(THeRuBRiC)

  step one . the correct way of title, and then the actual title of the story itself. [0/3]   step two . mentioning of contest as well as which prompt is used in the foreword. [0/2]   step three . ideas; the main focus of the theme [story plot]. [0/10]   step four . organization; the written content of the entire story. [0/5]   step five . voice; the author's own creativity to make it their own. [0/5]   step six . word choice, the usage of a variety of vocabulary to convey the meaning. [0/5]   step seven . sentence fluency; the feel of the structures of words coming together. [0/5]   step eight . conventions; the grammatical presentation of the overall writing as a whole. [0/5]   step nine . presentation; the way it begins, happens in the middle, and as it comes to an end. [0/5]   step ten . characters introduction, presentation, and development. [0/5]
  step eleven . overall score will be 50 points out of 50 points. this means that from step 4 through step 10 are 5 points each, where as step 1 is out of 3 points, step 2 is out of 2 points, and step 3 is out of 10 points.