Hello everyone! Welcome back to the BlackCatAwards 🐱 We have the round 1 results of the science fiction category ready for you.

A big thank you to our judges NDeMeer and Nablai for helping us with the scores.

Congratulations to the 12 stories that have succeeded in moving on to Round 2!

Remember, this round was based on first impressions. The criteria for judging were title, cover, blurb, grammar, and the hook presented in the first chapter.

The entries moving on to round 2
(in no particular order):

1: The Time Traveller - Di_Rossi

2: Paine - Time of Anarchy - painebook

3: Serendipity - bluemoongypsy

4: Road Kill: Book One - KellyJBurke

5: Super Psycho Project - MichelleManisha

6: The Turning Test - its_artemis_actually

7: Code Bound - _logogriph

8: Pearl of the Stars: Kronos (A Pearl of the Stars Short Story) - AngusEcrivain

9: Vivid - ESHurricane

10: Dead Earth - Rasha007

11: Fyr's Touch - EllaMooreAuthor

12: Starfall - Birdpaw

Congratulations to all of you!

The results for the last remaining category are soon to be revealed! Thank you for being patient. 👻