The contest has been judged. Thanks to all the judges for helping, and a huge, HUGE thanks to everyone who entered. You guys did NOT make this easy, and there are some really incredible entries that didn’t win, but still rocked the contest back on its heels.

Without further ado : The winners!

TwitterFic

Grand Prize >> Iris, and her heartbroken bear.

Runner Up >> Jerran, with the hunter taming gone horribly wrong.

Honorable Mention 1 >> Methras, with arachnaphobia (Indiana Jones!).

Honorable Mention 2 >> Copra, with the retirement package.

World of WriteCraft

Grand Prize >> Plastic Rat, with his finicky, frustrated boar.

Runner Up >> Ann, with the Tallstrider Tale.

Honorable Mention >> Jess, into the belly of the beast.

The Prizes

Grand Prize >> A fully-colored hand-drawn illustration of the warcraft animal depicted in your story. Alternately, if you’d prefer me to write a short story (up to 1,500 words) for a character of yours, I will do that instead.

Runner Up >> A hand-drawn and colored bookmark of the warcraft animal depicted in your story -OR- a short story (again, up to 1,500 words) for one of your characters.

Honorable Mentions >> Honorable mentions will recieve a sketch of the warcraft animal depicted in your story, possibly inked if I’m feeling frisky.

Winners

Please contact me (egotisticalpriest at gmail dotcom)  and let me know which prize you choose. I’ll ask for a mailing address after I finish the art (or story) so that I can send the original to you if you like.

I will post all of the contest prizes here, on my personal website, and also on my DeviantArt account unless the winner specifically requests otherwise. The owner of the piece may do whatever they wish with it, except claim that they were the artist (not that I’m terribly concerned about that with you guys, but it doesn’t hurt to be careful).

If I haven’t heard from you in a few weeks, I’ll send out an email to the address attached to your comment, and if I haven’t heard from you by…oh…let’s say November, I’ll assume you don’t want the prize. (I have nightmares of someone conatacting me in 2020 or something, and I have no idea who they are or why they’re demanding warcraft art of me).

Addendum

So many incredible entries, I really wish I had time to do at least a sketch for all of you. The babyspiced rhino made me snort tea, as did the conversation about secret-keeping fish. Khol’s haiku was haunting, and I wish I had the artistic skill to illustrate it properly. Plops the bunny is possibly the cutest thing ever, and the heart-wrenching tale of an old wolf protecting her hunter stayed with me for hours. Really, I cannot express how incredible all of the entries were, and how many of them had me laughing or crying or smiling stupidly. You guys are an amazingly creative and talented bunch, and I am honored that you found time to enter my contest.

/bow

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