Hello Kpoppers!

We are happy to announce the results of Ships entries. Kudos to the judges who found time amidst their schedule and provided us with the results in the limited time frame.

1. Ersatz Leman by Katopark
Judge: Loraslk

Title: (5/5)
➥ Title is unique and works with the book plot.

Cover: (4/5)
➥ Cover works, only the title is very hard to read, at least on a laptop it is.

Blurb: (4.5/5)
➥ Blurb is perfect, only you wrote a lover and then a leman and a leman basically translates to a lover so I don't think you need a synonym right after the other. Blurb is interesting though and makes me curious to read the book which is good.

Character Development: (10/10)
➥ Jimin seems to come to terms with being gay and Yoongi seems to allow and make him feel accepted for his un-normality even though that is sad.

Plot: (9.5/10)
➥ Was a little bit sad that Jimin disappeared with his perfect man which was just more of an illusion while the son of Achlys would continue working. It is not a sad ending nor happy but the jump between Jimin liking Yoongi and connecting physically with him was very quick so the plot you could have created more of a relationship possibly before this and then if the illusion of Yoongi was accurate to the son of Achlys, it may have been cute for him even to have given up his roles and chosen Jimin or something. There's nothing wrong with ur plot tho I suppose, just there were more opportunities.

Flow of story: (9/10)
➥ Relationship between jimin and Yoongi seemed too quickly established without much connection or romantic build if that makes sense.

Grammar: (5/5)
➥ Great vocabulary used and didn't see any mistakes.

Genre Relevance: (5/5)
➥I guess you'd say it's fantasy romance or something, works with plot and title etc.

Anticipation: (5/5)
➥ Made me very curious.

Content/Overall enjoyment: (5/5)
➥I am not used to your writing style but you wrote very beautifully. You have great descriptions and language which is very skilled and I really enjoyed your unique plot.

I really enjoyed reading your book, I found it was very unique and didn't have many faults so well done. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Ersatz Leman.

Total: 62/70

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2. The Wolf's Diary by Quintana_Harrow
Judge: Loraslk

Title: (5/5)
➥ Title is unique and fits the plot.

Cover: (3.5/5)
➥ Cover works, there's nothing related to wolves or rabbits or the forest or Yoongi, and I know some korean words on your cover may be your thing but if its a subtitle or title written again on an english written book, it doesn't make that much sense. May turn away readers who think the book is not in english.

Blurb: (5/5)
➥ Blurb is interesting, it does make me want to read it.

Character Development: (9/10)
➥ Character development is very average, Jimin makes some progress with Yoongi but Yoongi seems to be interested in the forest and then not and not much character development has really been made, whereas Jimin has initiated speaking to his crush and is eagerly seeing him.

Plot: (8.5/10)
➥ I really like the plot of the story, it is unique. I did find the crazy man part a bit hard to follow through and I don't know who Okami is, is this supposed to be a made up name of Jimin so that it doesn't give away Jimin's secret?

Flow of story: (8/10)
➥ I think the flow of the story is a bit slow, it is still progressing though. It just slightly is affecting my attention span while reading the book because I keep getting curious that Jimin and Yoongi are getting closer to forming a bond but then it doesn't happen and all the exciting stuff seems to not really be happening.

Grammar: (3/5)
➥ Grammatical errors, make sure you proofread or read your sentences out loud to ensure they make sense because you are missing a couple commas. Some vocabulary also isn't used in the correct tense.

Genre Relevance: (4.5/5)
➥ Book title works with the plot and such but I do wonder what genre it is, it sort of reminds me of a love book which works with the title via the dairy part, and then like thriller or sci fi by the wolf part.

Anticipation: (4.5/5)
➥ Book has anticipation where I want to know what happens next but not really cliff hangers or not enough tastes of what is to come later in the book.

Content/Overall enjoyment: (9.5/10)
➥ I really enjoyed reading this book, your writing style is nice with description words, just found it a bit slow and boring in parts but I just wanted to know what would happen between Yoongi and Jimin so it is a unique captivating story. I hopefully will continue reading it when you continue writing it.

Overall you have a pretty good book, just work on your grammatical errors and make sure your book pace is progressing quickly enough.

Total: 60.5/70

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3. The Guardian's Gift by shiteutea
Judge: Loraslk

Title: (5/5)
➥ Is unique title and works with the story plot.

