Judge: inkblotsam
Winners
1st Place: Palace Of Nuts by @NamiaOfficial
Judge's Notes: Editing is required to present the story in correct English. That said, the story received a high rating in the categories of workability, craft, and readability. The story feels unique and authentic, and the world is believable. The choice to set the story in a post-WWII setting was very interesting. I was compelled to read further.
2nd Place: Dragged Back From Hell by basheel
Judge's Notes: This story received moderate ratings in cleanliness, workability, and craft, and a high rating in readability. The cliffhanger at the end of the 1st chapter came out of nowhere, and worked very well to push me into reading further. That said, this cliffhanger/central idea to the story could probably have been presented sooner.
Editing is required to clean up both the language and the craft: the story shifts tenses (from present to past, and back and forth), and there are some minor issues with typos.
3rd Place: It's Always You by Xx_KylieRenee_xX
Judge's Notes: This story received a high rating in cleanliness, and moderate ratings in workability, craft, and readability.
This story's strength is in its voice, and confidence in its ideas. It is also presented very clean, with few typos.
That said, editing might be required to present the 'hook' or point of the story earlier. After a few chapters, the story hadn't done enough to make me want to read further. Not that there isn't strong ideas presented here, they just need to be emphasized earlier, and clearer.
Honourable Mention: Her Fate by NetThompson NetThompson
Judge's Notes: This story received a high rating in readability, a moderate rating in cleanliness, and a low rating in workability and craft.
This story felt original, and the use of poetry at the outset was both unique, and effective. There was clearly a story, and strong ideas present here, editing is required to present them more effectively.
The story switched perspectives, from past to present, and back and forth, and the second scene of the story was very disorienting in that it didn't (at least to me) establish a singular perspective. For example, I was unsure whose perspective I was in, and who exactly the central character of the scene was.
There were some typos present throughout.
Thank you to our judge and congrats to all the winners. You can find the winner stickers in the chapter title New Stickers.
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