MoonStone Awards 2020 [JUDGING]

𝓙𝓾𝓭𝓰𝓮𝓼' 𝓡𝓾𝓫𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓼

• Read at least the first five(5) chapters for novels, poetries & artbooks.

• Read at least 1 chapter for short stories/one-shots

• You can even read more if you want.

Read genuinely.

💐MAIN CATEGORY💐

🎗 For Novels and Short Stories🎗
1. Title (Relevant? Unique?) 5/5
2. Cover (Relevant? Unique? Awesome?) 5/5
3. Genre Relevance (Does the book/story fit the genre to which it's entered?) 5/5
4. Opening (Rare? Arises the curiosity of "What's next?") 10/10
5. Characters (Do all the characters feel real? Are they able to evoke emotions from you?) 20/20
6. Plot (Is it unique? Well-explained and intriguing? Do you not notice any plot holes?) 35/35
7. Grammar (no wrong grammars and spelling mistakes, correct usage of tenses) 20/20

Total: 100/100

(Give a short overall review)

*****

🎗For Art & Quote Books 🎗
1. Title (Relevant? Unique?) 10/10
2. Cover (Relevant? Unique? Awesome?) 10/10
3. Genre relevance (Does the book/story fit the genre to which it's entered?) 10/10
4. Application of Materials [Art only] (Skillful? Beautiful?) 25/25
5. Message [Quote only] (Beautiful? Nicely delivered?) 25/25
6. Creativity & Uniqueness (Was it unlike every other artwork you've seen?) 25/25
7. Impact (Did it leave a strong impression?) 20/20

Total: 100/100

(Give a short overall review)

*****

🎗 For Poetry 🎗
1. Title (Relevant? Unique?) 10/10
2. Cover (Relevant? Unique? Awesome?) 10/10
3. Grammar (spelling, tense,etc) 20/20
4. Emotions (Can it bring out emotions? Has an impact?) 20/20
5. Poetic devices (Figures of speech, speaker, audience, tone, etc) 20/20
6. Organization & diction (Use of words and structure) 20/20

Total: 100/100

(Give a short overall review)

🍁 SPECIAL CATEGORY 🍁

You don't need to give reviews for special category, but it's better appreciated if you do!

🎗 For Best Blurb 🎗
1. Is the blurb intriguing? 30/30
2. Does it give the right amount of information the readers need? (Not too much, not too little.) 30/30
3. Is it unique and interesting? 20/20
4. Does it make you want to read the whole story? 20/20

Total: 100/100

*****

🎗 For Best Cover 🎗
1. The cover has relevance to the Novel/Story/Poem ? (Read the synopsis) if you think it is relevant give full points. 50/50
2. Is the Cover eye-catching ? 25/25
3. Is the Cover rare/unique ? 25/25

Total = 100/100

*****

🎗 For Best Opening 🎗
1. Read the prologue - chapter one.
Is it really a good start? 80/80
[ Not good start = below 20 pts]
[ Medium start = below 40 pts]
[ Excellent start = 60 - 80 pts]

2. Does the opening creates any sort of curiosity like what if ?/ what's next ? Or any kind of feeling/emotion (sad, happy, normal, angry, restless, etc. ) 20/20

Total = 100/100