Monster Man contest #2

[Guy Fullerton]

My friend James Holloway—who makes the Monster Man podcast, among other things—is running another Monster Man contest. In this one, monster entries are to be based on a neural network-generated list of names (see the below link). Entries can be for any system, but I'm posting here because I want to see lots of good 1e and 0e monsters.

http://gonzohistorygaming.blogspot.com/ ... st-ii.html

It looks like the prize pool is still being built up, but I'm contributing three copies of the detachable-cover version of The Hyqueous Vaults. (The above page will probably be updated with additional prizes as they get finalized.)

[Wheggi]

Does he retain the rights to publish these monsters? I ask because this is a popular scam in the art world: have a bunch of people submit their work, pay one to three of them a prize, then keep the rights to all the other submissions to publish for profit. Sorry for being so cynical.

- Wheggi

[MageInBlack]

Judging by the rules given, and the fact that many people could pick the same monster to do, it looks like simply PR for his site/blog/podcast.

[Guy Fullerton]

Does he retain the rights to publish these monsters? I ask because this is a popular scam in the art world: have a bunch of people submit their work, pay one to three of them a prize, then keep the rights to all the other submissions to publish for profit. Sorry for being so cynical.

Fair question—I'll ask James to update the rules to talk about rights.

(In the first contest, he depended on people posting their monster entries elsewhere. I saw entries posted on blogs and in DF threads, for example. And James' contest results page just linked to those. This second contest differs in that James asks entrants to send entries to him directly, for later posting directly on his blog.)

[Guy Fullerton]

James gave some answers:
http://gonzohistorygaming.blogspot.com/ ... tions.html

Who has the publishing rights to my entry?

You do, of course! I'm not intending to publish these, except insofar as putting them here is "publishing" them -- it's just a fun exercise in community creativity.

Can I publish my entry on another forum, blog or website and just send you a link instead of emailing you?

Certainly; please do!

How many times can I enter?

Let's say up to three entries per person, but no one contestant can win more than once -- in the unlikely event that someone places in the top group with multiple entries, I'll just count whichever one has the highest number of votes.