🌿 THE ROSTER:

The roster will be rechecked many times to see if all participants have followed the rules. If they have not, they may be subject to disqualification. Rechecking will be sporadic. Roster will be re-published in a fresh chapter whenever a genre gets filled. Please check to see if your stories have been rated M (for mature) and L (for LGBTQ) correctly.

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BATCH ONE:

🌿 Romance.
Judge (2/2):
RuVineet.
lunahmed
Contestants (20/20):
loveisasweetpoison — From My Heart to You.
aliceshutup — Restart Me.
EdithAnyakee — Chasing Red: The Mafia Tale.
RyeCather — The Unknown Constant.
fucked_to_the_top — Black & Green. (M)
mystic_aura_ — All Started With a Phone Call.
jennylgale — A Fantasy Real.
Preetx — The Zohra Project.
Hannah_the_writer — Blood Money.
AnkitaGhosh205 — You're the Reason for My Tears. (M)
LookmanLaneon — Lion of Soweto.
SciFiSoFly — At Your Service. (M) - (L)
Wryneck — The Story of Us. (M)
Mikkoyz — We're Not A Couple.
Berrylove91 — To Love Again?
kate123mochalover — Repercussions. (M)
Breraeg — Only Sunshine.
AthenaSuarez — The Phantom's Queen.
flowersforleah — The House of Beardsley.
laivon — Waltzing Artist.

🌿 Poetry.
Judges (2/2):
ByThyButterfly.
Preetx
Contestants (20/20):
EdithAnyakee — Can One Die of a Broken Heart?
StraykidsMakethStay — My Poetry.
summerjadeg — Metanoia.
spaciries — Thantophobia.
loverdolphin57 — Things I Never Said.
drugyouneed — Broken Words.
khristygapher — Phleephlaw Poems.
StarShades03 — Nefarious Words.
PaintedByCoffee — Melancholy Thorns. (M)
mindisequaltoblown — Haikuing Through Society.
JessicaGoyette — Sing, Daughter of Zion.
it_is_me_centimeter — Those Little Words.
zanthenewt — Smile.
Amaboo — Scars of Armor.
crowned_cherry3 — Feather Quill.
A_K_Villanueva — Metanoia.
Aethereal_Psyche — An Isolophilic's Reflection.
Bandit26139 — Reach Above and Beyond.
lunahmed — After 2AM.
laivon — Night Light of Words. (-M)

🌿 Fantasy.
Judges (2/2):
rfnasua.
Morphopulous.
Contestants (20/20):
cool_reader_ — Forbidden.
calistacyq — Christmas Myths Come True.
Nax_00 — A Monster's Masquerade.
JessicaGoyette — He Calls Me Hephziba.
Arrowstyx — LaginaWood. (M) - (L)
evo_eevee — Grendilton: Rise of the Shadows.
Amaboo — Traveling Salsesman: Astronomogist.
ejwunderbar — The Aeon Paradox. (M) - (L)
ArcaneNecromancer — Last of Her Bloodline. (M)
Nicental — Demon Cry. (M)
flowersforleah — The Dandelion System.
Angels_of_Sky — The White Flower.
jiasona45 — The Betrothed. (M) - (L)
Little_Songbirdx — Fighting for a Crown.
ShyGuySamurai — Nagan.
_shikato_ — The Phoenix Queen.
skyvonwall — The Butcher Prince: Children of the Moon.
Kiahni_C — Flame in the Veins.
madhuvila — Bagha.
Nothing_Ordinary — A Lifetime Away.

🌿 Vampire/Werewolf.
Judges (2/2):
Vaani_Deepshikha.
WinterLafae.
Contestants (20/20):
lovechild777 — Blood Sucker. (M)
Nicental — Alpha Xeres. (M)
_Caelle — Celestial: Queen of the Stars.
_shikato_ — The Last True Alpha.
StellaMaria77 — Darkness and Light. (L)
ariannaganda44 — Moonstruck. (M) - (L)
laynejodi — Blame the Goddess.
ilaasida — Royal Rogue Mate.
Angelsiren21 — Scorned Love.
Starlight1807 — Healed By my Mate.
brennaiswriting — Who Wants to Live Forever.
darkest112 — The One You Hated.
sirenix2028 — My Bad Boy Alpha.
ShelleyratedxMJ — Bound to Silas.
EmmaConnolly379 — Hunter's Shadow.
LheaRyder — The W.A.I.T (M) - (L)
Andele284 — Revenge for the Pain.
MissFantasyy — The Ancients.
TheStargazer_ — Crimson Rose.
kkimberlyn — King.

