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2009 WINDHAMMER PRIZE

For all guidelines and competition rules, 2008 winners etc, please use the links given below.

2009 Competiton Guidelines

2008 Winners


DOWNLOADS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE

Windhammer

First Book of Haer'al

Shards of Moonlight

Shards of Moonlight Pbem

Torchlight

Song of the Dromannion

Blood and Iron

The Book of Scars

Atlas of Arborell

Mapset 1

The Inquisitor's Lament

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NEW RELEASES

Windhammer

First Book of Haer'al

Torchlight

Shards of Moonlight

Song of the Dromannion

The Book of Scars

Atlas of Arborell

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2009 Windhammer Prize for Short Gamebook Fiction



Competition Entries for 2009



Here can be found all competition entries submitted for the 2009 Windhammer Prize that have met the entry criteria. Entries have been listed in no particular order and have not been grouped with any importance regarding genre or subject matter. As per the competition rules, all entries have been given a standard competition format and are available for free download as pdf files. Adobe Acrobat Reader, or an equivalent pdf reader will be required to access these gamebooks.


Entry Title Author
Waiting for the Light Kieran Coghlan
Garden of Bones Alec Worley
Phobia Zachary Carango
The Bone Dogs Per Jorner
The Achaeid: The Enriyes Ramsay Duff
City of the Dead Stuart Lloyd
RAMPAGE! Andrew Wright


Voting has now ended, all winners being announced on the 7th of November. If you wish to know more about the voting process please read the guidelines that follow.


Voting

The Windhammer prize is awarded on the basis of reader popularity to the entrant who receives the greatest number of reader votes. The voting system is as follows:
  • A valid vote must be forwarded by email to vote@arborell.com. A valid vote must nominate the two gamebooks most favoured by the voter from the competition entrants. A vote with less than two nominations will not be accepted.
  • Only one voter email is allowed per reader. All votes will be checked for duplication of email addresses.
  • Feedback to the authors may be forwarded to the competition sponsors at feedback@arborell.com. All feedback given will be provided to authors at the end of competition as a part of the email notification of results.



Prizes - Winning Entrant

The winner of the Windhammer Prize will receive the following:

  • $100 AUD (Australian Dollars) to be paid within 48 hours into a Paypal account of the winner's choosing. As this is an international competition it has been decided that Paypal is the best mechanism for distributing the prize. If you do not have access to a valid Paypal account the cash prize cannot be paid.
  • A framed certificate memorialising their success in the competition.
  • Two years hosting of their story on arborell.com. This is optional and is at the discretion of the winning entrant.

Prizes - Merit Awards

  • Two entries shall also be chosen for Merit awards. These entrants shall receive a framed certificate and a year's hosting of their entries on arborell.com. As with the hosting of the winning entry this is optional and is at the discretion of the entrant.



Questions

Any questions regarding information contained here can be forwarded through feedback@arborell.com
and will be answered promptly.




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All books entered into this competition are the intellectual property of their respective authors. Any questions regarding the Windhammer Prize can be directed to the competition sponsors at feedback@arborell.com
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JOTUN OF THE WEST

Shards of Moonlight

A Murder of Crows

The Horns of Gorgoroth

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CHRONICLES COMPANION SERIES

The Inquisitor's Lament

Honour Amongst Thieves

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