All about the Judges

Since the kontestants get to invent amazing nicknames, naturally the judges want one, too! Plus it lets them vote with more freedom. To recognize our wonderful judges and know the vote is legit, here is a list of the nicknames they have chosen:

Barn owl

Spitfire

Apple

Cordelia Chase

Bob Thompstein

Tim Riggins

Trinity

The Kraken

La Duendecilla

Maggie

Solarpunk Godess

Katherine Pierce

Poddy Fries

Captain Janeway

Irene Adler

JudgeDRead

Bernadine Harris

Strawberry Shortcake

Apple Slices

Mallory Pike

Buttercup

Dana Scully

Dorothy Gale

Jellyfish

Ginger

Scowling Discontented Judge

Gadget

CatWrangler

Scarlett

Textual Couture

Alice Quinn

MonstersRComing

LatteGal

Bella

The Martian

Cookie Monster

Bagheera

It's fantastically fun to be silly sometimes and our judges had a blast choosing these names. We hope you'll have fun choosing an inventive nickname for your story!

And speaking of fun...

The chance to chat with our judges is today!

Join us on the hashtag #QKChat at 3:00 pm EST and 9:00 pm EST to ask questions about the contest and writing in general. You can ask writers who are further along on their journey what submission is like or how they promo or what they said during their call. Just don't ask them to reveal their secret nickname. :-)

Remember submission for Query Kombat is just a few days away on Monday, May 16th.