame them and bully them. If news of such irresponsible behavior reaches our ears, you will be reported without a second thought.

Let's continue to the scores!

✒Dragon: Myth of the Bermuda Triangle (Novella #1)✓ by CroodsGirl

Cover (4/5) There is a question mark missing after "What is the secret of the Bermuda Triangle"
Blurb(5/5)
Title(5/5)
Creativity (5/5)
Chapters:
3/5 for personal enjoyment
Some parts were hard for me to understand but the authors way of describing the events is good.
5/5 for punctuation and paragraph
Grammar (4/5) The author should have used 'you' instead of 'ya', other than that there is negligible mistake.
Preciseness (2/3) The story doesn't stick much to its genre.
Character development (2/2)

Total: 35/40

✒You Idiot, why you had die on me by xFall3nang3lx,

Cover: 3/5
Because the authors name is not there and the title is not clear. Also the font size of "me" in the title should be increased. But it's beautiful and has a suitable background.
Blurb: 2/5
The blurb is good but kind of gives away the story. The author should explain it in a way that hooks the reader.
Title: 4/5
It's unique and does catch attention but is not precise.
Creativity: 3/5
The story is good, but not that creative though because it's quite predictable what happens next.
Chapters:
Personal enjoyment: 3/5
It's fast paced and some reasons remain unexplained like why was the character behaving different after 5 years? Some parts are hard to understand. But the author's writing style is good and makes the story interesting...
Punctuation and Paragraph: 2/5
It was not good. Punctuation was missing in a lot of places. There were places where the expressions made by the character were not clear. The paragraphs were not divided accordingly.
Grammar:3/5
The grammar was not that good. There were capitalisation errors but the spelling was good.
Preciseness: 3/3
The book pretty much sticks to the genre. The story is well plotted.
Character development: 1/2
It is good. The way the author had portrayed the problems faced by the character, while being in a relationship is pretty much relatable.
Only some aspects of the characters needs to be explained a bit more.

Total: 24/40

✒Thirteen letters by kimerotictaehyung

Title: 5/5
Cover: 3/5
Blurb: 2.5/5
Creativity: 5/5
Chapters: 4/5
Grammar: 3.5/5
Sticking to genre: 3/3
Character development: 1/2

Nice title, with a unique backstory behind the book. Blurb is quite short, and needs to be developed more. Writing style is creative and neat, but quite short. There's little character development for other characters besides the MC, but this is a soul wrenching book that deserves to be commended. Nice work with the descriptions, and internal feelings.

Total: 27/40

✒Emerald eyes: HP one shots - Harrypotter195604

Title: 3.5/5
Cover: 5/5
Blurb: 4/5
Creativity: 4.5/5
Chapters: 9/10
Grammar: 4/5
Sticking to genre: 3/3
Character development: 2/2

Nice title, but it has no obvious relation to the content of the book. The blurb is quite short, but it explains enough about the one-shots. The writing style is really good, with character development and use of emotions to show and not tell. The tenses seemed to change from past to present frequently, minor editing could fix that. It was also difficult sometimes to know who was speaking, except by reading further. Nice work with this, it made Harry Potter seem a lot more interesting.

Total: 35/40

✒Through a fish's eye - CloneRazorX155

1.Cover ( 4-5 ) 
2.Blurb ( 3-5 ) 
3.Title ( 5-5 ) 
4.Creativity ( 5-5 ) 
5.Chapters -
*5 for personal enjoyment - 5
*5 for punctuation and paragraph - 4
6. Grammar ( 4-5 ) 
7.Sticking to the genre / Preciseness ( 3-3 ) 
8.Character development ( 1-2 )

I loved the book, its just unique and deep. You have got some real talent, brush it up a bit and you'll be perfect.

Total: 35/40

✒Summer of 1979 by AidenHaust,

Cover ( 3-5 ) 
Blurb ( 5-5 ) 
Title ( 5-5 ) 
Creativity ( 4-5 ) 
Chapters:
*5 for personal enjoyment- 5
*5 for punctuation and paragraph- 4
Grammar ( 4-5 ) 
Sticking to the genre / Preciseness ( 2-3 ) 
Character development ( 2-2 )

I personally enjoyed reading your book. It had this hook that helped me read the book without getting bored Nd I loved it.

Total: 34/40 

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Please respect your judge's opinion. Thank them for taking some time off their personal lives to judge and review your works. Do NOT send any sort of hate messages to them. If knowledge of any such events reach our ears, we shall report the hater.

I am extremely pleased to announce the winners of Short Story genre. There were not one, but three first place winners. Hence we decided to give them all the first place stickers. To those who lost, do not worry. A little bit more hard work and your work is going to win the first place! Our hearty congratulations to all the winners!

🎊The first place goes to:
 CroodsGirl for Dragon: Myth of the Bermuda Triangle (Novella #1)✓

Harrypotter195604 for Emerald eyes: HP one shots

CloneRazorX155  for Through a Fish's eye

🎊The Second Place goes to
AidenHaust for Summer of 1979

🎊The third place goes to
kimerotictaehyung for Thirteen letters

Honourable Mention:
You Idiot, why you had die on me by xFall3nang3lx

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Thank you all for participating. Congratulations to everyone once again. Please direct message the respective host if you haven't received your prizes from them.

"One does not need to win the competition if they know that they have tried their best. Participation matters more than winning."

Your hosts,
Ilakshi and Marina ❤