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Are you sick and tired of participating in awards that take far too long to complete? Or awards that end up getting cancelled halfway? Are you looking for an award that actually provides you with feedback on how you can improve, rather than...
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First of all, thank you to everyone for your patience. Thank you to our judges for their incredible, incredible work. All of you have been fantastic to work with, and we would love to have you again next month - as either a judge or a participant!
awesomeSTG - thank you so much for the meticulous detail in your judging! You knew you'd be busy, and yet, you still volunteered to judge and you still managed to do it all in time with incredible detail. You are an absolute champion.
EmberShy - thank you so much for being so incredibly prompt with your feedback and scores! It was so reassuring to have results sent in before the deadline, and your commitment and dedication has been just fantastic.
SpillingTheLlamas - you are a legend. You stepped in at the very last-minute after another judge pulled out, and you didn't fuss at all. You were prompt, committed and positive, and your judging itself was incredibly fair and thoughtful. Thank you so much.
And now, for the results!
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Unfortunately, not everyone can be in our top three. But a huge congratulations to everyone who made the shortlist! Here are the following books that made the shortlist (in no particular order), as well as a bit of feedback from your respective judges.
Your grammar and spelling and mainly all the nitty gritty stuff is amazing, but here's where you fall short: your beginning confused me, and it might have just been me, but I'm really confused on a lot of things. One your characters is supposed to be friends, yet they act like they hate each other – sometimes this is okay, but not for that long. So why are they friends if they keep acting like enemies? Two: your setting is bothering me – characters keep coming from strange places in the first chapter and I can't get a clear view of where they are or what's going on. Next: your creativity, I'll try and put this lightly but, "I fell in love with a criminal." "I fell in love with my boss." "with the bad boy, the bodyguard, the wolf." It's very overused. I did though enjoy your book a little. It wasn't my favorite but I didn't hate it. I just think you should run through it and better organize it.
