Artists, a contest you might be interested in...
Monday, July 26, 2010 at 10:32PM 
Naomi Novik, Hugo-nominated author of the popular Temeraire series of fantasy novels starring sentient dragons in the Napoleonic Wars, has started a very interesting and unique contest indeed. The author and her editor and art director will choose five of their favorite submitted works of Temeraire fan art and ten runners up, and then Novik will write "a short original piece of fiction to go with each".
The end result will be published in a charity benefit chapbook to benefit Novik's favorite cause, The Organization for Transformative Works, a non-profit protecting the legal right of fan writers, artists and vidders to continue to create and post their works. Winners will get a work of fiction by Naomi Novik based on their work, and their fan art published = as well as copy of the chap book, of course.
The really interesting part is that, to quote the author, "Your artwork may feature any scene, character, or characters from any of the six Temeraire books, in any medium you choose. Alternate universe settings, chibi, and parody entries are welcome, or anything else you come up with." That means if you always wanted to see a story about dragon ninjas and do an amazing work of art depicting dragon ninjas, Naomi Novik might just write you the ninja dragon story of your dreams. Really, what more could a die-hard fan ask for?
