2011 Global Writing Contest – Winners Announcement
The wayward plans concocted by judges of the 2009 and 2010 Global Writing Contests have been foiled, and the Ocunomicon has been cast back into the howling Sightless Abyss whence it came. This victory would not have been possible without you, the writers, bravely wielding the ink-drenched Quills of a Thousand Truths! Even with two years' worth of ocular fortitude strengthening their retinal acumen, the judges were unable to withstand the sheer number and magnificent quality of this year's entries...
... especially considering that an entire mountain of short stories was airdropped on top of them.
With the smoke cleared and the errant judges corralled and subdued, the victors of the 2011 Global Writing Contest have emerged. Behold now, your champions!
Winner:
- "The Exit" by Danny McAleese
Finalists (in alphabetical order):
- "Anatomy of Demons" by David Patterson
- "Daughter of Lordaeron" by Marika Kermode
- "Echo of Pride" by Martin Arthur Paul Wilson
- "Reforged" by Anthony Dickson
- "The Future of Lordaeron" by Tyler F.M. Edwards
- "The Heavier Burden" by Erica Cargle
- "The Stranger" by Walter Handloser
Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order):
- "Ashes over Stormwind" by Ryan K. Stansifer
- "Blood and Thunder" by Alex Boston
- "Haven of the Windless Sea" by Celine Taillefer
- "Iron Lady Down" by Joe Trela
- "Isn't Falstad Dead?" by Ian Casteen Bates
- "A Mage's Honor" by Geoffrey Walano
- "Mending and Renewal" by James C. Reuss
- "Pawned" by Ivan Carvalho
- "Purity" by Tim Marrero
- "The Short Happy Lives of the Southern Barrens Sapper Corps" by Nicholas Lampros
- "Warrior's Hands" by Allison Utterback
The grand prize winner will receive a trip to Blizzard's headquarters in Southern California to meet and eat with the Blizzard writing staff. In addition, the winner will receive a Doomhammer™ hammer by Epic Weapons and copies of the StarCraft Archive, the Diablo Archive, the Warcraft Archive, the Warcraft: War of the Ancients Archive, and World of Warcraft: Chronicles of War. All books will be signed by Chris Metzen, their respective cover artists, and the creative development publishing team.
The seven runners-up will each receive copies of the StarCraft Archive, the Diablo Archive, the Warcraft Archive, the Warcraft: War of the Ancients Archive, and World of Warcraft: Chronicles of War. All books will be signed by Chris Metzen, their respective cover artists, and the creative development publishing team.
The winning entry, along with excerpts from the finalists, will be posted Soon™!
See you next year, fellow vision enthusiasts! Praise C'Thun!
Aggra (Português)
Stormreaver
it is not the goal that matters, it is the journey towards it..
Grim Batol
Don't worry guys, This is legit
it'd been awesome to get those novels (or atleast the ones i dont allready have) and seeing blizzard headquarters? omg...
Argent Dawn
Runetotem
Quel'Thalas
Neptulon
Kor'gall
Cho'Gath ? hahahah
Spinebreaker
My first comment on this D3 forum, but i have to say; what a bunch of smoke from Blizz, what about write something about: ohh i dont know... og ya how ist going with progress of D3. You givs us nada, i dont think it much to ask that maybe hit us with a few lines about D3 now and then. But wallpaper, winning contest as top topic sorry i have to say wtf is going on is that the best you can do? I am buying the game when comes out and no its not all about release date, but about giving something back to all those who follows you.
Khadgar