The Spotlight Awards

The Games (#1) - Results!

The Results are in!

I have marked all of your submissions, and I can honestly say, I cannot believe how talented you guys are! All of you also competed in the previous awards, and not only did I read some of the best short stories, but I have also got to see how much you've all improved in your writing! Each of you put in so much effort and managed to make such big advancements, you should all be very proud!

I also want to say a massive thank you to you guys for being involved and putting up with my crap. Competitions like these wouldn't be possible without you, and the effort that you all put in is what makes these awards so much fun! So thank you so much!

Please note: I have worked hard on writing a detailed, carefully thought-out paragraph of feedback for each one of you, this highlights what you've done well, and what you could improve on. Please read it because I've worked hard on them. I encourage you to apply the feedback to areas that need improvement so that you can do even better in the next awards!

Important:

Please don't be discouraged if you didn't come first, you all still did amazingly, and since these are ongoing awards, your score for this event, as always, will be added to your leader-board score, so every bit counts!

So, without further ado, I present, the winners of The Spotlight Games (#1):

Drum roll please!

In Third place, we have...

Nearly There!

★ SmolBeamxx! ★

With their short story, which earned them a score of 55/100! An action packed piece of writing, filled with suspense and awesome descriptive language! Well done!

Third Place Prizes:
- Bronze badge for cover of your book (if you choose to publish it)
- shoutout on announcements
- bragging rights

In second place...

Almost!

★★ Trash_goddess600! ★★

With their short story, which earned them a score of 73/100! A very mysterious, intriguing, adventurous piece of writing! Well done!

Second Place Prizes:
- silver badge for cover of your book (if you choose to publish it)
- permanent follow
- shoutout on announcements
- Surprise advantage in next awards
- bragging rights

And finally, the winner of the first spotlight games is....

Getting warmer!

★★★ rh27writer! ★★★

With their short story which earned the a score of  80/100! A suspense filled, thrilling, very well written piece of writing that is truely amazing!

First Place Prizes:
- gold badge for cover of your book (if you choose to publish it)
- permanent follow
- your book added to public reading list
- shoutout on announcements
- An optional interview
- surprise advantage in next awards
- bragging rights
- deemed the ultimate winner of The Games (#1)

As you probably already know, the leaderboard is on the first page of the book and will have been updated by the time this chapter has been released and please PM me for your results and feedback. For our winners, don't forget to collect your badges at the top of the page.

Please feel free to PM me if you have any questions, or if you would like to discuss your feedback. I'm also open to suggestions on how to run events like this/how to deliver feedback.

So there you have it! The Spotlight Games (#1) is complete! I hope you all had alot of fun, and remember, don't worry, it's not over! You should all be so proud of yourselves and I hope to see every single one of you in the next event!

Congratulations to everyone, and well done!