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The Quelmar Wiki is proud to announce the return of its Worldbuilding Contest for 2025!
Prizes
- The Grand Prize winner will win the pictured Tiamat Miniature above.
- In addition, if the winner is a member of an existing major Quelmar community (ie MN, PA, or MD), James will fly the miniature out to you himself and run a battle against Tiamat set during the War of Many Names (and including your prize-winning lore, if your article opted to include new or existing WoMN lore).
- Some exceptions may be made for winners outside of a major Quelmar community depending on travel factors.
- The Second Prize Winner will also win a cash prize of $50, as an homage to the original cash contest of 2019.
- The Third Prize winner will have their article featured as the Wiki's front page "Featured Article" for no less than 4 months.
Rules for Entry
Entering the Wiki Worldbuilding Contest is as simple as updating an old page or creating something new!
Unlike last time, you will need to manually submit your pages to the contest at the bottom of this page.
- Rule 1: Pages must contain original material, and can not contain plagiarism from other Books, Wikis, or pre-existing sources outside of the Quelmar Realm.
- Rule 2: Pages do not need to relate to already existing campaigns or games. The Contest welcomes completely new characters, locations, events, creatures, and anything else can be created and put on the wiki.
- Rule 3: Entrants can submit as pages as they want, including already existing pages, provided they made some sort of substantial update to the page in September 2025.
- Rule 4: Submissions close at Midnight on September 30th
Judging
Judges will be given a rubric to score each submission that includes the following 5 categories (each being ranked on a scale of 1 to 10).
1. Depth
Does this wiki article adequately cover the topic being discussed? Is it too short and leaves unanswered questions that the reader is looking for? Does it skim or poorly explain its topic at too shallow a level? We want articles that paint a full 3-Dimensional look at what is being discussed, whether that's a culture of people, a magical item and its history, or just a detailed report of an incredible battle that occurred in time. Make the Judges believe this thing really could exist!
2. Readability
Is the wiki article engaging and easy to follow? Does it avoid overwhelming readers with too much jargon or lore-heavy shorthand? The best pages teach about Quelmar effortlessly, letting the reader absorb lore without even realizing how much they’re learning.
3. Visuals
Does this wiki article have one more pictures, maps, documents, attachments, or other things to keep the reader excited? Note: While AI art is allowed as part of page-creation (properly labeled as usual), we can't promise the judges won't have their own opinions about AI art that could possibly sway their judgement one way or another.
4. Originality, Creativity, and Humor
The wiki is founded on the idea that anything can become canon in Quelmar, and over the years lots of fun little quirky elements have made their way into the tabletop adventures, such as Sparklemas or the Octopus that hates pants (IYKYK). Pages that are particularly unique, creative, or just outright hilarious are a touchstone of the community, and we want to encourage them to continue to be submitted.
5. Integration with The War of Many Names
In honor of the grand prize, submissions that enrich the lore surrounding Tiamat’s return and the ensuing war will be judged with special attention.
Where to Start
- If you want to Create a New Page, you can start here!
- If you want to update or edit pages related to a campaign or session you played, you can find Campaign info here
- If you want to update or edit pages related to a character you played, you can find all characters here
- You can also find ALL existing pages here
Pages Submitted (Submissions close at midnight on September 30th)
- Realm War II
- Tiamat's Favorite Food
- Remember it must be created or edited in September.
