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1st Place - Rhivera by Sanch250
In the past the island country of Rhivera was plagued by famine. The government formed the Population Control Council to keep such a catastrophe from repeating itself. Those deemed weakest by Population Control are eliminated to keep the population at their desired level.Like all children, Juaquin, Melissa, and Arturo were taught that Population Control is in the right. But when Population Control changes each of their lives irreversibly, their beliefs are shaken. They become part of a conflict which will profoundly change Rhivera forever.https://www.wattpad.com/story/231504499-rhivera-complete-novel
2nd Place - A Middle-Aged Writer's Daydream by SoulFarAway
Have you ever lost everything? Hank Preston was a famous writer whose debut book, "Stygian Blues", was a bestseller. His subsequent publications, however, were all low ranked. After a year facing total writer's block, his editor is picking on him with deadlines, his wife is leaving home, and he's under the risk of losing his property.Hank is drowning in the deep end. Will he be able to climb again?Maybe it's time to take some desperate measures... with an odd psychologist.https://www.wattpad.com/story/213779869-a-middle-aged-writer%27s-daydream
3rd Place - A Ship Called Contrast by RiddleMeThus
Casey Mitchel has always been the outcast. On his home planet Zim, where everyone has an ability to control something in nature, his stretches the norm. When the galaxy-wide war between two money-hungry groups causes the demolition of Zim, Casey is one of two survivors of the destruction of the only home he's ever known. Taken in by the kind Captain Zinti and her crew, both he and his fellow-survivor Joel Harris must learn the ins and outs of a new normal as the war they've become apart of progresses...all while aboard a ship called Contrast.https://www.wattpad.com/story/227929242-a-ship-called-contrast
Honerable Mention: Allice in Mysertious Land by michh_44 for BEST WORLDBUIDLING
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Participants for 2020 SCI-FI Category
1. Starboy by SunnyAngel777
2. The Rightful Heir by hannahbananalc (Pending - Have you added this story to a public reading list?)
3. Rhivera by Sanch250 (Pending - Have you given this award a shout out? Please confirm the date~)
4. Ripples by Orizone
5. Looking for Hope by NefertitiFenison
6. Allice in Mysterious Land by michh_44
7. A Middle-Aged Writer's Daydream by SoulFarAway
8. Flare by Hezlinn
9. A Ship Called Contrast by RiddleMeThus (Pending - have you followed all three judges?)
10. The Bride of Frankenstein by Passmetheadobo (Pending - Have you given this story a shout out? Please confirm the date.)
11. Beldolore by PiperMclean_Is_Queen
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SALTY AWARDS 2020
RandomCLOSED for FANTASY! Welcome fellow SciFi, Fantasy, and Romance minnows to the 2020 Salty Awards! Get it? Elivia S.A.L.T. Despite the name, this contest is not full of salty reviews. There is already a pool of terrific stories to choose from here...
