Congratulations to all of the 35 participants!   You decided to put your work out there to be reviewed and judged!   The fact that you write and publish is a huge achievement!  Also, don't give up on writing!   The more you write, the more you will improve!   Practice makes perfect after all!

Congratulations for round 2 qualifications and good luck for the next set of reviews to: 

An Omega's Tale by payytun

A Genius In Love by GlitchingStatic 

More Than This by 4thpowermama 

I will not be judging this category moving forward but I will provide full reviews for your books after the contest ends on July 1, 2017!

Now moving on to the remaining 13 contestants.   The criteria for judging in this contest included the following listed below.   The marks were given out of 100 as you saw in the main contest book by teenficawards.   However, I assigned points in the manner listed below:

Covers and Summary (20 Points)

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (20 Points)

Plot (30 Points)

Writing and Creativity (30 Points)

My reviews have already been shared with you and you can read them in the main contest book.  I will add a few points here and give recommendations on improving as well.   If you want to know your individual criteria scores, please PM me.

Most of you writers have these issues in common.   Please be aware of them:

***You're (You are) is very different from your (belonging to someone).   My biggest pet peeve!

***Quiet (silent) vs. Quite (entirely).   Means two different things in a sentence and your editor or word processing will not pick up the difference.   So please review your work.

***Animosity towards commas.   I am not sure why some of you really don't like this little guy as a punctuation.  Here is something that will help change your mind:

***Tags!  If Romance is your genre, please do not repeat the tag again.   You only have 20 tags, please use them wisely.   Also, check for spelling in your tags.   It counts when a reader is doing a search for your type of book.

***Please refrain from using cell phone and/or Twitter slang when writing prose.   The English language is already losing its beauty with abbreviations and misuse of words.   It is acceptable to use the slang when you are depicting text or chat scenes.   But please do not write "wanna" or "gonna" if you are not showing an accent , instead use "want to" or "going to".   It looks nice in prose!

So now to additional feedback that I hope is helpful to you in your writing excursions:

Rank 16   When She Died by Sparkline_   Total = 37/100

Based on the first four chapters of your book, please use a free grammar software like Grammarly.   You did not have as many spelling mistakes.   Some descriptions about your characters will help your story immensely.   There is a mysterious feel to your book, please consider changing genres.   Your plot is unique if developed well!

Rank 15   Escape by cheeseburger-addict   Total = 46/100

You only had two chapters, this made things difficult.   The sketch superimposed on the photograph is very creative for the cover!   Your story has potential if you would write further because it stared with a bang!

Rank 14   Billion $ Bride by Ellisa_Evans   Total = 51/100 

After reading five chapters of your book, please describe your characters, places and outfits in words.   Use the pictures to supplement your depictions.   Besides spelling and grammar mistakes, be aware of issues such as plural vs. singular, tense usage (past vs. present) and meanings of words.   At times, your sentences were very confusing.

Rank 13   My Emotionless Darling by His_iku   Total = 59/100

Your cover is lovely and cute.   I read the prologue, chapters 1-4 and 9-11 to check for improvement.   There are many misused words in the books, for example signed vs. sighed and councilor vs. counselor.   Please use descriptions and try not to use phrases such as "blah...blah" to get away from that task.   There were also issues spatially (one excerpt:   Ask character to leave the car in the middle of parking it).   Also verbs don't match certain events (example: Jumping to get breakfast).   

Rank 12   Blood Moon by Vixzen   Total = 63/100

Second Best Cover and Summary out of all my 16 contestants with a score of 18/20 points!   The dark and enthralling cover matches the title of the book.   It looks scary and beautiful at the same time.  The banter and adorable endearments between the two female characters is hilarious and sweet.   Please determine the theme of your writing, is it romance, humor or vampire?   I think you would do well in humor.   

Rank 11   The Millionaire And The Florist by beautifulandmystery   Total = 65/100

I read chapters 1-4 and 9-11 to evaluate improvement.   Per the title, the protagonist is supposed to be a millionaire but then he is a billionaire in the book.   Some of your relevant tags in the summary are misspelled, please correct them.   Your development of plot in the beginning is great but due to complexities it does become a little warped as the chapters proceed.   Best thing to do is to read the preceding chapter before posting the next, it will help.

