Before I present to you the six finalists of Realistic Fiction (two of them tied and I couldn't pick one, so both made it to the next round), I have many things to say. The stories I have read for this genre have blown away my expectations. They were all great, some of them almost made me break my own rules and read ahead (but I didn't), some of them almost made me cry. I loved all of your stories so much, and it was so hard to cut some of your entries out, but in the end, I had to narrow it down, and unfortunately some of your entries didn't make the cut.
I also understand that not all of you are the same age, some of you are probably under the Wattpad age requirement, but I had to judge all of you fairly and equally, so I did not account for age when judging your stories. I apologize to those of you who may be younger, but the point of this was to be fair, and being fair means ignoring age.
I'll be messaging all of you with your rubrics, and some pointers to help you improve your story. The scores were even closer than they were in Fanfiction or Fantasy, we had multiple ties and only a few stories that went below 30/35. Unfortunately there were five people cut, but this was a very difficult decision to make. Please remember that all of this is for fun, and no matter who advances, all of you are wonderful writers for a very simple reason:
You wrote a story that you are proud of, you uploaded it onto the world wide web, on this website, on Wattpad, and you entered it in this contest. All of you should be very proud of what you've accomplished, and I look forward to our continued relationship as you all improve as writers. Please do not be discouraged by your disqualification, and remember that you'll probably be wining some sort of award anyway, because a lot of the entries had perfect scores in one section or another of the rubric.
Also, don't worry, the extra points for non-native speakers didn't affect the results in any way shape or form.
I'll have your rubrics out to you soon.
Now, without further adieu, the Realistic Fiction Finalists in no particular order:
Four of Clubs - destrction
Saving Emily - taislebaron
Beautiful Tragedy - tundra-sun
The Emotions Game - ValentineSora
Through The Flames - Sunsetdancer28
Lonely Souls - BriannaRoseC
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