Winner of Boing Boing's M.O.N.G.O.L.I.A.D. fiction competition!

On April 19 we announced a competition in conjunction with the release of The Mongoliad Trilogy, by Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, and five other authors. The rules were simple: write a short story in which the first letter of each sentence spells M.O.N.G.O.L.I.A.D.

The 150+ entries were remarkable. Really, every one was enjoyable and I became very impressed by the literary chops of our readers. Congratulations to all of you! But, only one person can win the prize: a galley copy of The Mongoliad, signed by all seven authors.

After much consideration, the signed galley copy has been awarded to Scratheee! Read Scratchee's story here.

Second place is awarded to mamarox, and third place honors go to rivenmyst137.

Other honorable mentions (in no particular order):

edgarhjelte, Myles Kelvin, Robert Baruch, Jan Heirtzler, jarmstrong, Edward Cossaboom, Kaellinn18, Alf Seegert, Heinrich Finger, Lorena B, Isaac Smith, Tom White, Chiasheep.

Thanks to everyone who entered the competition!

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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Congratulations Scratchee, mamarox, rivenmyst137 and honorable mentions. Good stuff.
kaellinn18

Despite the number of likes my entry had (which I’m pretty sure was mostly because I got my entry in early), I was pretty certain there was no way I was going to win this thing. There were just too many talented writers to compete against. Congrats, Scratcheee! I think Mark made a good choice. You built a lot of world in those nine sentences.
- Scratcheee
  
  Thanks Kaellinn. That was a very nice compliment!
Scratcheee

Many, many thanks Mark and boingboing. This is just a gigantic treat for me!
jarmstrong

Congrats Scratchee, mamarox, rivenmyst137 and all other winners! And to Mark, boingboing, and particularly to the seven authors of Mongoliad, many thanks for the rollicking good contest. The Mongoliad teaser was thrilling and indicative, I’m sure, of what is to come. Cheers!
mamarox

Congratulations, Scratcheee!

I was impressed by the number of wonderful entries; we happy mutants are quite the lit’rary group!And thank you, Mark. It is an honor to have been nominated.
Scratcheee

Mark, I authenticate “Chaocipher.”

Thanks again!
edgarhjelte

Gratz to Scratcheee and other winners, and thanks to Mark for a fun competition and the honorable mention!