Time for the results! Without further ado, here they are for Chicklit! Thank you, tasya_wayer , for your hard work in these awards. Contestants, please check out their shout-out chapter—it has their username in the chapter title—if you haven't done so already. They deserve some appreciation :).

If you did not win, meaning you are not in this chapter, we will PM you ASAP with your results. If you do not receive your results, you were probably disqualified, but give us some time to send results.

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Genre Results

🌻Third Place🌻

Username - -impulse
Book Title - The Sweetest Decisions
Score - 91/100
Review -

The cover, title and blurb come together in this alluring way. With those, any reader will be drawn to your work. I love them.

Though the plot in itself is generic, and I'm not sure if there's a deeper theme you're trying to explore with it, I was still invested in the story, thanks to Madison's characterization. She's a sprightly young thing, who I find hard to believe is twenty-one. Madison reminds me of Dani from The Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning. Nevertheless, I believe she is set up perfectly for character development. Especially with James Knightly at her side.

Their relationship dynamic is what I enjoyed most about your story. It's natural and effective in building their characterization. I couldn't ask for more.

Given Madison's personality, the book would've been better written in first person. That way, your first chapter won't look unnervingly fast-paced, as it's majorly Madison's speed-of-light thoughts penned down.

There was a major issue of headhopping with the pov you did use, though. It's another reason why first person would've been better. In chapter one, in a particular scene, you move from Madison's headspace to her father's, then back. That kind of thing can confuse a reader. I suggest you stick to one character's thoughts throughout an entire scene/chapter, just like you stuck to Madison's dad's throughout the first scene of Chapter 4.

Stephen King did say the road to hell is paved with adverbs. I'd add majorly "ly" adverbs. You used a lot of those with your already "exotic" dialogue tags (tags that aren't "he said/asked/replied") eg "sneered acidly" in chapter 2, among others. I suggest you take them out, as they not only weaken your writing, but are also repetitive. Most things you wrote are redundant as well, because of your unspoken urge to overexplain things to your readers. (Ref: Chapter 18, where you wrote, "disorganized mess").

I didn't see many grammatical errors. Just some misspellings like "unphased", instead of "unfazed". The rest can be easily edited.

I like your work, but is there a message bigger than the plot? A profound central theme? Or is it simply a love story?

Keep writing.

🌻Second Place🌻

Username - MiniMoxx
Book Title - Perfectly Unexpected
Score - 96/100
Review -

The title fits the story, but I don't how to feel about the word, "perfectly", in it. I think I understand its origin, but isn't it weird? I mean, someone died to bring those "unexpected" circumstances together, so calling all that "perfect" doesn't sit well with me. I found nothing wrong with the blurb.

On the other hand, the cover is beautiful, if not Wattpad-generic. Many covers on Wattpad are like this, so it's not enough to make me read your work. I suggest adding more details. How about a child being the cover, seeing as it symbolizes much in the story?

Your opening chapter won me over; your plot is laid down perfectly! There is no rush, and I get to understand each and every concrete character so well. Tyler is my best person by the way.

And your plot twists? Very original! Who would've thought Grey would be a sperm donor, lol. I appreciate every twist and turn you etched into your story, including the sad ones.

Moreover, your descriptions are very vivid and apt; your analogies relatable and your dialogue natural. Thanks to them, I kept flipping the pages, well done!

Concerning your scenes, though you have a unique style of breaking them up, I feel certain scenes could've been merged into one. For, say, two or so scenes in a chapter, I don't think the scene breaks were necessary.

I know, however, some sentences were unnecessarily long. For them, I advise you sheave off extra glue words. The dialogue too, in some areas, was wrongly punctuated ie you used the actions of the character speaking as the dialogue tag. That's not appropriate.

There were other small errors, like the wrong use of semicolons, but noticeable, nonetheless, in your narrative.

Regardless, I love the theme of your story. Thank you for letting me read it!

🌻First Place🌻

Username - 0liviaRose436
Book Title - On the Edge of Tomorrow
Score - 97/100
Review -

This is a beautiful story. The cover, title, and blurb go perfectly well together, but what I love most about your work is the plot. It explores love from a very deep and powerful perspective. It makes me think, and I appreciate that. Its pacing is just right for the story too. However, the way you jump from one scene to another is a bit jarring in some places.

Regardless, your work has a beginning, middle and end. Would've loved to see Lily's breakup with Chris at the beginning, though. "Telling" it isn't so satisfying for me.

Your characters are the bedrock of this work. They are real in bold neon letters. From their interactions to their actions to their relationship dynamics, I can imagine them as living breathing beings. I love Billy and Lily equally and best, followed by Mary and the little girl, Nina.

Your descriptions win me over, moreover. Mostly because of the way you effortlessly weave them into your narrative. They don't announce themselves but still sink into a reader's imagination. In my opinion, that's the best way to describe things in a story.

Most of the errors I did find are in your grammar: run-ons, lots of misused semicolons, and some misspellings (which I suspect were more of typos). Something else also stands out in your work: the overuse of exotic dialogue tags (things like, "she asserted") and in very few cases, wrong punctuation of dialogues (referencing Chapter 6, where you wrote, "'No,' it was a curt answer." A period should've appeared after the "No", not comma.)

Regardless, and with all said, I very much enjoyed reading your work. I should continue with it, after the awards.

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Congratulations to all of the winners! You will receive your prizes once the awards are over :).