🌿 Teen Fiction/Young Adult.
Judges (2/2):
honeyspaces-.
MLT1993.
Contestants (20/20):
starzzz2 — The Time of Our Lives, Pilot. (M)
calistacyq — Coral Bay.
Jerseyka — Friends or More.
khristygapher — Right with my Soul.
MandiAustin — Unusual Circumstances. (M)
Jerri_W_ — Us Together.
JessicaGoyette — She Dances to Drums.
K_Topia — Can't Stay Away.
LookmanLaneon — The Valentine Frenzy.
Meagz56 — Shooting Star.
CaylaBronkhorst — First Time for Everything. (M)
alvahmara — Scars of Yesterday.
mortaltendencies — Money Hearts.
Wryneck — The Dark Side of Silver Linings.
kimbt12 — Beautifully Broken. (M)
GreenConfetti — A Place We Know. (-M)
walkingecho — The Days.
-21darkpoet14- — When the Good Boy Meets the Whore.
Scintillahx — Disastrously Tangled.
thesoupernovva — Our Différences.

🌿 Chicklit.
Judges (2/2):
averymarinoxo
laynejodi
Contestants (20/20):
EdithAnyakee — Never Say I Never Loved You.
tomisworld — Before the Storm.
Rony177 — Healing Wounds.
toomuchtohandle21 — Lydia.
MandiAustin — Sex with the Ex. (M)
LookmanLaneon — Lady Desperate.
-21darkpoet14- — It All Started With A Slap.
loveisasweetpoison — The Broken Photoframe.
LookmanLaneon — Lion of Soweto.
Regalbeast08 — Exclusively Me. (M)
speedocks — Tetris in Red.
dreamlucid2 — White Peony.
toriwritess — The Easy Route.
Miabookworm12 — A Day That Changed Everything.
toliveistoconquer — Undercover.
ajrunaway — Top Ten.
KeiraKnox1 — All We Lost.
LeiAndre — Ditch.
MollyyRichardson — Helpline.
Val_Good — Recipe for Disaster.

🌿 Fanfiction.
Judges (2/2):
spaciries.
a_keen_reader
Contestants (20/20):
eroticfictionauthor — Lan Zhan's Untamed. (L)
Azukiel — A Liaison in the Great Greenwoods. (M)
_sarcasticteen — Sidxavneet.
MLT1993 — Highway to Hell.
anonymiae — Philophobe. (M) - (L)
likemealfa — His Tattooed Singers. (M)
zanthenewt — Crown of Thrones. (-M)
Sabrina-Snape-Evans — Lové and Black Magic.
jiasona45 — Brother In Law. (M) - (L)
OnyxVixen — Starlight.
RomanianQueen001 — Winter.
StellaMaria77 — The Tangled Heart. (M) - (L)
SapphireSkyes — Dark Side of the Moon.
laynejodi — Love Me, Please. (M) - (L)
-azurebaby- — Dear Mr. Styles. (M)
dreamer_1602 — Broken Beyond Repair.
TheQuieterOne — Glitter and Gold.
theoriginalgoat — Runaway.
astr0color — Tacenda.
NicYandere — Erised.

