Congratulations! These are the stories who will progress to the next round.

A special thanks to introvert_expert  for taking on the judging of two extra stories.

ATTENTION JUDGES: I will private message the rubrics to you on Friday. On Friday, please also inform me if one of your participants has not completed the following step—

ATTENTION PARTICIPANTS:
Please take this time to follow all of the judges. You have until FRIDAY 04/28/23. This is a very important step. If you do not follow this step, you will then be disqualified. Tag your judge and comment "Done" when you have done so. If you're already following the judges, still complete this step so that your activity and engagement in these awards can be noted.
Thank you!

During the first round, each cover and synopsis was reviewed and those stories whose synopsis were well written and engaging have progressed to the second round.
If you have any questions, please private message me.

JUDGE 1. @CaitlynDesselle
POETRY & SHORT STORIES
lemon0804 Feelstora
maplelatte7 Genesis
MysticMistres19 Mystic Little Wonders
BellOfSilence ROTTEN to the Core
TheWordArtistBooks Mystical Words
_pretty_pluviophile_ Sentient
ROMANCE
Alicialoveridge When Storm Clouds Hover
FAN-FICTION
SollightRain  Backlash Pt. 1
GENERAL FICTION
CBMokedi Mouse and the Fallen Star
ArielMLongee Safforia
binaforreal The Untold Identities
TheWordArtistBooks Small Paws Big Pride
FANTASY
Olvaaarrdd Heart of Straw
Aravis-Brightspell Rhyshannon Chronicles

JUDGE 2. Rubi_Rupa
FANTASY
Fowler0821 How to Save the World with Mediocrity
FAN-FICTION
ivyB4winter The Way We Go
GENERAL FICTION
CubistPerson A Blade of Dead Poems

JUDGE 3. IMP0TAT0
ROMANCE
Paper2Pen A Devious Exchange

JUDGE 4.

JUDGE 5.

JUDGE 6. TheManofFiction
FANTASY
IredescentRose The Unfound
AshlynLynx Lawless Heaven
Cosmodeus25 Starborn

JUDGE 7. Kailucy
ROMANCE
sissymisscece Me and the Monster
@strawberry1d Je T'aime Imbecile
General Fiction
LiebeKlara Love at Dawn

JUDGE 8. introvert_expert
FAN-FICTION
Alyflo777 21st Century Girl
BellOfSilence When Stars Fall
ECB1994 The Collaboration
ROMANCE
UnbalancedMom333 Hetty and Ryan
LNRoberts1 You- Always