Cover: (1/5)
➥ Cover looks aesthetically pleasing however I don't know how blue and green photos link to guardians or Jin or Jisoo. The title is way too hard to read, both font and colour seen as you chose blue on a blue and green background. Who the covers by is hard to read, only font that's sort of easy to read is by shiteutea. But there's also no Jin or Jisoo, an angel, a normal life for a day image, or a florist, so the cover has no link to the story.

Blurb: (5/5)
➥ Blurb is adequate, makes me interested to read it, is possibly a short blurb though.

Character Development: (6/10)
➥ You made connections between characters, Jisoo constantly struggled with her need to protect Jin however I didn't really get any romantic relationship building between Jin and Jisoo. Jisoo even had more of a relationship with Yongguk in a friendship way more than a relationship built with Jin from what I read. It wasn't established enough for development between them.

Plot: (4/10)
➥ Plot is unique, is a bit confusing though and I found some holes while reading it where characters seemed to have changed what happened a couple seconds after it happened, I can't remember exactly the example I wanted to use but for example a person's wallet could've been with Jin but now its with Jisoo? Idk, just some parts were really confusing and I didn't understand what was going on sometimes. So it wasn't the best explained plot. It also doesn't feel fully real but the connections you created between characters were somewhat real. Also when did she start dating Jin to go to the theme park? I feel like I missed how that happened or something. Story seems to have some holes. You also introduced characters like Yongguk but didn't mention he was Jin's original bully until he started explaining his story, presuming Jisoo didn't know it. But also why didn't Yongguk freak out about her being stabbed with no blood coming out of her because if they went to the police station, surely they'd have figured out she didn't get any wounds and be suspicious.

Flow of story: (5/10)
➥ Very long chapters, could've been spaced out more but the pace of what's happening is fine. Too slow to meet the ship. Seems like multiple ships are happening which confuses me. You keep skipping time as well and it was mastered in places but in other places I feel confused and like I missed something and lack understanding of what's going on in the book.

Grammar: (3.5/5)
➥ Missing capital letters after ... in dialogue and in other places. Also full stops in places you don't need them, could add in commas of some sort to make the story flow better in parts.

Genre Relevance: (5/5)
➥ Genre, title and plot matched.

Anticipation: (3/10)
➥ I was sort of curious after she started meeting Jin and came to earth and went to the cafe and mall, but then it got long and boring and I honestly didn't want to keep reading it. You didn't have cliffhangers either, just drama within the chapters.

Content/Overall enjoyment: (4/10)
➥ I loved the overall idea of the plot, I don't think it was the best executed because I got bored reading your book. It felt very long and the best relationship that I saw properly between Jisoo and a character was the Yongguk. There were plot holes as well which made me confuse. I liked your ideas though. Was unique. You also used great describing words which I did enjoy.

I wrote a similar book to yours, however it was a Vmin ship where my guardian angel showed worth, whereas in your book, I loved seeing the desire to protect Jin. I loved the religious words and such and found the plot very fascinating. I think your book can be worked on and improved. Just make sure to proofread your work. Also maybe create more chapters to spread out your words because you wrote a lot of words in one chapter which wasn't entirely concise. I'd suggest even maybe every time you want to change the time or setting, change the chapter so the reader understands there's been a time change rather than having to follow along in the same chapter with multiple time changes with different settings and characters involved. Also make sure you introduce the characters and explain them because I sometimes was confused with the characters. You also had quite a long lead up to Jisoo meeting Jin in real life so readers may get confused. Even in the first chapter about the man doing something bad to a 12? 13 year old? I felt confused about who that character was, so just proof read as though you are a reader who knows nothing and ask yourself, if I was reading this plot, would I understand what the author meant because sometimes ideas don't properly get translated into words in books. But overall I enjoyed seeing your unique book.

Total: 41.5/70

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4. The Convent by taebear2930
Judge: shutupmalfoy7

Title: (4/5)
➥ Yes, it matched the story quite well but it was kinda plain? It could have been better and more unique

Cover: (5/5)
➥ Yes yes yes! The cover is incredible! Completely matches the story! I could give it 100/5 lol. I loved it. The basic line. And I loved the little annotation on the cover. Incredible.

Blurb: (3.5 /5)
➥ Nicely described but could've added a little spice to intrigue people. Use a little heavy words too otherwise, I would've read it if I was a normal reader by reading the blurb.

