Short Short Story Awards [CLOSED FOR JUDGING]

WINNERS for contest ii

First of all, I liked reading everyone's stories. They were all pretty good, but there could only be three (well, there turned out to be more) winners.

Congratulations to the winners:

In first we have Defined By These Stars by Mickey1763!

This story was wonderfully and very cleverly written. The grammar and spelling were near perfect, the writing style was great, and the storyline flowed nicely. Give this story a read!

In second there's a three-way tie. Which is pretty wild. The winners are The Fortune Teller by cosmicallychaotic and Marcus Stultus Est and In The Ruins by Di_Rossi. All three of these books have fantastic details and descriptions and very clean writing styles. They're also short and easy to read all at once. Go read them!

In third the winner is Nissa by sarcastic_sarah417. This story is a bit longer, but has a definite fairytale-story feel and a cute main character. The ending is satisfying as well. Go check this out!

Here's everyone's scores!

I listed them all because
a. it took me forever to read and grade them and, probably more importantly,
b. so y'all can see where you're good and what you can work on. If you're lacking in a category or two, find a story that scored highly there, and see what they do!

defined by these stars
- Title and cover: [5 points; 3 for title, 2 for cover]
5/5
- Summary: [5 points]
4.5/5
- Grammar/spelling/sentence structure: [10 points]
9.5/10
- Character(s): [10 points]
8/10
- Plot and writing style: [20 points]
19/20
- Uniqueness: [10 points]
9/10
- Beginning and end: [10 points, 5 each]
9/10
[total possible: 70 points]
64/70

marcus stultus est
- Title and cover: [5 points; 3 for title, 2 for cover]
3.5/5
- Summary: [5 points]
2.5/5
- Grammar/spelling/sentence structure: [10 points]
10/10
- Character(s): [10 points]
8/10
- Plot and writing style: [20 points]
19/20
- Uniqueness: [10 points]
10/10
- Beginning and end: [10 points, 5 each]
8/10
[total possible: 70 points]
61/70

the fortune teller
- Title and cover: [5 points; 3 for title, 2 for cover]
4/5
- Summary: [5 points]
2/5
- Grammar/spelling/sentence structure: [10 points]
8.5/10
- Character(s): [10 points]
9.5/10
- Plot and writing style: [20 points]
18/20
- Uniqueness: [10 points]
9/10
- Beginning and end: [10 points, 5 each]
9/10
[total possible: 70 points]
61/70

in the ruins
- Title and cover: [5 points; 3 for title, 2 for cover]
4.5/5
- Summary: [5 points]
3/5
- Grammar/spelling/sentence structure: [10 points]
10/10
- Character(s): [10 points]
8/10
- Plot and writing style: [20 points]
17/20
- Uniqueness: [10 points]
9/10
- Beginning and end: [10 points, 5 each]
9/10
[total possible: 70 points]
61/70

nissa
- Title and cover: [5 points; 3 for title, 2 for cover]
3.5/5
- Summary: [5 points]
3/5
- Grammar/spelling/sentence structure: [10 points]
9.5/10
- Character(s): [10 points]
8/10
- Plot and writing style: [20 points]
17/20
- Uniqueness: [10 points]
8/10
- Beginning and end: [10 points, 5 each]
8/10
[total possible: 70 points]
60.5/70

family tradition
- Title and cover: [5 points; 3 for title, 2 for cover]
5/5
- Summary: [5 points]
3/5
- Grammar/spelling/sentence structure: [10 points]
8/10
- Character(s): [10 points]
8/10
- Plot and writing style: [20 points]
17/20
- Uniqueness: [10 points]
9/10
- Beginning and end: [10 points, 5 each]
8/10
[total possible: 70 points]
58/70