Query Kombat '15 Winners 1st Round

Well, Round 1 of this crazy contests officially ended last night. We promised blood and blood there was. 

Please have your revised entries to us by Saturday, June 6th at 5 pm EST. Use the same format and send to the contest email: QueryKombat (at) gmail (dot) com.

A full 32 entries out of the 64 lost in a valiant fight - you should have seen us hosts and the judges freak out over Twitter and in the comments of the entries about how hard it was to choose.

For those 32: good job. You gave the judges a hell of a job. Hopefully you got some amazing feedback as well!

For the 32 winners, CONGRATS!!!!!! YOU GET TO GO ON TO THE AGENT ROUND WHICH OPENS THIS Monday!!!

Below is the list of those who will go on to the next round. Let me know if we made any mistakes! Team Michelle is in orange.

Orphan Red

Zip

If You Give a Girl a Redo

Greek Gods are the Best Kind of Trouble

A Thousand Miles Astray

Forget You Stalin

Evesdropping Monkey

Guilt By Association

Paranormal Fear

Sand Dollar

The Impressionistic Cow

Skins of the Father

My Monster Twin is Rotting

Brain Gourmet

Best(iary) Western

Queen of Drones

Broadway Baby

Fed to the Crocodiles

Life Sucks--I'm Stuck in Podunk

Teenagers Make Poor James Bond

A Girl and her Serial Killer

Paper Girl in the Land of Yesterday

Musical Mirror Mayhem

Middle Grade Leverage

Librarians, Curses, and Mysteries

Grandma Guardians

Stellar Twins Kickin it Cosmic Style

Guinness

My Life as a Teenage Pirate Queen

Fake Heirs Do It Better

Elephants Never Forget

Twin for the Win

CONGRATS!!! Of course, we still have....

The Host Saves

These are three entries that we three hosts will pick from our teams to move on to the agent round but not on to Round 2. Check out SC's and Mike's picks as well. The Host Saves can submit a revised entry and will go to the agent round, but not to the second combat round.


It was a really hard decision to narrow my host save down to one choice. I'm sure the burning in the pit of my stomach last night was the result, because this choice is crushing. I love all my picks and would take you all if it was possible.

I went over which were likely to get requests, which could easiest revise, which got a lot of votes in their round, which probably will do fine on their own, and what agents are looking for. I considered voice and concept. I spent hours thinking about his decision and it didn't get any easier.

With great humility and apologies to the rest, my host save is:

No Such Thing as Coincidence

Congrats everyone!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to see you all at the agent round!