feeling the need to rant on these Wattys because i dont get it, i entered two stories, one Riverdale fanfic "Mad World" which seemed to have the numbers and a lot of people enjoyed that fanfic more than i could've evn imagined yet it didn't make the long list and then my original story Her Romeo also had the numbers and the comments again didn't make it, i literally edited both those stories numerous times made sure they were as perfect as they could be for these awards !! feeling a little discouraged by this not getting into the long list. As i looked through the longlist to see if i've made it i noticed one interesting thing that there was very few Mature stories in the list..so it has me wondering if mature themed stories are just barely considered in the Wattys reguardless of the supposed welcoming for all genres because this is my 3rd year trying for these things and same result. This year being a little more discouraging then the last two since i edited way more than normal and i know my stuff may not be perfect but damn i was really thinking id get one this year. oh well... congrats to those who made it !! ps. Thank You to all of my readers for their votes and comments it actually means more to me than the watty awards do in the long run.