🌿 Short Story.
Judges (2/2):
raymac_eric.
Apsara_1808.
Contestants (20/20):
ur_favouritexx — The Cure.
LiJWrites — Last Breaths. (M) - (L)
TinyAsianEmpress — Boys Like You. (M)
mystic_aura_ — Distant Memories.
aclouis — The Cow and the Moon.
MandiAustin — Never Again. (M)
BananaZurc — Helpless.
stargiven — Renditions.
mindisequaltoblown — This is Me!
AnkitaGhosh205 — Love by Chance.
GnomeMercy — Whisper. (M)
zanthenewt — The Countdown.
Amaboo — Beneath the Pink Iron Veil. (-M)
LookmanLaneon — Alayonmbere.
GreenConfetti — Shoot. (M)
walkingecho — Every Breath.
Nicental — Fire Me Up, Baby.
laivon — The Chase of a Spark. (-M)
GandalfofspaceAnli — The Perfect Meat Suit.
loveisasweetpoison — Deserved Better.

🌿 One Shots.
Judges (1/1):
_sarcasticteen.
Contestants (10/10):
loveisasweetpoison — Rumors.
Ashu1121 — The Beautiful Wife.
MandiAustin — Christmas Confessions.
mindisequaltoblown — Sacrificed Strength.
WinterLafae — A Series of One Shots. (M)
Regalbeast08 — Concealed Love.
Msqueeniiee — In My Dreams. (M)
TrushaJi — He is Mine.
candlemouse — Fablehaven Oneshots.
BriannaRoseC — Broken Layers.

🌿 Science Fiction.
Judges (1/1):
raymac_eric.
Contestants (10/10):
sboufath — Out of the Ordinary.
JessicaGoyette — To Catch a Glimpse.
zanthenewt — 2500. (M) - (L)
phoenixbird1313 — The Choosing. (-M)
AriadneRosabel — Alexgenesia.
WeepliketheWind- — The Struggles of Being a Heartless Genius.
LimbicNoodle — Second Self.
Jarvis1989 — 3.1.
StellaMaria77 — 100% Match.
Moon_mond_luna_lune — Keystone.

🌿 Paranormal/Supernatural/Horror.
Judges (1/1):
eroticfictionauthor.
Contestants (10/10):
XJustinbieberBELEIVE — The Haunted House.
PrincessPlatinum — Sting.
Azukiel — Bride of Mordor. (M)
FutureWriterLA — Accidentally Reviving a Serial Killer. (-M) - (L)
DestinyNdi — The Call of the Devil. (M)
Angels_of_Sky — Project X.
pavlinadiamond — The Courage of Stars.
Christine842 — Uncomplacent. (-M)
Half-Blood_Hill — Sun Kissed.
Temitope840 — A Ghost Story.

🌿 Mystery/Thriller.
Judges (2/2):
Ashu1121.
StellaMaria77.
Contestants (20/20):
ur_favouritexx — Silence.
cool_reader_ — Beyond the Veil.
EdithAnyakee — A Time of Rage. (M)
MLT1993 — Tainted Blood.
torismorgan — Behind the Face. (M)
Lanadreams58 — Justice from Behind Glasses.
sagetolu — Whistle.
crowned_cherry3 — Case 1132.
lustflames — Hamilton High Blood.
jiasona45 — Wild Spies. (M) - (L)
AlishbaAkbarOfficial — Stay Quiet.
A_K_Villanueva — Frozen Grimoire.
heartofemotion — Zanilla.
SilverGrace643 — Truth or Dare. (-M)
Charlieruuh — Coding Decoding. (-M)
treazure1607 — Unexpected Gift.
MauliKundlia — Black Knight.
DavidEAnderson100 — Criminal Circles.
TrushaJi — Not A Guardian Angel.
DinocoNony — Arcane Affairs.

🌿 LGBTQ+.
Judges (1/1):
itsnothardtodreamx
Contestants (10/10):
eroticfictionauthor — Untamable. (L)
honeyspaces- — The Sun is Out. (L)
StormyTL — Nameless and Missing You. (M) - (L)
Drillburger — Can't Stay Tranquil. (L)
-MKBD- — The King of the Forest. (M) - (L)
limernce — Girl Doll. (M) - (L)
jiasona45 — Hate Story. (M) - (L)
miaamigo — Flower on a High Peak. (L)
_maurii_ — Falling in Love with my Best Friend. (L)
Ookaishy — Different. (L)