Character development: (7/10)
➥ I can't tell coz like the story hasn't even reached its climax ig. Jungkook and taehyung characters are really well written along with others too but there isn't so much written about them on a personal level.

Plot: (9/10)
➥ So far it's really good. I guess the coming story will be mind blowing

Flow of story: (10/10)
➥ Not very rushed. Not very slow. Just perfect.

Genre relevance: (5/5)

Grammar: (4/5)
➥ There weren't major mistakes in the story but I'll strongly suggest you use some heavy words. It makes the story interesting.

Anticipation: (5/5)
➥ I was strongly anticipating on what's gonna happen next. So yes!

Overall enjoyment: (8/10)
➥ Interesting, but some parts are like overused. Could've been more unique. I loved the pace. Executed what's going to happen next.

Total: 60.5 /70

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5. My Sweet Melody by simran015
Judge: shutupmalfoy7

Title: (5/5)
➥ Matches the theme of the story very well.

Cover: (4/5)
➥ Very well. Describes the story nicely but there's something missing I just can't pinpoint it out. There is something hollow in it. But it's good

Blurb: (3/5)
➥ The way the story was written, the blurb doesn't actually do complete justice. Could've been way better I think.

Character development: (8/10)
➥ This is completely my personal opinion coz like I usually don't like characters who give off baby energy when they are grown. Like don't be offended, you're not the only one who writes them like that and maybe that's how you want to portray them but I just personally don't like them. So like at some times I was on hot waters with Jungkook but Taehyung's character was nicely written along with other characters too. That's why I gave 8 bcoz it's a me problem, not you.

Plot: (8/10)
➥ Just good.

Flow of story: (8.5/10)
➥ It was good but sometimes there were so many things going on that It became kinda messy. Otherwise, it was good!

Genre relevance: (5/5)

Grammar: (4/5)
➥ Again, it was brilliant. No mistakes but expand your vocabulary

Anticipation: (3/5)
➥ I suggest you leave your chapters with cliffhangers. It makes the readers more intrigued.

Overall enjoyment: (6/10)
➥ Loved the idea and everything but it got kinda boring at times. You have potential. Just focus on a few things and boom, it'll be perfect!

Total 54.5/70

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6. Third Wheel by jinniesooya
    Judge: shutupmalfoy7

Title: (3/5)
➥ Yeah, it matches but kinda odd.

Cover: (5/5)
➥ I would've given more if I could. It's so beautifully made. Loved it. Goes with the story so well. Perfect!

Blurb: (2/5)
➥ It was so plain. Not intriguing. It's actually smart to put just a line as a blurb but didn't have much effect. Try to modify it so that you can catch reader's attention and make them wanna read the book.

Character development: (5/10)
➥ I didn't even get a full nice character sketch of the main leads in the book… Forget about the side characters. I'm sorry author but no, it needed more attention.

Plot: (4/10)
➥ Not very unique. It was just so plain and kinda obvious.

Flow of story: (4/10)
➥ It was fast. Very fast. One scene jumped to another way too soon. Describe them more nicely. Give your time.

Genre relevance: (5/5)

Grammar: (2/5)
➥ I understand not everyone has good English but there were few grammatical errors and English was messy. Vocabulary again… You need to work hard on English. It's just kinda disappointing too that I didn't catch any improvement whilst reading the book.

Anticipation: (3/5)
➥ It got super interesting at times but it was boring most of the times, there was no in between.

Overall enjoyment: (4/10)
➥ Like I said, the plot was kinda obvious. Grammar made it a little boring to read. I liked the chemistry but please work on things written above. All the best for the future!

Total: 37/70

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Congratulations to all the participants. Everyone has done their best.

But, like any other contest, we've to choose the best ones as the winners.

1st Prize: Ersatz Leman by Katopark

2nd Prize: The Wolf's Diary by Quintana_Harrow and The Convent by taebear2930

3rd Prize: My Sweet Melody by simran015

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Congratulations to all winners. Keep up the good work.
And to those who didn't win, don't lose hope. Try to correct the errors and you'll win next time.

Winners, please PM us your e-mail ID. You'll receive your certificate, batch and shash.

Comment back your feedback and once again thanks for participating in the KPop World Awards.

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Tribute to the judges:

Loraslk
shutupmalfoy7

Thank you for all the contributions.

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