Hey, guys! Thank you so much for all the support on this award book! I didn't expect it to grow so quickly in such a short time. Anyway, I'm here to introduce my co-worker and the second extraterrestrial (I guess we're sticking with a sci-fi theme) you'll meet when you land on Unification for the judging process—Venator-TheThird! 

Venator is an avid reader and esteemed judge and was one of my fantastic beta readers who helped me win the Ambys and Nano Watt—thank you again for that, Venator! He's a fast reader, too—much faster than me—and has agreed to help judge. If swear, guys, if it were me judging all by myself, this award would take forever to complete. Venator and I read practically every genre and seek undiscovered writers to motivate. He's helped me with my Featured opportunity, too!

That said, Venator and I take the Wattpad Code of Conduct seriously, and we're both going to judge relatively seriously, too, but not so that we're bullies and not mentors. We also ask for patience—the Wattys takes around four months to complete—as Venator is still in school, and I'm an active Docent on an aircraft carrier who writes for them, too. We expect around four months for this award since we follow the strict criteria. While we won't write reviews, we will fill out a scoreboard you can ask for once the Shortlist and Winners are announced. I'll also occasionally post writing tips in this book for y'all to study. Unification isn't a planet of merely judging; it's a planet of growing.

Venator and I are so excited to dive into the meat and potatoes of your guys' books and hope you'll leave this award feeling motivated and ready to enhance your writing careers.

Welcome to Unification, y'all. The Shortlist criteria will be up soon.

-  Viktoria Fyodorova