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And the winner is...
Poppy Hill aka n0t_my_name!
Congratulations to Bent Neck Lady (aka: andawaywego) and Tales the Cat (aka: obsetress) as well as all thirty of our authors.
You're all incredible and each and every one of you is a gift to this fandom. We can't thank you enough for taking a chance, participating in this competition, and sharing all of your wonderful writing.
An extra special thank you to everyone who read and ranked each week. See you all soon!
In case anyone is wondering how the first round of @the-masked-author fics is going
Round One Eliminations:
Cellar Zombie: Raginage* Clock Repairman: zoeyclarke Eddie O'Mara: TheWildType Hannah Grose: starcourtdingus Judy O'Mara: al-damnvers Mama Quint: counterpunch Mr. Toast: zofiecfield Mrs. Dudley: crimsonandclover Poppet the Puppet: take_me_to_the_pilot The Seamstress: iamsortofavillain
*Cellar Zombie was voted into the Top 20 of Round One, but had to withdraw from the competition.
Congratulations to the authors moving on to Round Two, which will go live Friday at 5PM.
MASKED AUTHOR: WEEK ONE
Our brave authors’ first challenge: to write a 500 word fic using either all dialogue, or no dialogue!
Stay tuned for the first round, going live on July 9 on Ao3.
Thirty authors begin week one. Only twenty will be chosen to move onto week two. Who is who, and who will you choose? Come discuss theories on the Damie Discord server’s dedicated channel!
Things are about to get a lot clearer...
Clues will start dropping tomorrow! 🕵️♂️
Submit your guesses off anon to be entered into the contest. The reader with the most correct guesses in the end wins!
Round one of clues: what was your first fandom?
Please welcome to the stage… the Masked Authors!
The 30 amazing authors who have joined this competition have written more than four million words for the Dani/Jamie fandom. And you already love them – together they’ve had almost one million hits, more than 50,000 kudos, and 22,000 comments on the 852 chapters of Damie fic they’ve published.
But can you figure out who they are?
Stay tuned – clues are coming soon!
Some more info about writing for the Masked Author now that we have the ball rolling!
This covers most of the questions we’ve been receiving, but if you have any others please reach out :)
1) The competition will have eight rounds.
2) Each week will have a prompt or a theme, chosen by the authors by popular vote.
3) These prompts and themes will be decided within the next week, so all authors can work at their own pace.
4) The first round will be posted on July 9th and will determine the top ten authors that will continue on to the rest of the competition.
5) Fics will be posted on Fridays at 5PM EST and readers will have until Monday at 5PM EST to vote for their favorites in a ranked-choice style.
6) Fics will be posted anonymously to a collection each week on Ao3. Once their identity has been revealed, the authors can change their anonymous works to display under their Ao3 pseudonym.
7) Registration is open until June 1.
Have you enjoyed the Masked Author?
Are you done reading all the fics? In our final week, we wanted to give you a little something extra: Superlatives!
Vote for your favorite fics in categories such as "Most Creative," "Most Memorable," and "Most Likely to Get a Disapproving Glare from Hannah Grose."
With fics nominated by the authors themselves, you're sure to find some of your favorites on this list! You have until Sunday at 9PM EST to cast your votes. Winners will be announced on Monday, along with the first, second and third place authors!