Rank 10   Obsessed To Her Only by haya_zee   Total = 67/100

Based on chapters 1-6, you have a good story premise.   In later chapters, your writing improved but there were sentence structure issues that caused confusion.   Please do not use punctuation and elongated words to show emotion.   Instead use irritated, sweet, anger, loud, cute and so on.  Your main protagonists are very harsh about the opposite sex.   I know it is done for effect but tone it down just a little because they are terrible stereotypes.

Rank 9, 8 and 7 were hard to judge.  Your placements were based on Rank 7 and 8 had better writing than Rank 9 and Rank 7 had the romantic feel compared to Rank 8.

Rank 9   We Went Broke At Midnight by DG_and_Reid   Total = 72/100

Third Best Cover and Summary as well as Third best for Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation out of all my 16 contestants with a score of 17/20 and 18/20 respectively.   I like the concept that everything is happening within the same day as you show a timeline as per your title.   Based on the prologue and chapters 1-6, you have a very polished feel and good writing.   Please focus and expand the writing and you will have a great product.

Rank 8   Safe by BuzzingQuill   Total = 73.5/100

Third Best Cover and Summary out of all my 16 contestants with a score of 17/20.   Based on reading author's notes, cast and chapters 1-8, there were issues with plural vs. singular and preposition use.   I wish we knew more about the characters and had descriptions for them.   There was beginnings of it in the latter chapters.   I think you would do well in the Action genre.

Rank 7   On A Cold Winter Night by AngelicLife_2001   Total = 74.5/100

Based on reading chapters 1-5, there were issues pertaining to tense confusion, misuse of adverbs, typos such as rope vs. robe and preposition use.   Your writing does improve as the story progresses and you do cut scenes well.   There are some continuation and transition issues within the prose.   Please continue writing your series.

Rank 6, 5 and 4 were very difficult to judge.   I read six chapters of each to ensure that my judging was fair to all.   I really wish that there were more places for Round 2.   You all have great books so please continue writing.

Rank 6   Best Friends Series: 1998-2000 by JDFanFF   Total = 76/100

Every chapter had a song as a theme from the 1998-2000 era as per the title - very creative!   Your improved cover is a lot better than the one before.   You have done a good job with your narrations, descriptions and especially dialogues.   Also, you took a long break from this story, so please re-read it and you will see that you have grown in your writing.   This book is the sweetest out of all the 16 books, so a big thank you for that!

Rank 5   Falling For Belle by darkerinfinities   Total = 77/100

Third Best Plot out of all the 16 contestants with a score of 25/30.   There is an illegible tag line of sorts on your cover, please correct that.   There is some preposition, punctuation and word misuses in your prose.   There is a tendency to write contradictory view points within a sentence or a paragraph, please refrain from this as it is quite confusing.   For example, in one paragraph, the male protagonist thinks that he is going to have a great year and then the very next paragraph the year is going to suck all of a sudden.

Rank 4   Perfect Mistake by Mxrleyy   Total = 82/100

First for Best Cover and Summary and Third for Best Writing and Creativity out of all the 16 contestants with a score of 19/20 and 24/30 respectively.   I would have given you a perfect score for your cover if you had not said the following,"This sucks so read at your own risk" in your summary.   You are a great writer and my advice (maybe personal) is to stop belittling yourself even in jest.   It is not becoming of you when you are talented!

And that is how I would like to end these reviews, YOU ARE ALL TALENTED!   Please continue to write and flourish.   I have enjoyed the creativity that you have all displayed.   Thank you for making this a wonderful experience for me!   

As mentioned before in the Information chapter of this book, I will be providing writers with one of the three services listed below, if interested.   The only requirement is that you follow me as a judge until July 15, 2017.   This is just so that I can easily find you and your books.   After that you may un-follow me, I will not be offended!   Please notify me by PM and you can ONLY get ONE of these services.

+++  A detailed review of the chapters read and thoughts via PM.

+++ A corrective review of mistakes for two chapters of your entry book via inline comments.   You can delete the comments after editing is completed.

+++ A personalized list of up to ten of your most common writing errors sent by PM.

Some of you have already asked for these in advance and will be receiving them by the weekend!   Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your creative process and I hope that I have helped you improve a little.

Some you have also received a small token of appreciation from me for your hard work!   Just my way of saying that I really liked your work.   Check back here again on July 5, 2017 for other book reviews.   Enjoy your journey on Wattpad!