Sorry about the late notice, but now that our weekly podcast is up, I can share about this awesome contest Marie Brennan and Tor have put together. Remember our podcast interview with Marie Brennan about her books, A Natural History of Dragons and The Tropic of Serpents? Here is your chance to design a dragon to appear in her upcoming third book, Voyage of the Basilisk. If yours gets picked, you win a signed copy of the book…and maybe even an illustration (my guess, since there are some amazing ones in what I’ve read so far of A Natural History of Dragons).
Check out some of the illustrations in her A Memoir of Lady Trent series so far:
All you have to do is invent a breed of dragon or draconic cousin that might fit into Lady Trent’s world. Write up a description of no more than two hundred words covering its appearance and habitat, any noteworthy behaviors, and so on. An example of a write up, Marie Brennan’s Wyvern dragon, is below. Then submit your invention to dragons.of.trent@gmail.com , with the header “DRAGON: {name}”. Marie Brennan will select one to three entries and reference them in a future installment of the Memoirs of Lady Trent. Winners will also receive a signed Advance Reader Copy of Voyage of the Basilisk, the third book in the series, when those become available (late 2014).
This contest is open to entrants worldwide. No more than three submissions per entrant; any subsequent e-mails will be deleted unread. The contest will close to entries at 11:59pm EST on May 15, and winners will be announced on May 26.
WYVERN — A reptilian creature native to northern and eastern Anthiope, possessing hind limbs and wings, but lacking forelimbs, which disqualifies it for consideration as a “true dragon” under the criteria of Sir Richard Edgeworth. Wyverns are typically 3-4 meters in length from nose to tail, with a comparable wingspan, and light of build through the chest. Their coloration is mottled brown and green, for protective colouration in the treeless hills that are their usual habitat. They typically hunt by waiting in an elevated position and then launching into the air when prey is sighted. Their venom is paralytic, and kills the prey through asphyxiation. Wyverns are solitary except when they mate, but the male will follow the female until she lays her eggs, after which they incubate in the care of the male, who feeds them and teaches them to hunt after hatching. Juveniles rarely stay with their father for more than three months, by which point they are capable of independent sustenance.
Good luck!
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