Book Fort Contest Winners!
Hi All,
Thank you everyone for your patience on this contest. Even though (almost) no one has complained, I want to own the delay. I don’t have an assistant these days, and while the kids help, a lot of stuff just falls to me.
I had all the best intentions, but back to school month got hectic, and then we had a sick kid in the house, and then sick adults, and then everyone scrambling to catch up on work, and things just snowballed from there. When I had time to work, I focused first on meeting my word count goals. The Hidden Queen is almost finished, and I hope to turn it in by year’s end!
But!
There have been AMAZING entries, and I’d like to call out the seven book winners, and let everyone else know to look for signed bookplates coming in the mail. This is one of those contests where I want to give everyone a prize.
Andrea Mameli in the UK was the first person to put in an entry, and in the end it remained arguably the best. Look at all the little details, from the artful page folding to the cool lighting. Really A+ stuff.
Cátia Costa from Portugal’s book fort won a lot of votes in the Brett family, but the beautiful but deadly cat demon Carlota might have had something to do with that…
Joanna Kordowiak’s fort is a work of art. It’s symmetry and design transport you to a soothing world of order and beauty. So satisfying.
Cats were really into this game! Dominika Szabóová built an amazing model of the Krasian Maze, but it was haunted by the spectre of Alagai Cat.
Chi Chi Millaway is from NJ. Typically frenemies with New Yorkers, but how could I have beef with her fort’s custom Demon Cycle book jackets? They are are just… chef’s kiss.
Another entrant that really went the extra way was Timothy Bromley down in Ashville. His fort is guarded by powerful greatwards and the avatars of three legendary heroes.
But this has only been a tiny fraction of the entries, and the sometimes multiple photos of each fort offering close-ups and varying angles/lighting. I made a facebook album of all these masterpieces you can find here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.641540430867841&type=3
Signed books will ship out this week for the named entrants above, but I will be sending signed bookplates to everyone as a special thanks for entering.
Thank you so much to everyone who participated. You are my true friends.
-Peter
All the forts are beautiful, I love that everyone created an original one and approached the subject differently. Can’t wait to get my prize!