We had a lot of great entries for this category! Our judges couldn't pick between the two best, so we have joint winners for this round.
JOINT WINNER
What if there was no freedom of speech and expression in your world? What if every writing, every art and all pieces of creation were censored with an iron hand? The defectors disappear without a trace, the free press is gagged and suffocating and the government had no opposition whatsoever. Set in a world of trust and betrayal, CLOUD NINE is a 'fluffy' tale of darkness. After the long drawn World War 3, people are shifting to the Cloud Kingdom of Audra to escape from the radiations in the atmosphere. Alizeh is looking forward to her stay on 'Cloud Nine'. But what she finds there beggars description. Will Alizeh be able to live there, or will she sacrifice her passion for a chance at a better life?
JOINT WINNER
Photographer Quentin Morgan has almost everything he could ask for. With a dream job that takes him all over the world, married to the love of his life for the past eight years, it's only his husband's line of work that leaves a bad taste in his mouth. Ian is a SynTracker, someone who hunts down BioSynths - obsolete yet incredibly dangerous synthetic self-aware weapons that can pass as humans - and returns them to the corporations that created them, to be reprogrammed and repurposed. Quentin finds the job distasteful, but Ian says they're weapons, and weapons don't weep. A car crash that could have killed Quentin reveals the shocking truth: he, himself, is a BioSynth. Hurt, scared, and now hunted by the man he loves, who accepted a contract with the corporation that created him, Quentin is thrown into a suddenly hostile world, where the stakes are his very existence.
HONOURABLE MENTION
Existence Denied by RogueWriter55
Jared Johnson had two things he most desired in life; a loving wife, and a dream job working in the life-giving department of Natural Progression. It was his responsibility as a Liveliness Inquisitor to investigate and initiate the proper records for an unborn's right to exist. Human life did not occur until Natural Progressions granted it.Five years later, his comfortable life changed forever.Someone illegally used Jared's credentials to initiate life. Although proven innocent, Jared's reassignment to the Death department, processing death dates for the end of life, began to siphon the life out of him. Jared decided to seek employment elsewhere and in the process, discovered the impossible...He had no death record. In a world with predetermined life spans, what did it mean?
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Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who entered this category!
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The Speculative Fiction Awards 2021
NezařaditelnéJudging [ Completed ] Welcome to the Speculative Fiction Awards! There are many talented Speculative Fiction writers on Wattpad, and now it's time for those undiscovered talents to take the spotlight. We accept only genres under this broad cate...