This is what every category is going to be judged on. There will be one first, second, and third place winner for each category. Judges, I will put up a Discord server that you can collaborate on soon.

Cover Design (Is it unique? Does it match the tone of the story?): /10

Cover Relevance (Does the cover reflect the story in some way?):  /10

Description (Is it relevant? Is it intriguing? Does it make you want to continue reading? Is there a description?):  /10

Prologue/ Exposition (Does it make you want to keep reading, or is it just a big, boring info dump?):  /10

Grammar (Do they have a lot of spelling, capitalization, and punctuation errors?): /10

Plot (Does it move at a nice pace? Is the plot interesting and somewhat unique? Do events happen that provoke emotion from the reader?):  /10

Characters (Are they unique? Are they interesting? Would you like to learn more about this character? Do they have goals, strengths, and flaws, as well as relationships that are relevant to the plot?):  /10

Originality (I understand that no concept is completely original, but did the author actually put effort into making this story stand out? Have you seen anything very similar to this that they may have copied the plot from?) (AUs are excused from that last sentence):  /10

Judges, please tell me if I should add anything else to this rubric!