Judges' Nickname Reveal

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:

Dancing Penguin

Polgara

Creature of the Sea

Boadicea

Bella

The Quarterback

Outer Space Potato Man

The Sarows

Nobody of Consequence

Rey Rocks

Pink Ranger

Dirk Gently

The Outsider

Wildflower

Magenta

Hobbes

Sailor Sun!

Oh at All

Cat Attack

Professor McGonagall

Silent Siren

Vera Brittain

Piano Ninja

Sonya Blade

Moonstone Dragon

And Peggy

Literary Lady

Precious Plum

Writing Wanda

Spitfire

Brimful of Asha

Vanellope von Schweetz

Shelby Wyatt

Tinkerhorn

Rural Juror

Ginger

Unicorn Frappe

Irma Pince

Lurleen Lumpkin

Lumpy Space Author

Chief Doodler

Javy Baez

Molly Millions

Mango Tango

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 Friday, May 12th and Tuesday, May 23rd!

Join us on the hashtag #QKChat at 3:00 pm EST and 8:00 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 Wednesday, May 17th.