TWO Sentences for every subdivision must be provided. One is your thoughts and the second followed by your reason, so participants can benefit from the review. For one shot, please be more lenient as they usually have word limits and cannot cram in more details, but it is the same criteria.

Title /5

How original is the title? How interesting is it? Does it immediately catch your eye? Does it pertain to the genre? Does it correspond with the story?

Description/Blurb /10

Does it give you a good idea of the story or is too vague? Does it make you want to open up the book? Does it correspond with the story?

Cover /5

Does the cover look appealing? Do you want to pick up the book based on the cover? Does it correspond with the story?

Plot /20

Is the plot moving too slow or too fast? Is there a balance of narration and dialogue? Does every chapter further the plot?

Characterization /20

Are the characters 3-dimensional? Do they feel realistic? Do they portray emotions well? Do they stick out/memorable? Can you feel them popping to life in your head?

Creativity/Originality /10

Is the plot original and creative or too ridden with cliches ( a few is acceptable btw)? How about the characters? Basic or unique?

Spelling & Grammar /15

Is proper grammar employed, with capitalization and punctuation? Is the prose easy to read or riddled with mistakes?

Enjoyability /5

Was the story enjoyable and hooking? Did you want to read more?

Literary Devices /5

Did the author employ proper use of literary devices like metaphors, similies etc, to make the writing rich and flavorful?

Description: /5

Did the author use description to bring the characters and setting alive? Could you visualize everything properly?

Total: /100

Poetry

Title /5

How original is the title? Does it immediately catch your eye? Does it pertain to the genre? Does it correspond with the central ideas of the poems in the book?

Description/Blurb /10

Does it give you a good idea of the poems contained in it or is too vague? Does it make you want to open up to see the poetry of the poet?

Cover /5

Does the cover look appealing? Do you want to pick up the book based on the cover?

Spelling & Grammar /15

Is proper grammar employed, with capitalization and punctuation? Are the poems easy to read or riddled with mistakes? [please note that if the grammar in all the poems of a poet is grammatically 'wrong,' that it might be a stylistic choice (for example everything is in lowercase) and they will not be penalized for it. But if it inconsistent, then you may reduce points.]

Literary Devices /5

Did the author employ proper use of literary devices like metaphors, similies etc, to make the writing rich and flavorful? Are the literary devices used to showcase the poet's voice?

Description /5

Was there a description with the use of adjectives and other forms of writing to highlight a certain idea? Did description help in emphasis of any central theme of the poems?

Rhythm /5

Was there a good rhythm to the poems or did it feel disconcerting and off? Did it flow well with one another? How did sentence structure contribute to the rhythm?

Word Choice: /10

How much variety was there in terms of word choice? Did the poet try to be original by creating phrases/ word pairings that were unique to their voice? Did anything feel too cliche?

Creativity/ Originality /20

Overall, did the poet cover different emotions and thoughts or did the poems feel repetitive? How about the topics covered? If cliche topics, did the poet manage to put their own personal touch to it?

Overall impact /10

After reading the poems, was the poet able to make you feel anything with the emotional depth of these poems?

Development of the poet's voice /10

After reading the first few poems and then the more recent ones, did you see any change in the voice of the poet? Has it becoke stronger? Do you connect with them more?

Total : /100

Graphics

Title: /10

Is the title eye-catching? Is it unique or like any other graphics shop on wattpad? Does it male me want to open the book?

Cover /20

Especially for a cover/graphics shop, the cover is key. Is the cover attractive? Does it make me want to open the book and see what else the artist has created? Is it eye-catching? Is the title easily distinguishable? How about the color scheme?

Organization /20

How well is the shop organized? Is there a place to enter forms and a place where graphics are delivered? How efficiently are the graphics delivered ( via pm. via link etc)? Is the artist as prompt as possible with orders?

Aesthetics /20

How aesthetically pleasing are the graphics delivered? Is the title clear? How about the image used? Do the colors mesh well? Does it pertain to the genre it has been created for? It is pleasant to look at or garrish?

Diversity /20

Do all the covers/graphics look the same or have the artists made each graphics unique and different? Does the artist cater to a lot of genres and provide graphics to suit the demands of the customer as best as possible?

Would I Order From This Shop? /10

Based on all the other factors, would I personally order from this shop? Why or why not?

Total /100

All judges are required to submit scores to me VIA EMAIL.