Aurora Contest Round One Concludes!

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Good morning,

We had an incredible response to our first ever Aurora Contest, and today we are very excited to share with you the results of round one! Below are the titles that will be moving on to round two!!!!

Every story that achieved a score above a pre-determined minimum moved to the second round. Larger categories had more stories move forward, whereas smaller categories, by nature, had fewer entries move on. Due to numbers of entries received, Supernatural, Paranormal, and Horror were all judged as a single category.

Congratulations to all these authors.

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Fantasy

A Rose in the Flame by Ruth Anne Burrell
Battle for the Kingdom by Christina L Kuhn
Betwixt by Kimberly Dunham
Children of the Storm by D.T. Powell
Crown of Light by Jeffery Maxim
Daughter of Ash, Daughter of Light by Madison Zuniga
Dead Rising by Morgan Davis
Diamond Chrysalis by Tracy Oguni
Eagle's Flight by Ashley Dewell
Gods Like Shadows by Nicole Wheeler
Ice, Wood, Tin, & Nerve by Andi L Gregory
Kaebora's Tale - Of Power and Privilege by Jeremy Cook
Marked by Denica McCall
Myth of Sapphire by Marilla McKay
Overridge: Rise of the Crimson Hilt by Taylor Pence
Pattern of Choice by Rebecca Reed
Pendragon Rising by Benjamin Basham
Prophet's Curse by JM Allison
Quiet Voices by Annika Crum
Rift-Girl by Aubrey Hendrick
Scars of Onyx & Gold by AD Uhlar
Shards & Shadows by Coralie Terry
Sons of Day and Night by Mariposa Aristeo
Stewards by Elise Haroldson
Tainted by Tanya McCauley
The Assassin and the Rogue by Cassie Porath
The Choosing of Helen Pendleton by Katherine Johnson
The Daughter & the Bard by Hannah Clifford
The Dragon Rose by Jennifer Norton
The Forsaken by Tracy Oguni
The Ingot of Ethereal by AD Uhlar
The Light of the Luminor by A.M. Daylin
The Poisoned Rose by Lydia Mae
The Stain of Fate by Stephanie H Warner
The Sword of a Thousand Songs by Caitlin Eha
The Weaver & The Witch by R.L. Nguyen
To Those Who Hear the Call by Lydia Woodward
Troll Stone by Lauren D Fulter
What Comes of Attending the Commoners' Ball by Elisabeth Aimee Brown
Wind Dancer by James Rogers
Winter's Beast by Rachel Ann Michael Harris

Science Fiction

Ares Bound by Angela N Blount
In Her Image: Exodus by Donovan Bargin
Karen of Marathon by Mark Bartel
More Than Monsters by Rachel A. Greco
Not a Soldier by Emily Gellhaus
Pockets of Eden by Samantha Ortiz
Race Across the Battlefield by Adare Elyse
Rebellion by Jenneth Leed
Social Score by Brent Golembiewski
Son of Prophecy by Thomas Ray
The City and the Storm by Jeremiah Sater
The Con Job by Angela N Blount
The Healer Prince by Kimberly Cornelius
The Hole-Man by Dan Daetz
The Ouroboros Project by Don De Leon
The Warriors by Matthew Moss

Horror / Paranormal / Supernatural

By His Wounds by Lynette Smith
Haunt by Cadi Murphy
Memoirs of a Household Demon by Benjamin Logsdon
Slume by Holly Duarte
The Endling by Elicia Johnson
The Green and the Wild by Ryan Bush
The Lost Girls of Lark Hollow by Karissa Riffel
The Snake on the Wall by A. Marie
The Wounded Planet by Avery Simmons Chen
To Defy Death by Julia Naus

Young Adult

A Crown of Starlight and Fire by Erin Alexander
Ares Bound by Angela N. Blount
Between Tungsten and Gold by Taryn Skipper
Camellia by Sarah Danielle
Children of the Storm by D.T. Powell
Eagle's Rise by Jackson Harvey
Ice, Wood, Tin, & Nerve by Andi L. Gregory
In Her Image: Exodus by Donovan Bargin
Inhuman by Jordan Scott
Marie by Rebecca Roslin
Memory Man by Abi Lyn Voss
My Gryphon and I by Cambria Engstrom
Overridge: Rise of the Crimson Hilt by Taylor Pence
Project Pocketwatch by Vanessa E. Howard
Run the Mage by A.D. Sheehan
Servant of Aurum by Jordan Scott
Sky Islands by S.M. Jake
Song of Wisdom's Release by Heather Pine
The Concealed by Stephanie Horton
The Convergence by Sarah Redford
The Grim House by Valerie Shaw
The Healer Prince by Kimberly Cornelius
The Human Project by Amy Cefoldo
The Mapmaker by Heather Pine
The Warriors by Avalon Wolfstone
The White Raven by Julia N. White
Warrior by Matthew Moss
We the Traitors by Emily Martin
Where Dragons Greet the Clouds by R.L. Nguyen

Middle Grade

Rise: The Starchild Saga by Krista Weeks
Smorloc & Me by Rachel Kimberly Hastings
Spellbound: The Girl with the Golden Timescope by Elizabeth Van Tassel
Speechless by Lisa Pelissier
Stone Mason and the Lasso Fiasco by Jennifer Dyer
The Blacksmith and the Burrows by Ana Bright
The Glass War by Sarah Pagel
The Lion and the Mage by Amy Bryant
The Shadow Codex by Rachel Kimberly Hastings
The Queen of Whitman Court by Madelynn Orion

Adult

A Rose in the Flame by Ruth Anne Burrell
Battle for the Kingdom by Christina L Kuhn
Bound by Chains Invisible by Rebekah Sikyta
Devoted: The Curse Lingers by Kara J. Lovett
Diamond Chrysalis by Tracy Oguni
Kaebora's Tale - Of Power and Privilege by Jeremy Cook
Prophet's Curse by J.M. Allison
Rensong's Call by Jen Booth
The Forsaken by Tracy Oguni
The Heretic by Haleigh Clevidence
The Lost Gem by Sarah Daniels
The Violinist's Society for the Regeneration of Monsters by Gabrielle Pollack
The Weaver & The Witch by R.L. Nguyen
Veil of Trees by Sarah Ermatinger
Wormwood by M. Lawrence Key

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