Readers’ Choice Competition
Novelmint Selects - Issue No. 1
Short Stories
Welcome to the first issue of Novelmint Selects, where we're celebrating short stories for our inaugural competition. Any genre is welcome, as long as it comes in around 10,000 words or less. No panels, no gatekeepers - the readers decide. Every vote is a real read, carried by the people who actually show up. We hope this is the start of the home AI-assisted fiction has been waiting for. Read a few; the winners are yours to choose.
Now rating — your read is your vote
To vote: open any entry, read a chapter, then leave a star rating. That rating is your vote — weighted by your reading reputation. Scores stay hidden until the issue is revealed.
How the voting works
No panel, no gatekeepers — the readers decide. Here’s exactly how a winner is chosen, so the result is one you can trust.
Your vote is a finished read
To rate an entry you have to actually read it. Novelmint tracks real reads — not clicks — so a rating left without a genuine read doesn’t count.
Ratings are weighted by reader reputation
Every reader has a reputation earned only by genuinely reading and leaving feedback authors find useful. It can’t be bought, and it fades if you go quiet. A brand-new or throwaway account counts as one reader who had to read first; a long, credible track record counts for more.
Won on quality, not turnout
Entries are scored by a reputation-weighted average rating, not a raw vote count — so a book wins by being well-rated by credible readers, not by whoever can rally the most accounts. A stack of fresh accounts barely moves the needle.
Scores stay hidden until the reveal
Live standings are kept private during the cycle, so ratings stay honest and bandwagon-free. The ranked issue is revealed when voting closes.