I thought I'd post this here, for those who might be interested:

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Behold the King of the Monsters Contest, the greatest and most glorious contest Kobold Quarterly has ever offered. It’s easy to become King of the Monsters: you design a monster and submit it for fame and prizes.

Here’s how it works: To enter the contest, your monster submission must…
•Be sent to the King of the Monsters Contest (contest@koboldquarterly.com) no later than Tuesday, December 1st, by noon PST. (That’s only 1 week from now!)
•Be submitted as a doc, docx, or rtf attachment.
•Read KotM Submission [insert monster name] in the email subject line, and the email should contain your full name and contact information.
•Be designed for 3rd Edition D&D, 4th Edition D&D, or Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.
•Be 800 words or less and contain 1 full statblock (no more, no less) and the appropriate flavor text and lore to flesh out your creation. (You should look to previously published Monday Monsters for insight about format and structure. The quick drake and terror bird are good examples—but with only one statblock.)
We are looking for monsters of all kinds and all levels. Even a CR 1/4 reptilian humanoid can rise to be king.

Judging
All submissions that meet the criteria will be entered in the contest and be judged by us, the Kobolds, on originality, effective writing and design, and “fun.” The 10 best monsters will be published as Monday Monsters and be voted on by the public. Of those 10 monsters, the one with the winning votes will be crowned King of the Monsters in February 2010.

Scott Gable (KQ's online editor), Wolfgang Baur and Jeff Grubb will be judging.

Prizes for the King
As the king, the winning monster will have its portrait commissioned, and this beautiful art will be displayed to the public in the winner’s announcement. In addition, its designer will receive a free print and PDF copy of their choice of the Zobeck Gazetteers, and the King of the Monsters will be published in a future issue of Kobold Quarterly. It’s good to be the king.

Contest Rules
1. The contest is open to all.
2. One entry per person.
3. By entering this contest, you authorize the use of your name and/or likeness without additional compensation for promotion and/or advertising purposes in all media.
4. All entries become property of Open Design and may be published on KQ.com without prior notice or additional compensation.
5. This contest is subject to federal, state, and local laws where applicable.
6. Open Design reserves the right to withdraw or terminate this contest at any time without prior notice.
7. All decisions of Open Design and the contest judges are final.

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Get in there and submit a monster!

-Ben.
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Small but Fierce.
Kobold Quarterly's News Minion.

Shiny!

Very shiny indeed. And I hope we see a few more entries for Pathfinder by Monday or Tuesday.

Very shiny indeed. And I hope we see a few more entries for Pathfinder by Monday or Tuesday.

I'm going to try and get one in, no promises though. I am very interested in trying my hand at some design.

Very shiny indeed. And I hope we see a few more entries for Pathfinder by Monday or Tuesday.

Hm. I thought 4E would be the least popular, since you wrote a few months ago, I think, that you were receiving very few 4E queries and submissions for the mag (and 4E has been out long enough now that it probably isn't simply a leads/lags issue) I figured you would get a lot for Pathfinder. Are you seeing mostly 3.5 entries?

You'll be getting a Pathfinder entry from me within the next 24 hours. :)

Best of luck to everyone entering this contest!

There are going to be some awesome entries in this contest! I can taste them already.

Very shiny indeed. And I hope we see a few more entries for Pathfinder by Monday or Tuesday.

Done!

The deadline is now less than 2 days away. Don't forget to send in your monster! You want to see it crush everything that stands in your way, right?

Deadline is 1 day away. Hope we see your entry soon!

The list was posted earlier today, although Koboldquarterly.com is down at the moment. The finalists will be posted for review for the next four weeks-- on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday!

From the cache of the page:

"And now, we congratulate the 10 finalists (in alphabetical order)…
Afanc
Echidna
Grave Linnorm
Grievous Wailer
Hive Ghoul
Polydoros
Spark
Treacle
Wendigo
Zaglossus
These 10 monsters will now fight for domination (and prizes!) in the public arena. For the next 4 weeks, each Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday on KQ.com will be dedicated to the King of the Monsters Contest. Starting tomorrow, each monster will have a day to shine. Finally, on January 13, the judges will post some comments on the process and the public voting will begin. One week later, only one monster will stand."

Enjoy!

-Ben.
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Small but Fierce.
Kobold Quarterly's News Minion.

And the first of the top 10/nominees is now up on the site. We're going alphabetically over the next couple weeks.

And the first of the top 10/nominees is now up on the site. We're going alphabetically over the next couple weeks.

I really should have named my monster the "Aardzaglossus" to cut out the suspense. Still, I'm smiling like a maniac.

The contest is still rolling along, and my newest critter is up on the site today. Visit KQ and check it out!

Technically, Adam's is Pathfinder but there have been some 3.5/OGL finalists as well.

The Voting Booth is up and waiting for YOU!

Last call for votes! You can't complain about your new overlord if you don't vote!

Kobold Quarterly's King of the Monsters Poll

Adam Daigle won!

Congratulations, Adam!

Sorry I missed congratulating you earlier, but there was this other contest that grabbed my attention. :)

Adam, congrats on winning. There were some great competitors among the other monsters.

Crystal's treacle was awesome.

Yeah, I hear some people with impeccable taste voted for that sweet little monster. Very Star Trek OS.

And I just thought of several other puns to extensively compare the two, but Adam deserves glory, not puns, so I'll reign myself in.

Thanks guys! You two have always been very supportive, even if you voted for that Crystal lady. ;)

Edit: Oh, and Mairkurion, never let me stop you from punning.

I would have liked more than one choice at voting time. Yours was my second favorite monster.

TMI?