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 RedZipIf You Give a Girl a RedoGreek Gods are the Best Kind of TroubleA Thousand Miles AstrayForget You StalinEvesdropping MonkeyGuilt By AssociationParanormal FearSand DollarThe Impressionistic CowSkins of the FatherMy Monster Twin is RottingBrain GourmetBest(iary) WesternQueen of DronesBroadway BabyFed to the CrocodilesLife Sucks--I'm Stuck in PodunkTeenagers Make Poor James BondA Girl and her Serial KillerPaper Girl in the Land of YesterdayMusical Mirror MayhemMiddle Grade LeverageLibrarians, Curses, and MysteriesGrandma GuardiansStellar Twins Kickin it Cosmic StyleGuinnessMy Life as a Teenage Pirate QueenFake Heirs Do It BetterElephants Never ForgetTwin 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!