Blizzard recently ran a global creative writing contest: write fan fiction set in any of the main three Blizzard universes (Diablo, Warcraft, or Starcraft – no Lost Vikings, apparently), submit it to Blizzard, and win fabulous prizes. The grand prize winner (one Andrew Moeller Sarah Pine) won a trip to Blizzard HQ to meet the devs, as well as a Frostmourne sword. Seven runners-up got signed novels and other lore paraphernalia.

The winners were announced back in May. So why am I bringing this up now? Well, Blizzard has posted excerpts from all eight winning stories on their web site. I have to say, aside from the overuse of adjectives and adverbs that tends to be endemic to fan fiction (write with nouns and verbs, people), this is some pretty enjoyable writing. I’d like to see the full stories; I wonder if they’re going to be released at some point. Edit: To read the entire grand-prize-winning story by Sarah Pine, click here.

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Read excerpts from the winners of Blizzard’s writing contest originally appeared on WoW.com on Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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